On Fri, 08 Dec 2023 23:01:10 +0000, a...@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure Mike S. <
Mik...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:00:12 +0000, a...@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>
>> >Pass for me since I am not into adventure games. This should had been in adventure newsgroup too. :)
>
>> I was actually thinking of you when I saw this game. I said Ant would
>> probably skip this one if he beat me to it since he does not like
>> adventure games.
>
>> When I switched from the C64 to a PC, I am pretty sure the very first
>> game I purchased with my own money was King's Quest IV and my Sierra
>> games collection grew from there. Although, my first adventure game
>> was actually Maniac Mansion on the C64.
>
>My Sierra games were Half-Life, Thexder, etc. See, ACTION genre. ;)
Sierra is best known for its adventures, but they had a heck of a lot
of great action games too. Especially after they bought out Dynamix.
For a while, Sierra was the biggest PC game publisher - and possibly
one of the PC software developers - in the world. They were huge and
had their fingers in /all/ the pies. Adventure, action, sim, strategy,
sports, puzzles, role-playing; they did it all. Add to that, a huge
array of educational titles, and productivity software. Plus online
services.
Sadly, the company struggled with the transition to 3D, and that -
together with an over-emphasis on 'interactive movies' - left the
company in a precarious financial position (the company had also
downplayed the importance of consoles). By the time Vivendi (now
Activision) bought them out, they were no longer the dominant force
they once had been.
Still, games like "Homeworld", "Tribes", "No One Lives Forever", and
"SWAT 4" were all released beneath their banner. The company was never
a 'must buy' category (like Origin) for me, but I was generally
satisfied with my purchases from them.