Adventure Games Museum

[Gribbler]

You can check list of Museum Exhibits in my first post in this thread. I will keep it updated.

Is it okay to double post, when posting a new game to the museum?

If each time you contribute a new game, you can make as many posts as you like. I hope moderator shares the same opinion

Oh, and thanks for posting Master Lu. I have a sealed copy and finally can see what's inside
BTW, fun fact - small part of the game takes place in Danzig (now Gdansk) which is my hometown in Poland

[arj0n]

Warning: ancient artifact ahead...

Exhibit #37: Microsoft Adventure v1.00 (PC Booter - 1981)

The first commercial PC version (port) of the first ever mainframe adventure game named 'Colossal Cave Adventure,' from the '70s.
Microsoft Adventure was released together with the initial version of MS DOS 1.0 as a launch title for the IBM PC in 1981 which makes Microsoft Adventure the first ever commercial game for the PC.
Funny thing: releasing DOS 1.0 together with - not a DOS game but - a PC-Booter game...
Microsoft Adventure is a text adventure containing 130 rooms, 15 treasures, 40 useful objects and 12 problems to solve.

[Sslaxx]

Didn't know MS did a version of this. Hmmm. Is it identical to the Crowther/Woods version?

[Gribbler]

EXHIBIT #38: SPACE QUEST I: ROGER WILCO IN THE SARIEN ENCOUNTER (VGA Remake)

Front and back:

What's inside the box: five 5,25" disks, game manual, Sierra catalog, registration card and other paperwork.

Sierra catalog

[Cassiebsg]

Lovely!
I just love Roger!

And a first person adventure game for a change:
EXHIBIT #39: Shivers

Box:


Catalog and Portuguese manual:


The CD:


Let me know if you want a close up of any of the box/cd art/text... I might be able to grab it from the high-red photo... otherwise it will require a new photo in the summer...

[Cassiebsg]

EXHIBIT #40: Kingdom O'Magic

This is a weird one, can't remember if I ever got to even try playing it...

My box has suffered some damaged, due to bad storage...


From the manual:


And the CDs (proving just how weird and crazy who ever designed this was):

[Gribbler]

Shame about the box. This game in good condition is pretty rare on ebay. Worth about 50 bucks, you know.

[Cassiebsg]

50 bucks? I'll throw that one on my brother, he's the one always talking about ebay and he's the one responsible for how these got put away...

Anyway on to today's post.

EXHIBIT #41: STAR TREK - 25th Anniversary

The Box, front and back (one of the many White Labels on my collection:


Two manuals!


A snip of the inside:


And a rather looking boring CD:

[Cassiebsg]

Continuing with ST and white Label...

EXHIBIT #42:  STAR TREK - Judgment Rites

Sorry, I did not find the box for this one (we kept the CDs on CD drawers, and the boxes got stored away some place else...)
I'll add the box if I or my brother find it...

CD and front:


Back of the CD cover:

[Creamy]

Nice collection, Cassiebsg.

As for Gribbler, I understand now why he is so good at naming the games

Do you mind if I exhibit the french version of a game?

[Gribbler]

Do you mind if I exhibit the french version of a game?

Go ahead! You can exibit any language version you like. As long as it's original copy of the game

[Creamy]

Cool!

EXHIBIT #43 : VERSAILLES - 1685
My favourite first-person adventure game from Cryo.

The game comes with 2 CDs, a user's guide and an A3 map on yellowed paper.
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The map proves itself useful in the gardens.

The guide introduces us to Versailles life during the reign of Louis XIV. It presents briefly some historical figures. However, the encyclopedia contained within the game is more substancial.
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[Creamy]

EXHIBIT #44 - Broken Sword : The Shadow of the Templars
The 1996 edition :

The title of the series varies a lot from one country to another. In french, it means "The Knights of Baphomet".

The box holds 2CDs and the novel "Savage warriors" by Steve Jackson.
The novel is text-only, so it's not worth photographing.
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If ever there was a user's guide, I lost it.

[Gribbler]

Excellent additions to the museum! Keep up the good work, Creamy!

[Creamy]

OK Gribbler, let's continue while I'm at it :

EXHIBIT #45 - Broken Sword II : The Smoking Mirror

The 1997 edition : .
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Once again, the translators have run wild. Here, the french title means "The Shields of Quetzalcoatl"
The box contains the bare minimum : two CDs and the user's guide.
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The user's guide contains a walkthrough of the first puzzle of the game. Seeing as you're tied on a chair in a burning room with a tarantula, it can come in handy.
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[Creamy]

One last exhibit and I'll be done flooding this website

EXHIBIT #46 - SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour

My copy is a "replay" version of the game, like Mods' "Amazon queen".
(re-play edition, "the world's greatest games in their original packaging")
There's no point in showing the ugly yellow band wrapping the box.

In the box : CD and guide.
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...plus a nice big map of Rome.
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To be honest, I gave up the game after a few tries. The places depicted are gorgeous but nobody populates them and I couldn't get past the loneliness. It's strange because the guide shows many characters :
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[Cassiebsg]

Lovely showings!
You sure the user manual isn't "hiding" on the CD box? Some times it's not just a piece of paper stuck on the front of the cd case...

And more amazingly is, that until recently I never knew there was more than one "Broken Sword", so lovely to see that one.

Maybe you were just walking around in the deserted part of the city, and you never found the room where the orgy was going on...

[Creamy]

You sure the user manual isn't "hiding" on the CD box?

Yes, I checked. I used to play the game with my 3 brothers so it can be anywhere.

I never knew there was more than one "Broken Sword"

The Smoking Mirror is a very good game. Revolution software remastered it in 2010 if you want to try it.

Maybe you were just walking around in the deserted part of the city, and you never found the room where the orgy was going on...

I was young when I got the game so it's probably for the better if I never found them

It's great to see original boxes of games that I have enjoyed. I mostly own discount versions of these games.
For instance, I got "The Riddle of Master Lu" (Exhibit #35) with "Orion Burger" in a premier collection.

[Cassiebsg]

Let me just say that I was joking.
I never played SPQR, nor have even heard of it before I saw your post... just thought of that when I read your comment and thought it would be funny.

Funny, I also have Orion Burger here, Pt version... no box and it seems I miss the manual... (there's a note on the back of the CD saying to ask for the manual where one has bought the game... I don't remember doing that. ).

[Gribbler]

EXHIBIT #47: WAXWORKS (1992)

Front and back:

What's inside the box: Accolade and Mindscape Game Catalogs, Manual, Short story "The Curse of the Twins" serving as an introduction to the game, four 3,5" disks, copy protection wheel and registration cards.

Al Michaels Announces Hardball III. Just £34,99. Anyone?

You have to play with this first.

Did you know?
- This was the last game made by Horrorsoft before they became Adventure Soft, the company that made the Simon the Sorcerer series.