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Dead Retro Developers Anonymous Sat Jan 30 04:33:13 2021 No.7353879 [Reply] [Original]

SIERRRAAAAAAAA! COME BAAAAAAACK!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 04:33:53 2021 No.7353880 >>7353879 not a developer

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 04:35:09 2021 No.7353884 >>7353880 Then who developed Kings Quest?

Anonymous Sat Jan 30 05:15:19 2021 No.7353957
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>>7353884

Online Systems. Did you know it was actually called Online Systems? Sierra Online was the name they used for a specific bundle pack in the US.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 05:28:26 2021 No.7353985 File: 183 KB, 266x374, 1e4a182247931c2a750c63c65bac27e1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7353957 Okay, you're wrong, objectively, by every definition of the word.

Anonymous Sat Jan 30 05:32:00 2021 No.7353990
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>>7353957
>they called themselves online systems?

When they released King's Quest 1, they'd officially changed their name to Sierra. It's on the fucking box retard.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 05:37:23 2021 No.7354010 >>7353957 is this another sega system meme

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 05:46:27 2021 No.7354036 >>7353879 also Lucas Arts pls

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 05:48:25 2021 No.7354041 >>7353879 Awwww came in for MetalJesussucksdick, leaving disappointed.

Anonymous Sat Jan 30 05:53:03 2021 No.7354049
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If you are interested about Sierra, I've uploaded Sierra's CEO book about the company that was published last year ("Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings - The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line") for you anons.

https://we [dot] tl/t-FOdA3wNdb7

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 06:43:53 2021 No.7354117 File: 168 KB, 800x1200, 61089-king-s-quest-pc-booter-front-cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7353990 King's Quest was originally made for the IBM jr. Notice how there's no Sierra on the box? That's because it was by Online Systems.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 07:16:35 2021 No.7354173 >>7354036 Actually Lucas Arts is not a developer but a publisher, the games were developed by Lucasfilm Systems

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 07:18:51 2021 No.7354176 File: 186 KB, 800x1028, 43341-the-secret-of-monkey-island-dos-front-cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7354173 >>7354036 Notice how there's no "LucasArts" on the Monkey Island box? That's because it was by Lucas Systems

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 13:59:55 2021 No.7355291 File: 141 KB, 583x878, IBMjr King's Quest Manual.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7354117 >being objectively wrong >on 4chan How dumb can you be?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 15:35:51 2021 No.7355717 File: 76 KB, 557x494, C1F7B697-4084-43C5-A2AE-DEB12EC4D1E0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7353879 No

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 16:47:14 2021 No.7356014 I fucking hate and love this dumb bait troll ITT NGL DESU. Know what though? These publisher developers had good runs. Let them RIP in peace.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 16:56:06 2021 No.7356040 File: 559 KB, 1132x565, 90s.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Rest in PC

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 16:59:51 2021 No.7356050 File: 150 KB, 1600x1200, westwood studios.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7353879 the pain is still as strong as ever

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 18:17:36 2021 No.7356321 >>7355717 how did he become such a disgusting pig?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 18:33:08 2021 No.7356387 >>7356040 why did microprose die? Seems every game they released was pretty good. Were they just bought out?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 18:36:55 2021 No.7356407 >>7356387 Microprose was actually revived recently and they are publishing a number of cool looking PC strategy games https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/microprose

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 18:52:37 2021 No.7356458 File: 69 KB, 1280x720, maxresdefault.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 18:52:51 2021 No.7356460 >>7355291 seethe and cope harder.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 23:18:01 2021 No.7357404 >>7353879 I was a big Sierra fanboy back in the day, and even I think they should just stay dead. Admitting that Lucasarts made better P-and-C games was a bitter pill to swallow.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 23:19:12 2021 No.7357408 >>7356460 lol, I'm not! You sure are though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 30 23:23:31 2021 No.7357427 >>7353957 >>7354117 https://www.kensblog.com/about_ken/ kys faggot.

Anonymous Sat Jan 30 23:31:13 2021 No.7357458

>>7357404
>Admitting that Lucasarts made better P-and-C games was a bitter pill to swallow.
Nah. Gabriel Knight, Quest for Glory, Love for Sail, King's Quest VI, Conquests of the Longbow, Torin's Passage, ect. Sierra had a lot more range than Lucasarts, who just kept rehasing the same zany cartoon games with terrible puzzles over and over.

Anonymous Sat Jan 30 23:37:43 2021 No.7357484

>>7357458
>Sierra had a lot more range than Lucasarts, who just kept rehasing the same zany cartoon games with terrible puzzles over and over.
You say that in the same post where you name drop KQ6 and LSL7.
Sierra was far more guilty of rehashing than LucasArts.
And if you want to talk terrible puzzles, a substantial portion of KQ6's puzzles were nothing more than obnoxious copy protection bullshit. KQ peaked at no. 5 in my opinion.
The only game I can think of that is worse in that regard is Codename: Iceman (which is a shame, because I found Iceman's premise to be interesting).

Anonymous Sun Jan 31 00:03:02 2021 No.7357564

>>7357484
>You say that in the same post where you name drop KQ6 and LSL7
And? I named those games because they are considered the peak of their respective series, but even within their own series they are unique. King's Quest 6 is one of the few videogames to pull of a good love story (maybe the only one), and Love for Sail is one of the greatest non-linear adventure games of the 90s (second only to Toonstruck in my opinion).
The main thing Lucasarts lacked compared to Sierra though were serious narratives. The Dig was okay, but it's not on the same level as Gabriel Knight

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 00:15:50 2021 No.7357613 >>7357404 I don't think anyone should listen to someone who says "P-and-C"

Anonymous Sun Jan 31 00:24:17 2021 No.7357638

>>7357404
>Admitting that Lucasarts made better P-and-C games was a bitter pill to swallow.
Why would that be a hard pill to swallow exactly? Going by your opinion, LucasArts being better doesn't somehow make Sierra's games bad. They were both at the top of their field, you could easily enjoy LucasArts more and still like Sierra....Your comment is insanely stupid.

> and even I think they should just stay dead.
Well that's because you're an idiot, or biased.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 00:30:59 2021 No.7357665 >>7356460 >gets btfo in a single post >accuses others of coping kek

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 02:10:22 2021 No.7357995 >>7357638 >Well that's because you're an idiot, or biased. Or maybe I finally realised that for every Sierra gem, there were at least half a dozen turds. Sierra were always on the precipice of being yet another purveyor of shovelware.

Anonymous Sun Jan 31 02:35:34 2021 No.7358063

>>7357995
I mean, you're pretty wrong. Going into a random part of Sierra's library and going straight down 15 titles, only 4 of them scored below an 80%. They were all in-house too, and not merely published with another developer.

Doing the same exact thing for Lucasarts, only 9 out of 15 managed to score at least an 80.

You can't really get a more unbiased assessment than that.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 02:40:51 2021 No.7358075 >>7358063 >Subjective media opinions >unbiased kys retard.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 02:47:25 2021 No.7358091 >>7358075 >implying your own opinion isn't a biased opinion I have a feeling you're projecting because you're a retard and you already tried to kill yourself but failed.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 02:48:36 2021 No.7358094 >>7358091 I have a feeling that you're a colossal faggot due to your use of reddit spacing.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 03:17:12 2021 No.7358164 >>7358094 Only a redditor faggot would know what reddit spacing looks like.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 03:32:37 2021 No.7358185 >>7358164 You don't need to be a redditor to know what reddit spacing is. Stop projecting, faggot.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 05:57:05 2021 No.7358460 >>7358185 >stop projecting faggot >is the one who brought up reddit in the first place Obsessed and coping.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 06:00:44 2021 No.7358475 >>7354117 The hell is that misleading box art? It is nothing like the game. Where is my Graham, why does the knight have glowing red eyes and make it look like an action game?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 06:48:43 2021 No.7358565 >>7357564 >The main thing Lucasarts lacked compared to Sierra though were serious narratives >Names a LSL7 (a boomer tier titty game) as one of the greats. Nice consistency there, retard.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 06:50:01 2021 No.7358569 >>7358460 >Obsessed and coping. Says the faggot who flipped out after being outed. Go back. You don't belong here.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 15:27:20 2021 No.7360094 >>7358569 You really are one autistic child aren't you? Still going on about nothing? >who flipped out You're a lost cost, stuck in your head-narrative. Yikes.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 16:27:24 2021 No.7360321 >>7358565 I didn't claim all of their games were serious. Love for Sail is funnier than any Lucasarts game though.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 18:24:42 2021 No.7360734 >>7360094 >gets accused of being a redditor >immediately starts talking like one I'm sure you're just being "ironic" right?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 18:37:17 2021 No.7360776 File: 132 KB, 799x618, oldfag post.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7360734 >starts talking like one t. Newfag

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 22:05:47 2021 No.7361521 >>7360734 No, he's just being a faggot. Like all redditors.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 31 22:18:18 2021 No.7361560 >>7356040 so many feels in one image

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 09:12:44 2021 No.7363000 File: 10 KB, 274x159, bn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 09:23:29 2021 No.7363030 File: 36 KB, 340x471, Raven_Software_Logo.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] They're technically still around (very surprisingly so for a lower-tier dev studio from the 90s), but all they do today is Cawadooty stuff, no original games

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 09:31:32 2021 No.7363049 >>7353879 Westwood

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 09:32:58 2021 No.7363052 >>7354173 Is sort come back. But really i want more orginal stuff then just star Wars i am not big point and click game. But watch Lucasart game is fun as hell

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 09:34:00 2021 No.7363053 >>7363030 Same with lucasart

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 10:18:34 2021 No.7363143 >>7363000 checked...... .......and wept.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 10:21:05 2021 No.7363153 >>7354173 >ACKSHUALLY Being pedantic doesn't make you clever. It just means you're an annoying autistic faggot. And if you're going to be pedantic, you should at least have the facts on your side, otherwise you just look retarded.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 10:24:10 2021 No.7363161 >>7363052 Not really. They exist purely as a holding company for licensing out their IPs. The band isn't getting back together.....and frankly, some of the LucasArts alumni have completely shit the bed after leaving (coughTimSchaefercough).

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 10:28:52 2021 No.7363180 >>7353957 >>7354117 >>7354173 >>7354176 >>7356460 You will never be a woman, you will never pass

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 1 11:12:30 2021 No.7363283 >>7363053 Lucasarts was dissolved long ago and doesn't even exist as a brand. The brand is Lucasfilm Games these days.

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