[bluntman3000]

in reply to: Magazine Reviews #7242

Just like I did with “Syndicate”, I would like to link a few ratings from German game magazines here:

https://www.kultboy.com/testbericht-uebersicht/1713/

As you can see, there are quite a lot and despite the language barrier, at least they give you an overview of the average ratings for Alien Legacy in my country.

SPOILER:
ASM 12/94: 10 out of 12
PC Games 10/94: 76%
PC Joker 10/94: 82%
PC Player 10/94: 76%
Play Time 10/94: 75%
Power Play 10/94: 82%

[bluntman3000]

in reply to: PC Zone Review #4711

I started to listen to the Syndicate episode of the podcast a few minutes ago. For all German speaking DOS GAME CLUB members (hello rnlf), here are some scans of reviews from German (PC, home computer console gaming) magazines.

http://www.kultboy.com/testbericht-uebersicht/436

There are quite a lot and despite the language barrier, at least they give you an overview of the average ratings in this country.

[bluntman3000]

in reply to: Ask your questions to David Fox #4197

@LunarLoony: Thumbs up for the “crunch” question, I would have asked that too!

Besides that I’d like to know whether he is still in contact with old Lucasfilm Games colleagues and (obviously) if he is still following the current game- and especially adventure scene.

Also: How exactly was he involved in the development of “Thimbleweed Park” and can you imagine it like a nerd version of “Space Cowboys” in which a crew of veterans is called (by Tim Schafer) to compete with the young guns and to save the world from evil things (bad games)?

[bluntman3000]

in reply to: Favourite Jokes? #4195

Sheeesh, you’re right! Found this in the Wikipedia entry:

“Day of the Tentacle features a four-minute long animated opening credit sequence, the first LucasArts game to have such.
(…) They assigned Kyle Balda, an intern at CalArts, to create the animated sequence, with Chan helping to create minimalist backgrounds to aid in the animation.”

[bluntman3000]

in reply to: Favourite Jokes? #4191

I remember playing this game for the first time – 15 years old (bought it from my pocket money), in my father’s office room.

During the intro, they rush to the tentacle villa in this pickup truck in the middle of the night, breaking through a barn. In the next scene, a huge cow is sitting in the back of the truck, scared to death until the inevitable crash. The cow then accompanies Laverne, Hoagie and Bernard on foot for a while before it stops and makes an annoyed look directly at the camera.

This one cracked me up back then and it’s still hilarous! THAT COW!!

I have to add that the DOS intro was and is so damn good, “real” cartoons couldn’t be any better!

[bluntman3000]

in reply to: Remastered edition #4190

“also, you can play it with a controller (WHY?)”

It’s part of the Game Pass service on PC and Xbox One since October 2020, therefore it makes sense to have the controller option.

I’ve played DotT a looooong time ago on my PC (still have the disks in the basement) and now I’ve replayed and finished it a few weeks ago, thanks to the Game Pass library. It’s still a great game and in my opinion the new graphics fit almost perfectly with the cartoon / partly slapstick character of the tentacle madness.

The only thing I have to complain about is this FXXKING achievement, for which it’s not allowed to skip any of the cutscenes (except the Maniac Mansion part). I obviously ignored that FOR ONE TIME at the beginning… And so I’ll play it again over the weekend 🙂

[bluntman3000]

in reply to: Lower and high game graphics. #3763

Haha, great! Actually, I forgot about this, but now I remember. A good friend from back in the days almost lost it one day, when he saw that “my” explosions were bigger than his.

Sweet nostalgia, thank you for sharing!

[bluntman3000]

in reply to: Controls #3741

I took pictures from the WC1 manual for y’all:

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[bluntman3000]

in reply to: Wing Commander #3616

One of my all time favorites, can’t wait to hear that episode!

[bluntman3000]

in reply to: Fishing games for DOS #3610

Hi,
I have no idea whether it’s complete or not, but here is the list from MobyGames:

Game type: Fishing (MS-DOS)