This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, puzzle, adventure, Mac' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/Windows/puzzle/adventure/Mac/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, puzzle, adventure, Mac' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, puzzle, adventure, Mac' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/Windows/puzzle/adventure/Mac/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Another World Another World, known as Out of this World in the US and Outer World in Japan, is a 1991 cinematic platformer designed and developed by Eric Chahi. The graphics and box art were designed by Chahi, while the music was composed by Jean-François Freitas.

While not a great commercial success, Another World was innovative in its use of cinematic effects in the graphics, sound and cut scenes, with characters communicating through their facial features, gestures, and actions only. This cinematic style granted Another World cult status amongst critics and fans.

The protagonist of the game is Lester Knight Chaykin; a young, athletic, red haired physicist. Lester arrives at his high-tech underground laboratory during a thunderstorm, and continues to work on his experiment using a particle accelerator. Right before the particles reach their intended destination, lightning strikes the lab and interferes with the accelerator causing the unforeseen teleportation of Lester to a barren alien planet.

The player can control Lester using the keyboard or gamepad using four directions buttons and two action buttons: one for main actions, and one for jumping. Depending on the player's current position, movement, and status, the main action key performs a variety of actions including attacking and interacting with Lester's environment. At the start of the game Lester can only kick to attack, but later he can acquire a gun. While the movement keys normally make Lester run, the game also features sections where the player must swim, roll, or drive a vehicle. The player only has one life, but there are multiple checkpoints he can return to by entering the relevant pass code given at each one.
]]> 10 Dec 2006 09:53:52 Hapland Hapland is a point and click puzzle game. You must find a way to light the two torches and activate the big portal.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 12:49:37 Hapland 2
Robin Allen said,
Restore power to the portal in order to...save a princess or something. Just light the damn torches
]]> 15 Dec 2006 01:03:15 The House You wake up next to a pool after being at a house party. You have lost your memory and have to find out why you are here.
]]> 18 Dec 2006 02:35:40 Bad Mojo: The Roach Game REDUX The basic premise in Bad Mojo is to explore, discover and observe.

An old, brick building in San Francisco is the site of Eddie's Bar on the Waterfront, which was once a popular tavern. Above the bar lives Roger Samms, an entomologist who is conducting mysterious research. At the onset of the game, Roger is trnsformed into a cockroach by a strange object of antiquity. You assume the role of Roger after his bizarre metamorphosis.

Controlling the roach/Roger, you begin the game under the building. You must explore rooms and observe objects while searching for clues and answers. The building is dark and dangerous, and there are many obstacles to overcome before you can find your way back to humanity. There are animals, insects and people who live here as well. Some may harm you, others may help you, but solving the mystery beneath the surfcase of the game is up to you alone.

You must uncover the rest of the story yourself by roaming the floors and walls of Eddie's Bar. Listen to all that you hear, read what you can and try to piece together the story as you explore your true identity.

Crawl around and investigate everything. If you can't get out of a room, then perhaps you haven't seen all there is to see...

Bad Mojo: The Roach Game, and Bad Mojo: The Roach Game Redux are essentially the same, the latter being a reissue with minor optimizations, as well as a bonus features DVD which features quite interesting history on the development of the game, somewhat of a cult classic.


Additional Game Features:

  • Bizarrely original premise.

  • Vibrantly detailed visuals.

  • Terrific exploration and discovery with clever obstacles.

  • More than 800 navigable screens, rendered in high resolution detail.

  • Live-action video and spine-tingling music drag you into the dark, disturbing atmosphere.

  • Hints section for each level, but wouldn't you really rather figure it out?

Developer: Pulse Entertainment
Publisher: Got Game Entertainment. (North American release)
Released: 2004, original version released 1996


System Requirements
PC: Pentium 3 800MHz or better processor, Windows 98/2000/XP

Macintosh G3 or better, System 9.0 (or OSX Classic mode) with 50MB hard disk space, 8x CD-ROM, 24-bit color video display.
]]> 22 Dec 2006 12:40:16 Sam & Max Hit the Road Sam and Max are the oddest of detectives, an anthropomorphic dog and a psychotic rabbit, featured here in a cross country adventure. The game includes a wealth of crazy puzzles, nonstop humor, and sharp satire of Americana, as the trenchcoat wearing dog and and his pal search for an escaped bigfoot.


Additional Game Features:

  • Classic "point and click" adventure packed with humor.

  • 5 mini-games are also contained within the game.

  • Backgrounds beautifully drawn in 256 colors.

  • Based upon comic book characters created by Steve Purcell, who was also the lead writer of this adventure.

  • Graphical adventure using the SCUMM engine.

  • Released simultaneously on CD-ROM and Floppy, the CD version includes complete voice performances.


Developer: LucasArts
Publisher: LucasArts
Released: 1993 (DOS), 1995 (Mac)

System Requirements
386/33 MHz CPU, 4 MB RAM, 256 color VGA, DOS 5.0
]]> 23 Dec 2006 12:43:47 Zork: Nemesis
Awarded Editor's Choice in the December 1996 issue of PC Gamer

Zork: Nemesis (also known as Zork: Nemesis - The Forbidden Lands) is a first person adventure including puzzle solving and mystery.

In the final days of the underground empire four great alchemists dissappeared while searching for the secret of eternal life. A spy was sent to learn their fate, but he too was lost. That's when you are called upon as an adventurer to investigate.

In the Forbidden Lands you learn of the foul workings of a demonic force known as Nemesis, and with the "spiritual" help of the lost scientists you must attempt to restore balance to the world by recovering the four lost elements: fire, water, air & earth.

Additional Game Features:

  • First person perspective of a simulated 360 degree view.

  • Piece together clues, decipher codes, solve puzzles and learn the secrets of defeating Nemesis in the course of your extensive quest.

  • Travel to a a monastery, an insane asylum, a fortress, and a conservatory in search of the four missing elements.

  • Point and click interface, also utilizing a key-bound inventory.

  • Vertical and horizontal panning from any point, though not simultaneously.

  • Extensive use of full-motion video and panoramic scenes.

  • Humorous at times, this entry in the Zork franchise is also the darkest, including death and gore.

Developer: Zombie, Inc.
Publisher: Activision

PC version released in the United States February 29, 1996.
Mac version released: 1996



System Requirements
486/DX2-66MHz processor; 8MB RAM; 2X CD-ROM drive; 35MB hard disk space; VESA local bus or PCI video card with 1MB video RAM; 16-bit high-colour SVGA (640 x 480); MS-DOS 6.0 or above.

PowerPC Mac
16 MB RAM
2X CD ROM drive
OS 7.5.1+
]]> 23 Dec 2006 04:13:18 Panda Adventure You are a panda and you must get to the bamboo forest of the coast of the island you are on. Point and click your way through the areas of the island.
]]> 27 Dec 2006 03:15:50 Blue Rabbit's Climate Chaos You are Blue Rabbit, and you are traveling to a small island chain to help the native chief find out what happened to his son. Walk around and explore to solve the puzzles.
]]> 29 Dec 2006 03:32:37 The 11th Hour In this sequel to The 7th Guest, it has been nearly 70 years since maniacal toy and puzzle maker Henry Stauf murdered six guests at his Mansion. All of the horror seemed long past until ace tv report Robin Morales is sent on assignment to investigate the old Stauf Mansion, only to vanish without a trace.

You assume the role of Robin's boyfriend Carl Dennings who has just received a game book in the mail directing him to come to Stauf Mansion. With little but the mysterious book in hand, you set out to solve a new set of Stauf puzzles in the evil residence in your quest to rescue Robin and forever destroy the wicked Stauf legacy.


Additional Game Features:

  • Treasure hunt with a similar puzzle-based game strategy of the former game, but much darker and mature atmosphere in comparison with the first game.

  • Highly animated puzzles and lots of full motion video enhance the adventure.

  • Graphically creepy Stauf Mansion with lots of detail revealing its decayed decor.

  • Features the music of George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Team Fat.

  • Rendered with the "Groovie" engine.

Developer: Trilobyte
Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Released: 1995

System Requirements
486DX2/66, 8MB RAM, 4MB hard drive space, 2xCD-ROM, DOS 5.0+, Local bus video, soundcard, mouse.

Trivia! An R-rated version was planned, including sex and more graphical violence, and the script for this version was included in the official hint manual. The developers denied that this version was ever filmed, but rumors persist that an R-rated version exists.
]]> 31 Dec 2006 07:57:51 Phantasmagoria Made during the height of the "interactive movie" boom in the computer game industry, Phantasmagoria is notable for being one of the first adventure games to use a human being as an on-screen avatar. Actress Victoria Morsell spent months in front of a bluescreen filming the hundreds of actions players could direct her character to perform. The game was released on seven CDs to accommodate the massive amount of video generated by this process. Today it still stands as a record of sorts for the largest number of media cuts used in a game, though several other games including an adventure game based on The X-Files television series have matched it in the sheer number of CDs used. However, if it were to use modern day video compression codecs while keeping the same resolution, the game could probably have shipped on as little as one or two discs. On the other hand, however, the seven discs were used to highlight the seven days, during which the story takes place - the game could easily fit about five discs, even without the advanced video compression. Also, it is worth mentioning that large portions of data were repeated on each CD, to avoid disk swapping when playing the game.

The game script was about 400 pages long, four times the size of a regular movie script, and an additional 100 pages of storyboards set the style for the over 800 scenes in the game. The game required four months of filming alone and over 200 persons were involved in the production, not counting the Gregorian choir of 135 persons that was used for parts of the music in the game.

Source: Wikipedia Article
]]> 14 Apr 2007 12:45:09 Myst IV: Revelation
Within the visually awe-inspiring world of Myst, a gripping family drama will slowly unfold. In Myst IV Revelation, players finally learn the fate of Sirrus and Achenar, two villains first introduced in the original Myst. The brothers have remained trapped in separate prison worlds, abandoned by their father for crimes they had committed. Players are engaged in uncovering the mystery surrounding a little girl's disappearance, daring to venture deep inside the intense worlds of the villainous brothers. Understanding their motives is key to the success of the investigation and will be a true "revelation."

Myst IV: Revelation uses the same 360 degree panorama view as Myst III: Exile, but with even more impressively rendered environments.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 08:42:19 Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside Pajama Sam is a kid like any other his age. He reads comic books and is afraid of the darkness. He loves to read about his favorite comicbook hero, Pajama Man. In order to defeat the darkness and not be afraid, he becomes Pajama Sam and travels into his closet. However, once he gets there, some trees take his flashlight, mask, and Pajama Man lunchbox. You must help Pajama Sam get his stuff back in order to defeat Darkness.

Pajama Sam is a Junior Adventure for kids ages 3-8. It helps them experience adventure games, explore, and solve puzzles. On every screen there are things to find and click that cause funny animations. Also, the game has some different puzzles when it is played through again.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 04:31:07 Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise It's Kayla's birthday tomorrow, and her stuffed animal Fatty Bear wants to throw a surprise party for her. Guide Fatty Bear around the house to help him get everything ready. He has to find ingredients for a cake to make it, get presents, and set up party decorations. In addition to the adventure and puzzles, there are games to be played as well. These games include bowling, piano playing, and dress up with Fatty Bear.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 05:13:00 In Memoriam In Memoriam was developed by French developer Lexis Numerique. It was released in October 2003 throughout Europe, published by Ubisoft. It saw release under the title of Missing: Since January in the US in June 2004, published by The Adventure Company.

The game presents alternate-reality style gameplay, requiring the player to browse for both fake and real websites on the Internet in order to solve puzzles. The player is also required to receive e-mail to their account from in-game characters. In Memoriam presents itself via a series of puzzles created using Macromedia (now Adobe) Shockwave, which is notably unusual for a retail product.

The player is tasked by fictional media company SKL Networks to "decode" a CD-ROM they have received from the games antagonist, The Phoenix. An SKL Networks employee by the name of Jack Lorski is missing along with his girlfriend Karen Gijman. The player must "decode" the CD-ROM by solving a series of puzzles, progressively unlocking video clips from a video diary created by the missing characters. Quickly, the player learns that the pair have become tangled in a web of secret religious sects and ritualistic serial killings.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 11:20:03 Spy Fox in 'Dry Cereal' William the Kid is attempting to steal the whole world's milk supply, and it is Spy Fox's job to stop him. How will children eat their cereal if there is no milk to pour on it? SPY Corps has outfitted Spy Fox with the latest gadgets and he is ready to go. Spy Fox is a Junior Adventure for kids that have grown out of Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam. Like the other Junior Adventure games from Humongous, there are different puzzles for multiple plays through the game. Also, there are mini games for kids to play such as go fish, and Happy Fun Sub which can be played on Fox's spy watch.
]]> 09 Feb 2007 06:05:05 Buried Alive You wake up in the darkness and have no idea where you are. Point and click to solve the puzzles and escape your terrible situation. Buried Alive is an "epic point and click adventure" that only the brave and cunning will be able to solve.
]]> 09 Mar 2007 05:44:04 Submachine 4: The Lab Submachine 4: The Lab is the fourth installment of the popular Submachine Flash Puzzle/Adventure game. Created by Mateusz Skutnik, Submachine is a compelling mystery that only gets more intriguing as time goes on. Scraps of paper, words etched into walls, and archaic computers leave clues as to what the Submachine is, and how you must escape it. All of the (so far) 5 Submachine games tie into one another, and references to previous ones are riddled throughout.
]]> 10 May 2007 02:38:54 Nearly Departed Nearly Departed is a graphic adventure that puts you in control of a guy who has recently become a zombie. Having no idea how you became a zombie, you must explore the city and find out who you were and what happened. The game is reminiscent of old Lucas Arts cartoon adventure games. Nearly Departed is still in development and does not yet have a set release date.
]]> 24 May 2007 06:01:43 Nick Bounty: A Case of the Crabs
Something stinks and it smells like crab, only there's something funny about these crustaceans. You play as Detective Nick Bounty, who despite his ability to solve the most tangled cases, has yet to work for a paying client. This time it's up to you to discover who knocked off a local seafood salesman and get to the bottom of a diabolical counterfeiting operation!
]]> 24 May 2007 06:43:45 The 7th Guest
]]> 19 Jul 2007 02:55:15 Seven Deadly Sins
]]> 28 Sep 2007 03:17:21 Nanomite: The Battle Begins
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