Point and Click Adventure Games on the iPhone
Since my first encounter of 'The Secret of Monkey Island' on the Amiga in 1995 I have a been a huge fan of Point and Click Adventure games. When I discovered this very game again on the App Store of my iPhone 16 years later I had happy feelings rushing back to me similar to that of an overweight child chowing down on a piece of cake.
iOS devices have revived a once dead genre of gaming and it's back for us to drool over as we re-live our childhoods and get lost in the very games we've missed all these years. Here I have created a list for you to browse over and see if there is something you've missed when browsing the App Store yourself. My list is made up of Lucasarts style Point and Click Adventure games which in my opinion are the best of the genre.
The Secret of Monkey Island - Special Edition
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition
Hector: Badge of Carnage
Straandlooper and Telltale games have teamed up in this hilarious trilogy based on our foul-mouthed slob of a protagonist Hector in the fiction town of Clappers Wreake. A terrorist with a sniper rifle has hostages and is willing to execute them unless something is done to clean up their corrupt and drug riddled town. The police decide to put the best man on the case. HECTOR! Episodes 1, 2 and 3 are all available on the app store now.
Broken Sword: The Shadow of Templars - Director's Cut
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered
Beneath a Steel Sky - Remastered
Flight of the Amazon Queen
This Indiana Jones like classic is set around Joe King, a pilot hired to fly celebrity Faye Russel to the Amazon rainforest for a Movie she is working on. When they arrive not all is what it seems. I found this game rather buggy in areas and was annoyed to find towards the end of the game it had glitched so I could not complete it.
Simon the Sorcerer
Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe
Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb
The game begins with the protagonist, Rif of the Fox Tribe, being falsely accused of having stolen the Orb of Storms (a technological relic of humankind which is able to predict and control the weather). In order to prove his innocence and free his girlfriend Rhene, who is being held hostage by the Boar King, Rif is determined to find the real thief of the Orb.
City of Secrets
Our protagonist Moles the Mole and Rex the Dog are ice fishing when they stumble upon a secret world of moles. Rex is put in prison and Moles is on a mission to break him out. Stunning fluid graphics with a Disney Pixar feel to the game. One to look out for!
I hope this list will help you on your quest for Point and Click Adventure games. I have searched high and low for this list and now you can do with it what you will. It's been an emotional rollercoaster and I think I love you... really.
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