Classic Adventure Gaming.. (King's Quest, etc) New IP - Al Emmo.

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Sartori

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If any fans of old adventure are lurking around here, I'd suggest trying the product of this company's hard work:

http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,647/

He's short, he's ugly, he's nerdy and alone, but Al Emmo has come looking for love in just the right place. That's right, here at Adventure Gamers!

Courtesy of Himalaya Studios, we are pleased to host the online premiere of the demo for Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine. We know Al will prove too popular to hog all to ourselves, so we won't keep him for long before he's unleashed on the world. But for 48 hours, it's an exclusive engagement at AG with the lovable loser.

Al Emmo, of course, is the highly-anticipated upcoming comic adventure that will remind everyone of the glory days of Sierra (without all the annoying parts, for those Sierra naysayers out there). The first original title by Himalaya, a new studio formed by the developers responsible for the acclaimed King's Quest 1 and 2 remakes, Al Emmo is a classic third-person, point and click adventure that follows the exploits of the 40-ish year old titular... um... hero (if one uses the word REALLY loosely) after becoming stranded in the desert town of Anozira. While competing with a Spanish prince for the heart of a lovely singer named Rita, soon Al is drawn deeper into the mystery of Rita's murdered father and the legend of hidden Aztec treasure, and the hunt for the Lost Dutchman's Mine is on.
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I've played an early press demo and it's quite humorous and fun. I'd suggest it to anyone, though moreso to fans of the genre. This is a -TRUE- throwback to the days of Sierra.

I'd also suggest you check out their other work, in effort to prove their merit: http://www.agdinteractive.com/

There you'll find the SVGA remakes of KQ and KQ II - also, a preview trailer for their next project, Quest for Glory II VGA, which will be the damn bomb, if it ever comes around. ;-)

Please, try this title and consider purchase if you have a heart for old adventure and the much needed return of a dead genre.
 
wow.... they are actually making stuff like this, eh?

I'd like to see updates to the old king's quest... especially hero's quest... to where the graphics are updated and more colorful... but you could play the game like before.

Bv :hat
 
Bluevoodu said:
wow.... they are actually making stuff like this, eh?

I'd like to see updates to the old king's quest... especially hero's quest... to where the graphics are updated and more colorful... but you could play the game like before.

Bv :hat
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Uh.. click that second link.

There's a remade KQ I and II with new VGA graphics. I mean, as updated as VGA graphics get. IA also just released KQ III remade in VGA graphics, too.
 
Sartori said:
Uh.. click that second link.

There's a remade KQ I and II with new VGA graphics. I mean, as updated as VGA graphics get. IA also just released KQ III remade in VGA graphics, too.
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weird... I didn't see your second link before :-\

I REALLY REALLY want a Hero's Quest 1 and 2 redo :lol Was there ever a hero's quest 3? I heard there was (or thought I heard) there was one in the making... but maybe I was mistaken.
King's Quest 4 is where I started. I got the older ones after that. I liked KQ 3 and 4... never played 1. 2 and 5 were ok... after 5 (if any after) I never played.

I like police quest though... 1 was the best :lol "Sonny" ... man were the gambling games fun.

Bv :hat
 
Okay, you're testing me now, but let's try this. Hero's Quest.. that's an archaic name, is it not? The game only held that title during the first game and only for a short while. It was renamed Quest for Glory due to Parker Brothers infringement or lawsuit, if I recall correctly. I know this because Quest for Glory is my favorite adventure series of all.

However, your statements are just confusing, BV. Sierra themselves remade QfG I to VGA in order to match QfG III and IV graphically. Though they never did remake II, which is a shame, because II is one of the best Quest for Glory games. BUT. In that SECOND LINK in my first post, AGDI IS remaking Quest for Glory II in VGA with a point and click interface...

So.. hya..?
 
Sartori said:
Okay, you're testing me now, but let's try this.  Hero's Quest.. that's an archaic name, is it not? The game only held that title during the first game and only for a short while. It was renamed Quest for Glory due to Parker Brothers infringement or lawsuit, if I recall correctly. I know this because Quest for Glory is my favorite adventure series of all.

However, your statements are just confusing, BV. Sierra themselves remade QfG I to VGA in order to match QfG III and IV graphically. Though they never did remake II, which is a shame, because II is one of the best Quest for Glory games. BUT. In that SECOND LINK in my first post, AGDI IS remaking Quest for Glory II in VGA with a point and click interface...

So.. hya..?
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They renamed?

I never heard that... I guess that's how I lost track of the series.  I had the Hero's Quest 1 and 2 games...  they were under that name.

When did they remake Hero's Quest 1?  :huh  and Quest for Glory 3 and 4?  say what? I never knew they made 3 and 4.... NOW... Hero's Quest 2 was called: Hero's Quest 2: Quest For Glory back in the day on the original release.

Bv :hat
 
Bluevoodu said:
They renamed?

I never heard that... I guess that's how I lost track of the series. I had the Hero's Quest 1 and 2 games... they were under that name.

When did they remake Hero's Quest 1? :huh and Quest for Glory 3 and 4? say what? I never knew they made 3 and 4.... NOW... Hero's Quest 2 was called: Hero's Quest 2: Quest For Glory back in the day on the original release.

Bv :hat
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Quest for Glory is the final name for Hero's Quest - but the name Hero's Quest did not last beyond the first title in the series. It was titled :Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero. The second title was under the name Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire.

Yes, there was a third. Wages of War. Then a fourth - Shadows of Darkness. Then a fifth! Dragon Fire..

You need to play IV, it's so good.
 
Hm.... If I can find it.. I am ALMOST 100% certain that my Hero's Quest 2 (or Quest for Glory 2) was called Hero's Quest 2: Trial By Fire.

Could it be a possibility that a 1st run got out?

So... the 3rd, 4th, and 5th were all on the PC? Hm. I need to look for those. Strange....

†B†V† :hat
 
Well, Hero's Quest never made it to II, so no. It's QfG I, II, III, and IV all on PC.

V also.
 
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