tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post3411494385540268501..comments2024-03-29T14:44:50.884+00:00Comments on The Collection Chamber: CHRONOMASTERBiffman 101http://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-49939689839563695822020-08-11T11:11:54.547+01:002020-08-11T11:11:54.547+01:00No worries. Hope you enjoy it!No worries. Hope you enjoy it!Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-72774897470057431022020-08-09T21:30:23.934+01:002020-08-09T21:30:23.934+01:00Emm, I've just repeated all the steps and the ...Emm, I've just repeated all the steps and the game works just fine. Don't know what it was. Sorry for false alarm and thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-50453550387192743452020-08-08T11:18:02.907+01:002020-08-08T11:18:02.907+01:00I've just tested the installer and it works, a...I've just tested the installer and it works, as does the game. Did the 2 parts of the installer download properly? There may be some pointers regarding common errors in the FAQ.<br /><br />As for 'Impossible to run on your system', I've not ever encountered that error. MyAbandonware only has the ISO which won't run without DOSBox so I don't know how the same error can come about with both. Being an emulator, running with DOSBox should roughly get the same outcome on all setups so this pre-configured package should work. <br /><br />Could your virus checker be a little too gung ho with its false positives (more info in the FAQ)?Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-43949737377333917772020-08-06T16:33:01.431+01:002020-08-06T16:33:01.431+01:00Hi, guys! Apparently there is some problem with th...Hi, guys! Apparently there is some problem with the archive, error while unpacking (control sum wrong), if I still try to run the installer, it displays "impossible to run on your system", just like that broken version from My Abandonware and everywhere. I was so full hope to play version with DosBox that run on Windows 10 =(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-9219998573257289802020-04-26T20:51:44.087+01:002020-04-26T20:51:44.087+01:00With such a somewhat tragically sounding family ba...With such a somewhat tragically sounding family background like yours, I probably would look at that former East vs West conflict in another light, too. But for me as well as for just as little uninvolved people around me living in relatively well secured West Germany, it felt much more like a hypothetical threat on paper rather than an active danger to our life and limb, as far as I can tell.<br /><br />There's no way you didn't reveal too much about <i>BR 2049</i>, don't worry about that. I think your remarks don't even deserve it to be regarded as spoilers, because you just mentioned the "who is who" of the main actors and their respectively portrayed characters within the movie. So, it's all good, James. :-)<br /><br />After having had a closer look on Rutger Hauer's cinematic oeuvre at IMDB in the meantime, I surely have to refute my former statement in parts, because his extensive filmography indeed bears witness to small but respectable roles in at least another few highly honorable productions, such as the surprisingly unique <i>The Sisters Brothers</i> you've mentioned briefly, the amusing space opera <i>Valerian</i>, Batman's prelude to an outstanding trilogy in <i>Batman Begins</i>, or the daring comic adaption <i>Sin City</i>. <br /><br />And yeah, I can't agree more with you when saying that he went down in the annals of movie history as the well-deserved "showcase villain" for the most part - but when it came to real life, his true self seemed to be rather the opposite of that.<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-51888982703811348612020-04-25T22:04:38.751+01:002020-04-25T22:04:38.751+01:00I may take the Cold War more seriously than most p...I may take the Cold War more seriously than most people do, because I had/have Communist/now hard-left Socialist parents, and their self-righteous, smug, no-discussions-necessary-because-we're-correct-about-everything attitude messed up my early life. This may explain why I suddenly burst into an intense political argument with Biffman a few weeks ago, even though his political views are probably not the opposite of my own (centre-left) views.<br /><br />Sorry if I revealed too many spoilers for BR2049 in my last post. Yes, Rutger Hauer didn't do many big films in Hollywood after that, except for a few like The Hitcher or Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I saw him most recently in an offbeat Western called The Sisters Brothers, in 2018. Maybe his roles were limited because he was typecast as a villain too much, when by all accounts he was a gentleman in real life.James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-79424321517860637152020-04-24T20:48:50.398+01:002020-04-24T20:48:50.398+01:00You're quite right there, James, with the stat...You're quite right there, James, with the stated Cold War situation which was still an ongoing (silent) threat for the hard-won freedom during my childhood and early teenage years. And also you've come to the correct conclusion that I was still too young (for the most part) in said period of time to really comprehend how thick - or thin - the line between peace and war actually had been onto which the then victorious powers were walking.<br /><br />So, if you've been born into a middle class and likewise caring family located in Western Germany like me, then usually you didn't have that much to worry about in every respect. Let alone the aforesaid powergames between the former USSR, USA and their particular allies of which I admittedly picked up the one or other political fragment here and there via TV, news and movies (or even by early computer games like the fictional <i>Raid Over Moscow</i>), but me as the untroubled kid who I had still been didn't see the Cold War as such an active endangerment to my personal life. Much rather I thought that the then grown-ups - in shape of political statesmen - would work it out somehow. Which, in hindsight, was a sense that didn't deceive.<br /><br />Ha, this is what happens - namely a superficial knowledge - if you don't inform yourself well enough - like I did - about favourite movies you're planning to watch! ;-) But in my own defence, allow me to say that I have good reason for that. In fact, before a movie that interests me is shown, I always keep myself wilfully unbiased and clueless about its story and screenplay in large parts by only accepting rudimentary information in form of a (very) short overview and which actors attend. That's simply due to the overall surprise factor which I wanna maintain as high as possible, before I finally sit down with a bag of popcorn whilst thinking "Let's roll that hot shit now!" :-)<br /><br />But why I'm mentioning all of that? Well, before you enlightened me otherwise, I was pretty damn sure that Ryan Gosling had taken over the bad part in <i>BR 2049</i>, whilst Mr. "Angry Guy" Harrison Ford (and only him) would hunt him down, eventually. Now that's what I call a lousy research of my own, haha. So, to hear that it's Jared Leto instead who acts as the meanie, well, maybe he may not quite show off that kind of fear factor of one Rutger Hauer, but as one of the more diversified actors out there, Mr. Leto will probably cut a respectable villain performance nonetheless, I think.<br /><br />Yeah, Rutger Hauer's breathtaking <i>Blade Runner</i> downpour scene surely deserves an entry in the most-epic-movie-moments-to-impress-until-all-eternity division. It therefore remains all the more a mystery why his star as an actor already began to sink just a few years after <i>Blade Runner</i> had happended. Because if you ask me, I mostly remember Rutger Hauer from direct-to-video releases - or is my mind playing tricks on me here? ;-)<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-79560571286173948162020-04-24T13:08:22.034+01:002020-04-24T13:08:22.034+01:00It surprised me to hear a German talk about the 19...It surprised me to hear a German talk about the 1980s with the phrase "the lightness of being". There was a Cold War going on! Germany was divided into two countries! Anyway, this probably didn't affect you, since you were a child.<br /><br />I failed to convey in my last post that Ryan Gosling plays the hero, i.e. the equivalent of Harrison Ford's character (who also has a smaller role in BR2049). The villain here is probably Jared Leto, although again not equivalent to Rutger Hauer's character. The reason I made the comparison to Rutger's powerful emoting was the "tears in the rain" scene, when he was no longer appearing as a villain.James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-18349721172094493592020-04-23T20:35:15.300+01:002020-04-23T20:35:15.300+01:00Rutger Hauer certainly was a special breed of his ...Rutger Hauer certainly was a special breed of his guild, whose tremendous presence follows me since my early youthful days when I was hanging out with a friend of the same age and a VHS tape from the local video rental named <i>Hitcher, der Highway Killer</i> (which, you guess it, is the German translation for "Hitcher, the Highway Killer") ready to be played. An intense flick that both of us had been admittedly a little bit too young for being officially allowed to watch it, but who is - or was - ever free from any sin should throw the first stone, haha. Besides, growing up as a German child and teenager within a well-off and likewise easygoing family in the 1980s meant to live the "lightness of being" to a great extent and with less restrictions than nowadays. What are "helicopter parents" again? For God's sake, we didn't know anything about that back then. :-)<br /><br />Anyways, I still well remember how Mr. Hauer gave me the creeps for the first time in his very convincing role as the eponymous hitchhiker - a fictional identity that could have easily led to decreasing numbers in active hitchhikers on countless roads worldwide, because however friendly a hitcher may have seemed, who in God's name would have stopped for a hitchhiker ever again after watching <i>The Hitcher</i>? ;-) Of course, I'm exaggerating wildly here. ;-) <br /><br />In any case, although I was at a comparatively young age somewhere between 1988 and '90, I already got an idea of how important the bad guy's role actually is to a thrilling movie, because the better such a bad, but nonetheless interesting character, is embodied, the higher the probability of throwing a positive light on the film's hero, ergo your sympathy for the good guy rises proportional, carried by the justified hope that he, she - or, why not, it - will bring things to a good end, eventually.<br /><br />I really like Ryan Gosling, but even without having watched <i>Blade Runner 2049</i> yet, I think I'll agree with you and your theory that pretty boy Ryan has a tough time to compete with rugged daredevil Rutger in the bad guy department. Well, I'll convince myself of that for sure when taking my little time machine trip into the year 2049. :-)<br /><br />Thanks for the advise with the right position of the auxiliary verb within a question. Before that, I had always thought that said difference is negligible. Yeah, me and my careless mind, haha. Anyways, putting the auxiliary verb in front of the subject as in "What have I been doing since then..." sounds more naturally, indeed, and is therefore easy to adopt. <br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-33593068825667548812020-04-23T00:52:29.328+01:002020-04-23T00:52:29.328+01:00No, of course no one can emote as powerfully as th...No, of course no one can emote as powerfully as the great Dutch actor Rutger Hauer (certainly not Ryan Gosling), but Blade Runner 2049 is worth seeing, if only to get a taste of Denis Villeneuve's directorial style before Dune is released (hopefully) this December.<br /><br />I made a mistake, in fact, as I thought you were referring to the point in the future when the Remaster would be released, not the point in the past when ScummVM made an announcement. There isn't much wrong with your sentence, except that the auxiliary verb should come before the subject, because the order of words in a question is not the same as in a statement. Hence: "What have I been doing since then, you ask?"James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-69524250066333189892020-04-22T21:04:54.807+01:002020-04-22T21:04:54.807+01:00Lucky you! To have been one of the first to slip i...Lucky you! To have been one of the first to slip into the role of Blade Runner Ray McCoy to test and play Biff's dedicated preparation for nowadays PCs at the time of its (now former) release here at TCC! Which is an advantage that I was unable to enjoy, unfortunately, because in my case it still required the announcement of the <i>ScummVM</i> team to bring the game back to my full consciousness again. Furthermore, they've also been the ones who spoke of additional "restored game content" that wasn't accessible to any final consumer before. Which was something I personally heard of for the first time and therefore clicked my tongue, obviously. So, whilst being aware that, as far as I know, this extra content still holds a work-in-progress status for a later ScummVM build, nonetheless I hope to see this still hidden stuff to be even more properly composed within the officially remastered version. Because of those bonus sections and due to the facts that I didn't dive into the game for that long yet, plus I only watched the first movie from 1982 so far (no one does it better than Rutger, I suppose), I think that the Blade Runner gaming experience will broaden at least my mind on its cosmos.<br /><br />Thank you for drawing my attention on... <br /><br />https://adventuregamers.com/aggie-awards/view/best-traditional-adventure<br /><br />...which definitely deserves to be intensively studied by guys like me and many others whose yearning for traditional Adventure experiences in modern times is still burning. Of course, I, as an Adventure game veteran who is a contemporary witness of a brandnew purchased German 5.25 inch disk version of <i>Monkey Island 2</i> back in 1992, I know most of the titles you've mentioned in your list, but thanks for bringing up those worthy mentions anyway. Can't spread glad tidings widely enough, eventually. :-)<br /><br />I highly appreciate your improvements on my mistakes - foreign languages, well, they turn out to be thick jungles from time to time -, so please let me know if "since" is correct (in relation to the context) if you amend said sentence as follows:<br /><br />"What I've been doing since then, you ask?"<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-13979464622565516962020-04-22T14:15:28.364+01:002020-04-22T14:15:28.364+01:00Let's remember that The Collection Chamber was...Let's remember that The Collection Chamber was the first place to bring the Blade Runner game to modern audiences. I was proud to be one of the first to play-test it. The link has now been removed, of course, because the game is now available on GOG. As for this upcoming Remastered edition, I don't think it will enhance anyone's knowledge of replicants any further, because as far as I know, they will only enhance the graphics, not add new story content. <br /><br />To find the best Sierra meets LucasArts games in the modern era, the best place to look is probably the Best Traditional Adventure category in the Aggie Awards list on the adventuregamers site. Looking there, it seems the best ones of recent years were: Unavowed; Thimbleweed Park; the King's Quest reboot (you already know this one); STASIS; The Blackwell Epiphany; Goodbye Deponia; Resonance; The Book of Unwritten Tales; Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse; Tales of Monkey Island; Sam & Max: Season Two. It's interesting that Thimbleweed Park is from former LucasArts employees, while the last three are all extensions of LucasArts franchises.<br /><br />I think you meant "until then". The word "since" usually refers to a point in the past, while "until" refers to a point in the future. :)James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-18453239716204285002020-04-20T20:29:45.567+01:002020-04-20T20:29:45.567+01:00Dear James, I'd really wish for your attentive...Dear James, I'd really wish for your attentive mind to be available in digital form as well - as "my man in the ear", so to speak, you'd be then plugged to my auditory canals, ready to correct me whenever a wrong English expression came out of my lips. :-) "Pugnacious" was indeed the false adjective to be used here, so I guess we'll both sleep better if it's gonna be replaced by something more appropriate like "contentious". Yeah, that's a suitable description for what I've meant right from the start. Thank you for pointing that out.<br /><br />As a long time admirer of the franchise, I'm fully aware of <i>Syberia 3</i>, of course, and it is certainly no coincidence that I didn't mention it by a single word. Nonetheless, I'm struggling down to the present day to eventually still buy and play it, but the shoulder angel is insistent to retain the upper hand... ;-)<br /><br />Maybe I'm getting old whilst searching for that certain <i>Sierra meets Lucasarts (and vice versa)</i> magic formula within modern days' Adventures, but the thing is that many of these often-Indie-Adventure-with-no-big-budget type of games don't appeal to me enough to focus on them in the long run. Those ones that fall from my personal favor usually do because of design decisions which, for my liking, interfere with the particular gaming experience so much that an annoying "next one, please!" comes to mind rather sooner than later.<br /><br />Therefore it is maybe all the more consoling that with <i>Blade Runner: The Remaster</i>, a former very-big-cinema-esque production will be in the starting gates later this year to enhance my knowledge about replicants and the world they live in even further. Honestly said, it wasn't love at first sight with said game adaption of the Blade Runner universe, but when the good folk of <i>ScummVM</i> was announcing the support for <i>Blade Runner</i> some time ago, I gave it a welcome try once more - and that was when sparks flew immediately. Then, shortly thereafter, a statement of an officially to be released professional Remastering made the rounds, and I just thought: "Great, the circle is closing". <br /><br />What I am doing since then, you ask? Well, eagerly awaiting its release, obviously. What did you think? :-)<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-32899337857888327372020-04-20T17:57:34.099+01:002020-04-20T17:57:34.099+01:00Reduce it to the pugnacious Deponia? The game invo...Reduce it to the pugnacious Deponia? The game involves fighting? I wouldn't know, but I wonder if you chose the wrong adjective there. There is a Syberia 3 out already, but it was trashed in the adventuregamers review, so I haven't looked at it. I know The Poisoned Pawn will be a fanmade Tex Murphy game, which isn't even out yet, so I haven't looked at that either. Oh dear, it seems there is a lot I miss amongst modern adventures.James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-67414156062274456132020-04-17T22:35:50.915+01:002020-04-17T22:35:50.915+01:00You're absolutely right with the reasoning tha...You're absolutely right with the reasoning that - at least from an objective point of view - you don't do sufficient justice to <i>Daedalic</i>'s work on the whole if you reduce it on the pugnacious <i>Deponia</i> alone. Just like you, I didn't have that much sympathy for the series' protagonist, and that's where everything starts for me and the crucial question if I begin to like a game.<br /><br />Subjectively spoken, you can't really tempt me with your further listed examples created by <i>Daedalic</i>, unfortunately. They're surely seen as good games for a certain target audience, but those titles simply don't arouse my interest enough to actually get and play them - with the exception of <i>A New Beginning</i>. Maybe. On the other hand, there are comparatively few modern Adventure games of which I think are worth my full devotion. But one thing is for sure: Me going more than just one extra mile for a properly designed <i>Syberia</i> sequel, prequel or reboot, respectively. :-)<br /><br />Glad to make you happy with my <i>Tesla Effect</i> recommendation! Can't believe that it slipped under your radar to date, but as a <i>Tex Murphy</i> fan from the old days you won't regret the purchase, I'd say. And there's even more to it than that - namely a delightful work still in progress - if you're looking for <i>The Poisoned Pawn</i>. :-)<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-32160973501403438082020-04-17T19:42:19.076+01:002020-04-17T19:42:19.076+01:00To be honest, I have never even tried the Deponia ...To be honest, I have never even tried the Deponia series. I have heard comments that they feature an annoying protagonist, which can sometimes be enough to put me off. (See: Randal's Monday.) I was thinking more of the following Daedalic games: The Whispered World series, The Night of the Rabbit, Edna & Harvey series, Anna's Quest, The Dark Eye series, A New Beginning, Journey of a Roach, Dead Synchronicity. It would be a shame if there was nothing in that list which was appealing. I am happy to know that King's Quest (Reloaded) exists, although I haven't tried the series myself. But Tesla Effect!! That one slipped by me completely. I had accepted that Tex Murphy ended in the 90s, and I had vaguely heard of this revival in 2014, but didn't look closely at it. I have to now! Thanks for the recommendation.<br /><br />Anyway, games from the last 10 years are outside the purview of this site, so I'm happy to drop this and get back on track.James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-31863934414772066172020-04-16T21:06:11.390+01:002020-04-16T21:06:11.390+01:00Honour to whom honour is due, HeroOfAvalon! :-) To...Honour to whom honour is due, HeroOfAvalon! :-) Together with Austin Brewer, Biff has proved once more that he hasn't only a winning touch for presentation, but for fellow campaigners as well.<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-52016427905821256292020-04-16T20:53:49.131+01:002020-04-16T20:53:49.131+01:00I must admit to myself that, when it comes to Adve...I must admit to myself that, when it comes to Adventure games, I'm anything else than a seasoned patriot to my homecountry, because whenever the company name <i>Daedalic</i> comes up, their series <i>Deponia</i> automatically pops up in my mind, followed by a hardly to be surpressed flight reflex of my humble self, haha. So, no hard feelings, but rather "to each his own", as another popular expression goes. ;-) Well, being frank and fair, it's just that most of Daedalic's portfolio ain't my thing so much, that's all.<br /><br />Nonetheless, I do share - to a greater or lesser extent - your perspective on individual countries represented by firms responsible for Adventure games along with their associated market dominance through said decades. In fact, every now and then I still shed the one or other secret tear over the golden era that happened between the early 1980s and mid-'90s when <i>Infocom</i>, <i>Sierra</i> and <i>Lucasfilm Games</i> altogether were the measure of all great Adventure stuff of which I enjoyed quite a lot through the years. In the 2000s, however, there had been only one Adventure game (series) perfectly shining through for me, and that was indeed a French one named <i>Syberia</i> in whose mature fairytale story and picturesquely dreamy backgrounds I can totally lose myself till the present day. Which then again leads me to the 2010s where, yes, German developers of Adventure games secured themselves a large slice of the remaining market structure; however, to me it had been two different pieces of point-and-click candy, going by the names of <i>King's Quest (Reloaded)</i> and <i>Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure</i>, which both let my heart beat faster of joy in particular.<br /><br />But as is well known that you live and learn throughout your life, I bet that for me and others there are more than just a couple of Adventure game treasures and gems from the past 30+ years still hidden beneath the sands of time, only waiting for their retrieval - one that will surely reveal the one or other "ah" and "oh" to be cried out appreciatively then. :-)<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-24784094361192109042020-04-16T19:11:43.087+01:002020-04-16T19:11:43.087+01:00Thanks for the recommendation of Rent-a-Hero, I wa...Thanks for the recommendation of Rent-a-Hero, I watched some footage of such and it definitely looks like a title we should feature at some point. As always though it's how we can fit it in to our jam packed content plan. Biffman has been working especially hard this week on Friday's release and I think everyone will enjoy the piece he has been working on. Additionally I just wanted to say a Thank you both for the kind comments. One of the things I look forward to after we drop our weekly content is to read your opinions + recommendations. It makes the hard work worthwhile :) HeroOfAvalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02580177684554322739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-12469172356802265232020-04-16T11:54:07.018+01:002020-04-16T11:54:07.018+01:00Rent-a-Hero, the adventure game made in 1998 in Au...Rent-a-Hero, the adventure game made in 1998 in Austria, is very reminiscent of something the great, modern German adventure game company Daedalic might make. (It seems Germany made the best adventure games of the 2010s, although France made the best of the 2000s and the US dominated the 20th century... so long ago!)James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-73848012501163904072020-04-15T15:06:13.413+01:002020-04-15T15:06:13.413+01:00My fault. Will go fix it now.My fault. Will go fix it now.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-9122674111603887572020-04-14T20:33:29.367+01:002020-04-14T20:33:29.367+01:00With "people" in my last sentence above,...With "people" in my last sentence above, I'm referring to the review writers, of course.<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-65832843016595201792020-04-14T20:26:09.257+01:002020-04-14T20:26:09.257+01:00It wasn't until you, James, were stepping onto...It wasn't until you, James, were stepping onto the playing field, so to speak, by mentioning 1998's <i>Rent-a-Hero</i> for PC right here at this cosy place. Before that, I just knew said title from hearsay, so due to your request I was doing a quick Google search for catching a first impression on the style of art and a glimpse of its story. I must admit that I am not the greatest Cartoon Adventure fan (anymore) before the Lord; although there are exceptions to that rule, like, for instance, the recently featured <i>Touché</i> or the first two <i>Discworld</i> games. However, 1998's <i>Rent-a-Hero</i> differentiates from your usual cartoony Adventure game with its unique and pretty "deformed" rendered looks. In fact, said work of art feels so appealing to me that I would give it a chance in a heartbeat if it was celebrated with due ceremony here at The Collection Chamber (TCC).<br /><br />And while <i>Cracking The Conspiracy</i> is a whole different beast in terms of graphics and narrative, it doesn't feel less interesting to me than the aforementioned <i>Rent-a-Hero</i> at all. So yeah, James, I can definitely comprehend your yearning desire for those and other oldies but goldies for the inclined connoisseur who is willing to tolerate their surely existing flaws as well.<br /><br />Honestly said, I personally prefer it to take things as they come here (and from any genre), as I like getting surprised with each new entry at TCC; and to feel the pleasant thrill by discovering what kind of passionate stuff one of the three masterminds has worked out again this time. And even with titles which aren't my personal cup of tea that much, I still like it to read their associated reviews. Because they come from people who seem to know their craft pretty well. :-)<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Thomas<br />Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-3044824307447198132020-04-14T00:58:52.662+01:002020-04-14T00:58:52.662+01:00Yes, I too would love it if the 1998 Rent-a-Hero a...Yes, I too would love it if the 1998 Rent-a-Hero adventure game made it into the Collection Chamber. I once played through the early scenes and found it to be good fun. It is certainly to my tastes, although maybe not to HeroOfAvalon's taste (at a guess). However, I was surprised to see that it is not mentioned on the Request List. Out of the five classic adventures I mentioned in my last post, this and Cracking the Conspiracy are currently absent. If they are put on the list, I am quite prepared to wait as long as it takes.<br /><br /><br />James Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-41495491205489938052020-04-13T19:47:28.845+01:002020-04-13T19:47:28.845+01:00Like this? Try These... links doesn't work?Like this? Try These... links doesn't work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com