Video Monkey Island 2 – Lechucks Revenge Intro – Enhanced James Schumacher, April 4, 2013March 9, 2014 Easily my favorite adventure game of all time, if not my favorite game period, Monkey Island 2 – LeChuck’s revenge built on the success of The Secret of Monkey Island. More humor, characters and upgraded graphics along with many memorable tunes make this an adventure classic. Again this makes use… Continue Reading
Video The Secret of Monkey Island Intro – Enhanced James Schumacher, April 4, 2013April 7, 2013 The one that really started it all for me. There were adventure games before, but Monkey Island was it for me. Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert and the then Lucasfilm Games team released the first entry into the classic pirate-comedy driven adventure series. Using a conversion from here http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies this is… Continue Reading
Video Jedi Knight – Jedi Academy Intro James Schumacher, April 4, 2013April 7, 2013 Jedi Knight – Jedi Academy is that last in the Dark Forces / Jedi Knight series. You play a character that you partially create by the name of Jaden Korr. Jaden is a gifted young person that has already constructed a lightsaber without learning the ways of the Force. He… Continue Reading
Video The Dig Intro (LucasArts) James Schumacher, April 4, 2013April 7, 2013 The Dig was a major adventure game development from LucasArts. It featured a concept from Steven Spielberg, dialogue written by Orson Scott Card and the main character’s voice work was performed by actor Robert Patrick (Terminator 2). It expanded on the SCUMM/iMUSE combo with a system called INSANE for cutscenes…. Continue Reading
Video Sam and Max Hit the Road – Intro (LucasArts) James Schumacher, April 4, 2013October 6, 2016 Sam and Max Hit the Road takes the two titular characters created by Steve Purcell and puts them in a big LucasArts adventure game. The original Sam and Max might be the most underrated of the LucasArts / Sierra adventure gaming golden era. It features great voice acting work from… Continue Reading
Video Afterlife – Intro and Tutorials James Schumacher, April 4, 2013April 7, 2013 Continuing my Lucasarts / Lucastfilm Games tribute with their foray into “god games” in the Civilization style. This is Afterlife. Where you control the experience of souls in both heaven and hell and receive helpful advice from a demon and an angel. After the brief intro are the tutorial pieces,… Continue Reading
Video Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Intro James Schumacher, April 4, 2013April 7, 2013 Zak McKracken is another classic LucasArts / Lucasfilm Games adventure game. This version is the high quality FM Towns style, featuring 256 color graphics and CD Audio. More Info from Wiki : “The story is set in 1997, 10 years after its production. The plot follows Zak (full name Francis… Continue Reading
Video Star Wars Jedi Knight II – Jedi Outcast – Intro James Schumacher, April 4, 2013April 7, 2013 Kyle Katarn returns for another adventure in the Star Wars universe. After nearly falling completely to the dark side of the force, Kyle has forsaken his force powers and lightsaber. He still aids the rebel alliance with the help of his partner Jan. As our story begins Kyle and Jan… Continue Reading
PC Games Far Cry 3 Extended Intro Sequencce 1080p James Schumacher, December 4, 2012January 10, 2013 The complete intro sequence from Far Cry 3, including the initial escape/tutorial sequence presented here in high quality 1920×1080. A group of well-to-do young adults are playing on an island paradise headed by two brothers, one a member of the Army. When things go wrong and they are captured for… Continue Reading
Action Hitman Absolution Intro 1080p James Schumacher, November 19, 2012November 25, 2012 Agent 47 is back in Hitman Absolution. The intro sequence lays down a brief backstory for the game and transition into the first mission. Presented here in 1080p h264 12kbps average. Hope to do a full playthrough of this one and the graphics are quite nice. The game continues the… Continue Reading
Video Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012 Intro James Schumacher, November 18, 2012November 25, 2012 The newest Need for Speed Most Wanted (2012) has been released. The game has a brief intro sequence which flows directly into gameplay and the on-going tutorial. The game progresses this way, as in previous incarnation, adding new features and gameplay as the “story” progresses. Graphics are clean, with excellent… Continue Reading
Video 007 Legends Intro and Title Sequences 1080p James Schumacher, November 18, 2012November 25, 2012 That the game only has the option to change resolution, with no other graphics settings is probably a bad sign for the visuals, and you can see they’re aren’t great from these brief intro sequence. However the game makes up for the bad visuals by having clunky mechanics and a… Continue Reading