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Spycraft: The Great Game
Many interesting things happened when the Soviet Union disbanded, but one of the most curious was the incredibly rapid end of hostilities and the secrets guarded by them. Maybe we were all sick of war. Maybe it was a process glasnost started, and officials on both sides were just waiting for the final all-clear to [...]
Hacker
Can’t say there are too many games that start this way. There is no manual or paper documentation of any kind. All that’s in the box is a disk. Putting said disk in the computer and booting it up drops you instantly to a blank logon screen. No intro, no credits, no company icons, just [...]
KGB (Conspiracy)
If you’re no stranger to adventure games, then you’re probably aware of a little subset of spy games that exist. Codename: Iceman or Spycraft come immediately to mind. This makes sense, as the adventure game offers a good opportunity for interactive globe-trotting, clever gagets, and quick-thinking espionage. You’ll get most of that with Cryo’s KGB [...]
Life and Death 2: The Brain
The original Life and Death was a serious simulator of abdominal surgery, and pretty impressive for its time. The surgeries were certainly researched and in-depth, but the game felt fairly limited and short. The patient exam sections had very few symptoms to diagnose, and only two different surgeries could be performed. It was as if [...]
Daryl F. Gates Police Quest: Open Season
Police Quest 4 seems to be an attempt to re-imagine the Police Quest franchise. Admittedly, I was getting a little tired of Sonny Bonds, his endless department transfers, and his ex-prostitute squeeze. Yet it also comes with the departure of Jim Walls, just when I felt he was getting good. I do not know the [...]
Sam & Max Hit The Road
Regular JGR readers may remember that my genre of choice is the good ol’ adventure game, with the pointing and the clicking and the fun for the whole family. I’ve played a lot of great ones and more than a few terrible ones, but when asked for my favorite, I continuously return to the first [...]