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AlmostApollo · 03/05/2010, 08:14 pm

I'm sorry if this thread has existed before, but I'm really curious. What was everyone's first adventure game and how old where you when you played it?

To start off, mine was Pajama Sam In: No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside. I was six and loved every minute of it.

Secret Fawful · 03/05/2010, 08:20 pm

My first adventure game that I remember Escape From Monkey Island for PS2 as a demo in Wal-Mart. I played it over and over; I loved kicking the coal onto the cannon. I always found that to be absolutely hilarious. Sigh. That really was a game meant for consoles.

Although Scooby Doo - Classic Creep Capers for the N64 may pre-date it; I'm not sure if that qualifies as an adventure game.

Wapcaplet · 03/05/2010, 08:23 pm

Probably Zork I. Never did get around to playing any of the old Scott Adams games.

Unless you want to count Adventure on the Atari 2600.

(Yes, I am that old.)

brunner · 03/05/2010, 08:24 pm

Day of the Tentacle is the first adventure game that I played through to completion. The rest of the LucasArts games weren't far behind. In fact, Full Throttle was the first game I ever purchased myself. It came with a free Toys 'R' Us mouse pad. I remember being so excited looking at the back of the box as I went home.

Hayden · 03/05/2010, 08:30 pm

Curse of Monkey Island for me. I had a good debut

brunner · 03/05/2010, 08:36 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by haydenwce27

Curse of Monkey Island for me. I had a good debut

Also a lot of disappointment because adventure games died completely not long after that.

OzzieMonkey · 03/05/2010, 08:39 pm

I got 3 adventure games from a family friend when i was about 8. There was The Dig, Full Throttle and The Curse of Monkey Island. I can't really remember which game I played first, but I do remember that I played Curse a lot more than the other 2 games I got. Eventually I found out about Escape from a kid at school, which I then searched up to try and get it. I went to my loical Ebgames and when I asked for it they said "No, you can only download it." I don't like piracy, so I ask this family friend where he got Curse from. He told me it was Gametraders (I don't know whether any country besides Australia has this shop, it's basically a shop that sells pre-owned games) and not only did I find Escape, but Monkey Island madness on CD, too! Best. Moment. Ever.

Hayden · 03/05/2010, 08:41 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by brunner

Also a lot of disappointment because adventure games died completely not long after that.

Yeah, but I was able to go back over all of the old classics from earlier years. And I think that we're currently in the first days of a revival in the adventure game industry.

jmm · 03/05/2010, 08:42 pm

Maniac Mansion

Avistew · 03/06/2010, 04:33 am

Probably Monkey Island 1, but I was too young to remember. I vaguely remember playing the 2nd one for the first time, which would have happened afterwards, but I remember much better things like Broken Sword and Curse, since I was much older then.

corruptbiggins · 03/06/2010, 04:38 am

Either the Secret of Monkey Island or Maniac Mansion. Probably MI1, though not entirely sure. Damn my rubbish memory of my childhood.

Eduardo · 03/06/2010, 04:44 am

Secret of Monkey Island.

Iryon · 03/06/2010, 06:54 am

Loom

GuybrushWilco · 03/06/2010, 07:06 am

Space Quest 1 EGA

Remolay · 03/06/2010, 07:08 am

Full throttle. which is also one of the first video games I ever played. I sucked at it

Hassat Hunter · 03/06/2010, 08:22 am

My memory really sucks, but probably DoTC or LCR. Has to be one of those 2.

Macco · 03/06/2010, 08:31 am

First I can remember (and probably the first adventure I've played) was Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders.

*Icedhope* · 03/06/2010, 09:13 am

Leisure suit Larry, and the land of the lounge Lizards.

Chyron8472 · 03/06/2010, 10:01 am

My family's first adventure game was King's Quest 4.

I parents dislike adventure games in general because they have too much experince with Sierra's tendency to punish gamers for not picking up everything and using it all in the right order.

My second adventure game was The Secret of Monkey Island. Some time after my parents got their first computer, my aunt and uncle got one, and one of the games they got with it was SMI. I remember watching my family play it together at their house, though I think at the time we all only got as far as the Important-Looking-Pirates in the SCUMM Bar before we started doing other things. Well, I remember at one point going back over to their house and seeing that game in their floppy disk holder thingy, and asked if I could borrow it.

So, because my parents' only real adventure game experience is from Sierra, while I got into LucasArts early enough, they dislike adventure games and it's one of my favorite game genres.

Fury · 03/06/2010, 06:14 pm

Curse of Monkey Island. Followed shortly by escape and MI1 and 2.

Then Spy Fox. Spy Fox Dry Cereal is probably Ron Gilberts greatest non-MI game.

03/05/2010, 08:14 pm	#1
AlmostApollo Ask Me About LOOM Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: TN Posts: 73	What Was The First Adventure Game You Ever Played? I'm sorry if this thread has existed before, but I'm really curious. What was everyone's first adventure game and how old where you when you played it? To start off, mine was Pajama Sam In: No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside. I was six and loved every minute of it.

03/05/2010, 08:20 pm	#2
Secret Fawful Fearless Oathbreaker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Stuck In This Pose Sexiness: Off The Charts! Posts: 5,137	My first adventure game that I remember Escape From Monkey Island for PS2 as a demo in Wal-Mart. I played it over and over; I loved kicking the coal onto the cannon. I always found that to be absolutely hilarious. Sigh. That really was a game meant for consoles. Although Scooby Doo - Classic Creep Capers for the N64 may pre-date it; I'm not sure if that qualifies as an adventure game. __________________ You're the greatest. The greatest! - GuruGuru214 You'll go far in this life, Fawful. - That Guy In The Wheelchair Fawful, you sir, are made of win. - mgrant I love the Fawful! - Davies You're like a bad comedian. - monkey_05_06 ** you. - Giant Tope Why do you have to be such an hole? - Avistew You're a miserable little weasel who derives pleasure from being a *. - AllenB Grow up. - Mike Haley Now Playing: ~~Space Quest 0: Replicated~~ - ~~Space Quest I EGA: The Sarien Encounter~~ - Space Quest I VGA: The Sarien Encounter** - Space Quest II EGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest II VGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon - Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers - Space Quest V: The Next Mutation - Space Quest VI: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier - Space Quest: The Lost Chapter

03/05/2010, 08:30 pm	#5
Hayden ...is procrastinating Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 3,486	Curse of Monkey Island for me. I had a good debut __________________ Read that instead ^.

03/06/2010, 04:38 am	#11
corruptbiggins ready player one Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fintlewoodlewix Posts: 2,202	Either the Secret of Monkey Island or Maniac Mansion. Probably MI1, though not entirely sure. Damn my rubbish memory of my childhood. __________________ Currently reading... The Servants of Twilight by Dean Koontz Portfolio / Blog / YouTube "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

03/06/2010, 07:08 am	#15
Remolay Does not compute Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Planet Earth(Sol 3) Status: My head asplode Posts: 1,987	Full throttle. which is also one of the first video games I ever played. I sucked at it __________________ It's Gallifreyan, it doesn't translate Crap I do: Homestar WUW Twitter YouTube Fanfiction.net It says Remolay

03/05/2010, 08:23 pm	#3
Wapcaplet Death From Above! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Mousebat Follicle Goosecreature Ampersand Spong Wapcaplet Looseliver Vendetta & Prang Posts: 451	Probably Zork I. Never did get around to playing any of the old Scott Adams games. Unless you want to count Adventure on the Atari 2600. (Yes, I am that old.)

03/05/2010, 08:24 pm	#4
brunner Messiah Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Delaware Posts: 83	Day of the Tentacle is the first adventure game that I played through to completion. The rest of the LucasArts games weren't far behind. In fact, Full Throttle was the first game I ever purchased myself. It came with a free Toys 'R' Us mouse pad. I remember being so excited looking at the back of the box as I went home.

03/05/2010, 08:39 pm	#7
OzzieMonkey I need a haircut Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: I come from a land down under! Posts: 1,269	I got 3 adventure games from a family friend when i was about 8. There was The Dig, Full Throttle and The Curse of Monkey Island. I can't really remember which game I played first, but I do remember that I played Curse a lot more than the other 2 games I got. Eventually I found out about Escape from a kid at school, which I then searched up to try and get it. I went to my loical Ebgames and when I asked for it they said "No, you can only download it." I don't like piracy, so I ask this family friend where he got Curse from. He told me it was Gametraders (I don't know whether any country besides Australia has this shop, it's basically a shop that sells pre-owned games) and not only did I find Escape, but Monkey Island madness on CD, too! Best. Moment. Ever.

03/05/2010, 08:42 pm	#9
jmm Fremen Fedaykin Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arrakis (also known as Dune) Posts: 1,177	Maniac Mansion

03/06/2010, 04:33 am	#10
Avistew I<3>1 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: France Posts: 5,051	Probably Monkey Island 1, but I was too young to remember. I vaguely remember playing the 2nd one for the first time, which would have happened afterwards, but I remember much better things like Broken Sword and Curse, since I was much older then.

03/06/2010, 04:44 am	#12
Eduardo Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Argentina Posts: 583	Secret of Monkey Island.

03/06/2010, 06:54 am	#13
Iryon Demonic Poisoner Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 175	Loom

03/06/2010, 07:06 am	#14
GuybrushWilco Pirate Janitor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 437	Space Quest 1 EGA

03/06/2010, 08:22 am	#16
Hassat Hunter Fluffy monkey/Cute kitten Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,804	My memory really sucks, but probably DoTC or LCR. Has to be one of those 2.

03/06/2010, 08:31 am	#17
Macco Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 84	First I can remember (and probably the first adventure I've played) was Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders.

03/06/2010, 09:13 am	#18
Icedhope 007 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: IL Posts: 3,292	Leisure suit Larry, and the land of the lounge Lizards. __________________ Good things come to those who wait, bad things come to those who hate, girlfriends come to those who date, children come to those who mate. ~ Haggis "My opinons are my own and reflect myself and not TTG also I don't work for them...they just gave me mod powers." "Requiescat in pace my father and nephew" Now Playing: ~~MGS3~~ - ~~Portable Ops~~ - Peace Walker - Metal Gear - Solid Snake - Metal Gear Solid - MGS2 - MGS4

03/06/2010, 10:01 am	#19
Chyron8472 Killer Walrus Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Tulsa, OK, USA Posts: 4,075	My family's first adventure game was King's Quest 4. I parents dislike adventure games in general because they have too much experince with Sierra's tendency to punish gamers for not picking up everything and using it all in the right order. My second adventure game was The Secret of Monkey Island. Some time after my parents got their first computer, my aunt and uncle got one, and one of the games they got with it was SMI. I remember watching my family play it together at their house, though I think at the time we all only got as far as the Important-Looking-Pirates in the SCUMM Bar before we started doing other things. Well, I remember at one point going back over to their house and seeing that game in their floppy disk holder thingy, and asked if I could borrow it. So, because my parents' only real adventure game experience is from Sierra, while I got into LucasArts early enough, they dislike adventure games and it's one of my favorite game genres. Last edited by Chyron8472; 03/06/2010 at 10:04 am.

03/06/2010, 06:14 pm	#20
Fury Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Homeless (until I get a new car) Posts: 1,363	Curse of Monkey Island. Followed shortly by escape and MI1 and 2. Then Spy Fox. Spy Fox Dry Cereal is probably Ron Gilberts greatest non-MI game.

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