7 Point-And-Click Adventure Video Game Classics That Deserve A Revival
From The Secret of Monkey Island to Space Quest.
Rewind to the early 90s and PC gamers were ditching control pads and joysticks for mouses and verb tables to embark on great adventures, thrilling quests that took them from the high seas to far off galaxies. This was the age of the point-and-click adventure, a time when the pen was mightier than the sword, video game protagonists developed personalities, and rubber chickens came with pulleys in the middle. LucasArts classics like The Secret of Monkey IslandandDay of the Tentaclejostled with long-running Sierra series Space Quest andKings Questat the top of the software charts, as gamers sought experiences with more substance than shooting anything that moves or stomping on turtles. It was a glorious time for interactive storytelling, but adventure gamings heyday was short-lived. As a new millennium approached, the industry was transitioning towards 3D graphics and peoples appetite for pointing and clicking dwindled. By the tail end of the decade, the genres marketshare was somewhere in the Earths crust. Fans thought theyd seen the last of heroes like Guybrush Threepwood, King Graham and George Stobbart, but their tales have taken surprise twists in recent years. Glossy remakes ofMonkey Islandand Broken Sword have found happy homes on touchscreen devices, and Telltale Games has revisited some of our favourite adventures in episodic format, not to mention the studios success with licensed properties. Add to this the promise of new Day of the Tentacle and Full Throttle titles from Double Fine Productions, and the genre is in its best shape since the golden age. As the point-and-click hero of our childhood prepare to hit the comeback trail, this article rounds out seven adventure properties that deserve to be revived for a new generation...