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I’ve started taking a class called IT Ethics which has a paper due at the end of summer. I was thinking on covering the issue of Sierra Games and VU. Questions are easy but the opionions might vary greatly. Is downloading an old sierra game that VU no longer offers or supports unethical? Is the cracking of an old sierra game to fix a bug or timing issue unethical? Is providing a copy of one disk out of a series of disk to someone who says theirs is currupt unethical? There are many more questions but these are the common things I see happening on most Sierra message boards. Is it unethical for VU to hold a license to games that they will not release or support? Considering all of the Stakeholders in this issue what are your thoughts…
For those not checking the what’s new of my site, I’ve updated the catalog page http://www.sierra-collector.com/games/catalogs.cfm to include several more Sierra Catalog scans.
Dear Sir,
My name is Huston Weir. I have been an huge fan of Sierra’s work, ever
since the original few King’s Quest games. I am graduating from a
small, private high school in Tulsa, OK. Saint Augustine Academy was
founded in 1997. As is the case with many private schools, our school
constantly struggles financially. My question is: Is there any way that
you and your wife would perhaps donate a tax-deductible financial gift
to our school. It would be used to greatly upgrade our computer
lab. If you would like anymore information pertaining to our
school, please email me at admin(at)asylumsolutions(dot)net. Our school
can be found online at http://saintaugustineacademy.org. Thank you in
advance for your time.
Sincerely,Huston C. WeirI didn’t check it out, but the ECO Quest games are pretty rare, and they easily go for such prices, or much more, depending on their condition, how complete they are (box, manuals…) and what version they are (floppy, CD).
There is a post for Echo Quest games offering $75 dollars on Vintage-Sierra. I cannot believe Echo Quest could be worth that much money as I found Search for Cetus(CD) at Goodwill for $4.00. Ofcourse, I wouldn’t sale it for anything. I wish I could find more Sierra games there. I have found The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain, KQ7, Dr. Brain Time Warp, KQ 5. I would like to find LB and SQ games.
Also, why is Vintage-Sierra ate up with SPAM? What is Spong doing in the kitchen?
Well, I can name one new adventure game coming soon, Al Emmo by Himalaya. Unlike other games in the market, this one is a pure, classic adventure game.
As noted elsewhere many times, we tried to form a team here but it never happened. It is not as simple as you make it sound. And there are more teams working out there to make new, classic adventure games. Some of them just aren’t publicized at this time.
There is plenty of quality stuff going on in the AGS community… and, well, Ken and Roberta have expressed that getting back into games just isn’t something they’re interested in doing. If you as a fan want it to happen, then you should make it happen. Others are doing it, and you don’t need $10,000.
I read that Jeff founded a new company called Garage Games.
Also former members of Impressions started a new company called Timbermill…
The purchase of Impressions brought their work to a larger audience. I probably would never have bought their games if I hadn’t seen the Sierra logo. At first, I thought it was a Sierra game!
Hi Brandon! Sorry I haven’t been around here in a while. Telltale is keeping me so busy, I hadn’t realized it’d been a month since I last checked these boards! I am doing marketing and community management for them. And giving unsolicited opinions on games, of course. 🙂
Telltale’s Sam & Max games will become a reality. I know people are wary because of previous cancellations, but that’s not going to happen this time. It’s very exciting to see things coming together!
As for the comics — you’re not the only person who’s complained about the mouse-overs. We are planning to offer ‘flat’ versions (without the pop-up bubbles) in the future, in addition to the pop-up versions. As far as the comics showing up in book form, I don’t know if there are plans for that, but I think Steve has said in the past that he’s open to doing more Sam & Max books at some point.
(Is your username Brandon on AG? If so, I didn’t realize that was you. *blush*)
Have you (or anyone on the board) checked out The Great Cow Race? If so, I’m curious to hear what people think of it. It’s getting a lot of comparisons to LucasArts games like Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle (Dave Grossman, who was a designer on both of those games, was the senior designer on The Great Cow Race, so people are right to notice the similarities!) I’m curious to hear Sierra fans’ opinions on it, too, because in spite of the LucasArts influence I think there’s a lot in the game for any old school adventure fan to enjoy. (And only $12.99! That’s less than dinner at a restaurant!)
-Emily
Emily, I didn’t know you got a job with Telltale! Cool! What do you do there?
I’ll be looking forward to new Sam and Max adventures, if they really become a reality.
As I commented on Adventure Gamers recently, I’m not really into the Flash Sam and Max comics with their mouse-over action, but I’d love a new Sam and Max comics collection to be published. Do you think there’s any chance of such a thing?
Hello all,
Last month, Telltale Games released Bone: The Great Cow Race, which is the second game in the Bone series. The game is getting great press from people likening it to old Sierra and LucasArts games (which isn’t a huge surprise since Telltale is mostly made up of former LucasArts employees). I think anyone with some Sierra nostalgia will probably enjoy this game. More info is available on Telltale’s site, and there’s a demo so you can try before you buy. (The full version is available as a download for only $12.99… remember when we used to pay $60 a pop for boxed Sierra games?!) The team is also working on episodic Sam & Max adventure games, which will be released later this year.
I started working for Telltale in April. It’s amazing how similar this team seems to be to the Sierra we loved in the 80s — a small company full of hardworking people who really care about making quality adventure games. I’m having a great time.
I hope some SierraGamers members will visit the site and take a look at The Great Cow Race, and also say hi on the forum if you feel like it. If you’re nostalgic for the old Sierra days, I you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what Telltale’s doing. -Emily
I agree, Another Code (released as Trace Memory in North America) is an excellent game. It makes good use of the DS technology for some of its puzzles, too.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is also a very good adventure game on the DS. It’s becoming hard to find, though. 🙁
Here’s a game to keep an eye on — Osawar Tantei Ozawa Rina http://www.adventuregamers.com/gameinfo.php?id=796
So far an English version hasn’t been announced, but they have an English website up, which seems promising.-Emily
Cool. I remember when I first got my hands on the game, I would just type Baines for everyone….I could never find it in the stores..
Then Sierra ran a 2 for one deal, and I was able to direct order both PQ1 & 2, and KQ1 & KQ2….I was disappointed they had stopped selling the AGI version of KQ1 by then.
Brandon:
I just did a major upgrade .. In fact, I’ve upgraded a couple of times today.
Two things to try:
1) Try it again – maybe you were trying while I was upgrading
2) Clear your cache and try it again-Ken W
Gold Rush is still sold in a very nice collector’s edition by the original authors: http://www.softwarefarm.com
You can find many of the other Sierra games for sale on eBay.If you to the forum Sierra Games and then Swap / Find Games, there’s a thread you can check out called ‘Offer to email old games’
That’s good to hear. I remember hearing he left to form Jeff Tunnell Productions right around the time Willy Beamish was released. I also remember the same article said that he was working on a sequal before Willy Beamish was released. The article mentioned that it was believed to be the first time in Computer Gaming History production on a sequal began before the first installment was even released. And then nothing…didn’t hear anything else about a sequal or any further Adventure games from Dynamix…
I personally thought the three Dynamix adventure games (Rise Of The Dragon, Heart Of China, and The Adventures Of Willy Beamish) were some of the best written adventure games ever. Why did Dynamix stop producing Adventure games before Sierra did? Were their flight simulator and strategy games just better sellers and a decision was made for them to concentrate on them?
In point of perhaps-little-known-fact, QFG2VGA has been brewing for over 5 years. The first backgrounds for it were actually made even before AGDI, at that time Tierra, started working on King’s Quest 1 VGA – of course, they’ve been updated since then. I believe it is very close to being finished, but it is on temporary hold again I think as they are getting ready for the release of Himalaya’s Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman’s Mine.
Jeff Tunnell was still an employee of Dynamix when I left the company. He was running his own game development subsidiary (I forget the name).
I spoke to Jeff a few years ago, and he mentioned that he negotiated a deal with Sierra for the engine from the last game he was working on, and was planning on selling games based on it. I think there was some deal under which his games could be marketed by Sierra (or, Dynamix).
I suggested he package up the engine, and market it to others, and make money selling the engine, rather than building products.
Jeff did this, and has a company going under the name: garagegames.com
As far as I know, he is doing very well.
-Ken W
Because everyone wanted to work for Ken, but Ken wasn’t interested in leading the project. The result = No project.
I thought as much. I had heard before that most of the game designers were not under contract or ‘paid employees’. But Naturally assumed Roberta had a tremendous amount of input and would have been on the board. Were any other game designers on the board at one time or another?
Also, I’ve been curious as to whatever happened to Jeff Tunnell. I remember reading back in 91 or 92, that after Willy Beamish he resigned from Dynamix to form his own company to create games exclusively for Dynamix, but never saw anything that indicated his company produced any games for Dynamix…
To be technically accurate:
Roberta was never ‘officially’ an employee of Sierra.
She was always an independent contractor, and didn’t really have a title, other than ‘independent contractor’. We contracted her for ‘design services’.
Roberta was paid for her games via a royalty on their sales. Both Roberta and the company made a lot of money off of this arrangement.
In addition to her providing design services to the company, she was also on its Board of Directors, where she added tremendous value.
-Ken W
