Adding Lucasarts adventure games to Steam was a great idea, but adding classic Sierra adventure games to Steam? That’s an awesome idea.
As of right now, you can buy the King’s Quest Collection (which includes King’s Quest I-V) and the Space Quest Collection (which includes Space Quest I-VI), both of them optimised to run on your fancy new operating system, both of them priced at $US20. Well, $US15 until July 30.
Which is good news! Know what would be better news, Valve/Activision? Quest for Glory II. Get on it.
Kotaku AU Note: These aren’t available in Australia. I’ve pinged Activision to find out why.
Andrew
July 24, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I got so excited when I saw they were available…….then I saw the “not in australia” bit. Dammit.
Report Permalinkurl404
July 24, 2009 at 5:35 PM
I got incredibly excited then read your comment as the page loaded.
Way to raise me to the highest heights then bring me crashing back down again.
I have run out of :(‘s
Report PermalinkTyris
July 24, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Kotaku AU Note: These aren’t available in Australia. I’ve pinged Activision to find out why.
NOoOOOOooOO!!
At $15 USD, I was gonna purchase these tonight! =(
Report PermalinkEven with such a great platform as Steam… Australia still comes in last.
Aaron Clement
July 24, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Keep in mind how much Activision loves Australian viewers when it comes to Steam. Call of Duty 4 for $us88.50 anyone?
Report PermalinkDalvin
July 24, 2009 at 5:17 PM
eh, not that excited about it. i’d rather they did a nice remake like lucasarts did with monkey island. i’d happily wait and pay more money for that.
Report Permalinkmottey
July 24, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Very uncool! was planning on kicking back with a beer tonight and working my way through Kings Quest IV but noooo!
Report PermalinkThe Gamgee
July 24, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Quest for Glory II is by far my favourite gaming memory. Damn it was good!
Report PermalinkAndy
July 24, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Cheers for chasing up with Activision why it isn’t available here. I’m very eager to hear what they have to say for themselves. I was so excited when I first saw this news and then the old region restriction was quite a kick to the guts!
Report PermalinkAnders Russell
July 24, 2009 at 7:00 PM
I want to say that I’m done with Activision, and short of Modern Warfare 2 – I’m fairly certain I am. Let’s just see what ridiculous pricing structure they cook up this time.
Report PermalinkRod
July 24, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Maybe they’re just waiting for Police Quest before they bring it out here. Yeah, I’m sure that’s it…
Report PermalinkAshling
July 24, 2009 at 9:21 PM
I was getting all ready to log into steam and then… well, sad face.
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
July 25, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Perhaps they discovered a Harvey Normans out in Bourke who still had some copies of the original games on 5.25″ disks and didn’t want to take away sales from them ?
Report Permalinkchaz123
July 25, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Activision just crapped on my heart.
Report PermalinkVangalorr
July 26, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Steam really needs to hire someone to focus on getting publishers to specifically pester publishers to ensure games are available in Australia/NZ. If they made it someone’s focus I’m sure we would get allot more of these awesome games and packs that aren’t currently available.
Report PermalinkSacca
July 28, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Any further news on this? Also, is it possible to ask Activision what other platforms they may be considering (Wii, XBox Live, PSN etc)? Thanks
Report Permalinkjonoerik
July 28, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Shame about them not being released in Australia. I’d buy them! Anybody want to start up a web petition?
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