The End of Psygnosis/Sony Liverpool

[TEKTORO]

They had the best box art back in the day.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

I just ordered a copy of Microcosm for the ol' 3DO.

[Hobie-wan]

I always liked the fact they used Roger Dean art on the covers.

It sucks they will be gone as they made a lot of well loved games. However there really aren't any games they made that I liked all that much. Ah well. More for Mr Popo to say I have no taste.

[Key-Glyph]

Oh, this is sad. Lemmings is an obvious favorite, but I love Wiz n' Liz even more. It's ridiculously fun.

And, after checking their list of games -- they made DOS-era point-and-click adventures based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld books?! I can't believe I didn't know about this! That's a sure-fire recipe for instant awesome!

Off to eBay.

[Ivo]

Oh, this is sad. Lemmings is an obvious favorite, but I love Wiz n' Liz even more. It's ridiculously fun.

And, after checking their list of games -- they made DOS-era point-and-click adventures based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld books?! I can't believe I didn't know about this! That's a sure-fire recipe for instant awesome!

Off to eBay.

Psygnosis was the publisher of those games. I only played a bit of the first one, which was quite funny (but to some extent recycles content from the books). It has a bit of a reputation for having nonsensical puzzles as well - but what would you expect from Discworld, right?

Definitely have a go at them and I think you will enjoy the games, but don't have too high hopes or I think you may be disappointed!

You may like to know (or already know) there are also games based on works of Douglas Adams, and in fact Spaceship Titanic was a game first and converted to a book by Adams ' friend Terry Jones.

Ivo.

[Valkyrie-Favor]

Ooh, that is crushing. There goes my childhood...although they stuck to WipEout and F1 for over 10 years, they made some brilliant games.

[Luke]

Come to think of it, Lemmings is what made me poo-poo consoles when I was a kid. Always loved consoles, but I believe it was in 1991 when at Hane's Mall in Winston Salem, NC, I went to an Electronics Boutique, and near the back of the store where no one ever was, sat a PC with Lemmings running.

Hooked. I was hooked. I wasn't the best at it, but loved blowing up the Lemmings and hearing that cute "On No!" before exploding into pixels. Sadly, I don't own a copy. So many times I walked passed a "best hits" pc copy at Target or Wal-Mart and didn't pay the $2.99 to own the little gem of a game.

[Ivo]

I think the Amiga version of Lemmings still holds the exclusive on the simultaneous 2-player mode with two mice

Ivo.

[wip3outguy7]

[dust_hound]

Back in the old days, i had a fondness for Baal, even though looking back, it probably played like doo-doo.

[Sideroller]

Only game of theirs I bought and really played were Colony Wars. Really in-depth and challenging game, not one of my favorites - but definitely worth-while to try out. I wondered what happened to Psygnosis, guess they're gone for good now.