Comments on: Bargain Bin http://tleaves.com/2004/08/31/bargain-bin/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christina Schulman http://tleaves.com/2004/08/31/bargain-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Christina Schulman Sat, 04 Sep 2004 18:10:41 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=181#comment-576 I liked "System's Twilight" a lot -- I've played it, solved it, and called Andrew Plotkin a sadistic bastard to his face. (I'm sure he's used to it.) Easily the cruelest endgame puzzle I've ever seen. Re: ScummVM -- Thank you! Now I've just got to figure out which box has all the old LucasArts games in it. I liked “System’s Twilight” a lot — I’ve played it, solved it, and called Andrew Plotkin a sadistic bastard to his face. (I’m sure he’s used to it.) Easily the cruelest endgame puzzle I’ve ever seen.

Re: ScummVM — Thank you! Now I’ve just got to figure out which box has all the old LucasArts games in it.

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2004/08/31/bargain-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-575 peterb Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:49:19 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=181#comment-575 Christina, If you liked The Fools' Errand and 3 in Three (and "At the Carnival"), you'd also probably like "System's Twilight." That's Mac OS only, but I bet it would run OK under the Basilisk emulator for Win2k if you don't have a mac. regarding Day of the Tentacle, there's no need for a win95 machine. Just install scummvm (http://www.scummvm.org/), which is available for many many platforms, and then copy over data files from your DoTT disk. ScummVM should be able to run any of the Lucasarts adventures on most platforms. Christina,

If you liked The Fools’ Errand and 3 in Three (and “At the Carnival”), you’d also probably like “System’s Twilight.” That’s Mac OS only, but I bet it would run OK under the Basilisk emulator for Win2k if you don’t have a mac.

regarding Day of the Tentacle, there’s no need for a win95 machine. Just install scummvm (http://www.scummvm.org/), which is available for many many platforms, and then copy over data files from your DoTT disk. ScummVM should be able to run any of the Lucasarts adventures on most platforms.

]]> By: Christina Schulman http://tleaves.com/2004/08/31/bargain-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Christina Schulman Fri, 03 Sep 2004 23:43:49 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=181#comment-574 The Manhole! I haven't thought about that one in years and years -- I still have it on floppy somewhere. (A legal copy, even.) Around the same timeframe as the Manhole, I was a devoted fan of Cliff Johnson's intricate, glorious, sadistic puzzle games, "The Fool's Errand" and "3 in Three". I've pre-ordered the former's sequel, The Fool and His Money, but the release date has been pushed back a few times. That's fine; I'd rather have it late than inferior. It's not worth it to me to keep a Win95 machine around to play antique games on, but from time to time I consider trying to get "Day of the Tentacle" to run under VMWare. The Manhole! I haven’t thought about that one in years and years — I still have it on floppy somewhere. (A legal copy, even.)

Around the same timeframe as the Manhole, I was a devoted fan of Cliff Johnson’s intricate, glorious, sadistic puzzle games, “The Fool’s Errand” and “3 in Three”. I’ve pre-ordered the former’s sequel, The Fool and His Money, but the release date has been pushed back a few times. That’s fine; I’d rather have it late than inferior.

It’s not worth it to me to keep a Win95 machine around to play antique games on, but from time to time I consider trying to get “Day of the Tentacle” to run under VMWare.

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