Top 10 Best EGA Sierra Entertainment Video Games

Well, obviously, my favorite video game of all time surely tops this list. In fact, the top two games on my list are my favorite video games of all time.

The series follows an adventurer (which you get to name) who wants to be a hero. In all five installments, he visits a different place in a different season, and each setting has its own mythology. (Well, III kind of destroyed this in a few ways, but it was a good game nevertheless.)

In this second entry of the series, we find our hero in the Arab country of Shapeir (a play on the word Persia), in the town of Shapeir. Something that makes this game stand out from the others is that, unlike the other entries in the series where you could do different quests in whatever order you wanted, this game has its own calendar. The whole game concludes in thirty days, so you must plan each day carefully.

While the first sixteen days can get repetitive, as they are set in the colorful town of Shapeir with different quests occurring on different days, you must think of what to do during the remaining time you aren't doing a quest. To be fair, the quests can be completed before it's even mid-morning. It's still pretty fun, though.

On Day 17, when you have saved Shapeir from different problems, you will go to the town of Raseir (a play on the word Sierra), Shapeir's twin sister city. Things get really interesting here. Unlike Shapeir, Raseir is under a dictatorship. After the previous emir is overthrown, his brother takes his place, and tyranny falls over the city of Raseir. It gets quite spooky and nostalgic for me.

My only real problem with the game is the alleyway system. In the towns of Shapeir and Raseir, to get to different areas of the town, you must walk through an endless labyrinth. While you do have a map, you first need to buy one. Buying maps isn't a problem, but you need to change your money first. Ugh! And you must go into this labyrinth for that.

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At number 2, we have the first entry in the Quest For Glory series, "So You Want to Be a Hero" (pun intended). But seriously, this game is almost as good as the sequel, even though it has a few flaws that hold it back.

This game takes place in the Germanic town of Spielburg (German for game castle) in the valley of Spielburg, a valley made up of beautiful forest. As the first entry in the series, it was honestly very impressive. It was the first video game ever to combine point-and-click adventure games with RPG games, and it was a blast! It worked so well. The way your character fought monsters and completed quests was amazing. The nostalgia is excellent as well!

However, there are a few flaws, I'll admit. For one, battling happens a bit too often, I guess. I mean, it sometimes feels like every fifth background has a new enemy ready to attack you, but it's not too big of a problem. I also think a lot of the characters in the game are just "there" and don't serve much development.

While the royal family receives backstories, as well as Shameen, Sheema, and Abdullah Doo (because they were characters in the sequel as well), the rest aren't that interesting, to be honest. Sure, there's Erasmus as well, but other than these, there aren't a lot of interesting characters in the game. However, I won't complain too much because the gameplay is beyond excellent.

When it comes to the normal Sierra Entertainment games, not the RPG ones, I think it's safe to say that the third entry in the Space Quest series is obviously the most memorable one as well as the best one overall.

The different settings and colors used for them are just mind-blowing for a game that uses the EGA color palette. It just looks so beautiful overall. There was nothing remotely bad about this game.

Now, okay, I guess the story could've been more developed, but overall, I think it was a perfect ending for the first Space Quest trilogy. (The fourth one completely ruined the series, honestly, and don't get me started on the fifth one. The sixth one is the best of the three but has serious problems as well.)

The King's Quest series was the first video game series Sierra Entertainment made, and it is usually considered the weakest one as well. I can understand that. However, this is viewed as the worst of the series. I honestly think it was the best.

Overall, it was the most fun. The puzzles weren't too annoying, and the backgrounds were gorgeous, especially towards the end, which gave me hyper-nostalgic feelings. I'll admit it feels a bit similar to the original in a few ways, but overall, I like it the most in the series.

Space Quest is surely one of the most memorable series by Sierra. While the third one is my favorite, the second one is a close second for many reasons. For one, I really like the setting. Labion is a very lush and beautiful forest planet, and the plot was quite good. We get to meet Sludge Vohaul, the mastermind behind the plan in the first entry, and it's quite exciting.

Although it was boring sometimes, you gotta admit it was quite good for a video game made on the AGI.

Of the two Sierra games I've played, I liked this one more than Police Quest. Both are great, though.

The first Space Quest game is an awesome beginning to the Space Quest trilogy!

As you start the game, you realize that you've woken up in a janitor's room during an invasion of the spaceship Arcada. You're the only one who has survived and must escape the ship while learning about a quest to retrieve the star generator. This device, when in the wrong hands, can destroy entire galaxies. The star generator on Arcada has been stolen by evil aliens known as the Sariens. Roger Wilco must destroy the star generator to ensure the safety of millions of galaxies.

The plot is quite good, and I really liked the settings in the game. Kerona was a cool desert planet, and so on.

The Police Quest trilogy is a lot more realistic compared to other Sierra Entertainment games, as they focus more on the job of being a police officer and fighting drug dealers. I think the third entry was the best one, but that was VGA. Of the first two games, I think the original was the best. It was very interesting and exciting, and there was almost never a boring moment. Definitely a pretty good game.

This game has both excellent features and some seriously annoying ones as well.

Let's talk about the great stuff first. It's a huge improvement over the first two games when looking objectively. The story is much deeper and more interesting than in the previous two entries. The setting is very interesting, and we actually get a very intimidating villain.

This one is about the child of King Graham and his wife (I don't remember her name). Their son, Alexander, gets kidnapped as a baby by the evil wizard Manannan, who brainwashes him into thinking he has a much better life than everyone else and is his slave. It's quite an interesting plot, and Alexander must find out about his true self, who he is, and get back to the land of Daventry, his actual home country.

However, this game has some serious flaws. It was just way too hard and complicated at times. At some points in the game, you need to use magic formulas and gather ingredients for that. However, you are given no clue about what you should have and in what order you must use ingredients. From what I remember, this can get frustrating at times. However, it's still a great game for what it is.