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Posted January 17, 2014
King's Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, and Police Quest series, as well as many other Activision classics, 60% off! Any Questions?

Nowadays, hearing the word <span class="bold">"quest"</span> your mind will probably follow the train of thought inevitably leading to the realms of role-playing games. But 20 years ago? In the 1990s, when <i>Sierra Online</i> was the towering mountain in the landscape of game development, the word <span class="bold">"quest"</span> was almost synonymous with an adventure game. Last week we did celebrate the fact that point-and-click adventure genre is doing almost as well as in the good old days. Today, we take a look back at the best that said good old days had to offer. Retrogamers, rejoice! For we give you the [url=http://www.gog.com/promo/activision_weekend_promo_170114]Winter Quest Fest, with all the quest titles form the GOG.com classic catalog, as well as many other memorable titles from the nostalgic treasure chest that is Activision catalog, with a substantial 60% off discount! Let's take a closer look at one of the adventures that await you, shall we?

Quest for Glory 1-5 is an amazing collection of Sierra's innovative action-RPGs. Each of the five games can be played as a whole but you can also treat the series as one big adventure, as the character and his accumulated wealth can carry on from one game into another. Become a mage, a thief, or a knight and explore the five huge worlds, each based on a different culture and mythology, from Germanic fairy tales, through Arabian and Slavic folklore, right down to Greek myths. Experience the game that set many standards in the "new school" of computer RPG. All that, for a mere $3.99. Let our user Rambutaan tell you a little more about that timeless gem!

Rambutaan's GOGgame Story: Quest for Glory

Note, that the game featured by Rambutaan is the EGA original Quest for Glory, but you get both this and the updated VGA version in our package. Another classic quest series--the one that started it all, in fact--is the long-lived saga known as King's Quest (available in thee packs King's Quest 1+2+3, King's Quest 4+5+6, and King's Quest 7+8, for $3.99 each). Let the classic gaming paladin, our user Rknight718 tell you more about his favorite, King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human!

Rknight718's GOGGame Story: King's Quest 3

Feeling a little hobbity, not in the mood for an adventure? No problem! There's a ton of other games--action games, strategy games, driving games, and whatnot-- in our promo page. All of them available 60% off, until Tuesday, January 21, at 4:59AM GMT. Don't miss out!
Post edited January 17, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted January 17, 2014
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golea: Balls! How will I ever be able to play all these games? Could someone please add a couple of hours to a day and prolong the average human life span.
Vote for it on the wishlist!
Posted January 17, 2014
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golea: Balls! How will I ever be able to play all these games? Could someone please add a couple of hours to a day and prolong the average human life span.
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PaterAlf: Vote for it on the wishlist!
Voted!

GOG already moved the past to the present so we could play old games, now they just need to move the future away.
Posted January 17, 2014
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tinyE: OT does anyone else here have the original DR field guide/manual? It's done up to look like some old tome ie Diablo or NWN or something; not exactly what you think of with "The Future of War". XD
Actually if memory serves me right the controls for the game are very good, pretty solid as a RTS with more types of missions than StarCraft usually gave you. There's also a mode you can give to your troops of 'search and destroy' which everyone starts to cover the entire map until you find your enemy, good for when 'that one little Guy is hiding somewhere in the corner' that you'd be forced to work an hour to find manually.

Sides the 'future of war' is actually part of it's storyline if I remember correctly, as technically ALL the missions in the game are training missions, except the last one which if you're deemed worthy it will transport you to where there's a big war going on and you need to make yourself powerful enough to take out the enemy before your mutual comrades all die.

Meh, it's been some 15 years since I touched the game. Now I feel really old.
Posted January 17, 2014
Hey, I can't find Quest for Infamy in the promo page.
Posted January 17, 2014
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tinyE: OT does anyone else here have the original DR field guide/manual? It's done up to look like some old tome ie Diablo or NWN or something; not exactly what you think of with "The Future of War". XD
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rtcvb32: Actually if memory serves me right the controls for the game are very good, pretty solid as a RTS with more types of missions than StarCraft usually gave you. There's also a mode you can give to your troops of 'search and destroy' which everyone starts to cover the entire map until you find your enemy, good for when 'that one little Guy is hiding somewhere in the corner' that you'd be forced to work an hour to find manually.

Sides the 'future of war' is actually part of it's storyline if I remember correctly, as technically ALL the missions in the game are training missions, except the last one which if you're deemed worthy it will transport you to where there's a big war going on and you need to make yourself powerful enough to take out the enemy before your mutual comrades all die.

Meh, it's been some 15 years since I touched the game. Now I feel really old.
You should feel privileged to have played these games at a time when imagination still went hand in hand with gaming. Instead of the visual sensory orgasm that is present in most of today's newer games. At least, that's how I feel about it. Although saying that, does make me feel old. : D
Posted January 17, 2014
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dr.schliemann: Hey, I can't find Quest for Infamy in the promo page.
because they are still making it?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1992695780/quest-for-infamy-an-adventure-game-by-infamous-que

http://www.infamous-quests.com/home/

the demo is up though on their site
Posted January 17, 2014
That list of games looks great as a starting point for a lot of "mac" releases lots of DosBox and ScummVM games there even if you exclude the ones where 1 game throws off the pack, like KQ 8 in king's quest 7+8 or Quest for Glory 5 in the QFG 1-5 pack. Does Activision not like the thought of "mac" releases?

As for the Promo nice deal but I already have all the titles. =)
Posted January 17, 2014
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Buenro-games: You should feel privileged to have played these games at a time when imagination still went hand in hand with gaming. Instead of the visual sensory orgasm that is present in most of today's newer games. At least, that's how I feel about it. Although saying that, does make me feel old. : D
Privileged and lucky? Maybe. I didn't buy many games in my youth; Usually borrowed them from a neighbor, that or demos usually. Some of my better memories of games back then included Soul Reaver, Doom in multi-player (with a map editor I could use), Duke Nukem, Quake arena (Hmmm dad's 800Mhz AMD beast for gaming before 2000). Reminds me how we had to replace one of the dll files from another folder to make it work right...

Now I'm getting home sick... :(
Posted January 17, 2014
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dr.schliemann: Hey, I can't find Quest for Infamy in the promo page.
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ErekoseDM: because they are still making it?
If it wasn't clear enough, I was joking. :-)
You can see that I linked the wishlist page for the game: I know it's not on the GOG library, but as soon I saw this promo dedicated to "quest games", I thought it could be a good reference to Quest for Infamy.
(By the way, as far as I know, it should be released soon.)
Posted January 17, 2014
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ErekoseDM: because they are still making it?
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dr.schliemann: If it wasn't clear enough, I was joking. :-)
You can see that I linked the wishlist page for the game: I know it's not on the GOG library, but as soon I saw this promo dedicated to "quest games", I thought it could be a good reference to Quest for Infamy.
(By the way, as far as I know, it should be released soon.)
totally missed the link >_<
the emoticons help though

it has been a while, but ive been awaiting that title to pop up on GOG as well. glad they have the banner on their site though.

who will pop up first Quest for Infamy or Hotline Miami 2. . .
Posted January 17, 2014
Given as none of these games work on the Mac, I guess I won't be taking advantage of this sale!
Posted January 17, 2014
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golea: Balls! How will I ever be able to play all these games? Could someone please add a couple of hours to a day and prolong the average human life span.
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PaterAlf: Vote for it on the wishlist!
I love how it's labelled as "In progress". xD It's awesome... and a little unsettling, somehow.

What are you scheming, GOG? What are you up to in that secret basement of yours?
Posted January 17, 2014
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Kunovski: bought quest for glory, the only quest series that I enjoyed as a kid :) I do have number 4 (the best one) on a CD but now I can throw it away :D
Or sell it, especially if you have the box and other materials. There are still those who like hardcopies. Weirdos :P
Posted January 17, 2014
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sunface: Given as none of these games work on the Mac, I guess I won't be taking advantage of this sale!
Just use Boxer for the DOS based games. Use Wine for the Windows games and the installers.
Posted January 17, 2014
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Leucius: I wouldn't mind seeing Colonel's Bequest ;) Any word on that one? Or Gold Rush? Would be nice for Sierra's lesser known adventure gems to make it on here.
This! Colonel's Bequest at times tied Hero's Quest/QFG as my favourites. I would _love_ to play that again, without having to dig around among my dad's old diskettes, likely data-dead.

Gold Rush would also be great. So too would Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist, or the EcoQuests! :D
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