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of the lid, which has to be rolled down first. A vital object you need at the start for instance is a bank statement, and you'd think that would be in your house's stylish roll-top desk. Preparing isn't quite as easy as it might be though, because this is a Sierra game and Sierra's motto was "WE HATE YOU AND HOPE YOU DIE A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DEATH". Really good ones, with bacon and lettuce and salt and vinegar crisps in a large baguette that. I have had sandwiches that last longer than Jerrod's plans. specifically, about fifteen minutes before, in which time our not-so-heroic Jerrod has to decide to seek his fortune, make his plans, arrange his passage, and get the hell out of Dodge before news that some people at the other end of the United States have found gold causes all prices to skyrocket and make the trip untenable. It takes place before the Gold Rush begins. (Ignoring the jingo-jangle bullshit of "A great AMERICAN hero!" of course, since Jerrod does literally nothing heroic during the entire story.) Talk about a poooooooisonous disappointment!īut, to give it credit, it was an interesting game, a pretty hefty one for the time, and a better looking adventure than its engine usually managed, especially during the opening New York section and this actually pretty cool intro previewing the journey. Its tech was old, its design pretty weak in many ways, and most importantly, there was no puzzle where you hit a yeti in the face with a pie. King's Quest V in 1990 was a mega-hit with just 500,000, and Gold Rush! wasn't even close to its level. In the words of Wikipedia, citation needed.
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The description on the original website for instance claims "With three separate routes from New York to California, it's like having three full adventures in one package!" which is just adorable, as we'll see, while the new Steam page claims to be offering "the retro flair of the original game which delighted more than 1 million gamers in the eighties." Hmm. Reading about Gold Rush! you find almost as much mythologising of the game as it tries to do about its subject. Indeed, and no-doubt right beside it, pencils lovingly stored in the head of the Master Chief, and a pair of zombie boobs turned into a hat-stand.