Post a bizzare character portrait from an obscure computer game

[LiqMatrix]

That’s incredible and seems unlikely to be a coincidence. Wonder if the writers had been there.

I know, right? I've been to a lot of diners across the U.S. and that screenshot immediately reminded of that one diner.

 

[Bill-kun]

The caretaker from the 1989-1990-1991 horror adventure game The Last Half of Darkness. I'm going to play this one this month on one of my vintage computers. Happy Halloween!

 

[Bill-kun]

Wayne and Garth from "Wayne's World" (1993) by Capstone. The cover even had a no-hurl guarantee.

 

[The funny green filly]

Stellar Santiago from Space Quest VI

 

[Trixter]

One of many killer clowns you will find wandering the Florida nuclear wasteland in Fountain of Dreams.

 

[Bill-kun]

Screenshot from The Best of ZZT (where Epic published the best fan creations that players had made using the provided editor that came with the game). The unnamed protagonist (or the protagonist who had any name you wanted in a game you created) is the white smiley face near the center. Screenshot from MobyGames.

ZZT for DOS (1991) - MobyGames

A text-mode action/puzzle game, ZZT already comes with a variety of game worlds. However, the real appeal of this game is the level editor with its scripting capability, which allows the creation of an unlimited number of new scenarios, stories, characters, traps, machines, and anything else...

www.mobygames.com

 

[1944GPW]

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Character portrait from one of my favourite games.