Help me to find an old adventure

[Tehdagah]

I played it in the 90's but the game is probably from the 80's (graphics are similar to King Quest 1-4).

What I remember about it:

- The title screen has vines on it (not sure)
- Controls on keyboard (not sure)
- The protagonist is a guy
- There's a big house close to where you start
- Most of the environments are plains (not sure, because I only played the demo)
- You can climb a volcano (walking over lava = death)
- You can swim in the sea
- Swimming too much = death (not sure)
- There's a small island close to the coast

 

[buzz]

I think one of the Leisure Suit Larry sequels has a volcano but I don't remember much about them.

 

[Tramboi]

This would be Larry 2, but everything doesn't add up, if I remember correctly.
So my answer is : I don't know but I'm curious.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

It's not Larry 2, as it starts in the suburbs, and Larry himself doesn't swim.

King's Quest 3 might fit, you play a guy that starts next to a big house, and there's a beach on the map, but there's no island to swim to.

 

[Tramboi]

Is there a volcano with lava in KQ 3 ? I don't remember so but it's been more than 20 years (argh).
But I remember falling from the road to Mannanan's house. And the yeti mountain. Falling, falling, falling. Drowning. And drying up in the desert.

 

[procrastinator]

Faery Tale Adventure comes to mind, though it's an adventure game in name mostly.

- The title screen has vines on it (not sure)

Sort of vines.

- Controls on keyboard (not sure)
- The protagonist is a guy
- There's a big house close to where you start
- Most of the environments are plains (not sure, because I only played the demo)

- You can climb a volcano (walking over lava = death)

Lava.

- You can swim in the sea
- Swimming too much = death (not sure)

You can swim and you can drown (unless you're on a turtle).

- There's a small island close to the coast

Spoiler

 

[Tramboi]

Nice guess. Didn't know it was ported to the PC.

 

[Tehdagah]

None of them, unfortunately.

But Faery Tale Adventure looks interesting anyway.

 

[Tramboi]

Was it fantasy or modern ?

 

[Tehdagah]

Was it fantasy or modern ?

The house looked like something from the 19th or 20th century.

No fantasy elements (but I only played the demo).

 

[Skunkpew]

This might seem too obvious a guess, but what about Black Cauldron?

It's a fantasy game, but has the exact same graphics as early Sierra games; has a house (not modern) at the start; viney type things on the intro screen; swimmable water; lava type stuff later on.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

*slaps forehead*

Of course, why didn't I think of that?

 

[Jaesun]

Designed by Al Lowe, and Roberta Williams?? Is this any good?

 

[Tehdagah]

This might seem too obvious a guess, but what about Black Cauldron?

It's a fantasy game, but has the exact same graphics as early Sierra games; has a house (not modern) at the start; viney type things on the intro screen; swimmable water; lava type stuff later on.

No, but the gameplay is similar.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Other obscure old Sierra titles include Mixed-Up Mother Goose, but I strongly doubt that even Sierra would create an adventure game aimed at children that would allow for them to die.

 

[Tehdagah]

Nope.

 

[Tramboi]

There was a parser, right ?