Play classic Sierra adventures for free -- with multiplayer
by JC Fletcher 
on Apr 22nd 2009 11:48AM
Hopefully this gets to you before the inevitable cease-and-desist: right now, a site called
Sarien (named after the antagonists in the original
Space Quest) is offering a selection of vintage Sierra adventure games, playable right in your browser. If you've never known
Leisure Suit Larry to be anything but a
terrible minigame collection, you can check out the
real game here, along with
Police Quest, The Black Cauldron, and the first two wonderful
Space Quest games.
As if a free, simple interface for enjoying these games weren't enough, Sarien adds a bizarre twist: (optional) multiplayer. When you go into a game, you'll be surrounded by identical avatars, all playing their own adventures. You can watch them explore and type commands (that's right,
typing), or you can provide tips to your fellow players. It can be pretty disorienting to adventure game fans (and
creators) but once you get used to the crowd, it's an interesting variation on these old games.
[Via
What They Play,
Offworld]
