Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle
Runaway found enough success that Pendulo released a follow-up about five years later, subtitled The Dream of the Turtle. This …
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Runaway, a trilogy of adventure games developed by Spanish developer Pendulo Studios (who made Igor: Objective Uikokahonia and Hollywood Monsters, …
Noctropolis
Here’s a pretty common fantasy trope – a despondent boy or girl finds themselves swept into an alternate world, where …
Bonk’s Revenge
Bonk’s second outing is everything a sequel should be – an expansion on the levels from the original along with …
Simon the Sorcerer
For quite awhile, the adventure gaming scene was dominated by American companies like LucasArts and Sierra. That didn’t stop numerous …
Bonk’s Adventure
Video gaming has always had mascots, stretching all the way back to Namco’s Pac-Man, and including such memorable characters as Mario …
Tales of Monkey Island
Escape from Monkey Island marked the end of adventure gaming for LucasArts, as they began to shift development towards legions of Star …
Escape from Monkey Island
The Curse of Monkey Island ended with Guybrush burying LeChuck under a glacier and finally marrying Elaine Marley. They spend …
Kid Niki: Radical Ninja
Amidst the legions of ninja-themed video games released during the ’80s, Irem had an interesting idea – what if they …
Metal Slug 7 / XX
The initial announcement of Metal Slug 7 on the Nintendo DS was a stake to the heart of 2D lovers anywhere. In …
Colonel’s Bequest, The
Envisioned by Roberta Williams, Laura Bow is the star of a short lived series that draws from classic mystery novels. …
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
In the late ’90s, the adventure game genre was dying. LucasArts’ fantastic Grim Fandango had more or less flopped, Sierra’s latest entries …
Beast Within, The: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery picks up roughly a year after the end of the first game. Gabriel has …
Psycho-Nics Oscar
Ever wonder how the Gradius power-up bar would work outside of a side-scrolling shooter? Konami eventually stuck it in the …
