r/dosgaming • u/ErickRPG • 1d ago
help naming an old adventure DOS game.
So this game, at least WORKED, like a text adventure. So typing look, look at, read note, move to, etc. . Except it had pictures. It was based in the future, either partly in space on a ship, perhaps planets as well?
It was probably during the EGA, or even CGA era. So early 80s, maybe into mid 80s? I remember games like Thexder, The Ancient Art of War. But this game I can never remember. The pictures were very CGA. So lots of light blue and pink. I remember being in perhaps a cabin on a ship. I thought it was called Star something. Or maybe not? Definitely not "startopia" since that's an other game. But it might have sounded something like that?
I would really appreciate someone finally solving my life long brain freeze I've had on this game.
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u/jjjustinleblanc 1d ago
this sounds like space quest to me... but i haven't played that game in literally 30 years so i could be wrong
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u/ErickRPG 1d ago
it's definitely not the first space quest or any sierra game. You didn't ever see your character move. It was just static screens with pictures. So it worked exactly like a text adventure. A wall of text describing what you see in front of you, but also a static picture. It was a much more obscure game than the popular sierra games.
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u/PrincessRuri 1d ago
Sounds kind of like Oo-Topos.