Little known adventure games

[Friar]

What are your favourite little-known adventure games? Ones that never sold well, or few people have heard of? I remember one i played as a kid, which was probably my first adventure game. It was called "Pink Pankther: Hokus Pokus Pink". It was awesome. You visited different countries and continents searching for parts for a potion. It was fully voiced, and was one of the first games i know of that had an in-built, indepth walkthrough And, it was semi-educational! Often with songs! If you see it, it's well worth picking up. In fact, i'm gonna replay it!

^Mt. Olympus^

[SHODANFreeman]

Pendulo Studios' first game "Hollywood Monsters" is kind of nifty, but it's entirely in Spanish.

[coolsome]

Im not exactly sure if this is one but is hotel dusk well known?

[Friar]

Originally Posted by Sailorcuteness

Im not exactly sure if this is one but is hotel dusk well known?

I think quite a few DS gamers know of it, but never bought it. It was a fantastic game though, and one of my favourite DS games. It's just a shame the sequel had to get canned because the developer went bust.

@ShodanFreeman: Does it have English subtitles at all?

[Fealiks]

Thomas & Tim. I guarantee nobody has heard of it. Whenever I google it I get things like "Tim Thomas, CEO of Company McBusiness" and stuff. After rigorous searching, I found out that it's based on a Dutch (I think) cartoon called Thomas og Tim. Anybody familiar with that? The game I played was voiced by British actors in English, but I guess it was probably translated from Dutch too.

[taumel]

Bone 2 - The great cow race.

Really, give it a try!

[The Highway]

Originally Posted by taumel

Bone 2 - The great cow race.

Really, give it a try!

Haha, you're funny...

[Sir Primalform Magnifico]

Originally Posted by Friar

I think quite a few DS gamers know of it, but never bought it. It was a fantastic game though, and one of my favourite DS games. It's just a shame the sequel had to get canned because the developer went bust.

Didn't get canned. It was out in Japan before they even went bust and is due to come out in Europe on the 17th of september. There's no announcement of a US release same as with the Wii sequel to Another Code (Trace Memory in the US), another of Cing's franchises. Poor Cing... If you can, import both.

[Darth Marsden]

Gah, Ninja'd again! But yeah, import them if you can. You may have a problem region-wise with the Wii one, so do a little research before investing, but the DS is region-free, so at least that one's not a problem.

As for the original topic... Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment. It's by Yahtzee, but is inevitably overshadowed by his immensely better known Chzo Mythos series. It's also a slightly odd mix of classic adventure gaming, platforming and space sim. But it has adventure game sections, so I'm counting it. Also, it's brilliant. Go give it a try.

On a similar subject, give his other games a try. Anything above the Rob Blanc trilogy in that list is generally pretty awesome, though the bottom two games aren't particularly amazing. But then, most people's first games aren't, really.

[SHODANFreeman]

Originally Posted by Friar

@ShodanFreeman: Does it have English subtitles at all?

Not to my knowledge, but if you had a basic Spanish class at some point, and access to a Spanish dictionary, you can fumble your way through it.

[Friar]

Originally Posted by Sir Primalform Magnifico

Didn't get canned. It was out in Japan before they even went bust and is due to come out in Europe on the 17th of september. There's no announcement of a US release same as with the Wii sequel to Another Code (Trace Memory in the US), another of Cing's franchises. Poor Cing... If you can, import both.

I live in the UK, so i'll have to pick that up. I used to be really hot on releases...

And I have Another code R, fantastic game. Vastly superior to the original (if only because it's much longer)

[Tor]

Guilty, a.k.a. Innocent Until Caught 2: Presumed Guilty. It's the first point & click adventure game I ever played, the first "talkie" game I ever played, and one of the first CD-ROM games I ever played.

[Soultaker]

Don't know how well known they are, but fun to play anyway:
Dangeresque
Peasant's Quest

[Hassat Hunter]

Originally Posted by Fealiks

I found out that it's based on a Dutch (I think) cartoon called Thomas og Tim.

Og? That's not Dutch at all. Maybe Danish?

And nope, no unknown adventures here .

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by Hassat Hunter

And nope, no unknown adventures here .

well if you knew them they wouldnt be unknown

[BoneFreak]

I completely love the Pajama Sam games, in fact, I love all the Humongous Entertainment Games. I think they can count as little known as they're really only meant for little kids, but I played them at an early age and now they've become a part of me.

However, the most recent PJ (Life is Rough when you lose your Stuff) is licensed by Atari, and it also ruined Pajama Sam's voice, therefore I hate it.

They need to make more of them, though.

[GaryCXJk]

I know quite a few.

First, there's the, for its time, decently known Little Big Adventure and its sequel. It's mostly action adventure with platforming elements, although the platforming elements were, to be honest, quite rubbish. It was a fun game though.

Then we have Ark of Time. It's a point and click adventure which I never was able to finish, so I don't even know the ending. We lost the game disc, so chances are I will never find out.

Then probably Down in the Dumps, also a point and click adventure. Also never finished it, but it's pretty good.

[Javi-Wan Kenobi]

Originally Posted by Friar

I remember one i played as a kid, which was probably my first adventure game. It was called "Pink Pankther: Hokus Pokus Pink". It was awesome. You visited different countries and continents searching for parts for a potion. It was fully voiced, and was one of the first games i know of that had an in-built, indepth walkthrough And, it was semi-educational! Often with songs! If you see it, it's well worth picking up. In fact, i'm gonna replay it!

I liked most the previous game, "Pink Panther: Passport to Peril". It was more game-ish, and less educational-ish. If I remember correctly, it was the second adventure game I've ever played.

The first adventure game I played was "Mortadelo y Filemón: El Sulfato Atómico" by Alcachofa Soft, the guys who lately did "The Abbey". In fact, I think most Alcachofa Soft's games are little known adventure games (most of them are Spanish only). Their very first game, "Drascula", can be downloaded for free on the ScummVM page (in several languages including English, if I'm not wrong)

Originally Posted by SHODANFreeman

Pendulo Studios' first game "Hollywood Monsters" is kind of nifty, but it's entirely in Spanish.

Actually, their first game was "Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia", also entirely in Spanish and almost impossible to find now. It was a pretty nice game. "Hollywood Monsters" was their second game, by the way.

[SHODANFreeman]

Originally Posted by Javi-Wan Kenobi

Actually, their first game was "Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia", also entirely in Spanish and almost impossible to find now. It was a pretty nice game. "Hollywood Monsters" was their second game, by the way.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one.

[Friar]

Originally Posted by Javi-Wan Kenobi

I liked most the previous game, "Pink Panther: Passport to Peril". It was more game-ish, and less educational-ish. If I remember correctly, it was the second adventure game I've ever played.

I never played that, but i'll have to look out for it!

I kinda enjoyed the educational aspect of PP:HPP, because that, coupled with the simplified controls (you don't have to make him walk anywhere), make it a perfect game for youngsters.