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Let's go adventuring!

Pick up King's Quest 1, 2, and 3 for 60% off--and go read IGN's Year of Adventure retrospective on the series here!

The cool cats over at IGN have decided that this year they will run a "Year of Adventure" series of retrospective of some of the best adventure games ever made. We heard about that and said, "Fantastically good classic adventure games? The devil you say! We have loads of those here at GOG.com. Maybe we can work together to increase the amount of awesome on the Internet!"

And lo, we have. While we don't have *every* fantastic classic adventure game in the catalog (yet! We're keep trying!), for the games that we do have in our collection that IGN has found to be worth covering in their retrospective series, we'll be offering that game at a great discount for 48 hours after their article runs.

The first game we're offering is the incomparable King's Quest 1 + 2 + 3 series. IGN's article covers what makes these games so compelling--even today--in greater depth than we can in a newspost like this. Check out the article--and the sale--and tell us what you think a critical game for a "year of adventure" retrospective should be in the comments below. The offer lasts until Tuesday, February 11, at 11:59PM GMT.
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Wishbone: I think a critical game for a "year of adventure" retrospective would be anything from LucasArts. Now get Disney on the horn and work out a deal ;-)
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TheEnigmaticT: We've been trying.

For, like, 5 years. >.>
Can you at least slap some publishers already on here, like Activision and Squeenix, into allowing you to re-release more classics? :P (Where's the Final Fantasy and Bloodlines?)
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TheEnigmaticT: We've been trying.

For, like, 5 years. >.>
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Wishbone: I know. Keep trying ;-)

Never give up! Never surrender!
+1 for Galaxy Quest reference.
I remember this as one of my first PC games (if we don't call something like Atari 800XL a PC). It was really a lot of fun although the puzzles sometimes were pretty illogical. Bird, nest, thingie, ugh. Anyways, I never even knew that these games were made by a female programmer, unusual at the time. Was quite surprised when I found out, many years later.
I think it's a good thing for GOG to use all those big sites like IGN, Gamespot, etc. to reach a wider audience. It may establish and/or secure GOG's image as a mature well-known site and it will bring more users and ultimately more sales.
But please, GOG, never grow old and indifferent like those big businesses often (always?) do. We want you to be young at heart!
Think it's a good deal to get the GOG name out there on IGN and generate more traffic on here. And while I don't read a lot of articles on IGN, these seem to be an interesting series on classic adventure games. Curious to see which other games they will include in the next ones!

And thank you GOG for putting the games discussed in the articles up for promo here! Also, you've already got a great collection of adventure games in your catalogue, but it's good to hear you're not stopping at hunting down more of them to be added on here! And since this article deals with a classic Sierra series, here's my small wishlist of Sierra adventure games I would LOVE to see on GOG: :-)

- Gold Rush!
- Manhunter: New York & Manhunter 2: San Francisco
- Mixed-Up Mother Goose & Mixed-Up Fairy Tales
- Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequest & Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
- Codename: Iceman
- Conquest pf Camelot & Conquest of the Longbow
- Rise of the Dragon
- Heart of China
- The Castle of Dr. Brain & The Island of Dr. Brain & The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain & The Time Warp of Dr. Brain
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
- EcoQuest 1: The Search for Cetus & EcoQuest 2: The Lost Secrets of the Rainforest
- Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
- Pepper's Adventures in Time
- Lost in Time
- Ween: The Prophecy
- The Last Dynasty
- Woodruff & the Schnibble of Azimuth
- Lighthouse: The Dark Being
- Rama
- Shivers & Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
- Urban Runner

Also wouldn't mind seeing more non-adventure games from Sierra getting a GOG release (Outpost (a fully patched one would be brilliant!), the Earthsiege series, Lord of the Realm games, Battle Bugs, Alien Legacy, Space Bucks, Birthright, Silpheed, Lode Runner On-Line, etc etc etc :-) ) either!
Post edited February 10, 2014 by Corwim
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Corwim: Also wouldn't mind seeing more non-adventure games from Sierra getting a GOG release (Outpost (a fully patched one would be brilliant!), the Earthsiege series, Lord of the Realm games, Battle Bugs, Alien Legacy, Space Bucks, Birthright, Silpheed, Lode Runner On-Line, etc etc etc :-) ) either!
Lords of the Realm 1-3 is already on GoG. Also, don't forget to add Hunter Hunted to your list ;)
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Corwim: - The Castle of Dr. Brain & The Island of Dr. Brain & The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain & The Time Warp of Dr. Brain
Would love to see Lost Mind on here; good times.
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Corwim: ...
Heck yes! Problem is getting Activision to pay attention. You can try to make contact here: https://twitter.com/ATVIAssist
Say what you will about IGN, but larger game sites being willing to partner with GOG for these types of promotions, potentially bringing more people while showcasing games that aren't the latest sub-par "triple A" exercises in rehashed overpriced mediocrity can only be seen as a good thing.
- Rama

The Adventure game based on Arthur C Clarke's Rama series books? Yes a nice choice for GOG.

From what I can recall it was pretty decent game, very interesting story as well.
Post edited February 10, 2014 by DavidDragoon
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CarrionCrow: Say what you will about IGN, but larger game sites being willing to partner with GOG for these types of promotions, potentially bringing more people while showcasing games that aren't the latest sub-par "triple A" exercises in rehashed overpriced mediocrity can only be seen as a good thing.
I have to agree.

On a side note, King's Quest 1+2+3 is quite low in the bestselling list, inspite the recent Time Machine Sale and the current Promo - I guess it's too old school (being a text adventure and all).
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HypersomniacLive: - I guess it's too old school (being a text adventure and all).
They are graphical adventure games that use a text parser interface.
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TheEnigmaticT: Gateway: Homeworld (and the excellent sequel) by Legend Entertainment are, in my opinion, the best text parser adventure games made.
Excellent... our GOG overlords are Legends fans, too! Just brightened up my day!
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TheEnigmaticT: Gateway: Homeworld (and the excellent sequel) by Legend Entertainment are, in my opinion, the best text parser adventure games made.
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tritone: Excellent... our GOG overlords are Legends fans, too! Just brightened up my day!
Well, we do have Star Control 3, but let's not talk about that. :P
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tritone: Excellent... our GOG overlords are Legends fans, too! Just brightened up my day!
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TheEnigmaticT: Well, we do have Star Control 3, but let's not talk about that. :P
Why not? SC3 wasn't that bad :)