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-Apparently the most powerful spell in King’s Quest III is a badly timed “JUMP.” 😂

Used Flame Dart on Julanar and broke the actual screen. 🔥💥

When Sierra’s had enough of your nonsense, even the GAME OVER needs special effects. 😂

Roger found a giant mushroom in the forest. In a Mario game, that’s a power-up. In a Sierra game, the mushroom gets the power-up. 🍄💀

#SpaceQuest2 #SierraGames #RetroGaming #PointAndClick #GamingFails

Leisure Suit Larry 2 travel advice:

There’s a timer you can’t see. Finish everything before nightfall, or Big Mama’s party will finish you. 💀

Even Graham’s enemies showed up to celebrate his wedding day. 💒

The only one who wasn’t happy for him was Batman. 🦇

#KingsQuest2 #SierraGames #RetroGaming

Can we beat Space Quest II in under one minute?

The Calm spell worked perfectly.

The ogre was completely relaxed while pulling our hero to pieces. 🧘‍♂️

Sierra never said the enemy would stop killing you—only that he’d feel better while doing it...

Hero’s Quest gave us a fire spell and an ice giant.

Naturally, we assumed the game wanted us to put those two things together.

The game disagreed. 🔥❄️😂

Larry remembered to use protection.

Unfortunately, he forgot the crucial second step: removing the evidence before walking downstairs.

The police were waiting, the condom was still equipped, and the trial was apparently skipped entirely. 😂

GAME OVER.

The Hero survived monsters, bandits and Baba Yaga… only to discover that in Hero’s Quest, even the graveyard has opening hours. 💀😂

Apparently walking among the dead after sunset without the Undead Unguent was considered a very permanent mistake.

🚨 OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM LOST WAGES TAXI SERVICES 🚨

We are investigating reports that one of our drivers accepted a passenger’s box of wine, drank it behind the wheel and crashed shortly afterwards.

Until the investigation is complete, passengers are kindly asked to bring beer instead. 🍷🚕💥

The bartender insists that you pay before drinking the Dragon’s Breath.

Not because he doesn’t trust you…

He just knows there won’t be anyone left to collect the money from afterwards. 🔥🍺

King’s Quest gives you a magical ring that makes Graham invisible.

Apparently, the giant continues respecting your privacy even after you take it off. 😂

Sierra logic: once you’ve been declared invisible, nobody is allowed to look again.

Back in the ’80s, Sierra convinced parents their games were educational…

And to be fair, Leisure Suit Larry did teach us one extremely important lesson:

Larry Laffer survived the streets of Lost Wages… only to be defeated by Lefty’s plumbing. 🚽

Travelling through Daventry is considerably safer when accompanied by a goat.

Apparently, every villain in the kingdom fears this goat.

So the goat will face thieves, ogres, witches and wizards… but a poorly lit tunnel is where he draws the line.

Five Sierra classics. Five completely different ways to lose your patience. 😂

Which part did you struggle with the most—and what nightmare did I leave off the list?

If I ever got sucked into a Sierra game, I’d rather take my chances with Graham.

The man falls out of a tree, drops an entire screen and simply carries on.

Roger Wilco would probably be more fun to hang out with… but judging by what a one-centimetre fall does to him, the end would always be near. 😂

It wasn’t changing technology or poor business decisions. The production costs of maintaining a fully staffed underground facility to repair every adventure-game character who died simply became unsustainable.

Larry alone nearly bankrupted the company.