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Gamers, like all people, tend to be nostalgic for their youth. We wax poetic about Galaga, our first time blowing up the vector graphic Death Star, and almost all of Myst (except the ending…no one liked the ending of Myst).
However, just because a game is old doesn’t make it a classic, and the Topless Robot pop culture blog has compiled a list of The 10 Lamest PC Adventure Games of All Time, several of which were ported to the Mac.
Unafraid of stepping on toes, the list takes adventure gaming icon Al Lowe to task not just for Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (which I recall being extremely buggy in the Mac port), but also for “Every Single Leisure Suit Larry Game Ever.”
And while you would insist on Sierra (whom I thought just might make up every entry on the list) showing up, LucasArts gets two entries, one for The Dig and one for Escape from Monkey Island:
Escape From Monkey Island is a pretty dismal effort. The puzzles are unimaginative and the writing stinks. Gone are the clever interactions and dry wit; this time they went for Dreamworks Animation-style pop culture references in lieu of actual jokes, so there are locations like “Starbuccaneers.” Get it?
The #1 spot for Lamest Adventure Game will come as no surprise to anyone who owned a CD-ROM drive in the mid-90s, but for a profanity-laden trip down Bad Memory Lane, check out the rest of the article.
Via [Topless Robot]
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Over on my blog you can read about GREAT adventures which are freeware, too: all made with Adventure Game Studio!
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