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I've played most of the games listed and they're all pretty good, but
a great one no one's mention yet is Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning
Agaist the Parrot Creatures of Venus.
I think the title says it all, but in case you were wondering it
involves a pair of superagents (you can switch between them at will)
taking on the aforementioned Parrot Creatures of Venus. I really can't
do it justice here, but it's something like James Bond meets Douglas
Adams. Hilarious stuff. You really ought to give it a shot; as far as
I'm concerned it'd be worth playing for the footnotes alone.
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:14:58 +0000 (UTC), Michael Chapman Martin
<mcmartin@Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>Bruce Humphrey <brucehum@teleline.es> wrote:
>> I would like to get a list of recommended IF of the genre Science Fiction.
>
>> What are those Sci Fi adventure games that are a must? Why?
>
>Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin. Compelling gameplay, and it won a
>pile of awards. Also lots of shiny gadgets to play with.
>
>Insight, by Jon Ingold. Just *barely* science fiction, as it has aspects
>of what many would call "science fantasy" - but the future society
>motivates the plot, and the future world has some interesting details in
>it. Very, VERY bizarre structure, though.
>
>There are others that probably should be on the list - Bad Machine, LASH,
>Fail-Safe - but I haven't managed to actually get around to playing them
>yet, and so can't say whether or not they're must-plays, and I certainly
>couldn't say why.
>
>--Michael