Classic: The Adventures of MicroMan

By: Derek Yu

On: June 9th, 2009

I decided we’ll have one last day of Classics Week before we return to new news. There are a few interesting games people mentioned that I wanted to cover before we go!

Man, seeing this (submitted by Bood_War) brought back a crusty memory or two. The Adventures of MicroMan is moderately fun but not a terribly exciting game series by today’s standards. However, it’s notable for being (I think) one of the earliest platformers on Windows 3.1 to feature smooth animation and sound effects, thanks to creator Brian Goble’s Windows Animation Package (WAP). You probably saw the game on one of those 1000-in-1-type Windows CDs back in the day.

You can download the shareware version of the first adventure and find out more about it on Andrew Turnbull’s MicroMan fan page. Classic DOS Games also has a shrine that includes walkthroughs for the first two games in the series (adventures three and four were planned but ultimately unreleased). Also, a new version of MicroMan is being sold by Brian’s casual games company HipSoft ($19.95).

TIGdb: The Adventures of MicroMan