Gold Rush!

[Discoalucard]

www.hardcoregaming101.net/goldrush/goldrush.htm

There's a remake coming of this classic (??) Sierra adventure game coming soon, so the publishers decided to stick this up on Steam. It's $10, which is...an optimistic price tag.

[Sac (a.k.a Icaras)]

This is one of the few Sierra games that I never ever had the chance ti play back in the day (I can recall one of my high school teachers was a big fan of tghe game, and was really happy when I mentiopned Sierra, but super disapointed to discover this was one I didn't have or had played)

Based on the play through the Adventure Gamer did on his blog a while back, I can imagine this game would have been super frustating.

Kinda strange to see something so obsure being chosen for a remake. Makes me wonder if the current holders of the Sierra IP are selling the rights to some titles (Also makes me wish somebody would do some new and proper Space or King's quest games )

Edit: oh yes and $10 for an AGI game? Yes, way too optimistic. If it included the CD version of Freddy Pharkas(Why not? Same time period, isn't it?) I'd be all over that for $10 though.

[TheChosen]

Waaaaait wait wait wait wait.

What remake?

[Discoalucard]

I'm not clear on all of Sierra's licensing agreements, but some of their titles seem to have been designed by contractors, and it looks like the rights returned to them a long time ago. For instance, Christy Marx put up a free copy of Conquests of Camelot on her website. Gold Rush was actually being sold for a long time on a website with some elaborate wood box for like $55.

I don't know what compelled them to do a remake, unless this game actually secretly sold well and they're counting on classtime nostalgia to get sales. It's not exactly Oregon Trail when it comes to cultural pull.

[drpepperfan]

Well, it's out. store.steampowered.com/app/319230/

It, er, doesn't look too good. If you had told me this was from 2002, I would easily believe you.

[Discoalucard]

Holy shit it's $35?!?!

[drpepperfan]

Oh, yes, and it is insanely priced for a low budget remake of a completely unknown Sierra game.

I am truly baffled by this game.

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