Help remembering an old adventure game • Gaming • Retro • Eurogamer.net

Roborron 27 Apr 2018 16:30:56 1 posts
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Hi there,

I'm terrible at remembering old games but you guys are clearly experts at it so i thought I'd give this a go. I can remember almost nothing about this game apart from one specific detail, so here goes (and everything below needs to have 'I think' appended to it!...

- It wasn't a text based adventure, you had a character that walked around and could go inside and outside of buildings
- It was either on the spectrum or the Atari ST (that's how bad I am at remembering)
- It was in black and white
- It was based in a city
- you could pick up and use items, obviously I guess (I remember their was a radio you could use)
- At one point you could go into a church, if you entered the church then the next screen saw your character standing on the left hand side of the screen with the church alter on the far right. Their was an item on the ground near the alter. BUT if you started to walk down the aisle your health suddenly started to deplete. If you moved left, back to the front door it stopped depleting.

I'm sure i'm not making this up (although sometimes it feels like it). Does anyone have any idea what this game might have been called?

Cheers guys.

Youthist 27 Apr 2018 16:33:48 14,723 posts
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I miss Blerk

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Dog Faced Knight Ecclesial Adventures

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Ski Free

Edited by robthehermit at 17:06:29 27-04-2018

Edited by robthehermit at 17:11:16 27-04-2018

quadfather 27 Apr 2018 17:52:29 39,069 posts
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Did it have a horror vibe to it?

I'm thinking dark seed on the ST

One_Vurfed_Gwrx 27 Apr 2018 18:03:05 4,467 posts
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quadfather wrote:
Did it have a horror vibe to it?

I'm thinking dark seed on the ST

I don't think Dark Seed came out on the ST.

Not sure what the game is myself though...

SnackPlissken 27 Apr 2018 18:05:46 3,512 posts
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Return to Zork

Want some rye?

neilka 27 Apr 2018 18:06:11 24,021 posts
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if you started to walk down the aisle your health suddenly started to deplete

Sounds like real life, eh fellas???

neilka 27 Apr 2018 18:06:23 24,021 posts
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if you started to walk down the aisle your health suddenly started to deplete

Dale Winton Simulator?

neilka 27 Apr 2018 18:06:38 24,021 posts
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(Dial 0898 50 60 70 now to vote for your favourite)

Load_2.0 27 Apr 2018 18:10:04 33,582 posts
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Sounds a bit like Manhunter from Sierra.

quadfather 27 Apr 2018 18:21:06 39,069 posts
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One_Vurfed_Gwrx wrote:

quadfather wrote:
Did it have a horror vibe to it?

I'm thinking dark seed on the ST
I don't think Dark Seed came out on the ST.

Not sure what the game is myself though...

Was it Amiga only then? I can't remember

challenge_hanukkah 27 Apr 2018 19:57:16 14,394 posts
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The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian

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@quadfather Nah, sequel was PC only though.

wizbob 27 Apr 2018 22:24:44 936 posts
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Spectrum? Could be Movie or Contact Sam Cruise.

One_Vurfed_Gwrx 27 Apr 2018 23:17:02 4,467 posts
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quadfather wrote:

One_Vurfed_Gwrx wrote:

quadfather wrote:
Did it have a horror vibe to it?

I'm thinking dark seed on the ST
I don't think Dark Seed came out on the ST.

Not sure what the game is myself though...
Was it Amiga only then? I can't remember

Amiga (and CD32), PC, Saturn (Japan only) and PS1 (Japan only). Possibly some other Japanese computers and likely Mac. Dark Seed 2 lost the Amiga formats (I got a copy on Mac in futile hope of emulating it and an unfortunately French text only PC copy) and possibly was only PS1 (Japan only) consolewise.

neilka 27 Apr 2018 23:25:28 24,021 posts
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^This guy Seeds.

Cappy 28 Apr 2018 11:27:42 14,393 posts
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Perhaps if you could remember if you were controlling the character with a keyboard (probably Spectrum then) or using a mouse (definitely Atari ST).

Sorry I'm drawing a blank, a game in a City with accessible buildings that includes a church, and objects you can pick up and use, isn't much to go on. I suppose the character was a generic guy with no notable or memorable features too.

One_Vurfed_Gwrx 28 Apr 2018 11:36:36 4,467 posts
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neilka wrote:
^This guy Seeds.

Keeps quiet about actually owning most of the Japanese formats of the game

. Went through a phase of checking out Japanese Saturn releases of PC adventure games (Phantasm (Phantasmagoria) being an 8 CD monster...)

Dark Seed 2 was curiosity about actually playing it. Always been a Giger fan so that helps.

Cappy 28 Apr 2018 13:15:36 14,393 posts
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Full disclosure, I have the Playstation versions of Dark Seed and Dark Seed II. I have quite a lot of the import graphic adventures and FMV/video clip based games of that period Braindead 13, Psychic Detective etc.

One_Vurfed_Gwrx 28 Apr 2018 15:42:56 4,467 posts
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Cappy wrote:
Full disclosure, I have the Playstation versions of Dark Seed and Dark Seed II. I have quite a lot of the import graphic adventures and FMV/video clip based games of that period Braindead 13, Psychic Detective etc.

I'm not the only crazy person

. Ultima Underworld on PS1 is the centerpoint of my western games ported to consoles in Japanese only collection.

Malek86 28 Apr 2018 17:10:29 12,331 posts
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One_Vurfed_Gwrx wrote:
Keeps quiet about actually owning most of the Japanese formats of the game . Went through a phase of checking out Japanese Saturn releases of PC adventure games (Phantasm (Phantasmagoria) being an 8 CD monster...)

Dark Seed 2 was curiosity about actually playing it. Always been a Giger fan so that helps.

I couldn't stand more than two minutes of the main character whining to his mom, but I guess Dark Seed 2 at least makes for good Youtube material.

One_Vurfed_Gwrx wrote:

I'm not the only crazy person . Ultima Underworld on PS1 is the centerpoint of my western games ported to consoles in Japanese only collection.

Do you have Zork 1? Now that was an interesting japanese port. I actually managed to get pretty far on the Saturn with my basic japanese skills, but got stuck in the bat caves...

Actually "seeing" the world of Zork for the first time was pretty nice though. There are some evocative pictures, and the soundtrack is also quite good.

Edited by Malek86 at 17:12:16 28-04-2018

One_Vurfed_Gwrx 28 Apr 2018 19:57:13 4,467 posts
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Malek86 wrote:

One_Vurfed_Gwrx wrote:
Keeps quiet about actually owning most of the Japanese formats of the game . Went through a phase of checking out Japanese Saturn releases of PC adventure games (Phantasm (Phantasmagoria) being an 8 CD monster...)

Dark Seed 2 was curiosity about actually playing it. Always been a Giger fan so that helps.
I couldn't stand more than two minutes of the main character whining to his mom, but I guess Dark Seed 2 at least makes for good Youtube material.

One_Vurfed_Gwrx wrote:

I'm not the only crazy person . Ultima Underworld on PS1 is the centerpoint of my western games ported to consoles in Japanese only collection.
Do you have Zork 1? Now that was an interesting japanese port. I actually managed to get pretty far on the Saturn with my basic japanese skills, but got stuck in the bat caves...

Actually "seeing" the world of Zork for the first time was pretty nice though. There are some evocative pictures, and the soundtrack is also quite good.

The game (DS ) was heavily flawed but Ibhave a soft spot for it. Need to play through 2 now I have it running on Win3.1 in Dosbox. The original Zork is one I didn't get, be easier than Realsound I imagine (my Japanese listening skills aren't my strongest point). I think I have one of the graphical Zork sequels though. May have to check it out though.

RawShark 30 Apr 2018 11:31:01 2,202 posts
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Future Wars? (Grasping at straws here)

Ra_ra_rasputin 30 Apr 2018 14:04:23 332 posts
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SnackPlissken wrote:
Return to Zork

Want some rye?

Course you do...