History of Adventure Games

UPDATE 3/23/11: due to copyright issues I had to change the music. The used track was 'Slow Hands' (by Interpol), now its 'Lobsteer Tureen' by Igor Dvorkin & Duncan Pittock.

History of Adventure Games (63 Adventure Games in 2 minutes).

1980 Zork (Infocom)
1980 Mystery House (Sierra)
1984 King's Quest (Sierra)
1986 Space Quest (Sierra)
1987 Leisure Suit Larry (Sierra)
1987 Police Quest (Sierra)
1987 Maniac Mansion (LucasArts)
1988 Gold Rush! (Sierra)
1988 Zack McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (LucasArts)
1989 Colonel's Bequest (Sierra)
1989 Quest for Glory/Hero's Quest (Sierra)
1990 Conquests of Camelot (Sierra)
1990 King's Quest V (Sierra)
1990 Loom (LucasArts)
1991 Gobliiins (Sierra)
1990 The Secret of Monkey Island (LucasArts)
1991 Space Quest IV (Sierra)
1991 Police Quest III (Sierra)
1991 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (LucasArts)
1991 Leisure Suit Larry 5 (Sierra)
1992 Dark Seed (Cyberdreams)
1992 Quest for Glory III (Sierra)
1992 Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis (LucasArts)
1992 Legend of Kyrandia (Westwood Studios)
1992 The 7th Guest (Trilobyte)
1992 The Journeyman Project (Presto Studios)
1993 Simon the Sorcerer (Adventure Soft)
1993 Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (Sierra)
1993 Day of the Tentacle (LucasArts)
1993 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Sierra)
1993 Sam & Max Hit the Road (LucasArts)
1993 Return to Zork (Activision)
1993 Myst (Cyan)
1994 Beneath a Steel Sky (Revolution Software)
1994 King's Quest VII (Sierra)
1995 Full Throttle (LucasArts)
1995 Discworld (Psygnosis)
1995 Space Quest 6 (Sierra)
1995 The Dig (LucasArts)
1995 Phantasmagoria (Sierra)
1995 The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time (Presto Studios)
1996 Broken Sword (Revolution Software)
1996 Discworld 2 (Psygnosis)
1997 Myst II: Riven (Cyan)
1997 The Curse of Monkey Island (LucasArts)
1997 Broken Sword II (Revolution Software)
1998 Grim Fandango (LucasArts)
1998 The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (Presto Studios)
1999 The Longest Journey (Funcom)
2000 Escape from Monkey Island (LucasArts)
2001 Myst III: Exile (Presto Studios)
2002 Syberia (Microids)
2003 Broken Sword III (Revolution Software)
2004 Myst IV: Revelation (Ubisoft)
2005 Phoenix Wright (Capcom)
2005 Myst V: End of Ages (Cyan)
2005 Another Code/Trace Memory (Cinq)
2006 Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Funcom)
2006 Broken Sword IV (Revolution Software)
2006 Sam & Max Season Episodes (Telltale Games)
2007 Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (Cinq)
2007 Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (Capcom)
2008 Jack Keane (Deck 13)

Category:

Gaming

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• video
• game
• sierra
• lucasarts
• retro
• adventure
• point'n'click
• myst
• monkey
• island
• king's
• quest
• phoenix
• wright

[Gmancrap]

Whats that video game about this little kid and his frog named horny?

[applemctom]

@Gmancrap: that's "The Adventures of Willy Beamish" :)

[jacobmark27]

what is that game at :56

[applemctom]

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Sierra)

[Destructor2007]

Hell Yea! Grim Fandango!

[Gmancrap]

Yeah haha, Applemctom reminded me it was The Adventures of Willy Beamish.

[azulichigo]

@Gmancrap There's a video game with a frog named horny?! Have to check that one out....

[reecen96]

00:34.........um waht?

[GHJVikingFromHell]

Grim fandango and Full Throttle... To me they're simply the best.

[1337ChainHeart]

There was an adventure game, Where at beginning you see few coloured clothing people gathering for a meeting, Then u start at the streets and u get teleported to sum castle hall... Any1 know what game it is? I cant remember its name

[sheshemimi]

whats the game at 1;36

[Gamebox27]

Titanic: Adventure out of Time was great for its time and had many endings.

[JthenH]

What a great genre