Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett wrote in 2011, “The games had the right idea, then. Desktop Adventures was unlike the games they were most well known for, instead serving as a time-filler, something to occupy the same space as a solitaire or Minesweeper. The colorful, top-down adventure game was, according to reviews, shallow but addictive. The player navigates procedurally-generated levels using a keyboard or mouse, collecting items while fending off enemies. (I don’t know how well Dig specifically was received, but I loved it.) Released for Windows and Mac in 1996, Desktop Adventures takes place in 1930s Mexico, where Indy must overcome thieves and spiders and jaguars (oh my) in order to protect valuable treasures and artifacts. LucasArts had a very good reputation as a game developer, particularly for adventure games like Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, and Dig. It became a mysterious thing, and where I couldn’t know what it was, I could imagine what it could be.īefore Yoda Stories, LucasArts released Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures. But the visuals were so clear in my head it looked like Earthbound or Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past but Star Wars. After a while, I thought I had simply imagined it. Time, however, didn’t seem to reserve much memory for the game as I did.
I didn’t have a lot of money for games growing up, so it’s not like I could have rushed out and bought it. I imagine it was GamePro because that’s the one I was subscribed to, but despite all my digging I couldn’t find an article or advertisement. I first discovered Star Wars: Yoda Stories in a video game magazine. Because Yoda was always super cool with Luke taking a break from his training for whatever. I did, and that’s not at all what Yoda Stories is. Yoda shares stories of his adventures with his Padawan and how he overcame obstacles similar to those which Luke must soon face in an exciting, expansive role playing game, rich with action and exploration, harkening back to 2D Zelda games. Think of the Luke segments as tutorials where Yoda introduces new powers or techniques to young Skywalker (and the player) and the real game takes place in the past. Imagine the game isn’t really about Luke, but rather, as the name would imply, focuses on Yoda. Imagine a story-rich adventure that takes place during Luke Skywalker’s training on Dagobah with Jedi Master Yoda. Imagine a top-down action RPG that takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but it has nothing to do with whatever was going on in Shadows of the Empire. Imagine cute, 16-bit sprites of your favorite heroes from a long time ago. Imagine a new Star Wars video game that looks nothing like Battlefront.
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