Books about Adventure Games only

[arj0n]

Just bought these two books (the second one is almost delivered, yeeh!):

Covers:


I was wondering if there is a good book about 'the history of Adventure Games'.
Does anyone know (a recommendable) good book about (the history of) adventure games only?

[ThreeOhFour]

It was just released today

(also, Grundy and I are back to back in that second book - REPRESENT! )

[arj0n]

Thanx Ben.
Looks good (although it's a bit expensive), I think I'm gonna order that one.
Hope a review will be written to see/check if it is as good as they say.

From from https://www.createspace.com/3569993:

This nearly comprehensive book includes reviews for over 250 games from the golden age of the graphic adventure genre, running from 1984 to roughly 2000, focusing on promiminent publishers such as:

-LucasArts (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Sam & Max, Grim Fandango)

-Sierra On-Line (King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Gabriel Knight)

-Legend (Spellcasting, Eric the Unready, Callahan's Crosstime Saloon)

-And several other popular and not-so-popular series and games (Zork, Myst, Broken Sword, The Longest Journey, Simon the Sorcerer, The Last
Express, and dozens of others)

-Also includes interviews with several adventure game developers, including Al Lowe (creator of Leisure Suit Larry), Corey Cole (creator of Quest for Glory), Bob Bates (founder of Legend Entertainment) and Josh Mandel (writer and designer for Sierra).

(also, Grundy and I are back to back in that second book - REPRESENT! )

Awesome! 

[ThreeOhFour]

Ooop, another one I nearly forgot about, and this one has a download as well



Check it out!

I learned of both of these via Gnome's Lair's book posts - he's a swell guy, loves adventures and old games and AGS games, so it's a great place to spend some of your net reading time

[arj0n]

And thanx again Ben.
I could have know of that last one, saw it in a post on AGS a while ago.
Just bought both of them.
Love these books 

[moshboy]

Hmm... I was going to buy '250 Indie Games You Must Play' from Amazon but they don't accept Paypal (unless you get a Paypal debit card apparently), so I'm looking for another source for that one.

Didn't know about those adventure books. They both look neat.

[LUniqueDan]

Tx Ben ! Downloading right now and wasting another cool spring day inside the house reading stuff!!!