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Yet another Name That Game!
Djiem
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Hey guys, I'm trying to find two old adventure games for the PC, but I don't remember the name of either one. Maybe you could help.
The first one takes place in space, in the future. It's in first person perspective and mostly controlled with the mouse. There's a man and a woman in some sort of spaceship or spacestation, and your protagonist apparently got into a huge accident because you're basically just a brain in a jar with a cybernetic camera for an eye. You help them solve puzzles by selecting items and such if I recall, and they'll do all the manual work (since all you can do now is communicate basic commands). I remember that it was full of cinematics, like, most of the game seemed like live footage. At one point, you had to solve a puzzle so that a bunch of lights all crossed and became a thin laser that destroyed an alien jumping through it. If you failed to do it fast enough, it was just normal light and the alien would kill both your teammates.
I remember less stuff from the second game, but it was a point&click game kinda like the King Quest games. It's set in the present (or a little in the past) and is mostly focused on an explorer trying to solve mysteries in temples and such and revocer treasures (as far as I remember). The game starts pretty abruptly in some office and there's a cobra threatening a man behind his desk. Some woman asks you to help, and the game starts. You had a time limit to do the correct sequence of actions that would lead you to stuff the cobra in a big box without touching it with your bare hands. At one point, you're exploring a barely lit temple in which all rooms look similar (it's a huge labyrinth). That's pretty much all I remember.
Thanks!
The first one takes place in space, in the future. It's in first person perspective and mostly controlled with the mouse. There's a man and a woman in some sort of spaceship or spacestation, and your protagonist apparently got into a huge accident because you're basically just a brain in a jar with a cybernetic camera for an eye. You help them solve puzzles by selecting items and such if I recall, and they'll do all the manual work (since all you can do now is communicate basic commands). I remember that it was full of cinematics, like, most of the game seemed like live footage. At one point, you had to solve a puzzle so that a bunch of lights all crossed and became a thin laser that destroyed an alien jumping through it. If you failed to do it fast enough, it was just normal light and the alien would kill both your teammates.
I remember less stuff from the second game, but it was a point&click game kinda like the King Quest games. It's set in the present (or a little in the past) and is mostly focused on an explorer trying to solve mysteries in temples and such and revocer treasures (as far as I remember). The game starts pretty abruptly in some office and there's a cobra threatening a man behind his desk. Some woman asks you to help, and the game starts. You had a time limit to do the correct sequence of actions that would lead you to stuff the cobra in a big box without touching it with your bare hands. At one point, you're exploring a barely lit temple in which all rooms look similar (it's a huge labyrinth). That's pretty much all I remember.
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Heh, I was going to say that but damn you were quick.
I remember (as a feeble-minded child) being stuck for-fucking-ever on that one puzzle where you have to escape the room by putting the code into the keypad and your only clue is a periodic table.
You guys are awesome, these are indeed the names I was looking for.
I asked at midnight and it took 4 mins. Wow.
That one was fucking retarded. Titanium (Ti) plus Xenon (Xe) combined and backwards is Exit! See. Isn't it obvious!?
No. You fucking idiots. No it is not.
Heh, it's slightly more obvious now but as a kid it was just fiendish. And this was before we even had an internet connection so I couldn't exactly find a walkthrough.
There's worse.
I always hated games like Elvira where you could block yourself from ever finishing it because you lost or used an item early in the game and it was needed at the end, like a match or some seemingly insignificant shit.
Nothing like good old dead-ending.
DO NOT EAT THE PIE WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY, KING GRAHAM!
Hellooooooooo Zak McKracken.
For those of you who haven't played the Hitchhiker's Guide game, you need to obtain a babelfish. How?
Take off your gown, and hang it up on the hook.
Get the towel and put it over the drain.
Wait until Ford is asleep, then nick his satchel and put it in front of the panel.
Put the junk mail on the satchel, then press the dispenser button.
A babel fish will land in your ear, and you will be able to understand all languages. Useful for foreign films!
Press the switch and note which word it asks you to type (first, second or third word of the second verse), and then wait.
At one point, any time from now, you will get a message telling you how careless talk costs lives. This will happen when you type something into the game that the interpreter does not recognise. Don't panic, this is just a part of the game.
And Douglas Adam's response to it being too hard? "What should you tell them? Tell them to fuck off!"
The BBC actually have a flash version of it up now if you want to hate yourself.
That actually makes sense to me. :P
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
Not so much when it's a text based interface and you have to guesswork your way through the whole thing. At the age of 7.
You may be interested in this BBC interview with Steve Meretzky, co-author of the game. Especially this bit (it includes that quote):
If any of you has that shirt, I will sell you what remains of my soul. It's probably worth three pop tarts and an apple, but I'll sell it.
It's not Bloodnet, but it had a similar style.