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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Now that came to my mind and I remembered that game. They gave a lot of hype for their graphics and I thought it was like Skyrim at that time...

But I never saw that game on Gameplay at the time. Was the N64 game good?

The only thing I remember was the quasimodo that appeared at the beginning... That without knowing him, I saw him and wanted to hit him until he knocked him out.

 

[simpatico]

I loved the NES version. Neighbors had it. We never got very far, but man it felt like anything could have been inside that castle.

 

[RoboFu]

Yeah the original was the best. The pc engine one was okay. N64 game was bad.

 

[Metnut]

A new one recently came out and it looked really cool. Did any of you guys play it?

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Only played the OG on NES. Kind of hilarious.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Give me a frying pan and I'll knock him out.

 

[Krathoon]

I would argue that all the Shadowgate games are good. They all share the same spirit.

I am not certain which ones were made by the original creators. I think it was the first one and Beyond Shadowgate.

I think there was a remake by the original creators too.

 

[lordrand11]

Now that came to my mind and I remembered that game. They gave a lot of hype for their graphics and I thought it was like Skyrim at that time...

But I never saw that game on Gameplay at the time. Was the N64 game good?

The only thing I remember was the quasimodo that appeared at the beginning... That without knowing him, I saw him and wanted to hit him until he knocked him out.

Fun puzzle based games that were great for a playthrough or two, the first one released on PC and NES at the time had some very solid chiptune music for the time.

The N64 version was a fun first person puzzler as you made your way up a tower to defeat the wizard.

The steam remake is phenomenal in it's own right, looks amazing, and features different degrees of puzzles depending on the difficulty setting!

 

[Krathoon]

There are two Beyond Shadowgates. One is the Turbografx CD game and the other is the recently released sequel to the NES Shadowgate.

 

[Krathoon]

The N64 game is actually pretty impressive for the time. It is a hidden gem.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Hard. Brutally so.

The remake has an easy mode and I still couldn’t beat it without looking up a few hints.

The series comes from the late 80s and has all the trademark features of the non-Lucasarts games in the genre.
You have to pretty much click on everything, throw everything you’ve found at every puzzle, and save at every step because you’re supposed to learn through failure. There’s lots of gotcha moments, and the gameplay is unforgivingly trial-and-error. Lots of hints that are supposed to help you, but that at one point get obscure enough that they almost only make sense in hindsight.

It’s the type of game you’re supposed to get through slowly, solving a handful of puzzles every day and thinking about it while you’re doing other things. Trying to brute force through it will only give you a headache.

 

[CliffBronger]

I only remember the Amiga version, I didn't play much of it as it was not my type of game at the time.

 

[Zelduh]

I remember all the ways to die were pretty funny

 

[Darkmakaimura]

The new game looks pretty good. I grew up on those old interactive fiction text adventures like Infocom games.

My first text adventures were the Scott Adams (not THAT conservative Dilbert guy) series like Voodoo Castle

 

[SF Kosmo]

The MacVenture games were definitely fun in their day. The remake of Shadow gate they did during the Kickstarter craze wasn't bad either.

 

[Sorcerer]

I found Shadowgate rather easy. But Deja-Vu and Uninvited were difficult, could not finish those two. First person point and clicks. I loved them and this style of game. I think these games would later breed the hidden object genre.

There is a free game on Steam called Disturbed that somewhat emulates the experience.

Might want to check it out:

 

[El Muerto]

I still have my NES copy. Played it all the time and it's still fun to play. I also have Shadowgate VR on my Quest 2 but it's pretty awful. Never tried the n64 version.

 

[sigmaZ]

I just played it for that theme song as a kid lol

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

This is a funny song

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

They were fun weekend rentals.
The first I played was on nes.
Good times.