January 2011
4 posts
Sarien.net - The Full Story
What started out as a retro chat environment became a full scale iPad game catalog without the AppStore that recieved an official Cease and Desist by Activision and finally become an authorized game portal with a bright future. Sarien.net is an adventure on its own, so it’s about time I put things in perspective. Ten years ago
In 2001 I joined Q42, and we created a fun chat application...
So long and thanks for all the fish
No more partying like it’s 1986 as sarien.net received a Cease and Desist.
Sarien.net on iPad gets command line text input
Several sites that praised Sarien.net’s arrival on iPad also called these games “Point & Click” adventuregames. That is in fact incorrect, as these games were from an era before that. Interaction was done solely by the keyboard, though an optional joystick was supported. There was no mouse support for the likes of Police Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, King’s Quest or the...
All Sierra AGI games now available on the iPad
My little pet project sarien.net has been in the news again (TouchArcade, Engadget,Joystiq, TUAW), yet I haven’t posted anything about it myself. So here goes:
If you go to sarien.net with your iPad or iPhone you can now play the entire AGI adventuregame catalog of Sierra On-Line on your favorite iOS device.