Like many other infocom titles, it was released for the ibm pc dos, atari 8bit, amiga, apple ii, apple macintosh, atari st and commodore 64 computers. Leather goddesses of phobos all the tropes wiki fandom. Including 3d comic book, 3d glasses, map, warranty card. Hand t the items they ask for, immediately as they ask for them.
Parts of leather goddesses of phobos, the interactive fiction game from infocom, take place in fanciful interpretations of the environments of phobos, mars, and venus. For some reason, you escape, and with your trusted companion trenttiffany, you tour the solar system searching for a collection of incongruous objects, which when put together will form a superduperanti leathergoddesses of phobos attack. Beth johanssen, ares computer expert, plants a kiss on the visored helmet of one of her male teammates. It contains several simple puzzles and their solutions, and it will give you a good idea of how infocoms interactive fiction works. The packaging of the game includes several bmovie gimmicks, including a three d comic book and a scratchand. Leather goddesses of phobos 2 support this blog if you value this blog, please think about supporting it by becoming a patreon patron or via a onetime paypal donation. Leather goddesses of phobos is an adventure game, released in 1986 by infocom. Leather goddesses of phobos or, sex comes to the micros. Leather goddesses of phobos is an interactive fiction game written by steve meretzky and published by infocom in 1986.
Leather goddesses of phobos 2 the digital antiquarian. Leather goddesses of phobos put its sexy content front and center in its box copy and advertisements and, most of all, in its title. A textbased adventure scifi spoof from 1986 that was released on various platforms including the ibm pc ms dos, apple ii, atari st and commodore 64. Leather goddesses of phobos stands almost in a league of its own as a defining interactive fiction infused with sexual content intended for a mature audience. Leather goddesses of phobos 2 this entry is part 2 of 3 in the series leather goddesses of phobos after the purchase of infocom by activision, text adventure development slowed to a crawl before dying completely. Well, lets go back to 1984, when infocom decided to make a text adventure based on one of the funniest books ever. Leather goddesses of phobos is also part of the leather goddesses of phobos series. Leather goddesses of phobos is an old dos science fiction adventure game, developed by infocom, designed by steve eric meretzky and published by infocom in 1986. Leather goddesses of phobos manual, docs, documentation.
As the title may suggest it had some interesting gameplay. All relationships in the game are heterosexual, with the single possible exception of girlongirl is hot with the leather goddesses themselves in a scene that cuts off. Download leather goddesses of phobos adventure for dos. Leather goddesses of phobos is a classic text adventure game by infocom. The martian, based on the bestselling book by andy weir, is a story about hope and heroism. As the title suggests, its a parody of scifi bmovies, which has you battling the eponymous leather goddesses as they prepare to invade earth and enslave humanity. These leather goddesses of phobos are just finishing up their plans for the invasion of earth. Learn the answers to these burning questions in leather goddesses of phobos, infocoms racy spoof of 1930s pulp fiction. One of infocoms most popular text adventures, leather goddesses of phobos often shortened as lgop began as a joke title that eventually morphed into its own game, and just happens to be one of the companys funniest.
Leather goddesses of phobos atari st w3d comic book and glasses. Long before leather goddesses of phobos became an actual game, it was a title and a joke or, rather, a couple of jokes. This adventure game is now abandonware and is set in a scifi futuristic and comedy. As an innocent earthling in a small bar in upper sandusky, ohio in 1938, you are abducted by the apparently evil leather goddesses of phobos, who wish to take over the. Like other titles of the period, leather goddesses of phobos did not feature an anticopy protection, yet antipiracy measures were enforced by means of feelies, hints and tips recorded in the accompanying documentation, without which most puzzles were impossible to solve. There is even a scratch n sniff card with seven circles on it, each with a different smell.
Like other infocom games, leather goddesses of phobos includes a number of feelies within the games packaging such as a comic book and a map. The leather goddesses of phobos transcript this transcript is not from leather goddesses of phobos, but it does show many of the typical commands you might use in the story. Leather goddesses of phobos was purely a text adventure and did not have a title screen as such. Ladies and gentlemen, i give you supernerd beth johanssen. In the united states, a new miracle fabric called nylon was becoming popular, alf landon wa running for president, victor hess had won the nobel prize for physics for discovering cosmic radiation, gone with the wind was the bestselling novel, and steak cost twenty. Gas pump girls meet the pulsating inconvenience from planet x. Leather goddesses of phobos is an interactive fiction game written by steve meretzky and published by infocom in 1986 as the title suggests, its a parody of scifi bmovies, which has you battling the eponymous leather goddesses as they prepare to invade earth and enslave humanity. There are multiple levels of naughtiness that can be selected in game. Leather goddesses of phobos and zork ii in the martian, its the geeks who are the true heroes of the story, and pretty much every aspect of that phrase is celebrated in the film. Live videos when going through johanssens laptop, mark finds she has copies of zork ii and the leather goddesses of phobos. Lets play leather goddesses of phobos with commentary part 1 duration. After all, leather goddesses of phobos is meant to be a mature, but not pornographic, adventure. Leather goddesses of phobos details interactive fiction. The year is 1936, and suddenly the protagonist is abducted by the leather goddesses for the final testing in the plan which will enslave every man and woman on earth.
Its not about superherolike antics though mark does threaten to go all iron man at one point, but rather human courage and ingenuity in the face of some pretty staggering challenges. Gas pump girls meet the pulsating inconvenience from planet x on dos. Lets be honest, the main reason anyone remembers leather goddesses of phobos is because its called leather goddesses of phobos. So whether your tastes run to tame, suggestive, or lewd, leather goddesses of phobos can satisfy you. Like many other infocom titles, it was released for amiga, apple ii, macintosh, atari 8bit family, atari st, commodore 64, and msdos. The mad scientists experiment has heavy overtones of rape, which becomes even more glaring since theres no way to get out of it alive without committing bestiality unfortunate implications. I figured one of you guys kept an ascii table lying around. The martian best quotes im the greatest botanist on. Leather goddesses of phobos video game videogamegeek. Leather goddesses of phobos 1986 ad blurbs mobygames. Why put up with only one playing mode, when you can have three. You begin the story in a sleazy bar in upper sandusky, ohio, unaware that on a tiny moon of mars, the evil leather goddesses are plotting an invasion of the earth to turn it into their private pleasure world. Details about leather goddesses of phobos atari st w3d comic book and glasses. When going through johanssens laptop, mark finds she has copies of zork ii and the leather goddesses of phobos.
Theres no time to look, do inventory, or anything else. Infocom salvaged adventures by tristano list of the infocom adventures that were recovered from the salvaged infocom hard drive, and their source code was published on github in april 2019 by jason scott for educational purposes and in an attempt to preserve them from. Who also had copies of zork ii and leather goddesses of phobos on her personal laptop. Download leather goddesses of phobos my abandonware. Following up on its success they decided to make another humorous scifi game, but this time they packed it full with sex, thus the leather goddesses of phobos was.
Watney comments on johanssen having infocom games zork 2 and leather goddesses of phobos on her personal laptop and then we see the title screen for leather goddesses of phobos. This guide is written for the pc version but any kind of variation should be identical i. Leather goddesses of phobos atari st w3d comic book. The martian has shot right up there to be one of my favourite books. Leather goddesses of phobos is set in the 1930s, the golden age of pulpy space opera. Seriously, johanssen, its like the smithsonian of loneliness on there. You play as either a male or female character chosen near the beginning of the game and must save the earth from being invaded and enslaved by the titular goddesses.
This game was infocoms first sex farce and featured selectable naughtiness levels ranging from tame to lewd. Just after their move in 1982 into their first real corporate offices on cambridges. It was one of five topselling infocom titles to be rereleased in solid gold versions including ingame hints. Leather goddesses of phobos is an interactive fiction computer game written by steve meretzky and published by infocom in 1986. These were 1980s computer games called interactive fiction by infocom, in which text was used to describe scenes and the player typed in actions to make things happen. In any case, the trenttiffany character presents you with a plan to thwart the villainous leather goddesses, but it will require assembling an unlikely assortment of treasures, including a mouse and a phone book. Leather goddesses of phobos appears in the following recommended lists. Leather goddesses of phobos has a style and uses a text parser control scheme. It is also an example of how naughty or crude humor can still be done both tastefully and with originality. In the noon universe, phobos is discovered to be an artificial satellite, most likely, built by the wanderers. She also brings up the 1980s computer game the leather goddesses of phobos, which, mark jokingly speculates, makes her. It was douglas adams the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
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