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Legends of Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line (www.backerkit.com)
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I hope this is cool to post here. It's a Backerkit project for a documentary about Sierra On-line. I grew up playing these and figured there might be some other old farts around who would be interested.

I remember Kings Quest 6 blowing my mind when it came out and I only had the floppy disk version. I never knew until I was much older that there was a CD-ROM version with full voice over.

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago

I'm an old fart that grew up on these games too. They were what I lived for. Kings Quest 1 blew me away. Then 2 had me hooked. 3 was another level and felt so big.

I collected their catalogs and dreamed f what would come next. There was a box art for KQ4 they showed in the catalog that didn't make it to the actual box. It was amazing and I wished I had that.

I also played Space, Police, and Heros Quest, but Kings Quest was my jam.

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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Another old fart here. Some of my first gaming memories are Kings Quest 1 and Space Quest 1. I remember having to go all my parents how to spell certain words to do what I needed to do.

    I played both of those originals but then missed out on the sequels until they went vga - sq4 and kq5. Of course as an adult I bought all the collections so I could finally see what I missed in 2-4.

    All that to say, thanks for posting this. I'll always watch another documentary on Sierra.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    did they age well? worth playing now?

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago*

    I think some of the later stuff aged well if you're into point and click adventure games and some "retro" looking graphics. But the early ones might be a little janky for anyone who didn't live through that era.

    You have to type in the actions you want to do and they looked like this:

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    Color me surprised. I've read ken's book which is recommendable. So what's new here?

    Having a closer look I'd really recommend the book, written by him and not some interviews with him. 🤷

    https://kensbook.com/

    And hi to all other old farts.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I read Hackers: Heros of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy. Should I really read Kens book as well? I mean I feel I learned a lot about how it came about from Levy book.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I didn't read that one.

    Ken's book is mainly focused on the business side of things. While that does sound boring how I stated it it is very good imo.

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