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Following his humorous adventures in previous game, Roger Wilco is relaxing at his favorite pub somewhere in time and space when heavily armed soldiers enter the room. Carrying a parting message from Roger’s old nemesis, Sludge Vohaul, they plan to get rid of the janitorial hero, execution style. That is, until a man with an … Continue reading “Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco & the Time Rippers”
Year: 1991
Platforms: Amiga, DOS, Macintosh, PC-98, Windows 3.x
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
Narrowly escaping the events of Space Quest II: Vohaul’s Revenge, Roger Wilco’s escape pod floats through space. As just another metallic item of junk, it’s soon picked up by an interstellar garbage hauler. Waking up in a pile of trash, quite familiar for this janitor-turned-hero, Roger Wilco must somehow escape. Once given access to the … Continue reading “Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
The ace janitor Roger Wilco thought he’d seen the last of Sludge Vohaul. However, like every evil scientist is supposed to, Vohaul returns with an even meaner scheme. This time he intends to infest the planet Xenon with thousands of genetically engineered door-to-door life insurance salesmen. The last thing he wants is Roger messing things … Continue reading “Space Quest II: Vohaul’s Revenge”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
Roger Wilco is one of the most important men on the starship Arcada: he is the janitor! Just when he was doing what he does best (dozing off in a closet), the shrill sound of an alarm penetrated the air. Arcada is attacked by the evil Sariens! Before Roger realizes what is going on, he … Continue reading “Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
The Swedish game studio Frictional Games continues its tradition in the horror genre (Amnesia, Penumbra series) with SOMA. This time, the player is presented with a science fiction story in which the protagonist, Simon Jarret, is suddenly transported to an abandoned facility the moment he goes through a brain scan. After surviving a car accident … Continue reading “Soma”
Year: 2015
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Survival horror
An RPG set in a medieval land where all the women have been kidnapped and it is up to you to get them back. What starts as a mission to save the women soon turns into a battle against good and evil to the death.
Year: 1999
Platforms: Dreamcast, Linux, Macintosh, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Hack and slash
Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, the fourth installment of the series, starts the player, like in the previous games, with a single village in the Stone Age and has them advance from there by exploring, founding cities, researching, exploiting natural resources and eventually trading or making war with neighbouring civilizations. While Sid Meier’s Civilization III put cultural influence … Continue reading “Sid Meier’s Civilization IV”
Year: 2005
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy
After the 20th century, humankind reaches its hand out across the stars. Seeking to escape the overcrowded chaos of Earth, the United Nations builds a single seedship, the UNS Unity, and sends her on a mission towards the Alpha Centauri star system. After a long journey in cryogenic suspension, the Unity reaches Alpha Centauri where … Continue reading “Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri”
Year: 1999
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Surviving a dare by your friends to spend the night in a haunted museum is how Shivers begins, but it soon turns into a challenge of capturing the evil Ixupi, ghosts of South American legend, in pots scattered throughout the museum. The game is similar to Myst in many aspects in that it’s an adventure … Continue reading “Shivers”
Year: 1995
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows, Windows 3.x
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Puzzle elements
In the world of Shadowrun magic has returned to the world. Elves, trolls, orks and dwarves walk among humans in a cyberpunk world. You are a shadowrunner, a specialist who undertakes difficult missions for people who want to keep their identities secret. Shadowrun Returns takes place in Seattle (USA) where you are trailing a mysterious killer on … Continue reading “Shadowrun Returns”
Year: 2013
Platforms: Android, Linux, Macintosh, Windows, iPad
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy