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> Subject line says all.  (I even spell favorite, favourite)

Manhunter -- sliding open a door to find someone hanging dead, with flies
buzzing around... simply because I've never found another game with the guts
to create a world so grim.

Zork: Nemesis -- the music-school/boarding-school, in the upstairs dorm with
rain falling on the clear glass roof, the ambient music here is just
beautiful, the atmosphere absolutely entrancing... another world...

- Brendan

"The BS Guy" <TheB...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ashikaga <llhsu@worldnet.att.netizen> wrote
>
> > (Sorry, no Broken Sword,
>
> "Shane's death list...
> *Kill the poster formally known as Citizen Louie"

I am just a nice, innocent gamer.  Better run.

> > but definitely no Toonstruck)
>
> "Mental note; give him a *quick* death"
>
> :)
>
> No, but really... what about Syria in BS1? I loved it, the music, the
> atmosphere, the scenery... I don't know why but Syria is the part that
> sticks out most in my memory.

Yeah, I really like that (this is not last minute kiss up).  I like the
carpet seller and Smiths.

Ashikaga, formerly known as a dead man.
> --
>  Le gach beannacht
> Th� B� G�� (The BS Guy)
>
> "His face hanging, like a devil's sick of sin;
> If you could hear, at every jolt, the froth-corrupted lungs,
> Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
> Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,-
> My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
> To children ardent for some desperate glory,
> The old lie: Dulce et decorum est
> Pro patria mori."
>
> 'Dulce et Decorum Est' - Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)

"P12" <no_...@this_address.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 20:33:02 -0800, "Ashikaga"
> <llhsu@worldnet.att.netizen> wrote:
>
> >Hi!
> >
> >Subject line says all.  (I even spell favorite, favourite)
>
> Sanitarium:    The part in the graveyard with all the little kids.
> O.K. more sick stuff I know.

I like that part, too.  The deformed kids, right?  Maybe it is the
playground games like tic-tac-toe and such make me nostalgic.

Ashikaga

Lovin' you, Ashikaga... is easy cos you're beautiful:

>"P12" <no_...@this_address.com> wrote in message
>> >Hi!
>> >
>> >Subject line says all.  (I even spell favorite, favourite)
>> Sanitarium:    The part in the graveyard with all the little kids.
>> O.K. more sick stuff I know.
>
>I like that part, too.  The deformed kids, right?  Maybe it is the
>playground games like tic-tac-toe and such make me nostalgic.

I liked the way it built up to the Sarah flashback a bit at a time, as
you talked to each of the kids.  There were lots of good touches in
Sanitarium, the evil clown's faces stick in my mind.
I liked the way there were various signs of future hallucinations strewn
throughout the game, very Gilliam-esque.  :) 


-- 
TragedyTrousers.

Gabriel Knight 1 :  
* The bit where Gabriel asks Grace what she did last night and she said how
she watched an interesting     documentary.  It ended in retorts about each
other's sex lives.  I think it was the beginning of day 5.
*  I also liked the final voodoo ceremony bit at the end of the game.
*  When Gabriel gets into Malia Geddes house 

Broken Sword 1:
* The opening scene
* At Hotel Ubu

Broken Sword 2:
* The scenery bit when George gets to the top of the hill and the "camera"
does a panoramic shot of the scene
* When George finds Nico tied up and teases her.

Toonstruck:
* The bit where the two dogs are showing the main character how objects in
the display case are used.

Black Dahlia:
* When Jim is trying to get the parcel from the postmaster.  He gets soooo
frustrated!
* All the easter eggs

The Neverhood:
* Eating fruit off the tree, or whatever that stuff was.
* Getting chased by the giant crab

The Last Express
* I liked going into the dining room during mealtimes and listening to
others' conversations.
* The ending scene

There are so many, but I just can't think of them all at this moment!! 
This will have to do...

Diana

Memorable scenes that come to mind (and note that this is not an exhaustive
list, nor is it in order).  I've decided to limit it arbitrarily to one
scene per game.

Beware, thar be spoilers here.

Zork I:
"You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded
 front door.
 There is a small mailbox here."

and Return to Zork's fade-in from the text to the animated graphic of the
white house.

Gabriel Knight 1:
The dream sequence, which keeps getting more and more detailed.

Gabriel Knight 2:
The opera.

Quest for Glory 2:
Paladin's ending.

Quest for Glory 4:
Toby's sacrifice.

Sanitarium:
Hunting for the sister's doll in the ghost house.

Day of the Tentacle:
The beauty contest.

Grim Fandango:
Farewell to Glottis.

Monkey Island 1:
Break-in to Governor Marley's mansion.

Monkey Island 2:
Parents' skeletons perform "Dem Bones".

Monkey Island 3:
The pirate song.

Twinsen's Adventure:
The grand finale.

Loom:
Breaking the loom.

I'm sure there are tons more (and other have been mentioned elsewhere
in this thread), but I'm going to stop here.

- Claude.

-- 
-- 
Claude Martins / Timberwolf / ICQ: 5304950 / York U, Toronto, ON, CA
mar...@cs.yorku.ca / The Wolf Lair http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~martins/
"You've done a man's job, sir!"

Ashikaga wrote:

The Mask of the Sun: (early Apple ][ adventure) the twinkling pool room.

Colonel's BeQuest: the ghost in the graveyard (with MT-32 music -awesome effect
for the time.)

Grim Fandango, the death scene of the mobster's girl friend at the lighthouse.

Neverhood, the crab monster at the hole in the wall.

"The BS Guy" <TheB...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm playing that at the minute... I can't get off day 4! I don't know
why...
> it just won't end! But its still a very good game!

IIRC Day 4 is probably the smallest (along with another one later on, I
won't tell which one, it's irrelevant anyway). So, try to focus at the
matter at hand (whichever that is). There aren't much to do anyway. Good
luck.

"Robert Norton" <r...@execpc.com> wrote in message
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> Ashikaga wrote:
>
> The Mask of the Sun: (early Apple ][ adventure) the twinkling pool room.

UUuuuuuuggghhh!!!!

Whenever I think of that evil game the only thing I can think of is MAZE!!

Allegedly, according to the Giant Book of Adventure Games (an early eighties
walkthrough book for many a game), you are supposed to emerge from this
completely random maze --that is one room away from the endgame --
somewhere after the seventy-fifth move.  I have literally roamed this maze
for
over two hours and have never left.

My Apple II is now gathering dust and the game has (if there is any justice
in this
world) been banished to some far corner of Hell.  Curse your eyes for
bringing
back the pain and the torment to me!!!! :)

Lovin' you, Charybdis... is easy cos you're beautiful:

>> I love her, cause she's beautiful.  How can she refuse?
>
>By saying no, vomiting, stabbing you, stabbing herself, laughing, screaming,
>calling the police, throwing herself off a cliff, going "Yerwhat????"....

Ooh, you nasty cynic, you.  I bought a six-pack of Kestrel and 2 boxes
of Benson & Hedges specially for the occasion.  How could *anyone* spurn
such a romantic gesture?
  

-- 
TragedyTrousers.

> Ooh, you nasty cynic, you.  I bought a six-pack of Kestrel and 2 boxes
> of Benson & Hedges specially for the occasion.  How could *anyone* spurn
> such a romantic gesture?

By saying no, vomiting, stabbing you, stabbing herself, laughing, screaming,
calling the police, throwing herself off a cliff, going "Yerwhat????"....

- Richard

TragedyTrousers wrote:
> 
> Lovin' you, Alkis Polyrakis... is easy cos you're beautiful:
> 
> >TragedyTrousers wrote:
> >
> >> I'm seriously considering going down to the Law Courts tomorrow, and
> >> having Monkey Island's legal status as The Best Game Ever *revoked*!
> >
> >Well said..
> 
> I expected you of all people to be jumping up and down on my head after
> saying that!

That's what happens when I'm posting at 3:00 am without reading a post
twice.. Revoked??????
(jumps up and down on Erik's head).

-- 
'I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian'

Polyrakis Alkis
University of Patra, Greece
Electrical engineering department
ICQ #: 10123551
URL: http://i.am/alkis
(Click on the English flag if you're not Greek)

Lovin' you, Alkis Polyrakis... is easy cos you're beautiful:
>TragedyTrousers wrote:
>> >> I'm seriously considering going down to the Law Courts tomorrow, and
>> >> having Monkey Island's legal status as The Best Game Ever *revoked*!
>> >Well said..
>> I expected you of all people to be jumping up and down on my head after
>> saying that!
>That's what happens when I'm posting at 3:00 am without reading a post
>twice.. Revoked??????
>(jumps up and down on Erik's head).

*OOF*  Thank you, *OUCH*  thats *AARGH* more *URK* like it! 
***SPLAT!***
(head bursts apart like an overripe melon)


-- 
TragedyTrousers.

My favourite/most memorable adventure gaming scenes (SPOILERS included):

The Secret of Monkey Island - The 'stealing the idol' sequence, meeting
Meathook ('You just don't know when to stop, do you?' 
''Looks like neither did your barber.')

Monkey Island 2 - Using the Largo doll, the spitting contest, being chased
by Marley's cook, walking around in the pink costume, hanging above the
acid.

Curse of Monkey Island - Tarred and feathered, 'A Pirate I Was Meant to
Be', meeting Murray, the conversation with King Andre.

Grim Fandango - Meeting Glottis, first seeing the Bone Wagon, the final
scene.

Discworld Noir - getting killed after stealing the golden sword, drawing
the circle connecting all of the murders together.

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - The interactive intro, Kerner
stealing the stone discs, the finale in Atlantis.

Broken Sword - the cliff-top escape in Syria, the train bit.

Day of the Tentacle - getting Doctor Fred out of the upstairs window,
blowing out George Washington's teeth, the tentacle flag ending.

Sam & Max - Bumpusville, the Tunnel of Love.

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"Robert Norton" <r...@execpc.com> wrote in message
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> Scott Butler wrote:
>
> > "Robert Norton" <r...@execpc.com> wrote in message
> > news:3897ab94$0$2959@news.execpc.com...
> > > Ashikaga wrote:
> > >
> > > The Mask of the Sun: (early Apple ][ adventure) the twinkling pool
room.
> >
> > UUuuuuuuggghhh!!!!
> >
> > Whenever I think of that evil game the only thing I can think of is
MAZE!!
> >
> > Allegedly, according to the Giant Book of Adventure Games (an early
eighties
> > walkthrough book for many a game), you are supposed to emerge from this
> > completely random maze --that is one room away from the endgame --
> > somewhere after the seventy-fifth move.  I have literally roamed this
maze
> > for
> > over two hours and have never left.
> >
> > My Apple II is now gathering dust and the game has (if there is any
justice
> > in this
> > world) been banished to some far corner of Hell.  Curse your eyes for
> > bringing
> > back the pain and the torment to me!!!! :)
>
> Maybe you had the FAKE MASK???  You will never find your way out unless
you get
> the real one, hidden underneath.
>
> It was an amazing game, technically.  Text and color graphics, they used
flicker
> frames to provide animation, and sound effects, like the flute were great.
All
> in 48K of RAM.
>

I dunno...Like I said, I ended up using a walkthrough book, and I tried
playing the game numerous times trying to figure out what I did wrong.  I
was a kid at the time though, so it's entirely possible that I  messed
something up even with the cheats.

I did enjoy the game up to that point, but to this day it remains one of the
few (no others immediately come to mind -- maybe its the only!!) games I
started but never won.  And that's a lot of games! :)

I know I have it somewhere at my parents' house and will probably eventually
go back and complete it, you know, for closure.

Scott Butler

I liked the entire sequence in the Temple in Lighthouse.

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Lady katie
Keeper of the Sacred Paddle
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Veni, Vidi, Velcro
I came, I saw, I stuck around
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Ashikaga wrote in message <86tqg5$aqu$1...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
>Hi!
>
>Subject line says all.  (I even spell favorite, favourite)
>
>Mine are (not in a paticular order):
>
>TLE - Concerto scene and the scene where WWI broke out, Cath must say
>goodbye to Miss Wolf, the prettiest red-hair heroine ever appeared in a
>computer game (don't argue with me on this one, I know I am right).
>
>GK1 - St. George's Bookstore, love the music, the atomosphere and Grace's
>sarcasms make me wonder why Gabriel is in financial trouble.
>
>GK3 - the swining axe, frustrating, but beautifully rendered, and maybe the
>music helped.
>
>MI 1 - sword fight scene.  I just love the humour.
>
>Loom - the crystal building.  I don't know why, but it stick to my brain
>more than many excellent scenes appeared in The Dig.
>
>MI 3 - the pirate song.  My brother adores it.
>
>Countdown - the asylum scared the hell out of me, especially you use
Access'
>Realsound instead of Soundblaster.
>
>There are probably more, but that's it for now.  (Sorry, no Broken Sword,
>but definitely no Toonstruck)
>
>Ashikaga
>
>
>
>

Scott Butler wrote:

> > > >
> > > > The Mask of the Sun: (early Apple ][ adventure) the twinkling pool
> room.
> > >
> > > UUuuuuuuggghhh!!!!
> > >
> > > Whenever I think of that evil game the only thing I can think of is
> MAZE!!
>
> I dunno...Like I said, I ended up using a walkthrough book, and I tried
> playing the game numerous times trying to figure out what I did wrong.  I
> was a kid at the time though, so it's entirely possible that I  messed
> something up even with the cheats.
>
> I did enjoy the game up to that point, but to this day it remains one of the
> few (no others immediately come to mind -- maybe its the only!!) games I
> started but never won.  And that's a lot of games! :)
>
> I know I have it somewhere at my parents' house and will probably eventually
> go back and complete it, you know, for closure.

I had to wait years to lose the "I have a bad feeling about this" quote from
Raoul.  (Is that the sidekicks name?)
Serpent's Star was also very good, but I don't think I finished that.

The opening scene in Bladerunner is my favorite.  It opens with
an aerial view of LA after the wars, just like the movie.

Its quite spectacular and very eerie.


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In article <00834414...@usw-ex0101-007.remarq.com>,
Isis1939  <isis1939NOisSPAM@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>The opening scene in Bladerunner is my favorite.  It opens with
>an aerial view of LA after the wars, just like the movie.
>
>Its quite spectacular and very eerie.

I think its noteworthiness is due more to the movie than to
the game itself.

- Claude.

-- 
-- 
Claude Martins / Timberwolf / ICQ: 5304950 / York U, Toronto, ON, CA
mar...@cs.yorku.ca / The Wolf Lair http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~martins/
"I've got a bad case of mood poisoning... must be something I hate."