Comments on: MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177 The Retrogaming and Retrocomputing Blogazine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? by: Mat$kaT http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-8655 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:09:28 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-8655 My TOP 10: 10. Monkey Island 9. King's Quest 4 8. Adventure in Serenia 7. Space Quest 2 6. Oregon Trail 5. Gold Rush 4. Police Quest 3. Space Quest 2. Quest for Glory EGA 1. King's Quest (still have the IBM Branded hard-plastic case) My TOP 10:

10. Monkey Island

9. King's Quest 4

8. Adventure in Serenia

7. Space Quest 2

6. Oregon Trail

5. Gold Rush

4. Police Quest

3. Space Quest

2. Quest for Glory EGA

1. King's Quest (still have the IBM Branded hard-plastic case)

]]> Comment on MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? by: WildKard http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4840 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:46:42 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4840 I'll tell you right now that I played Wolfenstein 3-D with a gamepad, I played Catacomb 3-D with a gamepad, I played Dark Forces with a gamepad, I played System Shock with a gamepad, I played Quake with a gamepad, I played Jedi Knight with a gamepad and a mouse. It was somewhere during Quake II that I finally gave it up entirely in favor of the keyboard+mouse combination. I had a very similar experience with flight sims. Basically I found myself a diehard joystick/gamepad user up until the games assaulted me with too many functions to map to my controller. Having said all that, I don't recall ever doing well with a joystick/gamepad and an adventure game. Of course now I've bought myself a fancier game controller for the PC, and with more buttons, I find myself once again trying to use it in gaming whenever I get the chance... Though I still use the mouse for precision aiming. I'll tell you right now that I played Wolfenstein 3-D with a gamepad, I played Catacomb 3-D with a gamepad, I played Dark Forces with a gamepad, I played System Shock with a gamepad, I played Quake with a gamepad, I played Jedi Knight with a gamepad and a mouse. It was somewhere during Quake II that I finally gave it up entirely in favor of the keyboard+mouse combination.

I had a very similar experience with flight sims. Basically I found myself a diehard joystick/gamepad user up until the games assaulted me with too many functions to map to my controller. Having said all that, I don't recall ever doing well with a joystick/gamepad and an adventure game.

Of course now I've bought myself a fancier game controller for the PC, and with more buttons, I find myself once again trying to use it in gaming whenever I get the chance… Though I still use the mouse for precision aiming.

]]> Comment on MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? by: MrSneeze http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4735 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:27:29 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4735 heh, keep the articles rolling, please! heh, keep the articles rolling, please!

]]> Comment on MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? by: RedWolf http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4691 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:11:43 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4691 Being pedantic is quite alright, MrSneeze. :) After all, when people started playing Quake, I don't seem to recall anyone playing via the now-traditional keyboard-mouse combo method on that game for at least a year or so into its release. I seem to remember my friends and I trying to play it as if it were exactly like Doom (no wonder why we didn't do very well)! I personally hated the keyboard/mouse control combo for years because I was used to Doom, etc.. but I got used to it long ago and I like it now, of course. Thanks for the comment! Being pedantic is quite alright, MrSneeze. :) After all, when people started playing Quake, I don't seem to recall anyone playing via the now-traditional keyboard-mouse combo method on that game for at least a year or so into its release. I seem to remember my friends and I trying to play it as if it were exactly like Doom (no wonder why we didn't do very well)! I personally hated the keyboard/mouse control combo for years because I was used to Doom, etc.. but I got used to it long ago and I like it now, of course. Thanks for the comment!

]]> Comment on MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? by: MrSneeze http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4690 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:09:16 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4690 spelling correction: "...could use HKs..." (I was going to type something else initially *embarrassed*). spelling correction: "…could use HKs…" (I was going to type something else initially *embarrassed*).

]]> Comment on MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? by: MrSneeze http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4689 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:07:03 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4689 Good article, but I'd like to be pendantic for a split second by saying that the first FPS which incorporated the mouse/keys combination was the groundbraking Terminator: Future Shock (great game. There was an expansion pack where you could play against other players, and you could use an HKs and cars; things that weren't used again in FPSs until 8 years later or so with the arrival of Halo). Good article, but I'd like to be pendantic for a split second by saying that the first FPS which incorporated the mouse/keys combination was the groundbraking Terminator: Future Shock (great game. There was an expansion pack where you could play against other players, and you could use an HKs and cars; things that weren't used again in FPSs until 8 years later or so with the arrival of Halo).

]]> Comment on MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? by: RedWolf http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4558 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:50:01 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4558 flipkin, thanks for the great comment. That clears things up quite a bit, and it's somewhat as I suspected. The cool thing is that, even within the realm of computer games, I think my analysis of adventure's high standing on the site remains valid. Mobygames is quite simply the best gaming resource site out there, and it will continue to be so as long as it's high on information and low on commercial BS. Thanks for all your contributions and keep up the excellent work. Perhaps I should contribute some myself. Thanks again. flipkin, thanks for the great comment. That clears things up quite a bit, and it's somewhat as I suspected. The cool thing is that, even within the realm of computer games, I think my analysis of adventure's high standing on the site remains valid.

Mobygames is quite simply the best gaming resource site out there, and it will continue to be so as long as it's high on information and low on commercial BS. Thanks for all your contributions and keep up the excellent work. Perhaps I should contribute some myself. Thanks again.

]]> Comment on MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? by: flipkin http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4557 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:26:51 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4557 MobyGames started out as a PC only website. Probably our biggest mistake was not supporting consoles earlier if not right off the bat. Unfortunately when it all started PC games were what we knew so PC games were where we focused. A lot of what you see is an artifact of that early decision. Also unlike a lot of other website MobyGames requires the contributor to upload cover images and screenshots taken by the individual and not boosted off some other website. The advantage is that you will find a lot of different images on MobyGames and not just the retreaded one distributed by the PR dept of the publisher. However grabbing screens from console games is quite difficult ( unless you have an emulator ). This policy however has the adverse effect of favoring PC games and PC game contributors. We understand this is a great challenge for MobyGames and are working hard to overcoming it. Great article FYI. MobyGames started out as a PC only website. Probably our biggest mistake was not supporting consoles earlier if not right off the bat. Unfortunately when it all started PC games were what we knew so PC games were where we focused. A lot of what you see is an artifact of that early decision.

Also unlike a lot of other website MobyGames requires the contributor to upload cover images and screenshots taken by the individual and not boosted off some other website. The advantage is that you will find a lot of different images on MobyGames and not just the retreaded one distributed by the PR dept of the publisher. However grabbing screens from console games is quite difficult ( unless you have an emulator ). This policy however has the adverse effect of favoring PC games and PC game contributors.

We understand this is a great challenge for MobyGames and are working hard to overcoming it. Great article FYI.

]]> Comment on MobyGames: "Adventure" the Best Game Genre of All Time? by: FlightDreamz http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4438 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:48:28 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/177#comment-4438 Hey if story-driven games didn't have appeal, Infocom and the text adventure (like Zork - anyone remember those?) never would have existed! ;) Hey if story-driven games didn't have appeal, Infocom and the text adventure (like Zork - anyone remember those?) never would have existed! ;)

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