Game Stuff

I never learned to play Nintendo or any video games. The joystick and gamepad were awkward. But give me a keyboard and a mouse, and I became an avid gamer. Most all of the games I like best are from Sierra.

• Online games - ImagiNation Network was my first on-line gaming experience. I frequented the card and board games in the Clubhouse, and had just begun to venture into Yserbius Land for the role-playing games. I also found the Sierra hint boards. When INN shut down, I found FREE game servers.  Some of the free game servers I've tried are Pogo, Yahoo Games, WON.net and Flipside, and also MSN GameZone and EA - which have both free and paid games. For a really comprehensive list of online gaming sites check out RJ's Gamesites
• Neopets - is a virtual pet site with games, trading, auctions, and more.  It is great for kids, but I know a lot of grown-ups with Neopets, too.  Click on the Neopet above.
• Kings Quest - KQ5 was the first game that really captured my attention. I played it for weeks, and frequented the hint boards on INN and the Prodigy Games BB. Later, I went back and tried KQ 1-4. These older games used a text parser where you typed commands like "open door" instead of point and click. I have all of the King's Quest games including KQ8 - Mask of Eternity. Hints at Sierra Message Boards
• Betrayal at Krondor - is my all time favorite game. BAK is a turn-based RPG, based on the "Riftwar Saga" by Raymond E. Feist. I played this game for months. Download free from  BAK Help Web - Hints at Sierra Message Boards and The Common Room
• Betrayal in Antara - was mistakenly advertised as a "sequel" to Betrayal at Krondor. People were disappointed that BiA was either too much like BAK, or not enough like it. Sheesh! It was a similar game that used the same game engine, but with its own story and characters. I enjoyed it. Sierra allows fanfic based in the world of Antara. - Hints at Sierra Message Boards and The Common Room
• Return to Krondor - is the true sequel to Betrayal at Krondor, and is again based on Raymond E Feist's books. Though not quite as good as BAK, it came very close and the 3d was great. My only complaints were that a couple of the chapters were too short, and there weren't enough side quests. - Hints at Sierra Message Boards and The Common Room
• Wheel of Time - is a FPS (first person shooter) game which uses the Unreal engine and it includes both single player and multiplayer options. It is based on the world in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. The game story takes place before the books, so you won't see Rand Al'Thor or any of the characters from the books.  http://www.planetwheeloftime.com/ - I loved the books, but couldn't get into this game.
• Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern - based on Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern. The PC version had too many bugs.  I bought the Dreamcast version, but I had trouble with the controls. It looked good, but was disappointing.