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
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 4:57 PMI got so excited when I saw they were available…….then I saw the “not in australia” bit. Dammit.
url404
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 5:35 PMI 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
Tyris
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 5:02 PMKotaku 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! =(
Even with such a great platform as Steam… Australia still comes in last.
Aaron Clement
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 5:06 PMKeep in mind how much Activision loves Australian viewers when it comes to Steam. Call of Duty 4 for $us88.50 anyone?
Dalvin
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 5:17 PMeh, 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.
mottey
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 5:42 PMVery uncool! was planning on kicking back with a beer tonight and working my way through Kings Quest IV but noooo!
The Gamgee
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 5:43 PMQuest for Glory II is by far my favourite gaming memory. Damn it was good!
Andy
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 6:34 PMCheers 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!
Anders Russell
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 7:00 PMI 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.
Rod
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 8:42 PMMaybe they’re just waiting for Police Quest before they bring it out here. Yeah, I’m sure that’s it…
Ashling
Friday, July 24, 2009 at 9:21 PMI was getting all ready to log into steam and then… well, sad face.
Aaron Clement
Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 8:57 AMPerhaps 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 ?
chaz123
Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 11:31 AMActivision just crapped on my heart.
Vangalorr
Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 1:37 PMSteam 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.
Sacca
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 3:34 PMAny further news on this? Also, is it possible to ask Activision what other platforms they may be considering (Wii, XBox Live, PSN etc)? Thanks
jonoerik
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 6:47 PMShame about them not being released in Australia. I’d buy them! Anybody want to start up a web petition?