Here, I’ll start. When I was 8 years old, my parents went to a dinner party and plonked me down in front of the host’s computer so I’d stay out of their way. The game they booted up to keep me occupied was Space Quest II. Little did they know what impact that would have on me…
It’s funny to read comments bashing King’s Quest 3, because freak show over here (me) got into adventure games because of KQ3.
Before my psychotic parents got rid of it for being occultic, and replaced it with Space Quest 1 (not a bad exchange, I must say) I loved KQ3. I never got far in it, but it was just this open world for me to explore. The fact that wizard guy could just poof in at any time just captivated my imagination and made it feel like someone other than my character was out in the world doing things. It made the world feel much bigger than it was and it captivated my sense of wonder.
King’s Quest III: “occultic.” Here, have a game that starts out with a bloodbath aboard a spaceship instead. Good priorities. 😂
Sam & Max: Hit the Road!
To this day, it’s one of my favorite games of all time. I haven’t played it in a while, so thank you for making me remember! I’m definitely going to go for a new playthrough when things settle down here.
I remember my childhood in Brighton, When dear old dad would bounce me on his knee, He’d say “son there is nothing as exiting, As exposing beasts to inhumanity!”
Oh my god I just remembered Sam and Max had cd audio. I used to listen to that song off the cd loads!
@SQHistorian Adventure for the 2600. Probably the worst port, but a compromise for the hardware.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy when I was a bit older.
Does “Adventure”, Atari, 1980 count?
I think the first point n’ click adventure I played was Maniac Mansion (for the NES!) at a friend’s house.
But really what got me into them was Monkey Island. I had an Amiga 500 and we got some games from a friend who had recently got a PC. among them were 4 (I think?) disks labelled “The Secret of Monkey Island”, and - dammit Ron - I was immediately intrigued by The Secret.
Monkey 1 was one of very few games I bothered to actually come back to and eventually after many months complete by myself as a kid.