Infocom, Sierra, and Activision Adventures on Sale

GOG.com has a promotion this weekend on Activision adventure games (the referral link supports ScummVM, a program that can run most of these games on modern systems).

This includes not only the Activision developed adventure games such as Zork: Grand Inquisitor, but the properties owned by Activision such as the Infocom and Sierra catalog. There's a lot of classic games on sale here, from the aforementioned Zork series (including the original Zork text adventures/interactive fiction), to Sierra's Quest series (King's Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory), to the Police Quest and Gabriel Knight series, and lesser known gems such as Torin's Passage.

Torin's Passage Comes Out Of Retirement At GOG

Torin's Passage is the latest Sierra game to come out of retirement at GOG.com, courtesy of the latest Sierra IP holder, Activision.

Torin's Passage is a family friendly adventure game developed by Al Lowe (who is most known as the developer of the not family friendly Leisure Suit Larry series). In the game, Torin, a son of a farmer from the planet Strata must rescue his family and defeat the evil sorceress Lycentia.

The game is considered a cult classic today, as although it's a children's game, it's a fun adventure full of humour only adults would understand and the puns Al Lowe is known for.