So, the other day I was just out searching the web to see if there's been any progress in getting one of my all time favorite games - Discworld Noir - running smoothly on modern systems, when I stumbled upon this reddit thread. Apparently someone made Discworld Noir playable on a virtual machine in your browser!

Tried it out yesterday, and it seems to work just fine - the loading times are a bit long and saving your game is a bit of a hassle, but still interesting to see it running so smoothly/without crashes out of your browser. Maybe a proper GOG re-release isn't too far off? 

Anyway, figured it might be of interest to some of y'all as well!

I recently got an old 386 computer and I’m looking forward to playing some old adventures. I’ve got most games of that era (assuming the disks work) so I want to hear from you. Suggest a game to play.

Note: I’m not sure of the specs so assume everything is generic.

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Let’s talk adventure games!!!

The annual Halloween adventure game tournament is coming soon:
https://mysterymanor.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15439

For anyone interested, haven't tried it myself but there's apparently been another restoration project of sorts for Gabriel Knight 3 that's been going on to get the game looking and running better on modern computers.  Requires a copy of the game to try it but the information is here: https://gk3.lazy.kiwi/

The devINITIVE Showcase is an event run by DjPanchi and Caye to give visibility to studios from Spain and Latin America. Its second edition aired on September 16: around ninety games across two hours of trailers.

Sat through the whole thing and pulled out the 21 that fit what we're into: Legends of Castile, Tuned In, Vem Exu!, The Outer Frame, Murky, The Lost Land of Bahía Blanca, Unboxing Mr. Coo, Cubex, Their Story, Mesektet, Donna: The Firebreather, Historias de la Atalaya: El Brujo, Just in Crime, Deep Pixel Melancholy, The Midnight Barber, Indoors: Trespasser, Red Dreams, Scholar Adventure: Lost Night, You Are Family, Welcome to Mars 9 and HUMAN.EXE.

There's a Spanish fantasy point & click, folk horror in La Mancha, a late-night barbershop for supernatural creatures in 1970s Barcelona, and even a game with graphics captured on a real Game Boy Camera. Most come from two or three-person teams, so if any of them grabs you, wishlist it.

Subtitles available in several languages.

Which one caught your eye?

Saw this list on tumblr and though you would all get a kick out of it.

Hi everyone,

I'm the creator and owner of The Worlds of Origin, a sci-fi point-and-click adventure, and I'm directly involved in its development. I'd like to share the free demo, Dig Site 6, and hear how it plays for fellow adventure-game fans.

Mira and Edric are on an archaeological expedition on Etera II, investigating remarkably well-preserved alien ruins. Explore the opening chamber, talk with your companions and work through environmental and inventory puzzles as the team gathers evidence about the civilization's age.

Play the demo: https://world-of-origin.com/e1p1/index.html

It runs directly in a desktop browser with mouse controls. The game is English only. There is no download and no account is required to play; an optional verified account supports manual saves.

This is Part 1 of Episode 1, Forbidden Knowledge. The complete episode is still in development, with its release date to be determined.

I'd particularly appreciate feedback on two things:

1. Controls: Is it clear how to move, examine things and use the interface? If an interaction was confusing, where did that first happen?

2. Puzzle clarity: Do the clues and the game's responses give you enough information to decide what to try next? If you felt stuck, what seemed to be missing?

Even a short attempt is useful. For technical problems, please mention your browser, device and what happened. Please keep puzzle solutions out of replies so others can discover them for themselves.

For transparency, development uses AI-assisted tools, including coding assistance, generated visual assets and generated dialogue voices.

Thanks for taking a look. I'm happy to discuss your feedback here.

Game website: https://world-of-origin.com/

Hello forum, I'm releasing a short interactive DVD game, and I thought you might be interested to see it.

Make choices, solve puzzles and discover secrets - it's a horror-themed narrative game about what lurks inside 'dead' physical media - and uses classic DVD menu navigation as part of the experience. Playable as a standalone PC game and as a Physical DVD. Please wishlist on Steam if you like the look of it!

Releasing October 9th.
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On a side note: I also wanted to say... I still feel quite heartbroken about AdventureGamers.com... it was my favorite game news website, and unfortunate what's happened to it. Would be amazing if there was an archive of all the reviews, but I can't seem to find one? Nonetheless, finding Adventure Game Hotspot has given me hope, and I look forward to frequenting regularly 

Ben

Welcome to Mars 9 releases on September 16 — a pixel-art adventure game from Spanish studio Sonomio Games. You wake up on a luxury station orbiting Mars with no memory at all, and a very polite AI assures you there's nothing to fear here.

Everyone else on board is a little too calm. A little too agreeable. And the more you ask, the less the answers add up.

Put together a review covering everything worth knowing, no spoilers. It's short, which isn't a bad thing, and not everything it promises quite lands, but the premise really hooks you.

Subtitles available in several languages.

What do you make of the manipulative-AI trope in games?