Adventure Games Museum

Gribbler · Mon 28/04/2014 20:51:42

Quote from: GhostThis is starting to bring tears to my eyes. So beautiful. Will need to dig through some boxes in order to contribute. Well done Gribbler. Serious nerdy retro tears from a Ghost. You DID IT.

That's the second time I made you cry, Ghost. Previously, it were the tears of joy. I do hope it's the same now.

selmiak · Mon 28/04/2014 22:07:30

So look what I did dig out here:

box

manual and some strange black plastic squares in crappy image quality

Peder 🚀 · Mon 28/04/2014 22:10:34

Damn, I need to take a road trip to Norway again so I can get the rest of my stuff, all my physical copies of retro adventure games are still in Norway.

Gribbler · Mon 28/04/2014 22:12:45

EXHIBIT #6: THE COLONEL'S BEQUEST

Front and back of the box:

What's inside - lots of goodies! Four 3,5" disks, manual, Misty Acres Plantation map, magnifying glass, Laura Bow's notebook & pencil, Sierra catalogs and a registration card

Beautiful little notebook where you can write down your clues

Attention to details is staggering!

Big folded plantation map so you don't get lost.

Manual is not just a dull piece of how-to-play document. It contains many interesting informations, like a short biography of each of plantation guests. There's also ACT 1 in the form of a play.

Back of the map is covered with the red pattern hiding a set of fingerprints. Each time you start your game you have to take Laura's magnifying glass and identify a fingerprint shown on the screen.

Sierra catalogs are really fun to read all those years later. You can learn that a new Sierra blockbuster game King's Quest 5 is in the production (coming Fall 1990!), or you check out wide rooster of their games.

Ben X · Wed 30/04/2014 18:58:01

You should also make a tumblr of this or something, Gribbler, all this stuff is really cool to see.

arj0n · Wed 30/04/2014 21:39:57

And while opening one of my game vaults...

...another museum piece did catch my eyes:

EXHIBIT #7: THE BLACK CAULDRON [(1986]

And because such oldies did come with cool old specs...:

Minimum CPU	8088 / 8086
Minimum OS	DOS 1.0 to 2.11
Minimum RAM	256 KB
Media Type	1 x 3.5" Floppy Disk, 2 x 5.25" Floppy Disk
Supported Video Modes	Hercules, CGA, CGA Composite (16 colors), EGA
Supported Sound Devices	PC Speaker

Front and back of the box:

Information & Hits Sheets

Discs & Warranty Card

The book

Again the book

Closeup

Nice map

Gribbler · Wed 30/04/2014 21:51:58

Beautiful addition to the museum! What a classic. Thank you, Arj0n!

Btw, how many vaults you have and are they laser protected?

Gribbler · Thu 01/05/2014 20:34:35

EXHIBIT #8: MONKEY ISLAND 2: LeCHUCK'S REVENGE (1991)

Front and back cover:

What's inside the box: five 3.5" floppy disks, manual, Mix 'n' Mojo Voodoo Ingredient Proportion Dial wheel and a leaflet.

Screenshot descriptions are just priceless!

Just like SoMI, Monkey 2 also has a code-wheel as copy protection - this time you have to set correct proportions of voodoo ingredients.

Did you know?
- Guybrush can die! Just wait a few minutes and do nothing when you're suspended above the pool of acid. You'll be lowered into it.
- The Amiga version of the game was nicknamed Disk Juggling Simulator because of constant disk swapping.
- One of the books in the library on Phatt Island is called "The Majesty of the Sierras". You can get it from the librarian.
When you look at the book Guybrush says: "Sierras? Majestic? I think not."

selmiak · Fri 02/05/2014 15:27:52

Quote from: Arj0n on Wed 30/04/2014 21:39:57
And while opening one of my game vaults...

WOW!

Do you have 2 versions of what reads like Eagle's nest?
TITUS is hard to decipher too, did read TITLE for some time but considerd this too meta for a title for an older game...

Giraffadon · Sat 03/05/2014 07:03:26

This is beautiful box art.

Plus it's bringing back memories, especially the driving mini-game.

selmiak · Sat 03/05/2014 13:53:38

Steve Purcell always paints this detailed and crazy. He did most (if not all) classic Lucas Arts covers.

Chicky · Sat 03/05/2014 14:25:46

EXHIBIT #9: Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

Funny story behind this one, the box was in much nicer condition but I decided it would be a grand idea to take it with me to London Super Comic Con (where Dave Gibbons was doing signings). With a copy of BASS and a nice silver sharpie in my inventory I waited in line to meet Dave, unfortunately it was only a 1 hour slot and signings closed before I could get to the front. I returned with a somewhat beaten up box and a side-quest never to be completed D:

The box includes a technical manual, security manual and two copies of the intro cutscene in comic form, not sure why there's two (can anyone add some insight?) one of the comics is smaller and on rough paper whilst the other bigger and on gloss full colour.

The security manual has some nice details. I'd be happy to upload all the pages if anyone is interested

Gribbler · Sat 03/05/2014 17:07:39

Quote from: ChickyThe box includes a technical manual, security manual and two copies of the intro cutscene in comic form, not sure why there's two (can anyone add some insight?) one of the comics is smaller and on rough paper whilst the other bigger and on gloss full colour.

Well, that explains why I don't have one in mine... Give it back!

arj0n · Sat 03/05/2014 19:27:07

Quote from: selmiak on Fri 02/05/2014 15:27:52
WOW!
Do you have 2 versions of what reads like Eagle's nest?

3 actually: 2 x the US Original Cardboard Sleeve Edition & 1 x the Floppy Disk Jewel Case 'Smash 16' Re-release, to be exactly.

Quote from: selmiak on Fri 02/05/2014 15:27:52
TITUS is hard to decipher too, did read TITLE for some time but considerd this too meta for a title for an older game...

Yup, that Titus the Fox, my all-time favorite sidescroller-platformer game from the dos era

Here the original sized photo btw:

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@Chicky: nice edition with the comic included

To celebrate the 10th Adventure Games Museum Exhibit, here's a special.

Some vintage 'adventure games related' items, definitely museum worthy.

EXHIBIT #10: Official Sierra & Lucas Arts Magazines (1990~1992)

~ Sierra News Magazine Volume 3 Nr. 1 Spring 1990 ~

~ LucasArts' The Adventurer Nr.2 Spring 1991 ~

Collage of the 3 mags

Hi-Res photo's:

Sierra News Magazine Volume 3 Nr. 1 Spring 1990

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LucasArts' The Adventurer Nr.2 Spring 1991

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LucasArts' The Adventurer Nr.4 Spring 1992

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I made a pdf of the Sierra News Magazine, which can be downloaded in 3 flavors:

LQ	10Mb
MQ	39Mb
HQ	132Mb

Gribbler · Sat 03/05/2014 19:59:14

WOW! Thanks, Arj0n! Downloading now!

Gribbler · Sun 04/05/2014 10:16:52

EXHIBIT #11: LOOM (1990)

Front and back cover:

What's inside the box: three 3.5" floppy disks, manual, Book of Patterns with glasses, LucasFilm catalog, a cassette and a bunch of leaflets.

Beautiful booklet where you could write the notes for the spells you discovered along the way. Many spells do not appear in the game though.

Red glassess again serve as a copy protection.

And the best thing of all. This, my friends, is the most original intro ever: a 30-minutes long audio drama! Talking about immersion, eh?

You can listen to it here: http://youtu.be/z5Wj5GOiJYg

arj0n · Sun 04/05/2014 19:12:27

Nice one Grib

selmiak · Sun 04/05/2014 20:06:40

Is your loom audiotape still sealed???! Nice. And this would make me crazy as I would want to open it. All the time.
My loom version only had a white tape without such a nice cover. But I have no idea where that box went

Gribbler · Sun 04/05/2014 21:27:07

QuoteIs your loom audiotape still sealed???!

It still is. It's one of my most treasured artifacts.

Monsieur OUXX · Wed 07/05/2014 14:20:05

This is where I should post my original "Cruise for a Corpse" box, complete with its detective diary and unfolding ship map, if I weren't so lazy.