8th December 2003, 11:06 PM
Yeah, if they could have just not made the garbage they'd be great... :D
Still, as I said, their good ones were frequently so good that you forgot about the bad ones.
I forgot a few that should be mentioned... primarially the Star Trek adventure games (Judgement Day, 25th Anniversary, etc...). They also published Planet Moon's first game, Giants: Citizen Kabuto.
A couple years ago I got the Interplay 15th Anniversary Collection -- 15 games for about $20 for Interplay's 15th Anniversary. It has some really good ones -- Conquest of the New World Gold, Fallout, Descent, Castles II, Dragon Wars, Shattered Steel -- some good/midrange -- M.A.X., Norse By Norsewest (Lost Vikings 2), Virtual Pool, Battle Chest, Stonekeep -- and some not as good (though still okay) -- Redneck Rampage, Beat the House, Solitare Deluxe, Whiplash.
Good cross-section of Interplay games (well, except for the Star Trek ones...). Worth the money. :)
Still, my list of Interplay's best games would read like a list of Black Isle/Bioware games -- Torment, Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II, Fallout, and Fallout 2 are all right near the top of the list...
Oh, I never played that LOTR game. Heard of it, but didn't play it... and yes, it didn't get sequels because at that point LOTR hadn't got resurrected yet.
Giants brings up one more thing... the influence they have had on some of today's top developers. They published Blizzard in their early console games, helping them get up and running. And Bioware in their early times, helping them resurrect the RPG genre with Baldur's Gate. And Planet Moon with Giants... that company's not on that level yet of course, but Giants was great and their new game published by Lucasarts (Armed & Dangerous) looks great. And now of course Obsidian, founded by their castoffs...
Here's one.
http://www.inxile-entertainment.com (Brian Fargo, founder of Interplay,'s new company)
http://www.obsidianent.com/ (Feargus Urquhart)
Still, as I said, their good ones were frequently so good that you forgot about the bad ones.
I forgot a few that should be mentioned... primarially the Star Trek adventure games (Judgement Day, 25th Anniversary, etc...). They also published Planet Moon's first game, Giants: Citizen Kabuto.
A couple years ago I got the Interplay 15th Anniversary Collection -- 15 games for about $20 for Interplay's 15th Anniversary. It has some really good ones -- Conquest of the New World Gold, Fallout, Descent, Castles II, Dragon Wars, Shattered Steel -- some good/midrange -- M.A.X., Norse By Norsewest (Lost Vikings 2), Virtual Pool, Battle Chest, Stonekeep -- and some not as good (though still okay) -- Redneck Rampage, Beat the House, Solitare Deluxe, Whiplash.
Good cross-section of Interplay games (well, except for the Star Trek ones...). Worth the money. :)
Still, my list of Interplay's best games would read like a list of Black Isle/Bioware games -- Torment, Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II, Fallout, and Fallout 2 are all right near the top of the list...
Oh, I never played that LOTR game. Heard of it, but didn't play it... and yes, it didn't get sequels because at that point LOTR hadn't got resurrected yet.
Giants brings up one more thing... the influence they have had on some of today's top developers. They published Blizzard in their early console games, helping them get up and running. And Bioware in their early times, helping them resurrect the RPG genre with Baldur's Gate. And Planet Moon with Giants... that company's not on that level yet of course, but Giants was great and their new game published by Lucasarts (Armed & Dangerous) looks great. And now of course Obsidian, founded by their castoffs...
Here's one.
http://www.inxile-entertainment.com (Brian Fargo, founder of Interplay,'s new company)
http://www.obsidianent.com/ (Feargus Urquhart)
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