Fully-voiced AGS games?

therantingrob · Tue 14/09/2010 01:58:01

Hello, dear forum users.

I have tried to search through pages and pages in order to find something like a compiled list of AGS (commercial or non-commercial) games which feature a complete voice-over.

If such a list does not yet exist, i would like to receive suggestions from users here,
in an attempt to create it.

To clarify the reasons behind making such a list
(i would like to make this a spoiler, but can't find the code):

- the database does not have a filter to search for that criterion
(even if it had, there seem to be ~50 titles not included there)
- using the forum search options does not return good results
- my eyes start to bleed from pixelated fonts
- i personally don't find text-only adventure games appealing
(the characters lack identity,
a loop of the same background music (if there is any) over and over makes me crazy,
the dialogues feel flat and uninspired,
no immersion, no depth,
bad voice-acting is still better than nothing)

thanks a lot!

On my List so far:

A Second Face - The Eye of Geltz is watching Us
A very special dog
Agitprop: The Game
Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine
Alba the Explorer: Princess Marian part V
Alien Rape Escape
Apprentice 1 Deluxe
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator - Case 1 Deluxe
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator - Case 2 Deluxe
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins
Bestowers of Eternity - part one
Blackwell Legacy
Blackwell Unbound
Blades of Passion: An Oceanspirit Dennis Adventure
Bob escapes
By the Numbers
Calsoon 2
Cougar's Quest for Freedom
Coyote Episode I: The Mexican
Da New Guys
Damsel
Danny Dread is On Call
Diamonds in the Rough
Duzz Quest: An Egotistic Adventure
Earl Bobby is looking for his Balls
Earl Bobby is looking for his Shoes
Erk: Aventures in Stone Age Real Estate
Eternally Us
Frantic Franko
Granny Zombiekiller in Mittens Murder Mystery
Halloween Horror
Hero of Infamous Kingdoms
IWWHIIWWHITOMIROTPG: The Game!
Infection - Episode 1 - The Ship
Jacob: VA's Cut
Jessica Plunkenstein and the DÃ¼sseldorf Conspiracy
Just Another Point n Click Adventure
King's Quest I Available here!
King's Quest II Available here!
King's Quest III
La Croix Pan
Larrywilco: Paradise Lost
Legends Of Mardaram
Limey Lizard: Waste Wizard!
Little Dreamer
Little Girl in Underland
Little Willy's darts game
Lone Case 3: Showdown
Maniac Mansion Deluxe
Masters of Sound
NecroQuest 1. Deluxe
Night of the Hermit
Operation Save Blue Cup
Osher Bli Gvulot - Boundless Osher
Pixel Hunt
Princess Marian XI: Light re-leaf
Quest For Yrolg
Rock, Rock, Rock
SAW Deluxe (Remake)
Sammy's Quest
Simon the Sorcerer 3
Soviet UnterzÃ¶gersdorf    //malformated title in database
Soviet Unterzoegersdorf Sector II
Space Quest IV.5 - Roger Wilco And The Voyage Home V3.00
Space Quest XII (demo.rus)
Stediddy in IP1; Employment
Tales of Chickerny //misspelled title in the database
The Crackwell Legacy
The Face of Corruption Chapter One
The Haunted House
The Marionette (future version)
The McCarthy Chronicles: Episode 1
The Mysteries of Stiego Moors
The Quest To Zooloo - Full Talkie
The Shivah
The experiment - Part 1: The laboratory
Two of a Kind
Warthogs
Vector Vendetta Available here!

add these things to the list later:

A very special dog: broken link

ddq · Tue 14/09/2010 02:09:22

Obviously McCarthy and Eternally Us. By The Numbers comes to mind. There's tons more.

therantingrob · Tue 14/09/2010 02:59:01

Thanks!

Yes, to figure out what exactly "tons more" means would be the cause.

Since i noticed that certain users seem to download and test AGS games on a regular basis,
i thought i might be quicker compiling a list with the helps of these individuals rather than downloading and testing all the games on the database and in the forum myself.

Ryan Timothy B · Tue 14/09/2010 03:54:55

Damsel is one of the ones I remember that isn't on this list. Pretty good voice acting too (from what I remember anyway)!

Radiant · Tue 14/09/2010 09:47:19

Warthogs and Quest For Yrolg both have voice acting:

tzachs · Tue 14/09/2010 10:04:25

Apprentice 1 Deluxe & Apprentice 2, All the King Quest remakes, NecroQuest Deluxe, Ben Jordan 1 Deluxe & Ben Jordan 2 Deluxe & I think Ben Jordan 5&6&7 as well, The Shivah.

Snarky · Tue 14/09/2010 11:55:26

The Blackwell games (commercial), A Second Face, Limey Lizard, that communist Alice in Wonderland game that Ivy made, Crackwell Legacy I think...

arj0n · Tue 14/09/2010 16:15:48

Games having speech.vox:

36.King's Quest I VGA v4.1 Enhanced Edition
52.Granny Zombiekiller in Mittens Murder Mystery [Speech Pack Add-On]
89.Little Willy's darts game
92.Calsoon 2
123.Larrywilco Paradise Lost [Included Music Pack][2006 xp compatible version]
144.King's Quest II+ VGA v3.1 Enhanced Edition
169.Just Another Point n Click Adventure
203.The Haunted House
238.Alien Rape Escape v1.2
304.Bestowers of Eternity - part one
313.Sammy's Quest
354.Duzz Quest - An Egotistic Adventure
393.Masters of Sound (not the MAGS version)
401.Maniac Mansion Deluxe v1.4
419.Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator Case 2 - The Lost Galleon of the Salton Sea
427.A Very Special Dog [MAGS]
462.Two of a Kind
478.Alba the Explorer - Princess Marian part V
492.Earl Bobby is looking for his Shoes
506.Pixel Hunt [Including Speech][MAGS]
545.Hero of Infamous Kingdoms
563.The Quest To Zooloo - Full Talkie
570.Apprentice 1 Deluxe [ENG-FR-GER]
581.Da New Guys [including speech pack]
584.Jessica Plunkenstein and the Dusseldorf Conspiracy v1.4
616.Soviet Unterzoegersdorf v1.2
652.Legends Of Mardaram
716.Operation Save Blue Cup [MAGS]
734.King's Quest III v3.20
739.The Shivah - Original version [MAGS]
739.The Shivah - Deluxe Version [Commercial Demo] / [Full Commercial version]
744.Cougars Quest for Freedom [MAGS]
760.Ben Jordan - Paranormal Investigator - Case 1 Deluxe
761.Simon the Sorcerer 3 [Demo2 ENG/GER]
786.Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine [Commercial Demo]
805.Tales of Chickenry
807.Halloween Horror [MAGS]
817.Warthogs v1.2 [Including Voicepack]
831.Blackwell Legacy, The [Commercial Demo] / [Full Commercial version]
846.Earl Bobby is looking for his Balls
892.La Croix Pan v1.1
900.The Crackwell Legacy
939.Osher Bli Gvulot - Boundless Osher
948.Blackwell Unbound [Demo] / [Full Commercial version]
970.Princess Marian XI - Light re-leaf
973.Jacob - VA's Cut
995.Bob escapes
1004.Lone Case 3 - Showdown
1006.Diamonds in the Rough [Commercial Demo]
1019.Infection - Episode 1 - The Ship v1.1
1029.Space Quest IV.5 - Roger Wilco And The Voyage Home V3.00
1065.Ben Jordan - Paranormal Investigator Case 7 - The Cardinal Sins
1069.Rock, Rock, Rock [MAGS]
1077.Little Girl in Underland
1083.Damsel
1093.Erk - Aventures in Stone Age Real Estate [MAGS]
1097.Limey Lizard Waste Wizard! [MAGS]
1115.A Second Face - The Eye of Geltz is watching Us
1119.Quest For Yrolg [Included voicepack]
1139.Coyote Episode I - The Mexican
1141.Soviet Unterzoegersdorf Sector II v1.2
1142.The experiment - Part 1 - The laboratory
1173.Frantic Franko [DEMO]
1199.Agitprop - The Game
1215.SAW Deluxe (Remake) v1.30
1218.Space Quest XII - Vohaul's Revenge II (Russian Demo]
1220.The Mysteries of Stiego Moors [Full]
1241.Little Dreamer
1242.IWWHIIWWHITOMIROTPG - The Game!
1243.The McCarthy Chronicles Episode 1 v1.1
1245.Danny Dread is On Call
1295.Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator - Case 2 Deluxe
1303.Eternally Us
1335.By the Numbers
1347.Blades of Passion: An Oceanspirit Dennis Adventure

____.The Face of Corruption Chapter One (game is still in production)

P.s.: this list is not complete...

Mentioned in this thread before but NOT with speech:
Apprentice 2
ben jordan 2 t/m 6
A Second Face
Heartland Deluxe

Regards,
Arj0n

Ali · Tue 14/09/2010 16:30:08

Who could forget Stediddy in IP1; Employment? The only AGS game so far to feature me as an Australian owl.

Snarky · Tue 14/09/2010 16:47:50

Quote from: Arj0n on Tue 14/09/2010 16:15:48
Mentioned in this thread before but NOT with speech:
Apprentice 2
ben jordan 2 t/m 6
A Second Face
Heartland Deluxe

Ben Jordan 2 Deluxe and A Second Face definitely have speech. And if I remember Heartland Deluxe correctly, don't you find some audio tapes that you play, and which are voiced (even though the rest of the game isn't)?

arj0n · Tue 14/09/2010 17:06:03

Quote from: Snarky on Tue 14/09/2010 16:47:50
Quote from: Arj0n on Tue 14/09/2010 16:15:48
Mentioned in this thread before but NOT with speech:
Apprentice 2
ben jordan 2 t/m 6
A Second Face
Heartland Deluxe

Ben Jordan 2 Deluxe and A Second Face definitely have speech. And if I remember Heartland Deluxe correctly, don't you find some audio tapes that you play, and which are voiced (even though the rest of the game isn't)?

* BJ2 deluxe is listed, I meant BJ2 the original version having no speech.
* 'A second face' has speech? I tried that one a few minutes and that part didn't had speech... well, that must be my mistake I guess...
* As therantingrob said in the 1st post, he was looking for games with a complete voice-over. That's why I excluded Heartland Deluxe from my list

therantingrob · Wed 15/09/2010 02:52:52

Quote from: Arj0n on Tue 14/09/2010 16:15:48
Games having speech.vox:

36.King's Quest I VGA v4.1 Enhanced Edition
.
.
.
1347.Blades of Passion: An Oceanspirit Dennis Adventure

The Face of Corruption Chapter One (game is still in production)

P.s.: this list is not complete...

Mentioned in this thread before but NOT with speech:
Apprentice 2
ben jordan 2 t/m 6
A Second Face
Heartland Deluxe

Regards,
Arj0n

Wow, that's quite a large list.
How did you aquire it?
Is there a possibility that some developers may have included their
"voice" data in a file other than speech.vox?

I will add these titles immediately.
(I don't quite understand what you are saying with "Ben Jordan 2 t/m 6" though.
Do you mean 2 to 6?)

Thanks!

Armageddon · Wed 15/09/2010 03:05:16

Quote from: Snarky on Tue 14/09/2010 11:55:26
The Blackwell games (commercial), A Second Face, Limey Lizard, that communist Alice in Wonderland game that Ivy made, Crackwell Legacy I think...

It was called Alice In Underland, I played it a few days ago, it was stupid, but fun none the less.

Gilbert · Wed 15/09/2010 03:05:30

37. NOTH has voice too. It may not be considered completely fully voiced though as there were only a few lines that were missing the recording.

arj0n · Wed 15/09/2010 04:20:32

Quote from: therantingrob on Wed 15/09/2010 02:52:52
(I don't quite understand what you are saying with "Ben Jordan 2 t/m 6" though.
Do you mean 2 to 6?)
Thanks!

Sorry, 2 to 6 indeed.

arj0n · Wed 15/09/2010 04:31:40

Quote from: therantingrob on Wed 15/09/2010 02:52:52
Is there a possibility that some developers may have included their
"voice" data in a file other than speech.vox?

Yes, it seems the voice can be in one of the "X MB-sized splitted resource files chunks" I guess...

Babar · Wed 15/09/2010 07:46:00

I don't think Just Another Point 'n Click Adventure had full speech....

cat · Wed 15/09/2010 08:03:49

A Second Face has some voiceacting, but it is not fully voiced. There is voice in some important dialogs.

arj0n · Wed 15/09/2010 09:53:49

Quote from: therantingrob on Wed 15/09/2010 02:52:52
Wow, that's quite a large list.
How did you aquire it?

About my big list:
There are games listed in that might not have full speech/voice acting through the whole game.
That's why for example A Second Face did not made my list: not enough voice acting.
So there might be some games in my list that do not match your criteria.

One of the ways to get this list is a search for speech.vox, skipping the really small ones though.
So depending how serious your search is, you might have to check them again by yourself....

Radiant · Wed 15/09/2010 10:25:39

Quote from: Armageddon on Wed 15/09/2010 03:05:16
It was called Alice In Underland, I played it a few days ago, it was stupid, but fun none the less.

Little Girl in Underland. Since it's a demake, it's probably funnier if you've played the original. Blub.

Since we're making long lists here, Vector Vendetta is also voiced, although there is not a whole lot of text in the game.