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This is a look into the Personal Game History of Justin Kline, student of Game History at Full Sail University.

Created by JKline81 on Oct 2, 2010

Last updated: 10/02/10 at 02:29 PM

• Master of Orion
  Nov 1, 1993

  Question 1: Why was this game important to you? This game taught me a good deal about strategy and how to use it in my everyday life. Question 2: From a Design Perspective, What made the game fun? This is a turn based strategy game that required a good combination of diplomacy, conquest, exploration and colonization to achieve victory.

• Bad Blood
  Jan 1, 1991

  Question 1: Why was this game important to you? This game taught me the values of being different and why it is important for everyone to get along. Question 2: From a Design Perspective, What made the game fun? This is a Role Playing Game (RPG) that was set in a post nuclear world. What made the game fun aside from all the violence was the fact that you could play three distinct avatars that allowed for different game play.

• Police Quest 2 "The Vengeance"
  Jul 1990

  Question 1: Why was this game important to you? This game taught me about structure in society and how there is a system to everything in the world. Question 2: From a Design Perspective, What made the game fun? This is a really fun adventure game based on a detective in the police department. The design followed the same puzzle system that Sierra-Online was most notable for, but had a mix of realism to keep people intrigued by it.

• Hero's Quest "So You Want To Be A Hero?"
  Feb 1, 1989

  Question 1: Why was this game important to you? This game taught me that not everything can be solved with force and sometimes subtlety is the best course of action. Question 2: From a Design Perspective, What made the game fun? This is an action & adventure game that could be played through in a variety of ways. Most of the quest and puzzles in the game had a few variations of how to solve them based on your thought process and avatar abilities.

• King's Quest IV "Perils of Rosella"
  Oct 1, 1988

  Question 1: Why was this game important to you? This game taught me to use more abstract thought to solve puzzles throughout the game. Question 2: From a Design Perspective, What made the game fun? This is an adventure game, which used design elements such as puzzles mixed with just enough action to keep the game entertaining.