Adventures for consoles

[blue_veilvet]

Hi,

I'm looking for funny and enjoyable adventure games for consoles. I know that this genre is typically found and designed for PCs, but currently I have no comfortable access to a Windows-PC, so I'm looking for games for the NES, SNES, Sega Master System, Genesis, PS 1-2, Gamecube and Gameboy (Color/Advance). I'd also like to know if there is mouse-support for the consoles/games.

I'd be really glad if you guys could help me out

[Pulsar_t]

Broken Sword I & II (PS) and Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon (PS2)
The City of Lost Children (PS)
Escape from Monkey Island (PS2)
Discworld II and Discworld Noir (PS)
Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy (PS2)
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (PS2)
Riven: The Sequel to Myst (PS) and Myst III: Exile (PS2)
Syberia and Syberia 2 (PS2)
Snatcher (SegaCD)
Rise of the Dragon (SegaCD)
Shadow of Destiny (PS2)
The X-Files (PS)
Little Big Adventure (PS)
Return to Zork (PS)
Maniac Mansion (NES)
Scooby Doo Mystery (SNES)
Secret of Monkey Island (SegaCD)
Mansion of Hidden Souls (SegaCD)
Blazing Dragons (PS)

Of course you might want to check out reviews of these games before taking the plunge

[Ack]

I would make a quick note on the X Files game. It does not like being run on the PS2, so if you want to play it, use a PS1.

[Hatta]

Pulsar_t got most of them. There's also DejaVu, Shadowgate, and Uninvited for the NES. Those were ports from the Mac. Star Trek 25th anniversary was also ported to the NES. And there was a port of King's Quest V, but the graphics are really bad.

If you have access to a non-windows PC, there's almost certainly a port of ScummVM or Dosbox you could play some great adventure games on. I know there's a build of ScummVM for the Gamecube if you can run homebrew.

[executioner]

There's SCUMMVM on PS2.

[Snickerd00dle]

if you are looking for funny, then i would go for psychonauts or beyond good and evil, both can be bought for ps2, beyond good and evil can be bought for gamecube as well...i dont know if that is the kinda stuff you are looking for though

[blue_veilvet]

How I love this forum. When I opened this thread, I had no clue, and found nothing like a list of console adventures anywhere on the net.

And now I don't know where even to start!

I'll definitely take a look at the title's in Pulsar_t's list.

Also thanks for the ScummVM advice, I got it running on my Fedora machine (the first time I actually have sound on Monkey Island 2).

[blue_veilvet]

if you are looking for funny, then i would go for psychonauts or beyond good and evil, both can be bought for ps2, beyond good and evil can be bought for gamecube as well...i dont know if that is the kinda stuff you are looking for though

I'm looking more for the actual game mechanics of adventures, but I think Psychonauts would also be interesting nevertheless.

[Snickerd00dle]

if you are looking for funny, then i would go for psychonauts or beyond good and evil, both can be bought for ps2, beyond good and evil can be bought for gamecube as well...i dont know if that is the kinda stuff you are looking for though

I'm looking more for the actual game mechanics of adventures, but I think Psychonauts would also be interesting nevertheless.

ha, i saw that after i had posted, Sorry, regardless, psychonauts is ton of fun

[arion]

Since most games have been pointed out i can only think of Discworld for the saturn.