What a great series! Lots of atmosphere, humor, and replayability. To this day, not many games have the option to carry over a character from one game to the next – let alone 5 games! Many fond memories of this series from my past and, replaying them recently, I think they still hold up – even Dragon Fire! Some notes for new or returning users: I would just download and use SCUMMVM for running 1 through 4 versus the included DOSBox emulation. You’ll have a nicer experience overall with some nice built-in MIDI emulation for an authentic soundscape. 3 and 4 have very helpful and necessary fan patches from AshLancer and 5 has a patch called QFG5Patcher from ubipred that help these run a bit more bug free and friendly. At some point in 5, to load a save, I would have to start a new game and load from that point to avoid crashing on first load, but I was able to get through to the finale of the series. And, as others have mentioned, I would highly recommend seeking out the AGD remake of 2 – especially if you want a more cohesive/standardized run through the series without the parser entries (which are still great in their own right). The remake is also so old now that SCUMMVM is the better choice for running that now, too. 4 is my favorite, but they are all charming in their own right and well worth the effort (and frustration) to complete. Thank you to the Cole’s and Sierra for this wonderful piece of gaming history.
