AGD Interactive
AGD Interactive (AGDI),
History
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The Company was founded in 2001 by Britney K. Brimhall and Christopher T. Warren as Tierra Entertainment, the company is best known for their remakes of the popular King's Quest games.[1] AGD Interactive uses Adventure Game Studio to create their games.[2]
On December 10, 2003,[3] they ceased using the name Tierra Entertainment and began referring to themselves as AGD Interactive (AGD stands for Anonymous Game Developer). Subsequently, the two lead designers are credited as "Anonymous Game Designer #1" (Britney K. Brimhall) and "Anonymous Game Developer #2" (Christopher T. Warren).[4] Information about the team can be found on their website.[5]
They have also formed a commercial company, Himalaya Studios, which will focus on creating original, point-and-click adventure games with high-resolution graphics.[5]
Released games
King's Quest I Remake
AGDI's first release was a critically acclaimed
King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones
One year after the initial release of their King's Quest I remake, on December 3, 2002, AGDI followed up with the release of their second free remake, a complete overhaul of
King's Quest III Redux
In February 2011, AGDI released a remake of King's Quest III: To Heir is Human.[1] The game is titled King's Quest III Redux, and continues the non-canon plot and lore that was established in AGDI's previous King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones remake. The game is not a 1:1 remake and is not a complete overhaul like KQ2+ was, but features more fleshed-out characters, new areas, and puzzles not seen in the original Sierra version.
Quest for Glory II Remake
AGDI's remake of the popular Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire was released on August 24, 2008.[1][irrelevant citation] The remake includes extra content (such as a Saurus Repair Shop that was cut from the original release due to memory constraints), a more interactive battle system, additional dialogue interface options, and the option to have a simplified alleyway layout since the original was hard to navigate.[8] Polygon considers the game to be one of the best fan remakes of a video game ever.[9] PC World's Jim Norris also gave the game 4 out of 5 stars, considering it a "hand-polished classic", and the best of AGD Interactive's remakes.[10]
Canceled games
Royal Quest
The King's Quest remake was being developed simultaneously with a parody of the same game entitled Royal Quest: Retrieving Lost Shit.[11] The game was canceled, as the team "believed that it did not promote the values and tone they were trying to preserve in remaking the old Sierra classics."[12]
Space Quest II
Until early 2002, the AGDI development team was working on a
See also
- Himalaya Studios, the equivalent commercial company for original games
- Infamous Adventures, another development team that remakes classic Sierra games
References
- ^ a b c d AGD Interactive. "AGD Interactive".
- ^ "List of Games created with Adventure Game Studio".
- ^ "AGD Interactive". Archived from the original on August 29, 2005.
- ^ "History of Himalaya Studios".
- ^ a b "Himalaya Studios - About". www.himalayastudios.com.
- ^ "JA: The State of Adventure Gaming". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010.
- ^ a b "Adventure Gamers Review of King's Quest II+ VGA".
- ^ "AGDI Quest for Glory II FAQ".
- ^ "Best games of July 2014 - The Besties". Polygon. August 6, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ Norris, Jim (July 20, 2012). "Step Into Newfound Adventure With Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire". Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ^ "Article on Royal Quest". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ "Designer Journals 11/04/01, including reasons for canceling Royal Quest". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.