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Over 800 gamers tried and failed to beat a retro 80s game without a guide
- magicalhippo 8mo agoThey got one attempt and 4 hours to beat Maniac Mansion. I never played that but I struggled for weeks with some adventure ganes back in thd days.
- vunderba 8mo agoGreat article. Old point-and-click adventure games also make great case studies in good (and bad) game design, such as allowing a player early on to make a decision that renders the late game unwinnable without even realizing they've irrevocably screwed up. I actually wrote an article discussing my love/hate relationship with King's Quest IV, a notoriously difficult adventure game. https://mordenstar.com/blog/kqiv https://mordenstar.com/blog/kqiv