Tbh if you're just looking for 'serious' games on the Speccy , irrespective of what genre , there absolutely tons. Try
Theatre Europe - nuclear strategy-lite game. Very atmospheric
Valkyrie 17 - an excellent text adventure
Elite - choose your role ; trader,bounty hunter,prospector,pirate - there are many moral decisions to make in this game
Shadowfire - a real-time icon driven adventure ; can you rescue the President in less than 1 hour?
ID - Verry clever this one . Win the trust of your computer and help to unravel it's tangled mind by asking a series of probing questions.
Alien (Argus Press) - Based on the film , and arguably the best 'Aliens' licenced game to date.
Slaine - a little like Stifflip & Co , but with a 2000ad licence. The control system will either leave you felling its genius or broken , but brilliant concept either way.
Thanks. Floor 13 does indeed look very interesting.
It's a great game , and very much an underrated classic (nno one I know had even heard of it). VERY simple control system , but a game with lots going on behind the scenes. Very re-playable too , as there are several possible scenarios to play through
Yes, Prime Minister is possibly another though not got around to playing it yet.
Yes PM is a simply superb game , but I would say very much a game for fans of the show. If you don't (or didnt) watch the show , you simply wont get much of the humour , or the puzzles.
Similar tv-themed games (by the same people) include Adrian Mole and The Archers, both with multiple choice questions replacing type-in text. No way of 'dying' , just varying levels of success by the end of the game. Very expensive for what they were back in the day (not much 'progression' to be made and replayability limited) , I think Yes PM was ?15 on first release? But well worth a replay now if you're a fan of Yes PM/The Archers/Adrian Mole
I'm going to have to check some of these out. Of the ones mentioned I think I've only played a couple.
Slaine's control system was novel but it drove me up the wall and I didn't persevere very long with the game. I think that control method may have worked pretty well as a mini-game but for the whole game to be that unwieldy is a bit much. At least for me.
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That is exactly the kind of game I was looking for. :)
Covert Action (Microprose) also for the Amiga is worth considering as well
Perhaps The Inheritance, Redhawk and Stifflip & Co.?
Reminded me of Vera Cruz which is another game that would fit the description. There was a follow up as well if I remember correctly.
Thanks. Floor 13 does indeed look very interesting.
Yes, Prime Minister is possibly another though not got around to playing it yet.
Theatre Europe - nuclear strategy-lite game. Very atmospheric
Valkyrie 17 - an excellent text adventure
Elite - choose your role ; trader,bounty hunter,prospector,pirate - there are many moral decisions to make in this game
Shadowfire - a real-time icon driven adventure ; can you rescue the President in less than 1 hour?
ID - Verry clever this one . Win the trust of your computer and help to unravel it's tangled mind by asking a series of probing questions.
Alien (Argus Press) - Based on the film , and arguably the best 'Aliens' licenced game to date.
Slaine - a little like Stifflip & Co , but with a 2000ad licence. The control system will either leave you felling its genius or broken , but brilliant concept either way.
It's a great game , and very much an underrated classic (nno one I know had even heard of it). VERY simple control system , but a game with lots going on behind the scenes. Very re-playable too , as there are several possible scenarios to play through
Yes PM is a simply superb game , but I would say very much a game for fans of the show. If you don't (or didnt) watch the show , you simply wont get much of the humour , or the puzzles.
Similar tv-themed games (by the same people) include Adrian Mole and The Archers, both with multiple choice questions replacing type-in text. No way of 'dying' , just varying levels of success by the end of the game. Very expensive for what they were back in the day (not much 'progression' to be made and replayability limited) , I think Yes PM was ?15 on first release? But well worth a replay now if you're a fan of Yes PM/The Archers/Adrian Mole
you have to guess the entry passwords etc
theatre europe you had to ring up a number to get a code.. was up north somewhere. cov if I recall correctly?
and i REALLY remember it for the music :)
Yup, The Sidney Affair. Not a bad game, once you figured out how to talk to it. :)
Slaine's control system was novel but it drove me up the wall and I didn't persevere very long with the game. I think that control method may have worked pretty well as a mini-game but for the whole game to be that unwieldy is a bit much. At least for me.
bit weird but its definitely strategy based aswell as arcade etc..........i quite enjoyed that