Blast from the past

[Colif]

Started watching video entitled: "The comedy RPG masterpiece you've never played" and right away I thought... this looks familiar...

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Join Sylvester "Sly" Boots and Stiletto Anyway as they trek across six bizarre planets investigating a galaxy-crushing mystery, searching for artefacts from an extinct alien race and unlocking the secrets of a powerful, advanced technology. It's your turn. PICK YOUR POISON.

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amazed its on steam. Might buy it... again.

I had forgotten its name. It might not like my new PC though... its 24 years old (game, not PC).

 

[Frindis]

Ooooh, now that is a blast from the past! That small planet with all the people, a hilarious scene! Come to think of it, he kind of reminds me of an Ashley "Ash" Williams type of guy.

 

[Colif]

play though

might be easier than trying to run on modern hardware

 

[Frindis]

@Colif He reminds me a bit of the main character from Freelancer with a less serious undertone:

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/ACy9720_2f0?si=Jb6OcWzb5aN3t7EB

 

[Colif]

@Colif He reminds me a bit of the main character from Freelancer with a less serious undertone:

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/ACy9720_2f0?si=Jb6OcWzb5aN3t7EB

It was a comedy after all. It doesn't take long to notice that in game.

Back in 2001 I bought games based on what box looked like. I remember its box... blue?
Yep (not paying $USD300 for a boxed version lol)

Anachronox 2001 PC NEW SEALED BIG BOX JRPG STYLE SF Adventure Game CULT FAVORITE | eBay

The big box is sealed/never opened. The box shows edge/corner wear.

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I don't think I have any boxes left. Might have a few game cd's around.

It was made by one of the guys who made doom. It just came out in a bad year when plenty of amazing games came out, and was buried

 

[Frindis]

I have a few boxed games, but nothing of worth, like Civilization 2 boxed or similar price range. I do have some CDs that could be worth something and a few PC Gamer Magazines that I would never sell because they are a part of my childhood. I'd never take the risk of buying anything boxed on eBay though. I would have to see it in front of me to be sure plastic or other stuff has not been tampered with.

 

[Colif]

i wasn't thinking of selling them. I don't have any games worth selling. I don't think about keeping everything about them. Been years since I got anything physical anyway.

I never sell anything I own. I use it until it stops being useful to me. Most things get worn out. Then I replace them. Only things I have that don't get used to death are spare parts for PC. And by time I remove them I am likely only person who should use them. Like old mice/keyboards or things I have taken out of PC and replaced with others. Its only current PC where I replaced some parts before they died... most times parts weren't so lucky.

 

[Johnway]

i had a copy of this game, but for some reason i couldn't run/install it. Not sure why. It was admittedly the budget label version so who knows, it might not have worked with win10 or something. Never tried since.

 

[Zloth]

I posted a few screenshots from Anachronox just a hundred-some weeks ago!

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[Colif]

reminds me of another silly game I had always wanted to play

Starship Titanic - Wikipedia

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you can tell its old, it was when IGN knew there were numbers below 6 in its rating system

 

[Johnway]

reminds me of another silly game I had always wanted to play

Starship Titanic - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

you can tell its old, it was when IGN knew there were numbers below 6 in its rating system

Ah yes Starship titanic, it was interesting in that you could type in everything you want to say. in practice it wasn't quite there and some of the puzzles were a bit questionable. But it did have some top notch talent doing voice work.

Want to see a review and ending? Watch civie11's video on it.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgPzBz8dYD0