Sierra Classics are back, baby!

Domino · Fri 20/04/2007 18:47:10

I bought the Leisure Suit Larry Collection from GameSpot's Digital Download's for only 19.99 U.S. Seems to work like a charm on my Windows XP computer.

The only problem i had with it, was some of the copy protection at the beginning that used the manual. The manual came in a .pdf file so i had to switch between the game and the manual to look for hints. I don't have a printer, so printing the manual wasn't an option. I bought the Kings Quest Collection back in 2000, which came on 3 compact discs. I wouldn't give that up for the world.

Radiant · Fri 20/04/2007 23:59:19

Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Fri 20/04/2007 17:21:23
I don't know ... maybe it's that I was actually alive during the era?

I think that makes quite a difference, yes (then again, so was I).

So for the KQ1/SQ1/PQ1/LL1 games, does this have the AGI original? Or the hi-res remake? Or the VGA remake, if any?

CodeJunkie · Sat 21/04/2007 00:08:21

Radiant: According to reviews on Amazon I think they are the VGA remakes.

I also read bad things about these packages, that they are just thrown together very poorly, with an out-of-date verson of DOSBox that doesn't run the games very well. The sounds seem to be altered a little, copy protection left in LSL, no physical manuals but pdfs instead, and the 'firecracker' bug in KQ6 is still there (of which I know nothing about). It all sounds like Sierra have no care at all for their older games but just want a cheap sale, and well, I'll probably still be a sucker for that.

voh · Sat 21/04/2007 00:36:38

No, Vivendi wants easy money, Sierra's been dead for a couple of years. Don't blame the Sierra of yore for the mistakes the current puppeteered 'Sierra' does now

Moresco · Sat 21/04/2007 01:01:07

Yah omitting the manuals, etc, all an effort to keep it cheap. I for one have all these games already with everything backed up on a DVD. The only thing that would ever compel me to purchase a new collection is if they improved them somehow.

Domino · Sat 21/04/2007 01:15:37

The Kings Quest Collection that I purchased 7 years ago, has the original KQ and the KQ remake. I am not sure about the one they are selling now. At least with the KQ Collection that i have, it did have a printed manual.

It also included the old Apple games like mystery house, which runs on an Apple emulator that came on one of the disks. Plus it had both Colonel's Bequests games. I don't they include that in the newer classics.

AGA · Sat 21/04/2007 02:05:20

That was the Roberta Williams Anthology, not a King's Quest collection. I have both, for some reason.

Domino · Sat 21/04/2007 02:16:42

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/skeith2572/kqc.jpg

This collection came with everything i mentioned.

Scanned my disk.

One of the best purchases i ever made.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/skeith2572/kqc2.jpg

earlwood · Sat 21/04/2007 08:00:05

I was eight when I purchased that very collection, and had been gently nursing a crush for Roberta Williams for quite a few years, and was a little disappointed when I discovered no pictures of the Softporn box art.

I wonder why this collection costs so much now.

On Amazon

On Ebay

AGA · Sat 21/04/2007 11:34:17

Quote from: Domino on Sat 21/04/2007 02:16:42
This collection came with everything i mentioned.

Scanned my disk.

One of the best purchases i ever made.

Huh. I have the Roberta Williams Anthology, and it includes:

the first seven King's Quest games,
Mystery House,
The Wizard and the Princess,
Mission: Asteroid, Time Zone,
The Dark Crystal,
The Colonel's Bequest,
The Dagger of Amon Ra, and
Mixed-Up Mother Goose

Which seems pretty identical to what you have.