Players do move differently on different fields, slower on sand and faster on turf.īlade Runner is a 1997 point-and-click adventure game developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive for Microsoft Windows. The game features pretty simple menus, baseball cards of all the players, rosters and schedules, a system of "Good & Bad Days" that alter players' stats (one person may not like Tuesdays, or be much better when a particular person is on the other team, etc).
And, as with Backyard Sports titles, there are power-ups: pitches like the Big Freeze, Corkscrew, or Elevator. There's even batting practice, from Tee-ball to Hard difficulties, and a Spectator mode to let two teams duke it out while you watch. Play a single game, or an entire season (winning pennants and trophies and maybe getting into the Hall of Fame), or even online against other BB2001 players. Pick a Backyard Sports team or create your own, or pick from 30 licensed MLB teams (with uniforms and logos). During some sequences the player has to switch between Jason and the female lead character to progress.Īn in-game hint system is available, but nevertheless it is possible to get stuck in a dead end, having missed an important item from a previous chapter.Īs coach, you pick from either the 30 fictitious Backyard Kits, 31 real major league players portrayed as kids, or both. Many puzzles require quick thinking (player character is killed if it takes the player too long to figure out the solution) and "pixel hunting" for small hot spots on the screen. Most puzzles are inventory-based or multiple-choice dialogues, but there are also some action-based mini games, e.g. Jason is moved with the keyboard, while actions are performed with a point & click interface, which means that the player combines a symbol from the command line or the inventory with another object or person in the game world. Now Roberts starts his own expedition to help his brother and eventually race for a lost treasure. The plot follows the adventure of Jason Roberts, whose brother was attacked during an expedition into the Amazon. Surprisingly, there are no highlighted hotspots, you need to interact with items and parts of the environment that look useful.Īmazon: Guardians of Eden is an adventure which tries to capture the feel of a "B series" set in 1957 - complete with cliffhanger endings at the end of each chapter. All characters have been fully voiced and there is a soundtrack.
Al Emmo is fully controlled by the mouse, There is an inventory and the right mouse button cycles through actions to walk, search, talk, and pick up, use and combine items. He will also have to deal with his local nemesis Antonio.Īl Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine is a humourous adventure set in a western setting. Looking for means to attract her attention, he discovers she is linked to the mysterious Dutchman's mine, where many men venture inside in search of its riches. There is no other train coming for a week, but while looking for lodgings he meets the ravishing Rita Peralto, a girl he swears to make his. He travels to the forsaken valley of Anozira to meet Ivanna Lottakash, the mail-order bride of his dreams, but she dumps him when he has no cash to show.
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