01 - Gobliiins with Jaxorz - Sorry for the audio issues
12Come with us into the world of Gobliiins a puzzle-adventure game developed by the French company Coktel Vision and published by Sierra On-Line. It was first released in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is known for its unique blend of puzzle-solving, humor, and eccentric characters. In this video we get through the first few screens and to the wizard's house.
The story of Gobliiins revolves around three goblin characters: Dwayne, Hooter, and BoBo, each possessing a unique skill set. The player must control all three characters to solve puzzles and progress through the game. The game's world is full of strange creatures, mysterious objects, and humorous scenarios that give the game a whimsical feel.
Coktel Vision, the developer of Gobliiins, was a French video game company founded in 1985 by Muriel Tramis and Gérard Guillemot. They created a variety of games throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, with Gobliiins being one of their most popular titles. In 1992, Coktel Vision was acquired by Sierra On-Line, a major American video game publisher and developer at the time, known for their point-and-click adventure games, such as King's Quest and Leisure Suit Larry.
Gobliiins was followed by three sequels: Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon (1992), Goblins Quest 3 (1993), and Gobliiins 4 (2009) and Gobliiins 5 - L'Invasion des Morglotons[The Mirlitons Invasion] (2023) Each sequel brought new characters, puzzles, and stories, while maintaining the core gameplay mechanics and whimsical atmosphere of the original.