For me, It was Larry Vales. I then remember playing a bunch of games I can't remember, but Larry Vales is the one that sticks with me and probably the one I tried to imitate at first...
So, I pose this question for you, what was your first ever ags game (that you played) and how do you think it has affected your game creation (if at all)?
Larry Vales also, i remember playing i guess an old demo with roger and i think a car (but not the same bg as the current demo has) that was before i joined the community though.
edit: the demo i was talking about can be seen here: http://people.freenet.de/lucasfangames/agsdesign.jpg
edit2: "and how do you think it has affected your game creation" well, like LV3, my game is unfinished ;)
Hmmm.. I think it was "The Island" ;D
But I have no idea how it has affected my game creation...
Rob Blanc!
Which, by the way, STILL ROCKS!
After playing it, I E-mailed Yahtzee and asked what software he used. He sent me a short, but polite message giving me a link to the website.
The next day, he had to send me another short, polite E-mail telling me that the technical forums were the best place to find help...not him.
And that turned me into the prolific game-creator I am today...
...
...
Jesus...Three years.....
mine was 6DA, after that i got kinda worried that AGS could only make one room games :P Then i played 'earwig is angry' which didnt help... then plurghburg. You see i can remeber seeing as it was only about a year ago.
-OSC
Pleaughrybyrb.
Wait, let me try that again.
Pluehgrhbug?
You know what I mean.
Might Pleurghtg.... that one been my second one then...? Just came to mind...
My first AGS game played, was The Uncertainty Machine. After playing that, I was so excited about AGS, but then I found out that I picked the best game of AGS as my first played game :P
It did not really effect my way of creating games, though it did gave me the vision, of once making a equal if not better game than TUM, wich probably won't happen ;)
Yeah... I've been here since April 2003, member since May
My first game ever was Demo Quest. If we aren't counting that, I think it was Pleurghburg. I think I actually spelled that right. I think Demo Quest affected the way I make games by making me realize how simple things went together to make the game as a whole. Pleurghburg was important because it gave me some plot inspiration for my current game. Coolness.
My first game was King's Quest I VGA by AGDI. Though I don't really count that as my first AGS game as I didn't even think to what the game was made of. The first game I played when I *KNEW* what AGS was, was Larry Vales I.
I guess it influenced me, because it was a popular and fun game, and taught me that you didn't need super purdy graphics to make an excellent game.
The first demo quest and then Rob Blanc 1.
I don't think it affected my game making any, because I'm making an RPG. :D
Red Flagg
It is most excellent.
The first AGS game I ever played was "The Uncertainty Machine"
Back then I was using AGAST and I was like "Dam AGAST is rlly hrd, man! I wi5h th3Re wuz sumthng esier 4 me!" (That was how I used to type. Now I am sane.")
Then I played TUM and I was like "I enjoyed that game immensly, perhaps AGS is the way to go for me."
And so here I am now.
I'm younger so I have never played any of the old sierra games, (Don't ban me from the forums! :-[)
The first PNC adventure game I have ever played was Out Of Order from SLUDGE (Shareware! Boooo!!! >:()
Either King's Quest 1 remake, or Norman Cooks, though it was probably KQ. I remember finding both those games in a cd that came along with a Greek mag.
Whichever the game was, they introduced me to AGS, and I started thinking about making my own game. One year and several cancelled projects later, I still haven't finished a game, but oh well. :P
(edit) Where is my mind?
I forgot to mention that the fact that Norman Cooks was created by a Greek guy kind of affected me, I think. The idea of a community which had members of my country sounded more appealing, I guess.
Permanent Daylight it was... Yey!
Floyd SB!
I just wanted to ask, did no one have Permanent Daylight as his first one ( when you were still innocent :D).
Since then, I'm sticking to 2ma2's web site, tho' he never updates it...
But every update (used to) mean a lot to me :))).
Anyway, about the affection, well 2ma2 is what i look upon as a row model in this adv. making. But, maybe thats because I saw him first...
And I must say I didnt play too many AGS games after... :P
First? Rob Blanc, but at the time, I didn't know what system it was made with. First I knew was by ags? Pleugh(?)burg. I'm still stuck in it. I shoulda searched the trash can's dead body!
Heh.. Floyd SB was my first too ;) . Though I think I played Rob Blanc 1 around the same time. I remember I was really impressed with both, and wanted to make my own Sci-Fi/Comedy game, but that never worked out :P. To be honest, I don't think they have muchinfluence on me anymore, since it's been so long (about four or five years) since I last played them.
Quote from: Eggie on Tue 16/03/2004 18:47:41
Rob Blanc!
Which, by the way, STILL ROCKS!
After playing it, I E-mailed Yahtzee and asked what software he used. He sent me a short, but polite message giving me a link to the website.
The next day, he had to send me another short, polite E-mail telling me that the technical forums were the best place to find help...not him.
And that turned me into the prolific game-creator I am today...
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Jesus...Three years.....
this is the exact same story with me
It's funny ... I downloaded AGS and was using it (and visiting these forums) for quite a few months before I ever downloaded and played any AGS made games.
The first one I tried was the King's Quest VGA. I didn't want to play other people's games, I wanted to make my own!!
It wasn't until I got involved in this community that I started caring about other's games. Man I'm one selfish eff-dash-dash-kay ;)
~ d
Um, I think the first game I played was probably Permanent Daylight or Uncertainty Machine... I found AGS because of I believe, Darth Mandarb, that is if memory serves me right and he created the old AGI Star Commander demo. :)
Gobliins 2. Jesus, I still havent finished that game, and that was 7 years ago.
That was made in AGS? ???
Demo Quest. Or the Space Quest 4 done in AC.
QuoteI remember I was really impressed with both, and wanted to make my own Sci-Fi/Comedy game
Hehe, yeah. After seeing Floyd I really wanted to make a game in AGS.
Four years later...
:-\
::) :P
Larry vales...I got it off of bhlegend.com before I new about AGS(Thats where I learned about it) 8)
Slacker Quest.
It was a nice experience because it has a storyline and characters quite different from the cliche. More life-like. And although it was quite a simple game from the modern WindowsAGSPluginSystem point of view, I still remember it with fondness.
I *think* the first game I played was this game in German someone made for a class or something. It had a goofy-looking character I think got used by Visy later, and photograph backgrounds, terribly converted to 256 colors. I believe this was several eons ago, some time before the Yahtzee epoch. I don't know if there was much of anything made before this game. I wonder if there's any way to recover the very very first stuff made with AGS. Would be fun for a trip down memory lane and all.
For me, either Rob Blanc or Larry Vales -- Can't remember which, but I think it was Larry Vales.
I played Rode Kill first, or perhaps perminent daylight, but didn't know they were AGS games then. I first downloaded AGS after playing QFG4.5
Well my first AGS game was Larry Vales 1. I had played the demo game before, but that doesnt count as a propper game I think. Larry Vales 2 was the second game, and I was greatly impressed by it, and by that time I knew AGS was for me. This was probably around 3 years ago, with 2.2 being the version of AGS i first downloaded.
It was LV2 which influenced me the most I think. I really loved the art in that game, and when I tried my first game I tried to emulate that style. I sort of did, but since I've never finished a game yet, you won't get to see it. I really wish phil would come back and finish LV3, but he's probably too busy enjoying his fame...
Quest for Glory 4 1/2, or Night of the Hermit were the first games I played I think, but there were also some smaller games that I found which had just come out, they may have been before but I'm not sure: Sam the Pirate Monkey & Who Killed Kenny Rogers.
I'd tried AGI first, then SCI, then found AGS, played a few games, then created a game before even joining this forum as only Geeks use forums.
I'd been using AGS on and off for over a year before I gave in to the nerdiness & decided to use the forum.
Now it doesn't seem so nerdy to me as everyone seems pretty normal, but I think that's because you've all dragged me down to your level. :P
I'm a late comer.... It was 5 days a stranger.... Someone posted something about it in a RM2K forum I moderate, I checked it out and remembered how much I loved those games back in the day....
Since it said it was made with AGS I did a search... found the website... .downloaded, began to create genius!
BRILLIANT!!!
Pleurghburg was my first.
That gave me more than enough inspiration to start making my own ags game.
Daniel
Winebarger
Night of the Hermit. Looking at it's files, I figured out that it must've been made with some adventure game creating tool, and fortunately my assumptions were correct.
I'm not sure about the first game... it was either Rob Blanc 1, Lassi Quest or House Quest.
At that time I thought all the AGS games looked like those, so at first I didn't want to use AGS at all :P
Whichever was first posted on The Underdogs. Larry Vales probably, which didn't impress me. In fact, I don't think I ever found the first puzzle at the time.
Later, I played Pleurghburg and discovered AGS, which was DOS roomedit back then. I messed around a bit, but didn't like working in the 320x200 resolution. I don't think I played anything else until KQ2VGA, which really got me hooked on AGS (now a windows program), and that's about the same time I signed up for the forum.
I think I played Larry Vales 1 first, then KQ1VGA, then Pleurghburg. Nothing else matters.
Hmm strange, i wonder where all those "Porn quest" people are?
:D
And btw who made it?
Quote from: Bionic Bill on Wed 17/03/2004 01:59:03
I *think* the first game I played was this game in German someone made for a class or something.
Was that Alles Euro? I remember seeing some German game about the Euro on the old (OLD) ags website.. Never botherered to download that one :P
If i remember correctly, i think it was either Rob Blanc or Larry Vales.
It was a couple of years ago when i stumbled upon the AGS website when AGS was still in its DOS days.
After seeing what was possible to do with AGS, i downloaded immediately, but yet have worked on a game.
I did a couple of rooms as a test, but then scrapped it. Someday i will make a game.
Rob Blanc was officially my first game, but I thought it was utter crap, so it wasn't for months later when I stumbled upon Larry Vales. It gave me that gooey warm feeling...like when I stick my hand in the microwave. So through that, I found AGS and quickly fell in love. It inspired me to make Ace Quest...which I did.
Larry Vales, along with snail quests, moose wars, and my own games, is one of the only adventure games that I have on a back-up cd. I still think that Phil Reed hasn't been equaled in the community, as far as comedy.
-MillsJROSS
Edit: Note, ROb Blanc was my first official AGS game...the first every adventure game goes to mixed up mother goose.
Hehe.... The first adventure game I ever played was a text version of a Dungeons&Draons thing, I am not even sure it had a name. It ran on an Intel MDS and an 8 inch floppy disk. MDS was Intel's programming workstation circa late 1970's and was this huge blue box.
We had a huge sheet of paper where we mapped out the game. It was a communal system so you couldn't really play for very long. As soon as some one came along to do some school work you had to give it up.
Even before that I played a game on an IBM 360 called WUMPUS or WOMPUS that was also a text based game. I actually got paid for that; I had a little job repairing terminals for the University and we were supposed to "burn'em in" before sending them back repaired.
sorry RickJ,
what was the first AGS game you ever played?
that was the topic. ;D
Oh...
If I remember correctly, the first AGS game I ever played was this 'Space Quest' that came with AGS. I don't remember many things about it (it was more than 3 years ago), but I remember that the first message said something like "Hi, this is Ken." or something like that. Then there was this vehicle where you could 'get' a laptop... can't remember many things about it, though (I didn't played it for too long cos I got fed up of getting 'stuck' against some walls). I think that was because in the AGS version it was made, instead of drawing the walkable areas you drew the 'walls' in the screen... or something like that. :-\
Anyway, after that, the game I truly played (until the end) was Rob Blanc (2, I think).
About your second question:
What 'game creation'? ;D
Quote from: Ben on Wed 17/03/2004 22:44:30
Was that Alles Euro? I remember seeing some German game about the Euro on the old (OLD) ags website.. Never botherered to download that one :P
Yeah, I think it was about the Euro. Is there any way to get a hold of the super-old games like this one, or to see just what got released back in the days when AGS was barely more than a glint in Pumaman's eye? Any oldgeezerbie feel like jogging my memory some?
Well anyways, I've got a name to go on. I suppose I'll go a-searching through some archives.
Good grief, I have no idea what game I played first!
I played lots and LOTS of games, without knowing that they were made with AGS. I THINK it was Permanent Daylight (which I thought was super-duper-ultra-cool simply because of the snowman).
Another game I'm not sure about is 'Bert'. Was that made in AGS? It's about a guy who gets fired from his job at some TV station, and he has to break in to the building and teach his boss a lesson.
I'm pretty sure I played Bert before P.D, though I'm not sure if the former was made with AGS or not....
Larry Vales, which I found on The Underdogs.
Porn Quest was made by Grundislav, btw, Czar.
Quote from: Peter Thomas on Thu 18/03/2004 09:42:03
Another game I'm not sure about is 'Bert'. Was that made in AGS? It's about a guy who gets fired from his job at some TV station, and he has to break in to the building and teach his boss a lesson.
yep Pete, Bert - The Newsreader (by Anton Ulvfot aka Vargtass) I think he also goes by the name Machine elf, was made with AGS.
Winner of the MAGS comp in June 2002
I remember playing that, Great game
I think I played Bert the Newsreader.
It was something about 2 years ago...
I didn't read the credits firstly, so I didn't know that AGS was the engine behind that game what RULEZ!!!
It was 1 year ago, when I found this site and downloaded 5 Days a Stranger, so it was second AGS game what I played...
The first AGS game I played was Permanent Daylight, I think.
Either that or Earwig is ANGRY, i can't remember.
You know you're a newbie when....
The first AGS game I played was The Apprentice.
I'd downloaded AGS in August 2003 and was so taken with the ability to make my own games that I forgot to even think that other people had actually completed some and have them available for free download! So it wasn't until November or so that I actually started playing AGS games. Of course The Apprentice did nothing for my self-esteem as a game developer..... :'(
....but at least it did give me something to aspire towards.
My eyes are getting bad ... I read "adventure" instead of "ags" the first time. Ouch!! :'(
My first AGS-game was Anton Ulvfot's (aka Vargtass aka MachineElf) SlackerQuest, and still today I think it's somehow really, really good. In a readme file (or something like that) he mentioned AGS and I was like W00T!! I downloaded ags and a billion other ags games, but no matter how much I played, none of them were as surprising experiences as the first time I played Slacker Quest. It was also my first amateur adventure game, regardless of engine.
The first AGS game I played still has a warm place in my heart. But that's probably because Larry Vales (the adorable scoundrel with the sideburns) was the one who stole my adventure gaming virginity.
Actually, it seems like he got a lot of you. ;)
But anyway, I think I moved on to Norman Cooks or Permanent Daylight after that. Wow, I first played those...almost two years ago if I remember correctly. Where did time go?
Well, wherever it went, AGS has improved and been improving since the first productions I played from it (and those were great games, mind you; I'd play them again in a heartbeat) and I've seen some equally excellent games come from the newer engines. I'm really looking forward to seeing some of the future games.
Know what? I think I just convinced myself to go finish building my own game. I'll be back in a few centuries...
I don't remember! :'(
I'm another newcomer, I only discovered this place a little over 3 months ago. The first AGS game I played (knowing it was an AGS game) was Odysseus Kent (as soon as I saw the screenshot on the front page of this site, I -had- to have it). To this day, it's easily my favourite AGS game still and definitely inspired me to create my own game.
Admittedly, I haven't even come close to playing all the games available yet, but I do really love O.K. ^_^
Rodekill 2? I can't remember which was, I get confused with Rodekill: A day in the life.
Well... The game I played was about a dog puking battery acid, dissolving the spaceship, and you had to avoid it...
LSL 1 or SQ 1, one of them: becoming fond of adventure games, I played almost Sierra Games and play almost adventure games I can get. :D
The first AGS game I played was 5 days a stranger. I love that games, but I got stucked and I am too lazy to look it up.
I feels as thoug I would not have tried to make a game where you steal if I had not played it.
Heh Primus, it's the first AGS games you played.
For me it's the original LQ1 I think...
flashbax
I think it was either QFG 4.5 or Larry Vales II. I'd been aware of the existance of AGS for a while before I actually played anything made with it (other than the demo game).
Gaea Fallen by Amaranth...
didn't get very far and nearly gave up on AGS games...
It was either Larry Vales II or Six Day Assassin
till now i played two (!) ags games:
beyond reality and 5 days a stranger but i finished none of them.
Quote from: Gilbot V7000a on Wed 19/05/2004 02:07:37
Heh Primus, it's the first AGS games you played.
For me it's the original LQ1 I think...
Well, isn't Leisure Suit Larry 1 an AGS game? Sorry. I'm not sure, but I suppose my first AGS game was then Space Quest - The Lost Chapter.
No, they're AGI games (the Point & Click VGA version of LSL1 was SCI though).
hmmm... I coulda swore I replied to this post once before...
Oh well. The first AGS game I played was the Six Day Assassin.
I wish someone would make a sequel of some type to that game.
hehe, go ahead hyde, be my guest
there was someone who wanted to make their own story involving the assassin... why, i don't know since he didn't really have any character to speak of
See, I thought you were the one who made it. I just couldn't quite remember. ;)
It was an awesome little game ;D(albeit, very short :().
I would try and make some type of sequel, but I've got my hands full with my own game.
Larry Vales. Then Rode Kill, a day in the life
I think the first AGS game I played was lassi's quest, which was the reason not to use AGS in its DOS days.
Permanent Daylight.
Quote from: Farlander on Sat 20/03/2004 16:30:22
Rodekill 2? I can't remember which was, I get confused with Rodekill: A day in the life.
Well... The game I played was about a dog puking battery acid, dissolving the spaceship, and you had to avoid it...
How long have you been at AGS, that was only released last year if I remember correctly. :-\
Well the first adventure game I played was LSL1. I then searched for the sequels on the internet, and found http://www.dosgames.com/ and there was a link to AGS. I remeber I stayed up till 2:00 AM working right through the manual, making sure I knew everything...
I think the 1st AGS game was 6DA...or 5DaS...not sure...
Yup yup yup!
Larry Vales 2
The first AGS game I played I found at the underdogs and after playing it I thought 'how the hell did that GASPOP guy make that game - then I found the AGS link and havn't been the same since.
I also can't believe that no one else has mentioned it -Ã, CALSOON!!!!!.
The first AGS game I played was King's Quest II (the Remake).
I thought it was such a fantastic game. Once I played through it, then I found out it was made by AGS, and I've been hooked on AGS ever since and hoping that I can one day make a great adventure game. ;)
*PS: BTW, my own game is still in production, each day I'm making good progress on it.
"Escape From Evergreen Forest (EFEF)"
http://adventure.easyurl.org/
My first were "Pizza Quest" and "RON 2 1/2: Fowl Play."
My first AGS game was either Larry Vales 1 or Lassi Quest. I don't remember.
I remember downloading the first Larry Vales off of
Bhlegend.com
(http://www.bhlegend.com/)and thought it was great...While reading-Damn, I'm bleeding-anyway, while reading bhlegend's info on it, I noticed they said that it was made with AGS, so I googled AGS, and my life has never been the same.Ã, Ã, For my first few weeks, I tried to make "Jerry Kales" but never did get far 8)
Quote from: MillsJROSS on Thu 18/03/2004 02:10:08
Edit: Note, ROb Blanc was my first official AGS game...the first every adventure game goes to mixed up mother goose.
Yes! Mixed up mother goose was great!
Hm, a good question... I thought it was Odysseus Kent at first, but then I remembered that the first one I played was Night of the Hermit, when he had just released the talkie, through a link on worldofmi.com.... :)Ã, Ã,Â
Larry Vales 1
2ma2's "Permanent daylight"
He's my hero for that game. :D
Okay, I think it went like this...
Permanent Daylight...
Pizza Quest...
Slacker Quest!
Those were the good old days. We need more games like these. 8)
Night of the Hermit, which was mentioned on World of Monkey Island's news for a couple of years ago.
I think I played either Rob Blanc 3 (WHY I started with part 3, I have no idea... it's so contrary to how I am) or Permanent Daylight.
And I still have nothing to show for it.
the first I remember is the uncertainty machine but it could have been flashbax
It was either Larry Vales, or Rob Blanc.
The first I knew was done with AGS, was Pleurghburg.
As yet I haven't made any games, but I do have one in development (i.e. thinking up a plot). It could take some time, seeing as I still have to learn how to use AGS. See you next decade...
i first played a demo :merlin3
and now i am playing aarons epic journey.
My first AGS game was Rob Blanc 1. But, at the time I didn't even know that it was a AGS game, so I don't think that counts.
Mine was Rob Blanc 1 too :)
thanks to barcik
I think the first I played was "the hobbit" on the Spectrum 48 k, it left me with an abiding hatred of text based games.
But the first I played and loved was MI1.
Hehe the subject reads "AGS" games.
I think it was The Apprentice- showed me how good an ags game can be.
The first AGS game I played (and how I found out about AGS) was one that isn't even on the list at the AGS website... it's called Ready, and I found out about it from an entry in its creator's LiveJournal (http://www.livejournal.com/users/kevinpease/64829.html). (Though actually the version available so far is only a preview; the game's not complete yet.)
My first game was Space Quest II or Kings Quest III.
The first AGS game I played... :) It was quite a long time ago.
I think it was Pizza Quest, then maybe Pleughburg after that. Pleughburg though was the first AGS game that totally engrossed me. ;)
Larry Vales 1, but not many parts of the game remained in my memory.
Doh! , It does help when I read more closely. (sorry)
"The box that ate time." Wow, is all I can say. I laughed and laughed .
Probably Kings Quest 1. I DID play a demo for Monkey Island 5 though.
I first played Ben Jordan 1. And that changed my life forever! No wait, it didn't...
It was Calsoon. But there is another interesting thing: First adventure game I ever played was called "Adventure", and it was (I think) in 1982. It was on operating (kind of) system called PL1 (unix based as I remember) and I remember that I had to type "DMS ADV" to start it.
Now, who can beat that?
It would be Pleurghburg:Dark Ages i think. I didn't even know what was AGS then :P Well, I cannot remember what was my first adventure game, but it surely was at an 8-bit colour computer called Amstrad with cassette recorder. Something about 1989/90.
Mine was... A DAY IN THE FUTURE...
found it in the internet....
Mine was kings quest 1 vga, i got kinda spoiled by that , but it didn't inspire my game style, which has yet to show its face in public, But MI2 (monkey Island) DID in spire my sprite style
I was looking for some abandoware when I found The new adventures of Zak McKracken.
That's where it all started 8)
Pilot Light: Episode 1 :o
6 day assassin
6 day assasin too.
Anyway...
The best game i played was definitly 5 days a stranger.
5 Days a stranger.
Let's just say it left a good impression.
The first AGS game I played was Red Flagg (I think), which didn't impress me, but intrigued me enough to try out Larry Vales := which impressed me enough to try out Larry Vales II := :=, which convinced me to try out Permanent Daylight, Rob Blanc and many others and to keep an steady eye on new AGS games and give AGS a try myself, although to little avail as of now. ;)
The first AGS made game I played was King's Quest II done by the Anonomys game developers. I found out about them through the article donein the video game magazine Game informer (I think it was Game Informer) That wowed me and drew me in. it was a grand scheme, handled spectacularly, and gave a great expansion to the king's quest world. It inspired me to come here into this community and try my hand at working with my stories and scripts to make some quality games (quality for me at least..hehe)
My first game was 5 days a stranger :D ...i think it was also one of the best i played so far ;)
Quest for Glory 4.5 which was also how I found AGS in the first place.
Rob Blanc I was the first AGS game I played when I first downloaded an early AGS DOS version many years ago. I was looking for games made in AGS and Rob Blanc was the only one I could find at the time. I really enjoyed it, though.
I'm a newcomer, but, oddly, the first game I ever played in AGS was Rob Blanc 1, and then 2 and 3 (only the order I started, not finished). This was even before I played the demo game!
Zak McKraken. tho i was quite young and had no idea wat an adventure game was nor did i know what i was doing. Still I loved playing it anyway.
PErmanent day light by intoxicated lil bunny that game had no puzzle quality but ill still give it a bash now and again
the whole game took a couple of mins but well worth it.
Alles Euro, by Abstauber. It was in German and I barely understood any of it but it inspired me to make an adventure game. Well, it inspired me to try it :)
And 8000 abandoned projects later, here you are :D
>:( I'll finish one! Some day.. Maybe..
Probably Rob Blanc I? I think I tried ags then and was confused with the 256 colour-ness of it, and I e-mailed yahtzee for help. He directed me to the tech forum, and that was that. I wonder how many e-mails like mine yahtzee got those days. The first game I really really liked was probably Permanent Daylight. Hmm, it's been a few years.
"5 days a stranger", last week. Hooked me up on all this.
The first game I played was from a friend of mine called Escape from the Salem Moons (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=214) about 2 years ago. I'm currently helping him with a sequal (http://the-makers.tripod.com/coell-decka.htm) to this game.
Mine was A day in the future. It was very good game, and as I was a very bad n00b!!1!!1 with AGS at the time, I was really surprised about what features the game could have... or something... umm... nevermind... ::)
Actually mine was Nght of the Hermit, which I neer finished because its too damn hard and I refuse to use walkthroughs!! After that Cirque de Zale, pure excellence 8)
:-\ Porn Quest :-\
:'( :'( :'( :'(
Zak McKraken. Actually, it was the first Point'n'click i ever played. I didn't even realise it was AGSmade until i first found AGS. Yeah, the old Zak. At first i thought, oh what a shit,gay,gay,fucked,shit,gay game. Then i started playing and i really enjoyed it. I think that was the day i figured out that a game doesn't need fancyass graphics to be good. It's the gameplay that makes a game great or shit. Lots of kids these days (crap i sounded like a freaking old man just then ) are thinking that if a game doesn't have good graphics, then it's crap. But if i was offered something like Zak McKraken or... let me see...Medal Of Honor: Rising Sun, ( great graphics and sound, too many buttons yadayadayada ), then by god i'll pick Zak. Yeah, i know, I've made this post too long...uhh....yeh i should probably get off now.
Permanent Daylight. That was the first. I knew it was made in AGS but I held very little interest in making PnC games - I was all into I.F. at the time (woe was me).
I started to get an interest in AGS when I learnt of Reality on the Norm - and through that I got to know Yahtzee's crap. I played the Rob Blanc series, and from that moment on I've scoured these pages for new games every couple of days.
I got to know RON through Underdogs, as I can imagine some others also did - but I got to know it because Underdogs told me about it - she knew I had a project going and told me that it might be an interesting tool in getting it done. Since, the project has become nothing more than what it was - a project. But I thank her every day for introducing me to AGS :)
Oldgames be my passion. *sniff* I miss being in the abware sceneÃ, :-\
my first game to play was five-o-clock lock, weird puzzles, few rooms, but oh so hilarious
I think it was that game about how bluecup ran away from CJ and you had to track it down. I remember enjoying it thoroughly, but I really don't remember why...
Ben Jordan: pernomal invistigater Case 4 horror at number 50 :)
Pleurghburg. At the time I was eight. I got stuck at the morgue because I didn't check a dead guy's body.
Rob Blanc 1. I had no Idea what ags was, played rob blanc 1,2 & 3, Permanent daylight, Larry vales, Ben Jordan 1, and even was invited to help a friend on his ags game that was never completed. A couple of years later I saw the Apprentice II featured in a computer games magazine, checked it out, and here I am.
The first five AGS games I've ever played:
#1 - Permanent Daylight
#2 - Larry Vales II - Dead Girls are Easy
#3 - P:DA
#4 - 6DA (doesn't seem to work on my PC anymore.Ã, :(Ã, )
#5 - Larry Vales - Traffic Division
Rob Blanc was my first game and soon after I was working on Bob Goes Home.
5 Days, 7 Days and Rob Blanc 1 all simultaneously!
(I'm a big fan of Yahtzee and have been since the first screen of 5 Days!)
Rob Blanc I way back in 1999.
EDIT: Already said this! Man do I feel retarded...
For me it was Permanent Daylight. When I got to the credits and it said there was an adventure game engine available, I was like, "Waaaahhhhh???" And here I am! Thank you, Permanent Daylight!
No action-Jackson.
It reminded me of the old LucasFilm(NOT LucasArts) games, like MI, Indy, day of the tentacle, etc.
That game was Soooo good!!! Too bad there weren't any squels :'(
for me, it would be frank the farmhand.
The first was LSL1
5 days a Strangy wangy
Five days a strangey wangey
5 days a stranger
:P
You guys know I totally started this thread just so people could tell me they played my game Pirate Fry.....
Quote from: Squinky on Tue 21/02/2006 01:46:46
You guys know I totally started this thread just so people could tell me they played my game Pirate Fry.....
I did.Ã, I've played them all.Ã, Great stuff!
Quote from: Mugs on Tue 21/02/2006 03:05:27
Quote from: Squinky on Tue 21/02/2006 01:46:46
You guys know I totally started this thread just so people could tell me they played my game Pirate Fry.....
I did. I've played them all. Great stuff!
Yay! Heh. Only took 2 years of fishing, now I can die in happy.
Hi everyone,
although this ist not an AGS game...
But you all should try
http://www.sanchoisland.com
Really cute !!! Old fashioned Adventure Game, and really a jewel!! To be played online, but really worth a try!
I recommend it and I'm sure you will like it!!
I have justed started chapter 3...
Too bad, Squinky, my first game was Cirque de Zale from Kinoko!
It was a few months ago I started, but I never finished a finished AGS game!
My first game was "The Paparazzi Prince"... A short one with cool graphics and funny story... I even wanted to make a deluxe version or something.Ã, ;D
the first must have been... erm... Manic mansion. Yeah I remember. I totally hated it lol. All the characters I picked where locked up in the basement in no time and I was bored right away :P
First AGS game I REMEMBER playing must be Permanent Daylight.
But I not 100% sure...
Hard to remember since it was back in 2001 :-\
5 Days A Stranger after reading about it in PC GAMER
The new adventures of Zak Mckracken. which was a bit of a dissapointment.......
hm.. i think my first ags game was "giga mansion" (i'm not sure if anybody knows it; it's a very short adventure made by some guys of a german tv show which shows everything about video games).
First game i played was 5 days a strangerand the first game I completed was Ben Jordan 4 ( Haven't still finshed 5 days a stranger)
I just realized I have played Bert - The Newsreader before I had even discovered AGS. I found it on a CD that included much freeware games probably sometime in 2004. So I guess that is the first AGS game I've really played.
5 Days a Stranger. Good game. :)
Me was "The Apprentice". Good immersion, good graphics, good ideas. A pro game. Was really impressed. :o
For me was the KQ1 remake and then KQ2 remake, In Fact that the King's Quest Series was my first adventure game, Long Time ago I played King's quest VI
Actually, it was Indiana Jones and The Fountain of Youth demo last Sunday :) (when I read about it in joystiq)
Then, on Tuesday I tried AGS myself and now i'm already planning my own game :)
Rob Blanc, I found it on the internet by mistake. It still took me over a year before I discovered AGS.
Permanent Daylight, by 2ma2.
I landed on the AGS site back in 2002, thought I might use the program and wanted a game to see what it was like. I chose wisely. :)
KQI remake. After a week, I found the AGS site.
7 Days a Skeptic. The first time my sheets needed to be cleaned since I was five.
The Legend of Zelda and the Lampshade of No Real Significance
^_^
The first game I played all the way through was Pleurghburg, and mighty good it was too!
Quote from: TheCheese33 on Tue 20/06/2006 01:30:15
7 Days a Skeptic. The first time my sheets needed to be cleaned since I was five.
So your sheets have only been cleaned
once since you were five?
QuoteThe Legend of Zelda and the Lampshade of No Real Significance
That isn't an AGS game, that was a game made in flash.
5 Days a stranger. then instantly downloaded 7 days a skeptic. love them. now ive got trilbys notes to crack...even with its annoying keyboard controls it still beats the other two in terms of atmosphere and weirdness.
mines was 5 days a stranger too. :) great game
I think the first AGS game I ever played was 2ma2's awesome game Permanent Daylight.
ben jordan case 4, still one of my favorits :)
alien rape escape but quickly deleted
7 days a sceptic and 5 days a stranger
KICK ASS GAMES
5 days a stranger.
Only with the help of this game I really found this great site.
5 days a stranger. Next one was 7 days a skeptic, but damn it, never could finish it (welder chasing you was just too scary ::))
5 days a sceptic
Cool game.
:P
Standard answer: 7DAS. No, I didn't play 5DAS before it, I started right off with the sequel.
Quote from: Akatosh on Sat 28/04/2007 17:27:19
Standard answer: 7DAS. No, I didn't play 5DAS before it, I started right off with the sequel.
Just as you.
Permanent Daylight. I still have some fond memories of that one.
Cirque de Zale. The way it made fun of Cricket was hilarious.
Yeah Permanent Daylight for me too...
Bestowers of eternity
First AGS game I ever played was Kings Quest II VGA... that is an AGS game right? I played Kings Quest 7 but I never played 1-6. I think I played 5 days a Stranger after, I was so scared
Apprentice.
Apprentice II
The first AGS game I ever played was the Demo Quest game that was included with AGS. The one starring the guy wearing the green shirt.
The First AGS game I ever played was 5 days a Stranger... I'm still a huge fan of that entire series, and because of it I continue to believe that the main facet of any adventure game should be the story.
Demo of Indy FoY - GREAT! :)
5 days a stranger. Found it on an abandonware site. In fact, this is how I learned about AGS.
That would have been Rob Blanc 2, I believe. Back before I even knew what AGS was.
5DAS.
Still one of the best.
You know I can't even remember at this moment.
Probably 5 Days a Stranger.
If I remember otherwise I'll edit this post.
EDIT
Yeh, I've looked back at my early posts and 5days was the first game I commented on. So I'll use that as my answer.
My first ags game was 5das sucked. Really quit the damn game. Theen I played permanent daylight.
And my first AGS game was Maniac Mansion Deluxe, it was cool.
Permanent Daylight, I believe. If not then it was I Spy - one of my favorite AGS games to date.
--Snake
Quote from: Snake on Sat 27/10/2007 19:04:48
Permanent Daylight
That's the first I remember having played... unless it was Who Killed Kenny Rogers (2ma2's MAGS entry from a while back).
5 Days a Stranger.
Have read the readme. Found some "AGS" mentioned. Searched. Found this.
Got absolutely fanatized.
I think that the first AGS game that I've ever played was:
"Abducted: 10 Minutes!!!" by AussieSoft.
I found it on some freeware site I was looking for games on. I went to the AussieSoft site and found AGS in one of the links.
I enjoyed it 8)
Earwig is Angry
5 Day Assassin for me. I'm certainly glad I opted to try something else afterwards, I found that game disappointing!
5 Days a Stranger. But I can't remember if I knew at the moment it was AGS
Simultaneusly Quest for Glory 4 1/2 and the King's Quest I remake, QFG4 1/2 is probably still my favourite AGS game.
5 Days a Stranger, then I became a fanatic. I played 7 days a skeptik and after that I think it was No action Jackson and Frank the Farmhand. I've trying to learn Ags since that.
The first AGS game I played was Pleurburgh, and I really liked it. But when it comes to "Which game gives you the best nostalgic feelings?", it's No-Action Jackson and none other.
A little demo called Arnold's Neighbourhood, which was included as an extra in a torrent of Hey Arnold episodes.
How it influenced me: it uses screencaps from the series as backgrounds, which inspired me to make a game using the same method. And that's how I wound up here.
True story.
Permanent Daylight
I was looking for a adventure/point&click game-making software on google and I found AGS. I played Permanent Daylight to see what kind of game the software could make.
Probablyl either Little Johnny Evil or Larry Vales
hmm.. im not too sure, musnt have been too impressive then i guess.
The first MEMORABLE one i played tho i think would have to be FatMan. <3
I think it was "Grr! Bearly Sane", I got it from some random forum and I didn't know it was AGS then. I only discovered the website afterwards... :) memories...
First adventure game I played was Monkey Island (of course I was so young when it came out, I thought it was Monkey Is-Land, haha gotta love english when you're young).
First AGS game was either Reactor 9, or possibly Apprentice.
the first adventure game i played would of been maniac mansion on c64. i feel in love with the genre ever since. first ags was the maniac mansion remake, but i didnt know it was made by ags. I stumbled across this site when i googled game making programs or something along those lines about 2 years ago and feel out of my chair when i knew there was a program that made point and click games! FUCK! thou I haven't gotten to make a game yet, I get distracted easily.. *stares out window at something* but over the next few months im going to try and make a short game for my folio for uni next year. so fingers crossed!
I can't remember the name of the game!? I think it was called "Just Another AGS Game" or "Yet Another AGS Game" (Something like that -- I can't find it on the games page.)
I remember going up in the attic, finding a spider that I had to drop through the bathroom fan to get my sister to run out of the shower -- Haha! That was a very clever puzzle.
Does anyone remember this game? It's pretty old.
I believe you are looking for Just Another Point and Click Adventure (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=3766.0).
Enjoy.
Quote from: Ben304 on Sat 26/04/2008 15:09:17
I believe you are looking for Just Another Point and Click Adventure (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=3766.0).
Enjoy.
THAT'S IT!
No-Action Jackson :=
Larry Vales and Pleughburg (did I spell it right?).
Pleughburg is still my favorite AGS game. There's no love like the first one.
6 Day Assassin
I played it and thought about the conservation of resources employed... Nevr before had I been so engaged and involved in a game, that lasted all of an hour, spanning one room. It was creative and fun, not entirely polished, but I accepted that because it was made by essentially one person.
It made me re-think what fun is and can be, and that gorgeous graphics, visceral action and thousands of places and people to interact with isn't what makes a good game; a good game is what makes a good game.
I think it was Calssoon. I remember emailing or messaging Chrille - he told me it was just a small game he did in a rush, 2 or 7 days, I think - I was awed! I thought, this guy is an amazing genius to make an adventure game in a week or less - but that also tempted me enormously to give AGS a try...
The Kings quest remakes. Cant remember If I played I or II first. I only found it because I couldn't play the originals anymore on my newer computer and was looking for a way to play them on Google. Then I found the remakes site in the search and they had a link to AGS on their site and here I am ;D
Hmm, from the amount of 5DAS references on this thread I'd say that Yahtzee deserves credit for publicising AGS to the masses.
Mine was either Larry Vales 2 (definitely the first I finished) or Rob Blanc 2. I've been a lurker for quite a while...
Heh, just remembering that I was around to see Yahtzee 'quit' making games. Twice. Before he actually made his best ones.
The first AGS game I played was 7 Days a Skeptic, I absolutely loved it and it rekindled my love for adventure games.
Quote from: Vulcan Master on Sun 19/10/2008 04:19:13
The first AGS game I played was 7 Days a Skeptic, I absolutely loved it and it rekindled my love for adventure games.
Kings Quest 4, when I was about 4 or 5. Then my parents loved it, and bough the whole KQ back catalogue and Space Quest and Police Quest! I was in heaven!
Kings Quest 4 isn't an AGS game.
Here are some AGS games for you to try, and then you can edit your post accordingly! :)
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=digest
Also, please don't quote posts directly above you; it's unnecessary.
Sorry, I misread the topic, I thought it was Adventure Game in general
a Tale of Two Kingdoms for me, I spose you could call it love at first sight... ;D
About a month or two ago I was looking at some old floppies and cds and I found several adventures: The Dig, Full Throttle, Sam & Max Hit the Road, Quest for Glory 1 thru 5, Loom, King´s Quest 5, Day of Tentacle and Gabriel Knight 1. I used to love such games!
So I turn to Almighty Google and ask "Oh Great One, please answer a question from your humble servant: What happened to the old point and click adventures?"
The answer was quick and to the point: "Answer your question I will. You must seek a small but bright community that always meet at adventuregamestudio.co.uk". I came here immediately and after a search, I pick the second game from the list (the rating was higher than the first):
5 Days a Stranger
I loved it and then I came back for more. Then I played 7 Days a Skeptic, Tilbry´s Notes, 6 Days a Sacrifice, all in just one day. After that I think I played 15 or more games and I am still downloading and playing a lot of great ags games. I am even considering the possibility of making one by myself!
Quote from: AsimosVagan on Wed 17/12/2008 11:51:32
... 5 Days a Stranger...
Hey, that's the first one I played too! :D I really loved it too. Then I played 7 Days a Skeptic, and then I found 1213 and really liked that one too, despite being a platformer. It was really clever I think.
Cirque de Zale, for me. It was on a magazine cover DVD. Then after that I played the King's Quest Remakes (also on a magazine cover DVD), and the Maniac Mansion one (which I Googled, because I was in need of some LucasArts to balance out my Sierra). And then I also played Enclosure.
Before that, I had played some free SCUMM VM games (Beneath A Steel Sky, Flight Of The Amazon Queen, various demos), and a copy of the original, EGA Police Quest I found on a stiffy disk lying around the house. Oh, and Lure Of The Temptress, which I never played much, due to it being rubbish.
Around this time a year ago I was referred to 5 Days A Stranger by a friend's review, and that's what really got me into playing AGS games. 5DAS branched out into the rest of Chzo Mythos, and then into the rest of Yahtzee's games, and then into Ben Jordan, and then, and then, and then.
I now have well over a hundred adventure games on my computer. Yay!
--
At the time I played it, Cirque De Zale really amazed me, or rather, its credits amazed me. I was astounded that one person could be so multitalented as to make pretty much the entire game by herself.
I was a bit annoyed by the length of the game, though, having been spoilt by epics like Beneath A Steel Sky and Flight Of The Amazon Queen.
Overall, though, I think Cirque De Zale has made me try to hone as many skills as I can. I program, I design, I write, I make sound effects, I pixel graphics (not terribly well, but I'm getting there), and should really start trying to make music.
Cirque De Zale also showed me that adventure games don't have to be 15 hours long in order to be enjoyable. =D
The first AGS game I played was 'The Trials of Odysseus Kent.' It's such a fun game. That and 'I Spy' and 'Vengeance of the Chicken.' I love RON games.
Demo Quest 3-1. Source of Dreams.
I believe that five days a stranger took my innocence as well. It was painful at first, but then it started to feel really really good.
Hmm cant remember exactly- I think one was Ben Jordan Case 3 and Mordy 2 : The Mirror Of truth.
My very first game was Alien Time Zone (http://adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=620). When I found AGS website I decided to download some really short game to see what it looks like. So I selected "short games", scroll down a little looking for something really small in size and somehow its screenshot caught my eye :)
Next was 5 Days a Stranger, I think.
So, while the second game proved how cool these "homemade" games could be, first one made me believe I could do one too ;D
The first one i played was Art of Theft, Since i am one of the biggest newbies here probably. Both in terms of AGS and adventure games in general.
Then i moved on the the other yahtzee offerings (my favourite probably being 1213.. which is weird)
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Mon 26/10/2009 02:00:25
My very first game was Alien Time Zone (http://adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=620). When I found AGS website I decided to download some really short game to see what it looks like. So I selected "short games", scroll down a little looking for something really small in size and somehow its screenshot caught my eye :)
Next was 5 Days a Stranger, I think.
So, while the second game proved how cool these "homemade" games could be, first one made me believe I could do one too ;D
Love you, Crimson Wizard! ;D
Even though you didn't exactly praise my game :P
Hope you enjoyed it!
The Shivah was the first AGS game I played, which was awesome. The one that got me interested in AGS as a game making tool was Time Gentlemen Please!
Quote from: Babar on Mon 26/10/2009 10:55:13
Love you, Crimson Wizard! ;D
Even though you didn't exactly praise my game :P
Hope you enjoyed it!
I actually did! It has an interesting concept and cute alien animations ;)
I was dissapointed it was too short though.
Mine would be.. Pheughburg Dark Ages
Made me want to make games LOL
My first AGS game was Ben Jordan 2 about 5 years ago, followed by 5 Days a Stranger.
The Ben Jordan series helped me realise that yes, it was possible to create an amazing adventure with a small team. I've been tinkering around with AGS ever since.
Not that I have much to show for it, though. :-\
Mine has bee Demoquest as well. Back in 1999, AGS was the only engine which could compile it's own demogame out of the box :o
Well, it was all kaputtniks fault. It was one of the games he did with Ben304. But i'm not sure if it was 'Shoot, I got abducted!' or 'Man Boy vs. Dr. Sock'.
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Mon 26/10/2009 15:57:54
Quote from: Babar on Mon 26/10/2009 10:55:13
Love you, Crimson Wizard! ;D
Even though you didn't exactly praise my game :P
Hope you enjoyed it!
I actually did! It has an interesting concept and cute alien animations ;)
I was dissapointed it was too short though.
Animations were from InstaGame though.
Pheughburg Dark Ages :o :o
first game I played was 5 days a stranger. loved it.
My first AGS game, at least the first worth mentioning, was Duty and Beyond. It still remains my favourite. I've never finished it, though, because for some unknown reason I was unable to load the game, so I just let it run. Until my computer crashed after 3 days.
I see it's fixed now. I'll definitely try playing again soon. Despite lo res, the gameplay is outstanding.
Like many AGS newcomers, Yahtzee's the man.
His crazy creations with the most whacked storylines were the first AGS games I played.
Namely, 5 days a Stranger.
A game I think I will never forget; the immersing gameplay, atmosphere and storyline. A piece of art.
Like many, its 5 days a stranger, I was young and pissed off with the generic cookie-cutter fashion in which commercial games were being made, in particular, Halo, what annoyed me more is that everyone was all "OMG ITS AMAZING" , pretty much for a few years I gave up on commercial games and pursued freeware/opensource games to see if they had anything to offer, I think I was going through the freeware game list website Acid-play, and found it, and a few other AGS games, I noticed the repeating reference to AGS, and found this website, and pretty happy I did.
I still think 5 days is pretty good in retrospect, however I think it pales in comparison to Trilby's Notes, which is my personal favourite AGS game.
I'll add my 2 cents to this thread and reveal that my first game was also 5 Days a Stranger. :o
My first game i Think it was either Trilby: Art of Theft or Nelly Cootalot. I remember that after playing AoT(and getting stuck at the "z button-mashing" time) i played the whole John DeFoe series, and after that the whole Ben Jordan series
Alien Rape Escape ... What ? ;D
Alien Rape escape that sounds fun,weird and cool. My first game I think was 5 Days a stranger.
The awesome 7 Days a Skeptic. :)
I think it was Larry Vales, or possibly Larry Vales 2.
Anything happen since then? I've been kinda out of the loop.
The first AGS game I played was 5 Days A Stranger. An excellent game at that.
I think my first AGS game was "A Pirates Tale". Then I thought I could something similar ( or even better ;))
6DA - I've been in love ever since.
Apparently, I was one of the few newbies who played the DAS games in order...
The first part (?) of Blackwell???
My first was Pleurghburg, and back then I didn't even know it was made with AGS. But I loved that it, despite of it'S simple graphics, managed to create an atmosphere commercial games often lack. After I found out about AGS, my first games, I suppose, were the Ben Jordan series (4 had just been released back than) and 5 Days a Stranger. Oh, and 6 Day Assassin of course. Still I great one-roomer.
Other Worlds and I loved it!
The first AGS game that I played was A Woman For All Seasons:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=41647.msg551029#msg551029
The first one that I beat was Stargate Adventure:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=23288.0
I think my first AGS game was Yahtzee's Rob Blanc: Better Days of a Defender of the Universe.
Tale of two kingdoms was the first ags game I ever played... I think... but I'm not really sure...
5 Fays A Stranger. Yeah, I am one of those guys.
I can't remember playing an adventure game before Companions of Xanth. That was a pretty funny game.
Same as Bogdan, but i played art of theft at the time too, i don't know which one was first.
Rob Blanc 1 which i got free in retro gamer magazine back in 2004