Re: Re: [SWCollect] King's Quest 1

2003-01-22 Thread hughfalk
I found one flaw right here: Since there is no such thing as an RPG that isn't also an adventure, or strategy, or action game, RPG becomes a sub-genre instead of a main one. There are certainly RPGs that aren't adventure (or other genre) games. Two off the top of my head are Telengard and

Re: Re: [SWCollect] King's Quest 1

2003-01-22 Thread hughfalk
RE: #1. Actually Spacewar was the first computer game...and it was an action game. But yes, computer adventure came before computer RPG. I'm not sure that is of any significance; however, since several other genres (besides action and strategy) also came after Adventure. #2. Fantasy is

Re: RE: [SWCollect] King's Quest 1

2003-01-21 Thread hughfalk
Starting in 1986, I played most of these games on the Atari ST and/or Amiga. I seem to recall the graphics being improved over the Apple/PC/C-64 versions, and I recall using a mouse. Has anybody compared the originals to the Amiga/ST ports? That could have a big effect on Jim's technology

RE: RE: [SWCollect] King's Quest 1

2003-01-21 Thread John Romero
:39 PM Subject: Re: RE: [SWCollect] King's Quest 1 Starting in 1986, I played most of these games on the Atari ST and/or Amiga. I seem to recall the graphics being improved over the Apple/PC/C-64 versions, and I recall using a mouse. Has anybody compared the originals to the Amiga/ST