The Adventures Never End

[Atari]

The adventure game isn't dead, it's just resting. And dedicated fans deprived of new titles are cranking them out themselves. Wired has the story.

Night of the Hermit is one of many games available online that were created by fans of the dying genre. From Space Quest to Zak McCracken, fans determined to see the adventure continue have written their own chapters to the sagas. German programmer Sascha Borisow devoted hundreds of hours to writing The New Adventures of Zak McCracken and released it under the LucasFan brand. A sequel to the 1988 LucasArts title Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders, the game starts where the original left off, following the exploits of the tabloid reporter and game namesake.