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I LOVE THESE GAMES

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 34 / 35
Date: December 17, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The Journeyman Project Games are the best surrealistic, problem solving games in existence, even though i didn't buy this bundled package, i got the original and Buried In Time as a bundled package years ago, i later bought Legacy of Time, the third chapter to this illustrious saga. These games are challenging, the graphics are beautiful, they may not be fast paced, but they give great fun to the sci fi fans, all of my friends love these games and I certainly do and always will.

Buyer Beware

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: December 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE PURCHASING THE JOURNEYMAN TRILOGY

As you read the reviews, you might notice that some reviewers had problems with the 2nd game of the trilogy. Specifically, disk 2 of Buried in Times would not read. In fact, if you look carefully, you will see that everyone who bought the trilogy had this problem. Those reviewers who bought Buried in Time separately did not.

I did not notice this at first, so I took a chance on a used copy of the Journeyman Trilogy. I also have a disk 2 of Buried in Time that cannot be read. I decided to explore this a bit further by examining the files on each of the 3 disks. Disk 1 of the Trilogy version of Buried in Time is named BIT_MPC_1 and has an identifying file called BIT_DISC.1. Disk 3 is named BIT_MPC_3 and has an identifying file called BIT_DISC.3. So we would expect disk 2 to be named BIT_MPC_2 and its identifying file to be named BIT_DISC.2, but its not. Instead, Disk 2 is named BIT_MPC_3 and its identifying file is BIT_DISC.3 -- identical names to those used for disk 3. Not only that, but the size and creation date of the BIT_DISC.3 file on disk 2 is exactly the same as the one on disk 3. In other words, the disk that is labeled disk 2 is really just another copy of disk 3; there is no disk 2.

Given the prevalence of the problem (see other reviews here), it looks like this was a manufacturing problem. It's likely that many packages were shipped with this error. In fact, it appears that the technical support folks weren't even aware of the problem so whenever it was reported, they just shipped out another copy of the same defective disk (see one of the reviews here).

I haved tried to track down a correct copy of disk 2 for Buried in Time, but since so many of the original developers and marketers have either gone out of business or have been sold and merged with other companies multiple times, I am having no luck.

I am still happy with my purchase because I bought an inexpensive used copy. I will be able to play Journeyman Projects 1 and 3. I am trying to find someone who has the original Buried in Time so that I might use their disk 2. I wouldn't spend the money for an unopened box unless I was interested in it as a collector's item.

I hope this was helpful

The Journeyman Project Trilogy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: July 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The Journeyman Project Trilogy recounts the tales of Gage Blackwood, Agent 5 of the Temporal Security Agency (TSA), whom you play. Along your time-traveling adventures, you will encounter such interactive carachters as TSA Agent 3; Professor Elliott Sinclair,inventor of time-travel; the alien Cyrollan Ambassador Jhessela; William Daughton,TSA Cheif Engineer; and Arthur, the A.I. (artificial-intelligence). Also, you experiance such richly-detailed environments as a flying city, the Morrimoto Mars Mining Colony, the derelict Space Station Amarax, and the fabled Lost Continent of Atlantis. Fight to repair a historical time rip, to clear your name, and to save the world from an alien menace. If you like science-fiction and computer games, this is THE thing to get.

Awesome, educational, and I have a fix, hopefully

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My first review of this game was written here in 2000 and it is now 2004 and Buried in Time and Legacy of Time remain tops on my list of computer games, and I have played a few over the years.(...)

Be sure and right click the icon for the game and select Properties, Compatibility, and change the settings to 256 colors, 600x800, and to run in Win95 mode, and turn off the visual themes, and make sure a few things as possible are running in the background to give up as much memory as possible. This program is so virtual in its reality playing, watch for signs of motion sickness and obession!

Never before has a computer game I've played had so much staying power in my memory. While I adore Myst, Riven, Exile, and have played many interactive fiction games, among others, few stay in my memory over the years as much as Buried in Time. Truly a delight and well worth every penny spent on the game, in whatever format, though I'm hearing it runs better as a stand alone on the newer machines than in Trilogy form.

Absolutely incredible, very educational, and a must play for teenagers up to the elderly but actively thinking.

Time Travel with a Twist

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Journeyman 3: Starting this game was not as easy as some. The El Dorado setting is slightly dark and hard to navigate. It does get better. The latter parts of the game including Atlantis and Shamballa as well as the Living El Dorado are bright and easy the find you way. However, sometimes having to go back and forth between places to find things can get a little crazy. Overall, a fun game. Arthur is a hoot. Be sure to put him on chatty. He gives lots of comments and hints.

Journeyman trilogy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I first picked up "Legacy of Time" on a whim and was not disappointed. The puzzles are stimulating and intriguing. I'm a great fan of the text adventure games and was pleased to experience the vivid scenery and colors in corporated in it. I was excited to find it was a series of three and promptly bought the game pack.

I do have a few gripes though. When trying to play the first installment, I was not able to get it to run correctly. The second installment would not save correctly. Some of the hot spots in the third installment make solving some scenes too easy. As I didn't want to play the games out of sequence, I set aside the third installment. I got fed up enough with the bugs in the other two that I put them away for a later date. Few years later, I still haven't found the time or patience to figure out the issues. I am eagerly waiting when I have more time to devote to getting them to run.

I do expect to get back to them eventually. I enjoyed the premise, the craftmanship and the mentally stimulating puzzles. For those who might have the experience and acumen to work past those bugs (I suspect they might be user error), this game pack is totally worth it!

Wonderful games, real sci-fi theme, plus some history

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

These are great games. I bought them one at a time so paid a lot more. Here you get a great deal

WHAT KIND OF GAMES ARE THESE?
As a fan of the Myst trilogy, I can say you would probably enjoy these games, if you liked Myst type games. They are not 100% violence free as your character can get killed if you make a wrong move, but they are not the one person shooter or strategy games like Quake or Diablo etc. The violence is really limited to your character and you really don't see anything happen. You can always recover also.
You have some things to do to solve certain dilemmas.
The solutions are more scientific and logical than many other games.

PLAY THEM IN ORDER TO GET THE MOST VALUE:
You can play them in any order you like, but as these were developed with Turbo first, 2 second and 3 third, you will find the technology(computer gaming graphics) is improved with each and this can influence how well you enjoy the game. Turbo is dated by today's standards, but its storyline is not. It is well worth the effort to ignore the old style look.

LIKE MYST THESE ARE THE TYPE OF GAMES YOU PLAY ONCE:
However, my son played these after me and found some hidden comical goodies the programmers put in. You really don't expect it, but it adds to the game.

HISTORICALLY BASED:
As you are dealing with time travel, history plays a part. I found some of the places you visit quite facinating, and it did increase my interest in some historical information. It also makes for interesting game play going to different places (like you do in Myst) and keeps your interest.

GREAT GAMES AT A GREAT PRICE.
Buying all three together is a great way to save money. I wish I had not played them already. There is not too many good quality games out there, but these are 3.

Move over, Gabriel Knight!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Jane Jensen (the Gabriel Knight series) has received worldwide acclaim for her writing, and deservedly so. But I think the Journeyman series rivals GK for the best-written adventure game "saga" ever. Each game individually carries great storylines, packed with suspense and mystery. Additionally, games 2 and 3 contain quite a bit of humor from Arthur, your wisecracking AI sidekick. Now ADD to that the fact that there is a wonderfully consistent overriding plot that ties all three games together...a plot that plays out like the best episodes of Star Trek: TNG.

Of course, it isn't writing alone that make TJP so wonderful. The puzzles are original and top-notch, varying in difficulty from "piece of cake" to real head-scratchers. Each game offers a different kind of interface, allowing different types of puzzles for each volume. (Another similarity to the GK series.) And the acting (particularly in TJP3) is some of the best ever in a PC game. Only GK2 and Black Dahlia even come close to the same level. Given the notoriously bad acting in many Full Motion Video games, this alone would make TJP a rare jewel. When you combine all the elements, TJP ranks right up there with Gabriel Knight, Myst, and Monkey Island (for its incredible humor) as the best adventure game series of all time. Not bad company!

A word about the complaints of bugs in TJP1: Most of the problems can be solved by simply running your QuickTime player in the background while playing the game. (The most common problem is that the game calls for a file then decides it can't find it faster than the QuickTime can load.) Also, There are some compatibility problems with the nVidia TNT video card. Most other cards or integrated graphics chipsets will play the game with no trouble so long as you configure the game correctly. TJP2&3 also have the problem that on many computers you MUST fully disable any sound acceleration (Go to control panel/multimedia/audio/advanced properties/performance on Windows9x.) or you get garbled audio.

The series is good, but this collection has problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off, the games themselves are absolutely brilliant, especially Journeyman project 2. Highly enjoyable, though the third is perhaps too easy except when you don't know what you're supposed to be doing.

However, the packaging is horrible. The Cd's are in cardboard slips, which are just taped together. The tape was broken before I opened it, so the cds had slid around and gotten scratched up. In any case the first game was unplayable (but that was because the game itself doesn't like new operating systems). The second game was nearly unplayable, as it failed to recognize disc 2, which is strangly the first disk you use. I managed to play it by using a demo disk, but I was severly limited in how far I could get. Furthermore, in the medival section a wall never blows up, making that section impossible. There was a patch for this, but it's sad they didn't patch the version ON THE CD. The third game seemed playable, but I ran into a corrupt file on the fourth cd, making me quite mad since I was close to beating the game at this point.

So, if you want to take the risk of having your cds scratched and unplayable, feel free to order this... the games are brilliant, but you might not be able to play them.

The Journeyman Project is Great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I bought the Journeyman Project Trilogy, I absolutely loved it! The graphics were very intriguing for the second one and third one, but I could have sworn that the graphics in the first one were hand drawn! In the second and third games you have an artificial intelligence named Arthur who gives you hints, if you need them. He will also give you very funny comments. The main reasons I like the games are because of the graphics and puzzles (they're really good). The only thing I didn't like was in the first and second games, you could die, and in the first game, you had a limited amount of time. I highly recommend this one! Note: If you have problems with the first and second games running windows 95/98, try setting your graphics resolution to 256 colors (right-click on your desktop and click properties, click the settings tab, and set the colors to 256 colors). If you hear garbled or popping sounds in the third game's audio, consult the game's booklet for the solution.

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