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Construction of the Elevator Controls: Colonel's Bequest

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Commands: 530
Size: 3,910 bytes

🧰 Breakdown:
📈 pline: 385 - 73%
🪣 fill: 141 - 27%
🎨 set_palette: 4 - 1%

🗜 Compression: Huffman [2]
Size: 3,339 bytes
Ratio: 9.1∶1 | 📉 −89.0%

#Sierra #EGA #AdventureGames #ColonelsBequest #RetroGaming
September 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
retromagazines.net
'A Golden Wake' 🍸💸
A classic style point'n'click #AdventureGame.
- As if originating from somewhere in the cross space of #LucasArts / #Lucasgames & #SierraOnLine.
- Who said #LauraBow / #ColonelsBequest?

#PointNClick #PointAndClick #Adventure #AdventureGames

👉 www.grundislav.games/A-Golden-Wak...
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
acefromskyrim.bsky.social
Game 10 of the year completed (I know - bare minimum) - Colonels Bequest. First Laura Bow game, gonna try to do an 11 game before years end.

#gaming #sierra #colonelsbequest
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
j.holmes.codes
Misty Acres' Dock: Colonel's Bequest Demo (1989). 💾

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Engine: SCI0
Resolution: 320x190 / 16 color
Commands: 1,555
Size: 10,074 bytes

🗜 Compression:
Type: Huffman (2)
Size: 8,381 bytes
Ratio: 3.6∶1 | 📉 72.4%

#SierraOnLine #ColonelsBequest #SCI0 #DOSGaming
May 19, 2024 at 3:13 PM
acefromskyrim.bsky.social
Anyone play Laura Bow games? Some logic issues but overall I do wish there were more mystery adventure games (old school) Trying to finish today or tomorrow- this will be game 10 but will go for 11 after.
#Sierra#LauraBow#ColonelsBequest
December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
j.holmes.codes
The Main Gate at Misty Acres: Colonel's Bequest Demo (1989). 💾

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Engine: SCI0
Resolution: 320x190 / 16 color
Commands: 2,030
Size: 12,048 bytes

🗜 Compression:
Type: Huffman (2)
Size: 10,004 bytes
Ratio: 3.0∶1 | 📉 −67.1%

#SierraOnLine #ColonelsBequest #RetroGaming
May 21, 2024 at 2:27 PM
j.holmes.codes
Postcards from Misty Acres: The Well #Sierra #EGA #AdventureGames #ColonelsBequest

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Commands: 864
Size: 6,218 bytes

🧰 Breakdown:
📈 pline: 648 (75%)
🪣 fill: 212 (25%)
🎨 set_palette: 4 (0%)

🗜 Compression:
Type: Huffman (2)
Size: 5,464 bytes
Ratio: 5.6∶1 | 📉 −82.0%
July 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
atmcashpoint.bsky.social
There was an even earlier version of Laura's closeup sprite in preview screenshots where Laura had a 1960s-style bouffant! #laurabow #colonelsbequest #thecolonelsbequest #sierra #adventuregames
A scan of an early version of the cast screen in The Colonel's Bequest. Instead of a stage, the character sprites are shown on a blue background with an Art Deco border. Laura Bow's portrait at the bottom of the screen is different as well, and has a 1960s bouffant.
March 27, 2024 at 6:20 AM
atmcashpoint.bsky.social
Tracked down a larger version of this early Colonel's Bequest screenshot where Laura has a 1960s Jackie Kennedy bouffant for some reason.

From Video Games & Computer Entertainment magazine, August 1990. #laurabow #colonelsbequest #thecolonelsbequest #sierra #adventuregames
An early image of the Dramatis Personae screen from the intro in The Colonel's Bequest. Instead of a background drawn to look like a stage, all the characters in the upper part of the screen are standing against a solid blue background, with a stylized Art Deco border separating it from the black screen outside. A closeup of Laura Bow appears at the bottom of the screen, but it has a 1960s-style bouffant instead of a 1920s bob.
June 4, 2024 at 4:22 AM
atmcashpoint.bsky.social
Speak of the devil! I found an even larger version (with some extra screenshots pasted in the corners) in Joystick DE's September 1990 issue:
#colonelsbequest #thecolonelsbequest #laurabow #sierra #adventuregames
A larger version of the early Colonel's Bequest cast screen from the previous post, this time from Joystick DE magazine's September 1990 issue. This scan is large enough that you can see the blue background behind the characters is a dithered field of light and dark blue pixels. The magazine also pasted two other screenshots of the game in the blank black areas (featuring Laura in the bathroom of the Colonel's house and Laura getting eaten by an alligator in the swamp) at the bottom left and bottom right corners.
June 4, 2024 at 5:21 AM
speedrun-new.bsky.social
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
🏆 Category: Super Sleuth
⏱ Time: 0h 6m 34s 000ms
👤 Player: SantaClaus
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/colonelsbequest/run/z17k8v7z

December 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
speedrun-new.bsky.social
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
🏆 Category: Any%
⏱ Time: 0h 2m 28s 000ms
👤 Player: SantaClaus
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/colonelsbequest/run/yw5nq09y

December 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
speedrun-new.bsky.social
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
🏆 Category: Low%
⏱ Time: 0h 4m 12s 000ms
👤 Player: SantaClaus
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/colonelsbequest/run/z0kxrl4m

December 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
speedrun-new.bsky.social
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
🏆 Category: Any%
⏱ Time: 0h 2m 31s 000ms
👤 Player: SantaClaus
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/colonelsbequest/run/zn5v6r3z

December 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
speedrun-new.bsky.social
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
🏆 Category: Any%
⏱ Time: 0h 2m 34s 000ms
👤 Player: SantaClaus
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/colonelsbequest/run/meplwjqy

December 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
speedrun-new.bsky.social
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
🏆 Category: Super Sleuth
⏱ Time: 0h 6m 50s 000ms
👤 Player: SantaClaus
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/colonelsbequest/run/m7v0n4em

December 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
speedrun-new.bsky.social
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
🏆 Category: Any%
⏱ Time: 0h 2m 39s 000ms
👤 Player: SantaClaus
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/colonelsbequest/run/yw5r4n3y

December 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
speedrun-new.bsky.social
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
🏆 Category: Super Sleuth
⏱ Time: 0h 6m 59s 000ms
👤 Player: SantaClaus
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/colonelsbequest/run/mr5owv4y

December 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
speedrun-new.bsky.social
🔥🔥 NEW SPEEDRUN RECORD VERIFIED! 🔥🔥

🎮 Game: The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
🏆 Category: Super Sleuth
⏱ Time: 0h 7m 10s 000ms
👤 Player: SantaClaus
🔗 Link: http://www.speedrun.com/colonelsbequest/run/zg92j9nm

December 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM