Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!gargoyle!ddsw1!corpane!disk!specter From: specter@disk.UUCP (Byron Max Guernsey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Game recommendation Summary: Try Ultimas.. Message-ID: <1850@disk.UUCP> Date: 19 Mar 90 15:49:17 GMT References: Distribution: na Organization: The Alaskan Organization for Amiga Domination Lines: 29 In article , blk@mitre.org (Brian L. Kahn) writes: > I would like a game recommendation for my son, eight. He doesn't like > arcade games much, finds them boring. On the other hand, stuff like > bard's tale is too wordy and obscure. Favorite game was Windham's > _Alice_in_Wonderland_, featuring thousands of screens that the > character moved (walked, ran, jumped, crawled) through, encountering > puzzles, some "agility" action, and characters that offered clues or > useful items you hit them with the right prompt (about twenty options > available through a joystick menu). Live action clues and puzzles. > Can anyone recommend another game sort of like that? > -- > B< Brian Kahn blk@security.mitre.org "may the farce be with you" If he WAS good with words (what kid is at 8) I would recommend Ultima III. I solved that many years back, but I wasn't 8. Maybe he should try Kings Quest, but then again- that is text based also. Haha get im a nintendo and Super Mario Bro's I, II, or III. They are packed with puzzles that don't require any reading- they have running, walking and jumping action. I think Mario Bros 3 just came out in march (I don't have a nintendo but I used to visit my nephew who is 7 and does have one.) Hope some of those help. But Brian, if you do get him a nintendo- count on playing it more than he does..haha. Byron -- / /\ \/ \ /\ |---| /\ / \ |---| /O---------------------------O / / \/ /\ /_/ \_| |-------------------| | / |The Legendary City of Frore| \/ \/\/ \/ /\ \| |/\_______n__/\/\__/\ |/\/ O---------------------------O \ \ \ / \ /-/ \/\__/\/\/ \ \/ \/specter@disk.UUCP Byron Guernsey