Back in 1995, in Russia, where nearly nobody even seen any legal software, there were countless CDs with titles like "Best 100 adventure games ever", thoroughly repacked by your friendly Russian pirates, with launchers. On one of those CDs, I encountered "Day of the Tentacle". I was 12 years old, and I didn't speak English.
Few months later, when I got to this ending screen with tentacle-shaped US flag, I understood some English, and knew a thing or two about US founding fathers, the Constitution (probably not mentioning any vacuum cleaners), quarter-taking laundry machines and so on. Everyday life in the US seemed no less strange to me than mad scientist's lab with sapient tentacles and toilets converted to time machines.
A few months ago I ate kumquats for the first time in my life (weird, but delicious). Before that I only knew the fruit from playing this game when I was young! (not a very common fruit in the Netherlands).
I had not expected them to be like tiny oranges/tangerines you can eat with peel and all. From the graphics in the game (IIRC basically yellow circles) I always assumed they might some kind of small peaches or you know, yellow cherries ... :)
Back in 1995, in Russia, where nearly nobody even seen any legal software, there were countless CDs with titles like "Best 100 adventure games ever", thoroughly repacked by your friendly Russian pirates, with launchers. On one of those CDs, I encountered "Day of the Tentacle". I was 12 years old, and I didn't speak English.
Few months later, when I got to this ending screen with tentacle-shaped US flag, I understood some English, and knew a thing or two about US founding fathers, the Constitution (probably not mentioning any vacuum cleaners), quarter-taking laundry machines and so on. Everyday life in the US seemed no less strange to me than mad scientist's lab with sapient tentacles and toilets converted to time machines.
Will definitely play it again.