AGS mentioned in a magazine once again (kind of)

Pet Terry · Wed 01/09/2004 10:21:14

I was reading the latest issue of Finnish computer magazine 'Mikrobitti' and reached the last page. The last page always includes sneak peek to the articles coming in the next issue. I was about to skip the page when suddenly my eyes catched something REALLY familiar.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/petteri-/indie_games.jpg

In the next issue of the magazine there will be an article about making indie games, and they will be reviewing some of the game making programs. But what I found rather weird was that all of those screenshots are from AGS games. From up to down, 6 days assassin, Norman Cooks in search for Don, Byzantine Demo and King's Quest VGA.

However, this isn't the first time AGS games are mentioned in that magazine. The magazine includes a cd once a year and Bert The Newsreader and King's Quest 2 VGA have been on that cd. Also, both King's Quest VGAs have been magazine's freeware games of month. Nice going, eh?

In another Finnish gaming magazine there was article about adventure games once, and AGS was mentioned along with some AGS games.

(I would have posted this in the another thread, 'AGS mentioned in a magazine' or something like that but I couldn't find the thread.)

Relight · Wed 01/09/2004 16:47:07

AGS was also mentioned in "issue 40" of the mag pc utils "pc-utilities.co.uk" along with kq2, little johnny evil, and the six day assasin. this was a while ago and i haven't been around, so don't know whether anyone saw that, so...

http://www.sylpher.com/relight/imghost/pc1.jpg
http://www.sylpher.com/relight/imghost/pc2.jpg

BOYD1981 · Wed 01/09/2004 16:52:00

i found some AGS games on the coverdisc of Retro Gamer, but no actual mention of AGS itself...

Adamski · Wed 01/09/2004 23:34:09

Wow, I feel honoured that Byzantine is getting sorta-mentioned in magazines.

Guess I should finish it then =)

Ishmael · Thu 02/09/2004 08:11:42

Hey, Petey, I was going to post this

But I don't have a scanner, so I wouldn't have matched your guality on the announcement... And I wouldn't have had the info to put down about earlier mentionings...

I hope three weeks would pass fast...

And by the way, the finnish mirror for the AGS download is on Mikrobitti's server, under AJA's account... I wonder how well they're aware of that? I guess the are...

n3tgraph · Thu 02/09/2004 08:21:17

the fun thing is

they're promoting illegal stuff

auhsor · Thu 02/09/2004 11:20:14

QuoteUtilising the same AGS (Adventure Game Studio) engine as the original King's Quest games

Maybe they meant the same interface. Or maybe they meant the remake of the first. Hmm

Pessi · Thu 02/09/2004 13:53:04

Almost got a heart attack when I realized one of the pictures was made by me. :o

I'm going out to buy that thing!

Adamski · Thu 02/09/2004 14:35:57

Oooh, I thought it was just a name mention and not screenshots. Guess I should read the post properly next time =)

All the honour goes to Pessi then for providing such spectacular art!

MrColossal · Thu 02/09/2004 19:22:47

And there's 6 Day Assassin... AGAIN!

I'm like the king of all of you!

InCreator · Thu 02/09/2004 19:31:06

Quote...utilizing the same AGS (Adventure Game Studio) engine as the original King's Quest games, this VGA remake...

...huh?

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Thu 02/09/2004 19:43:16

They probably meant, "utilizing the same interface as the original Sierra classics."

Hey, come to think of it, I think they ain't even thinking about KQ1 or 2, just 5 and 6.

auhsor · Fri 03/09/2004 05:52:44

Quote from: auhsor on Thu 02/09/2004 11:20:14
QuoteUtilising the same AGS (Adventure Game Studio) engine as the original King's Quest games
Maybe they meant the same interface. Or maybe they meant the remake of the first. Hmm

Don't people read my posts

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Fri 03/09/2004 09:41:00

Oh sorry, Aushor. I'd read the whole thread, then forgot about it, then clicked the nifty "new" button and saw only the new replies, skipping yours completely.

Relight · Fri 03/09/2004 17:13:27

Well they could be mixing up AGS with AGI... but that would only be if they're *really* dumb. Well...