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Re: ARE ADVENTURES GAMES DEAD?

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From: Darren Taylor
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 00:00
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Rich wrote:

> No way man!  Not dead!  Try reading the adventure game newsgroup and
> then reevaluate.  I've been on an adventure game high this year.  I never
> really liked them much before, either.  Here's some I recommend:
>
> Curse of Monkey Island (an absolute MUST!!)
> Dark Earth (almost is a dark fantasy RPG, loved it)
> Sanitarium (I'm waiting for it to come out, but loved the demo)
> Blade Runner (if you're into this type of thing it's kinda good)
> Black Dahlia (this one is hard, but intense)
>
> John Shiali wrote:

    I think Tomb Raider I and II are adventure games.  What's great about Tomb
Raider is it's adventure and action all rolled into one.  She is kinda the
Indiana Jones of the 90', but a bigger bad ass then Indy ever was!! :o)

--Darren Taylor
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From: Darren Taylor <Darren...@sdrc.com>
Subject: Re: ARE ADVENTURES GAMES DEAD?
Date: 1998/05/15
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