{"id":274,"date":"2011-01-17T20:43:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T18:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/?p=274"},"modified":"2011-03-22T19:07:16","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T17:07:16","slug":"oldschool-classic-sierra-games-now-in-a-browser-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?p=274","title":{"rendered":"OldSchool: Classic Sierra Games Now in a Browser Near You!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-193\" title=\"Gaming\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mame.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/>Anyone that knows me very well will know that I am a HUGE Sierra games fan.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-277\" href=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?attachment_id=277\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-277\" title=\"sierralogo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sierra.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have boxes of the games made by them. Some are on floppy\u00a0 and stiffy disks and then also the more modern ones that are on CD or DVD. \u00a0Sadly I have not had chance to play a game for about 2 years now.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you wondering what types of games Sierra made, you must surely have heard of the &#8220;Quest&#8221; games. \u00a0Kings Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Heroes Quest. \u00a0Not ringing a bell? \u00a0OK how about &#8220;Leisure Suit Larry&#8221;? \u00a0OK&#8230;now you MUST know who I am talking about&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-278\" href=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?attachment_id=278\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-278\" title=\"lsl1a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/lsl1a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/lsl1a.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/lsl1a-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/> <\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-279\" href=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?attachment_id=279\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-279\" title=\"lsl1b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/lsl1b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/lsl1b.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/lsl1b-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-280\" href=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?attachment_id=280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-280\" title=\"sq1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sq1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sq1.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sq1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/> <\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-291\" href=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?attachment_id=291\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-291\" title=\"sq1a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sq1a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sq1a.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sq1a-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-292\" href=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?attachment_id=292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-292\" title=\"kq1a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kq1a.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kq1a.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kq1a-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-281\" href=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?attachment_id=281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-281\" title=\"Kings Quest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kq1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kq1.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kq1-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Imagine my surprise when I saw link to a website called <a href=\"http:\/\/sarien.net\" target=\"_blank\">Sarien.net<\/a> that allows you to play some of the Sierra games online.<\/p>\n<p>Yup, no need to worry if you have Windows or Linux or now even an <a href=\"http:\/\/ipad.sarien.net\" target=\"_blank\">iPad<\/a>, yes just fire up your browser and start playing, no mess and no fuss! \u00a0They have even gone so far as to add multiplayer support. Now you can play with others on screen &#8211; I must admit seeing 4 Larry&#8217;s on the screen too getting used to \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>They have &#8220;Gold Rush!&#8221;, &#8220;Kings Quest 1, 2 and 3&#8221;, &#8220;Leisure Suit Larry 1&#8221;, &#8220;Police Quest 1&#8221;, &#8220;Space Quest 1 and 2&#8221;, &#8220;The Black Cauldron&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you have an iPad you must check out <a href=\"http:\/\/ipad.sarien.net\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ipad.sarien.net<\/a> , seriously how cool is this bookshelf with the boxart linking to the online game&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-286\" href=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?attachment_id=286\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-286\" title=\"sierrabookshelf\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scanlen.com\/madmike\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sierrabookshelf-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sierrabookshelf-300x261.jpg 300w, http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sierrabookshelf.jpeg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So go on, enjoy some OldSchool games and visit <a href=\"http:\/\/sarien.net\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/sarien.net<\/a> or on iPad \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ipad.sarien.net\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ipad.sarien.net<\/a> , you won&#8217;t be disappointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone that knows me very well will know that I am a HUGE Sierra games fan. I have boxes of the games made by them. Some are on floppy\u00a0 and stiffy disks and then also the more modern ones that are on CD or DVD. \u00a0Sadly I have not had chance to play a game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","category-sierra"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1054,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions\/1054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}