177: Goblins 3

Number 177
(12.8 points)
Goblins 3
1995: 85

This series of puzzle games is making its only appearance on the list here, in its third incarnation.

Unlike previous entries in the series, you control just one goblin, named Blount, who finds himself in tricky situations, and it is up to you to get out of them. This is accomplished by picking up items and using them on parts of the scenery, in a similar fashion to adventure games of the time. You are assisted on occasion by helpers such as Chump the parrot, and most 'levels' are a single screen that must be solved before moving to the next one, rather than a big open world.

I'm not a huge fan of these games: they're similar to point-and-click adventures like the Lucasarts and Sierra games, but without the adventure, just puzzle solving. It suffers from a similar problem of having to float your mouse cursor all over the screen to find the small area which you need to click, frustrating me in the process. It looks quite nice and has some character to it, but I just don't find it all that engaging.

Recommended TOSEC disk(s):
Goblins 3 v1.00 (1993)(Coktel Vision)(M3)(Disk 1 of 6)[cr FLT][en language]
Goblins 3 v1.00 (1993)(Coktel Vision)(M3)(Disk 2 of 6)
Goblins 3 v1.00 (1993)(Coktel Vision)(M3)(Disk 3 of 6)
Goblins 3 v1.00 (1993)(Coktel Vision)(M3)(Disk 4 of 6)
Goblins 3 v1.00 (1993)(Coktel Vision)(M3)(Disk 5 of 6)
Goblins 3 v1.00 (1993)(Coktel Vision)(M3)(Disk 6 of 6)