Gettin’ MURDERY with The Colonel’s Bequest!
Today’s review is on Sierra’s 1989 murder mystery classic The Colonel’s Bequest! Murder! Death! Sex! All of those things!
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@onlyoncemorex
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Can't get enough of The Colonel's Bequest. Nothing else quite scratches the same itch. I wish it had taken off and we had 100 games just like it, but instead we just have this singular experience. The 2nd Laura Bow game is fun, but it lacks a lot of what makes this one special.
The time system and character focus are like nothing else. The notebook and "Super Sleuth" scale are so satisfying to develop and perfect. The pixel art is just gorgeous. They made such bold choices with the dithering and it creates a totally unique look and feel.
Such an underrated game. Love to see it covered.
@AndREDraut
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
I have the original game at home, still there from my childhood, just the red "magnifying glass" is a bit damaged in the box, but the game is great if you like miss marple stories, it's not a traditional adventure.
@MrWolfTickets
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
3:07 😂😂😂 oh Roses, could I love you MORE?
@obsidianblack7249
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
NGL I mainly listen to these vids while save scumming blackjack in New Vegas.
@douglasherring07
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
the EGA colors were all we had… but for this game, you could dither a two color combo with them all!
@williamdilgard5617
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
You probably already know this but when played through Scummvm there is an option to 'un-dither' games that use this engine. While I sometimes like the dithering for nostalgia, the un-dithering for some of the games really looks great in my opinion. This game and Conquests of Camelot really used dithering ALOT, and are most changed with this feature.
@wastenotwantnot5953
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
2:48 Ami means friend in French. They're just friends. 😉
@Azzabajam
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
i was not expecting 3rd strike to crop up in this vid ^^
@CSM100MK2
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
it's SEE-LEE, like from The Color Purple, Celie – SEE-LEE
@RowinAlong
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Oh boy I adore that hideous old colour palette and the wonders the early pixel artists managed with it. Definitely going to give this game a try! (and probably fail dramatically, but oh well)
@GrimmArtifex
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
I was OBSESSED with this game as a kid.
@richardmahn7589
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
I played this when it first game out when I was 15. I somehow right away knew about the secret passages. Not sure how. It was almost like I knew somehow from some magazine or the like.
@dawnmachine
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
The way to play this game is with the MT-32 set up via MUNT emulator. This really elevates the soundtrack to the next level and adds multiple ambient sounds as well as treats you with a welcoming message on the MT-32 display
@MrGlenbw
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
2:48 – 3:03
Roses's impressions of Nadja and Laszlo from What We Do In The Shadows are pretty spot on.
@suchmeerkat
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
welp time to rewatch the pur and lgr let’s play
@JohnnyFromVirginia
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Circling back to this video and just wanted to say I love your review style. Just a great little video lol
@PtolemyJones
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Looks fun. I'm playing a Poirot game right now, and it really leads you by the hand, step by step, thru the game. This one seems much better, more game designers should use it as a model.
@newdalss
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
This was my all time favourite Sierra game I still have it actually
@insertclevernamehere6607
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
I really wanna play this game is there a way to play it for free?
@lpclassic60
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
5:46 Laura Bow: certified bi-con
@pissqueendanniella4688
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Video take away: sniffing your friends, as long as they're in the bathroom, is not weird 😹😹😹
@markganus1085
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
partons. il n'y a pas de jolies filles ici
@agirlnamedbrett.
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
lol 'people start getting rubbed out'
@backpackingtony1779
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Fifi reminds me of Colleen Camp who played the maid Yvette in the film Clue.
@markganus1085
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
ich kann kaum glauben, wie hübsch sie jetzt ist
@davidbergmann8948
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Cool video!🍄
@FrangoTraidor
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
you're trying too hard to look like erinplays
@kamenanew9867
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Ok, you doing all the voices absolutely Slayed me. Not fair. Now you are the murdehereh
@YukiKurosame
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
every time i heard it i thought it was “the colonelsby quest”
@JasonZeppelin1
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
I missed your videos!
@MadameChristie
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
He didn't just point her by he raised her eyebrows too XD
@VonGlorious
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Plan…tation
@copyright-ur1sf
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
How do you "use" the diary more than once? By reading it AND looking at the fingerprint in it?
@roguerifter9724
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Yeah the shower death makes no sense at all IMO but its worse early in the game.
@andysmith5806
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
Dear god my great aunt has a clock that chimes like that and it has caused me to have a visceral reaction whenever I hear it. Damn thing used to chime every 15 minutes from 6:30am to 11:00pm.
@EricMontreal22
May 8, 2026 at 10:01 pm
I was obsessed with this game from when I first played it as a preteen, but I admit the first time I played it I also didn't know about the secret passages and missed out on almost everything.