800 gamers tried to beat an '80s adventure without a walkthrough—only 2 did
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Only .25% completed the AGAT: the Adventure Game Aptitude Test, designed by fiendish developer Woe Industries.
  • Wilco@lemmy.zipEnglish
    50·
    17 hours ago

    These 80s games were made to sell actual walk-throughs. You had to buy a book or magazine for many of them.

    They were not difficult, they were stupid.

    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      There were also the “feelies”, which were a secondary line defense of copy protecion method. They sometimes were a clue to those puzzles.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      25·
      15 hours ago

      Many had a premium rate phone line, and it was just a tape so if you were stuck near the end you’d have to listen to the end and potentially pay many times the game’s cost.

      • Wilco@lemmy.zipEnglish
        10·
        13 hours ago

        Thanks for reminding me of those 1-900 phone lines … I got in trouble for those.

    • ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.caEnglish
      8·
      15 hours ago

      The puzzle were often moon logic or ‘oh shit! You mean THAT is what I must do?’

      Sierra online had great games with great stories and characters but their puzzles were… Yeah…

    • TyrionBean@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      16 hours ago

      Nah! We were just tougher back then!

      Also, with no internet, nothing was around to distract you for 24 hours, or days, to try to solve one puzzle.

      Kids these days don’t understand the struggle!

      😃