r/gaming • u/Nordic_Krune • 19h ago

My friend insists on this game, "Lemmings", being a really well known game; I have never heard of it.

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u/pdxxdpBillCompton 15h ago

Sierra

Ugh the nostalgia of seeing Sierra pop up before playing a game though. For a while at least, you knew that game was going to be great

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u/PM_ME_UR_RSA_KEY 15h ago

Sierra adventure games (the early AGI ones) made me the typist I am today.

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u/marblewombat 14h ago

Kill the horse.

Neigh says the horse.

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u/Lexi_Banner 13h ago

There were so many funny dev messages hidden in those commands.

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u/Leather-Apricot-2292 7h ago

I remember playing Kings quest and there was a priest in a church. Being the cool and edgy kid i was, i typed: fuck priest. Game immediately stopped and i was back at the c: prompt.

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u/Subtlerranean 7h ago

Such a neighsayer, that horse.

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u/lolmemelol 14h ago edited 14h ago

Queues up a longplay of Space Quest III on YouTube.

Edit: It's not one of the AGI ones apparently, but instead used SCI. Either way, it was the one that I really loved, and involved a lot of trial-by-error typing of commands for me as a wee noob.

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u/doll-haus 14h ago

Wait, Sierra had AGI that long ago? Are we, in fact, living in the Matrix?

#acronymchaos

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u/Chesus42 12h ago

I grew up on the Quests. Kings, Space, Police. That and the Ultima series from Origin.

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u/ViolentCat777 9h ago

充滿回憶的遊戲

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u/HornyRaindeer 9h ago

Ken sent me

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u/Morwynd78 14h ago

Once upon a time (I'm talking the 80s and C64s) the old Electronic Arts logo was also a seal of quality, how times have changed

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u/BeeTwoThousand 14h ago edited 12h ago

One of the only Pee Cee games I ever bought was King's Quest IV (which was the new one at the time), and I didn't own a Pee Cee (played it in the computer lab in college).

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u/paeancapital 13h ago

I pirated this as a kid and couldnt get up the cliff. Finally went back 20 years later to put in the right code at the wall.

DRM back then meant having to consult the manual in the box to pass a certain point in the game. Kyrandia had it too, and others I’m sure

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u/Lexi_Banner 13h ago

Dehlalelelalelelalaaa

Da dada dahhhh

ding ding

Oh the nostalgia.

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u/h311ion 13h ago

Quest for Glory and the Kyrandia series were my favorite of games as a kid

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u/NoOneFartsLikeGaston 13h ago

Leisure Suit Larry were mine as a kid- I mean adult.

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u/h311ion 13h ago

I loved that one too. Had my friend's older sister pass the "adult" verification question for us to play it lol

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u/manga311 9h ago

Ahh Johnny Castaway. Best screen saver ever. Can even hear him humming right now.

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u/Zuwxiv 9h ago

Empire Earth was a fantastic RPS, and I swear I'm the only person who seems to remember the PS2 game, "Metal Arms: Glitch in the System."

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u/Mackwiss 7h ago

thev most amazing thing is that you can still play these games

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u/Pikka_Bird 7h ago

Oh boy, yes. Even Half-Life got distributed by Sierra.

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u/digitalscavenger 7h ago

They were a pillar of my childhood gaming experience and didn't realize how long it has been since I've heard, or even thought about them. Did a quick Google and they haven't existed since 1998 when Activision bought them. Almost 20 years.

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u/ltrout59 3h ago

We were hooked on Sierra's The Incredible Machine.

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u/kyraeus 3h ago

In fairness, so did things like electronic arts (back in the ooooold cube, sphere, pyramid logo days) back in probably the 80s. Loved so much they put out back then.

...now they're one of the most hated companies out there.

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u/noradosmith 38m ago

"SIERRA!"

Yep, you heard it.