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Posted January 19, 2016
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Matewis: I found this weird game, Darby the Dragon
I played quite a few games from Broderbund, but that wasn't one of 'em.
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zeogold: I was just struck with a childhood memory of a game, and have been looking up random search terms on the internet to try and find it again for the last hour or so.
I remember it being an adventure game of some sort, with pictures in the middle and text of what was going on over on the side. The character on the title screen was this big green dragon that I think had glasses (although I could be wrong on this). It was written in a storybook/fairy tale type of style/setting, but I don't remember what the goal was. Pretty sure it was a kids' game. Could've been educational, for the purpose of building reading skills, perhaps? Judging by what I remember of the graphics, it was made sometime in the 90s or early 2000s. Seemed to be aimed at around ages 8 and up.
This is a vague description, I know, but maybe you guys are old enough to have seen it and help me out here,
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EndreWhiteMane: You can't remember a game you played last month?
I'm not THAT young.
...Although admittedly I'll probably end up playing it again if I do find it, just for nostalgia's sake.
Post edited January 19, 2016 by zeogold
Posted January 19, 2016
Crime Wave?
Posted January 19, 2016
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Smannesman: Crime Wave?
Nope. Way off. It involved no action sequences or anything like that.
Post edited January 19, 2016 by zeogold
Posted January 19, 2016
Perhaps a Living Books game, or one of the "House" games like Sammy's Science House. Or perhaps a Cluesolvers or other Knowledge Adventure game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Learning_Company#Software
Post edited January 19, 2016 by tfishell
Posted January 19, 2016
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tfishell: Perhaps a Living Books game, or one of the "House" games like Sammy's Science House. Or perhaps a Cluesolvers or other Knowledge Adventure game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Learning_Company#Software
I actually played Millie's Math House as a kid, as well as Cluefinders and plenty other Knowledge Adventure games. I recognize those without trouble, those aren't it.
The Living Books games....those are looking a BIT more like it, but still not quite it.
Edit: Yeah, I played a whole lot of Learning Company games and remember them with ease. None of those from the list are correct.
Post edited January 19, 2016 by zeogold
Posted January 19, 2016
Was it one of the Cluefinders games, maybe?

*edit* Sorry, couldn't remember the name of the series. Looks like you posted while I was searching for the name.
Post edited January 19, 2016 by GR00T
Posted January 19, 2016
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GR00T: Was it one of the Cluefinders games, maybe?

*edit* Sorry, couldn't remember the name of the series. Looks like you posted while I was searching for the name.
Yeah, I played those. None of those were it (actually, you got the name right, not me).
Posted January 20, 2016
Was it a PC or console game?
Posted January 20, 2016
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Azhdar: Was it a PC or console game?
PC.
Posted January 20, 2016
https://www.gog.com/game/torins_passage ??
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/word-rescue ??
Posted January 20, 2016
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CARRiON.FLOWERS: https://www.gog.com/game/torins_passage ??
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/word-rescue ??
Nope, and nope.
Posted January 20, 2016
This is probably not the right answer, but Dragon History has green dragons, is childish looking, and dates back to the 90s. Of course it's a Czech game, and has an English version only as a fan translation.

http://www.ucw.cz/draci-historie/index-en.html

But whether it's the right game or not, it can be legally downloaded for free, and it runs well with ScummVM, and it is a nice little adventure game, so it's a recommended download in any case.
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Geralt_of_Rivia: Hmm, picture in the middle and text to the side pretty much rules out any adventure game I know. Adventure games always had the text below the pictures.
Actually all classic Sierra games had text screens showing on top of the graphics, only the parser input was at the bottom of the screen. I'm sure there are many games where the text was placed somewhere else. I can't remember any that would fit the description though.
Posted January 20, 2016
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zeogold: [snip]
Could it be " <span class="bold">The Smelly Mystery " ?  It's an interactive storytelling game with mystery solving elements, published in 1997 by GT Interactive.  The protagonist is Little Monster Private Eye, a dinosaur-like dragon wearing a green coat.  Here's a <span class="bold">playthrough video</span> of the game.

There's another game featuring the same character, " <span class="bold">The Mummy Mystery ", published four years later by Infogrames, but it's a point-and-click game. Here's a <span class="bold">gameplay video</span>.
Posted January 20, 2016
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zeogold: [snip]
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_Slaugh_: Could it be " <span class="bold">The Smelly Mystery " ? It's an interactive storytelling game with mystery solving elements, published in 1997 by GT Interactive. The protagonist is Little Monster Private Eye, a dinosaur-like dragon wearing a green coat. Here's a <span class="bold">playthrough video</span> of the game.

There's another game featuring the same character, " <span class="bold">The Mummy Mystery ", published four years later by Infogrames, but it's a point-and-click game. Here's a <span class="bold">gameplay video</span>.
Nope. It's looking more like what I had in mind, though.
Posted January 20, 2016
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zeogold: I was just struck with a childhood memory of a game, and have been looking up random search terms on the internet to try and find it again for the last hour or so.
I remember it being an adventure game of some sort, with pictures in the middle and text of what was going on over on the side. The character on the title screen was this big green dragon that I think had glasses (although I could be wrong on this). It was written in a storybook/fairy tale type of style/setting, but I don't remember what the goal was. Pretty sure it was a kids' game. Could've been educational, for the purpose of building reading skills, perhaps? Judging by what I remember of the graphics, it was made sometime in the 90s or early 2000s. Seemed to be aimed at around ages 8 and up.
This is a vague description, I know, but maybe you guys are old enough to have seen it and help me out here,
Is it another one of your puzzles, Puzzlemaster?
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