Some of the best video game memories have been given to me, and countless others according to their commercial success, by LucasArts. This company has released several adventure games that will always have a special place in my heart.
Full Throttle Remastered - picture by BagoGames - source: flickr.com
In the 1990's LucasArts surprised the gaming community with some of the best and most original adventure games ever. While in the 1980's it was mainly Sierra Entertainment that ruled the then very popular adventure games market with titles like King's Quest, Police Quest and Space Quest, LucasArts took over in the next decade.
I'll never forget The Secret of Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max: Hit the Road, The Dig and the game of focus today, Full Throttle.
Man, did this game's opening blew me away when I first started it up back in 1995! The game's protagonist, Ben, redefined the meaning of the word "cool" for me back then... Like all the other LucasArts games of that era it had something special; those games had a soul and a heart with not only interesting and surprising story-lines, but characters you really could identify with, no matter how outlandish some of their adventures were.
In Full Throttle you are Ben the mega-cool leader of a biker-gang, who gets betrayed after accepting a deal with the owner of "Corley Motors". From the very first time Ben was introduced, I was hooked and wanted to know why the name "Maureen" reminded him of asphalt and trouble. Watch the original intro yourself:
LucasArts - Full Throttle (Intro)
The visuals, the dramatic camera-angles, the music, everything sucks you in. And the game doesn't let you go either. The story develops in surprising ways and the characters are well developed with some great voice-acting bringing them to life. Even Mark Hamill has a role in there as the evil Adrian Ripburger! Hamill is always very good with voices of evil. But the best voice in this game, and maybe all games I've ever played, is Ben's voice, acted by Roy Conrad...
I won't spoil the story, but will say that Ben loses his gang and that he'll be betrayed several times before all ends well. Players progress in the classic adventure game manner mostly, by solving puzzles and finding the items needed to solve them. A lot of dialogue and puzzle-solving is sometimes broken by rather clumsy action sequences on your chopper bike.
The game is so fondly remembered and was such a success in it's time that a remastered version has been published on multiple platforms; if you like to relive some great memories, or if you want to try a game with great storytelling and great characters, I would recommend Full Throttle without hesitation. Here's the remastered trailer:
Full Throttle Remastered - PSX 2016: First Look Trailer | PS4
I hope you liked this flashback. I'll do some more of the classics I played back in the days, even if only because it makes me feel good to talk about these gems ;-) Thanks so much for stopping by, fellow Steemians! Cheers!
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