AGS in the media

Pumaman · Sat 03/12/2005 13:29:58

The recent Hyper Magazine thread reminded me that we never did get round to creating a thread as a kind of "archive" of when AGS or AGS Games have featured in the media.

Therefore, I have created this thread for just that purpose. I've copied these from a post by Felipe last year, if there's anything I've missed feel free to post a reply.

- PC Zone (UK): AGA's letter about Amateur GamesÃ,Â (2002)

- Hyper Magazine (Australia) - Auhsor's letter about amateur adventures (October 2002)
Scan:
Link to scan

- PC Gamer (UK): Pleurghburg Review (July 2003?)
Scan: Review

- PC Gamer: Going Deeper Underground - by Matthew Frith (July 2003)

- Pelit-magazine (Finland) Article on amateur game creation (August 2003)
Scan of page

- PC Plus (UK): A 4-part tutorial about AGS (#207-210, Oct 2003 - Jan 2004)
PDFs:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

- GameMaker (UK): 4-page tutorial about AGS (October 2003)
(The scans can be found here: link)

- PC Mundo Especial (Brazil) - CriaÃ§Ã£o de Games: Forum thread (Year 1, #9 - 2004)
Scans:
AGS DescriptionÃ,Â
AGS Instalation

- EDGE magazine (UK) Article on adventure games including sidebar on AGS (December 2004)
Forum thread

- NBC Europe (Germany) - Giga Games
Forum thread (April 2005)
Video clip:
AVI of show

- Hyper Magazine (Australia)
Forum thread (November 2005)
Scans:
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4

- PC Gamer (UK) Full page on AGS Games (February 2006)
Scan of page

- Pelaajan Niksi-Kirja (Finland) Book with chapter about AGS & AGS games
Photos
Front cover
Chapter on AGS
Fatman gets a mention

auhsor · Mon 05/12/2005 03:24:07

Also from Hyper, Issue #108 October 2002
Won myslef a wheel from it which I havn't really used

Phemar · Sat 10/12/2005 05:54:53

You forgot about AGS in PCFormat!

strazer · Sat 10/12/2005 06:12:07

Add it to the Wiki then: http://americangirlscouts.org/agswiki/index.php/AGS_in_the_media

Gilbert · Sat 10/12/2005 06:19:53

I did that already, before you even posted that.

strazer · Sat 10/12/2005 06:21:38

Cool!

Pet Terry · Thu 15/12/2005 18:52:15

I went for Christmas shopping with my parents and grandma. As my birthday is approaching, my grandma wanted me to find myself a present so that she could buy it to me. I stumbled upon a bookshelf and noticed this:

Player's hintbook

The last line captured my attention, Write and create your own games, so I thought "Heh, maybe AGS is mentioned in there.

I also noticed the name of the author.

Simon Carless... doesn't ring any bells.

So anyways, I looked at the table of contents and...

Editing tips for Adventure Game Studio

Zing zing! A whole chapter about AGS?! Well, almost.

How to make your own graphic adventure classics. blah de blah de blah I didn't read it all in the store, k

Wow, that's cool! So I turned the page and...

Excellent and, now free, Adventures of Fatman.

Other games mentioned were 5 Days a Stranger, Pleurghburg: Dark Ages (\,,/) and Apprentice. Rock on!

I think the other customers looked at me a bit weird, what with me taking photos of a book... so I put the book back in the shelf and chose a couple of movies I'm now getting for my birthday!!

Pumaman · Thu 15/12/2005 20:56:37

Hehe that's pretty cool, good to see Fatman getting a mention

Ionias · Thu 15/12/2005 22:45:26

Wow. That's pretty cool.

Ubel · Thu 15/12/2005 23:23:56

Hey, I was going to buy that book one day. Didn't buy though, all my money went for my school books.

I had no idea that AGS was mentioned in it too. That's pretty darn cool.

Ubel · Tue 27/12/2005 17:31:56

Pelit-magazine, August 2003. This is where I found about AGS in the first place.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/paapeli/Scan10010.JPG

Dr Lecter · Sat 21/01/2006 15:43:00

AGS got more than just a mention in this issue of PC Gamer. A whole page spread mentioning the community and various games. I'll just scan it and host it somewhere. I tried scanning it in but it doesn't work, so if any of you have seen it, its quite nice.

MrColossal · Sat 21/01/2006 17:42:29

I think that's the issue that my games are in!

the disc editor sent me an email asking if he could use 6da but I convinced him to also add Automation, Woo!

Dr Lecter · Sat 21/01/2006 19:21:53

Ah, I didn't see this thread, doh

m0ds · Sun 22/01/2006 23:40:22

Awesome! Great to see AGS games and the engine are being continually well documented

Dr Lecter · Fri 27/01/2006 17:41:53

Here's a list of AGS related stuff the DVD:

AGS 2.7
5 Days of Stranger
6 Days an Assassin
7 Days a Skeptic
Apprentice
Automation
Bestowers of Eternity
Satan Quest
Two of a Kind

MrColossal · Fri 27/01/2006 18:01:58

hehe is it listed as 6 Days an Assassin or 6 Days Assassin?

He was going to send me a copy but I guess he forgot!

LimpingFish · Fri 27/01/2006 21:40:43

Here is the PC Gamer page!

Ionias · Sat 28/01/2006 01:15:12

Sweet. I gotta get a copy, if it's not to late.

Etcher Squared Games · Sat 28/01/2006 05:34:38

And there was this thread I posted about AGS

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=21639.0

AGS in the media

m0ds