Post by Iyouboushi on Feb 20, 2005 2:45:32 GMT -6
We're kicking it old school. That's right, back to 1984 when the most successful selling computer of all time, the Commodore 64, still ruled. Text adventure games were the big thing back then and hundreds were made. They ranged from original ideas, to ideas borrowed from books (such as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or The Hobbit) and, of course, comic books couldn't be left out. This is the first of three text adventure games based on Marvel characters (volume 2 was Spider-man and volume 3 was The Fantastic Four).
This post is mostly going to be about the pictures and some commentaries under them. Then maybe I'll throw in some other opinions at the end for good measure. Who knows?
You are Bruce Banner. You awaken to find yourself strapped to a chair. How did you get there and who's doing this to you? Who knows? You certaintly don't. Your first objective is to get free. If only you had the power of The Hulk. Oh wait, You're Bruce Banner! Time to get The Hulk out and figure out what's going on. But wait... The Hulk only comes out if you're angry..right? How could you possibly get angry?
Oh I know. Rock the chair so that you fall and hit your head. Sure, blood will be pouring out of you and you might end up with a concussion but that has never stopped a Marvel character before! Alternatively you could have bit your lip. Apparently Bruce has become so unstable that even biting his lip will cause him to go green and mean.
So you've caused a minor concussion (or alternatively have bitten your lip, you pansy!) and have become the big green monster. What now?
Well you won't even get a chance to try anything because some GAS enters the room and changes The Hulk back into the weakling Banner. The Hulk, for some reason, decides to say "GAS" out loud to himself. Heh-heh. Gas.
Well, at least you're free of the chair. Now what?
Well, just for giggles I decided to make Bruce hit himself again in the head. Head-trauma is funny. It doesn't last and the gas returns and again he reverts back.
And now with a throbbing headache I decided to take Bruce outside of the room. This only lasts about 3 seconds before I am promptly flattened by a high-gravity. Now dead I decided that perhaps being The Hulk was too hard for me and I promptly turned it off.
Truth be told, I've played through this game a ton of times but I've yet to beat it. Scott will remember the time that I was playing it in #Kyoto (or was it still #DBZRPG at the time?) and was asking everyone for input on what to do. The deaths in this game are hilarious: anything from being flattened like a pancake to being stung to death by random wasps/bees that literally come out of nowhere to sufficating in a room that the oxygen runs out of.
I've yet to figure out if there's a story line, and if so what it is. All I know is that hitting your head will make you angry.
If I had to rate this game I'd give it the highest rating ever because it's downright HILARIOUS. I almost always die laughing when playing it. The graphics may suck (but then again it's 1984), the storyline is non-existant, but it's F U N N Y! You can't place a price on comedy.
Anyway..yeah. That's "Questprobe 1: The Incredible Hulk" at a glance. Maybe some day I'll bust it back out and try again. If so, I'll post it here.
This post is mostly going to be about the pictures and some commentaries under them. Then maybe I'll throw in some other opinions at the end for good measure. Who knows?
You are Bruce Banner. You awaken to find yourself strapped to a chair. How did you get there and who's doing this to you? Who knows? You certaintly don't. Your first objective is to get free. If only you had the power of The Hulk. Oh wait, You're Bruce Banner! Time to get The Hulk out and figure out what's going on. But wait... The Hulk only comes out if you're angry..right? How could you possibly get angry?
Oh I know. Rock the chair so that you fall and hit your head. Sure, blood will be pouring out of you and you might end up with a concussion but that has never stopped a Marvel character before! Alternatively you could have bit your lip. Apparently Bruce has become so unstable that even biting his lip will cause him to go green and mean.
So you've caused a minor concussion (or alternatively have bitten your lip, you pansy!) and have become the big green monster. What now?
Well you won't even get a chance to try anything because some GAS enters the room and changes The Hulk back into the weakling Banner. The Hulk, for some reason, decides to say "GAS" out loud to himself. Heh-heh. Gas.
Well, at least you're free of the chair. Now what?
Well, just for giggles I decided to make Bruce hit himself again in the head. Head-trauma is funny. It doesn't last and the gas returns and again he reverts back.
And now with a throbbing headache I decided to take Bruce outside of the room. This only lasts about 3 seconds before I am promptly flattened by a high-gravity. Now dead I decided that perhaps being The Hulk was too hard for me and I promptly turned it off.
Truth be told, I've played through this game a ton of times but I've yet to beat it. Scott will remember the time that I was playing it in #Kyoto (or was it still #DBZRPG at the time?) and was asking everyone for input on what to do. The deaths in this game are hilarious: anything from being flattened like a pancake to being stung to death by random wasps/bees that literally come out of nowhere to sufficating in a room that the oxygen runs out of.
I've yet to figure out if there's a story line, and if so what it is. All I know is that hitting your head will make you angry.
If I had to rate this game I'd give it the highest rating ever because it's downright HILARIOUS. I almost always die laughing when playing it. The graphics may suck (but then again it's 1984), the storyline is non-existant, but it's F U N N Y! You can't place a price on comedy.
Anyway..yeah. That's "Questprobe 1: The Incredible Hulk" at a glance. Maybe some day I'll bust it back out and try again. If so, I'll post it here.
