Originally Posted by
DPL
Man, I'd completely forgotten about King's Quest. That was a good one. Played Leisure Suit Larry a little bit, and Monkey Island was excellent too.
Then of course came the D&D Pools of Radiance, and the early Ultima stuff.
I vaguely remember something about a Haunted Mansion also.
Here's a question for you - one of the very first adventure games with graphics was about the hero exploring a dungeon that was essentially a big rectangle with lots of rooms off the main corridor, and the graphic for the hero looked like a really big version of this: :-
By any strange twist of fate do either of you remember a game like that? I thought it was the best thing ever when it came out.
Atari had a game like that (I have it) called Venture. You were a big ass smiley face, and it I remember right, his name was winky. I didn't know they had it on the pc though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaVxr8Mt6og
it's not very clear, but if this is the game, you will know it.
Or, maybe it was rogue?
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ro...me/screenshots
Last edited by SevenStar; 08-10-2007 at 08:54 AM.
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