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Back in 1992 the Atari ST version was a shareware game. You could play the first part for free but in order to open the grate to the catacombs a security code was required. You had to buy that  code which you would recieve by snailmail.
In this remake this code can be found somewhere, but grandad obviously has forgotten where...

As for the game length, it's a full length game and I think you might be able to beat it an hour or 2. Unless you get stuck on a puzzle. If so, there's a hints and tips thread for this remake  

Well where do I vote? I can't find a link...

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I've been playing this game over the past 2 nights I'm wondering if I have to change something in the setup to get the sound or is there no sound in the game?

This remake features no music or sfx, same the original Atari ST version...

Hi!, thank you very much for this remake, it looks fantastic, great job.

I would like to know if there is any walkthrough in text (not video), I was looking for it but I did not find any.

Thank you, hope you will enjoy it!

A walkthrough for the original game can be found but the remake has some differences so some parts of the walkthrough won't work. There's no walkthrough available yet for this remake.

If any questions, you can always open a thread in the hints and tips section on this forum.

[MiniGame4:]

These two are probably the following games:

MiniGame4:

Barn Runner 4: The Prick Who Came In From the Cold (by Ponch - 2004)
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/476-barn-runner-4-the-prick-who-came-in-from-the-cold/

pqtv2:
Adventures of PQT (by Scott Bennett - 2004)
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/378-adventures-of-pqt/

Sorry, misread your post... 

What are these? Most of the games listed looks like titles in the database, although it would be nice if sincaruk could check on playthrough (if you're going to play the games anyway).

one clue: the cd-rom was burned in 2005, so these 24 ags games are for sure 'oldies'.

[This cd contains 24 AGS games:]

I discovered Adventure Games with this exact CD-Rom back in 2009: https://archive.org/details/51jogosaventura . I don't know how many of those games are lost media, but I felt a moral obligation to recover Recess 2.

I'll list the contents later.

This cd contains 24 AGS games:
10minutes
7days
adayinthefuture
apprentice
ATaleInTheZoo
beasts
bj1
detention
EARWIG
friendindeed
Grr!
KingsQuest
KingsQuest2
lifeboatDUSCE
LittleJonyEvil
MenInHats
MiniGame4
Monster
pqtv2
ProofOfFictionFinal
Recess2
salemfinal
TheElevator
WitchNight


Here's the content list of all games (excl. demos):

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7days
10minutes
ATaleInTheZoo
AdventuresofRobinHood
Blue Force
Companions_Of_Xanth
Countdown
Cruise_for_a_Corpse
Curse_of_Enchantia
Darkseed
Dune
EARWIG
Eric_the_Unready
Frederik_Pohls_Gateway
Grr!
Heimdall
Innocent
InspectorGadget
KingsQuest
KingsQuest2
LesManleyinSearchforTheKing
LittleJonyEvil
MeanStreets
MenInHats
MiniGame4
Monster
ProjectNomad
ProofOfFictionFinal
Protostar
Recess2
ReturntoRingworld
Ring
StarTrek
TheElevator
The_3_Stooges
VeilofDarkness
WitchNight
adayinthefuture
apprentice
beasts
bj1
cubert
detention
friendindeed
lifeboatDUSCE
ozqpfinal
pqtv2
salemfinal
slakerquest
sweetdreams
voodoo

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Bertolino, did you:

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reset and create your own pw?

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[Grandad and The Quest for The Holey Vest]

Grandad and The Quest for The Holey Vest



Download: Windows 3.5mb | Linux 6.5mb

Changelog:

• Note: savegames from previous versions should be compatible with v1.0.2.
• v1.0.2 changed: redraw hotspot area for magazines, making them easier to find
  (in the original game this 'hotspot' was quite small, so I improved it as I noticed several people were having a hard time finding it)
• v1.0.1 fixed: final score not correctly displayed in endscene

Story:
Grandad, who is rather old, has a habit of placing things in strange places and then forget where he has put them. One morning he wakes up and discovers
that there is a bit of a nip in the air. He decides that he'll need to put on his string vest but he can't remember where it is. You have to help grandad find it.
Guide grandad around his house, gather items, talk to people, solve puzzles and unlock doors while also trying to avoid certain deadly situations...



About:
Grandad and The Quest for The Holey Vest  was originally released in 1992, only for the Atari ST.
This remake is freeware and available for Windows and Linux.



Differences from the original:

• Point 'n Click mouse system instead of the original game's keyboard-only system
• Graphical inventory items instead of the original game's text-only list
• No more dead-ends (the original Atari ST game had a few)
• Extra animations and many extra responses
• No time limit anymore because grandads wheelchair's battery now can't run empty anymore (in the original game the player had to find and use a spare battery before the wheelchair's battery ran empty, otherwise it was game-over)

A HUGE thank you to the testers: Nahuel & Wiggy, they did an essential and amazing job! 

Thanx for keeping up this amazing work for such a long time here already, Eric!

VA for Ida has been found (thank you 'The Last To Know').
No more positions open.

Thank you very much Mandle, but someone has just volunteered as a potential VA for Ida.

[The bog]

Another one I stumbled upon and had to look up to be sure what it means, while it seems to be commonly known:

The bog turns out to be British for the toilet. It's predecessor was the boghouse.

Or just call it a flashlight as calling it a torch is dumb.

  amen

stone, another weird one 

The game is only missing speech for one last female character: Ida. 
It's not a big job, just 40 lines of text. As the game is freeware, it's an unpaid task.
Who can help me out? 

Ok, seems flashlight is a better name to go with. Thanx everybody.

It doesn't flash, so it can't be a flashlight. 

You don't torch it so it can't be a torch 

[Flashlight]

Officially a 'portable battery powered handheld electric lamp' is referred to as a Flashlight in the US while English-speaking countries seem to refer to it as a Torch.
This is odd, because I as a European living close to the UK location-wise (The Netherlands) refer to this as a flashlight. To me a torch is a burning stick.

I'm working on a game that has a 'portable battery powered handheld electric lamp' as item.
Question: what would be the best naming to use as players can be from any country: a flashlight or a torch?