Re:Play Sierra On-Line games in your browser (with added mul...
by bd on Thursday October 08, 2009 @07:47PM
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Oh memories. It was not just about English - even if you knew what to do, you had to use the exact phrase game creators intended.
It could become very frustrating, especially as in those days you couldn't just go to web and find the walkthrough.
I remember being stuck on the top of volcano in Larry 2, trying to create a bomb to get inside:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QQRuRiPp6I#t=50s
Sometimes, the only option was to search through the game resource files, looking for strings that could be used.
I had the same experience playing Space Quest I as an 8-year-old kid with my friend. Except that it didn't occur to us to look up words in a dictionary; instead we kept calling an older friend who actually knew English and could tell us the magic incantations we needed to type to get somewhere in the game.
I'll never forget that you need to "fasten seatbelt" before launching the escape pod.