Choose Your Own Adventure

[Primal]

Anyone remember these? I had a collection of these back in the 80s...they rocked! :buttrock: This site has the covers.
http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series_images.php?id=30
This one was my favorite. The story was really moody...and the illustrations were scary. It was great!
http://www.gamebooks.org/gallery/cyoa031.jpg

[DDura711]

HOLY CRAP!!!
I used to love these things.

[bat_collector]

It didn't get better than this:

http://www.gamebooks.org/gallery/cyoa025.jpg

Prisoner of the Ant people had an r2d2 ripoff robot, a martian, and a human (you) fighting the evil power master. There was a sequal called at war with the evil power master.

I also read vampire express! good choice, as was abomniable snowman, space vampire

[MONSTER]

Man does this thread bring back memories! I used to love those books.

[Comicboy]

Unreal! I had totally forgotten about these. Now that I look at the other covers I remembered a bunch of em. The Cave of Time, Deadwood City, Mystery of the Maya and Vampire Express I remember those covers the most. I know I read them but I have no recollection of the stories. Way to bring back some memories!

[The General]

I still have mine. :buttrock: I love those books.

[Twoguns-Crowley]

That was fun stuff, had a quite a few of those. Thanks for the memories

[Nightcrawler777]

I loved those books...
they are all that i would read as a kid....

[Primal]

WT--!?! Who knew the first book "Cave of time" was made into a Commodore 64 game?
http://www.lemon64.com/index.php?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php%3Fid%3D249

"Most of you probably remember the old "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. The very first one, "The Cave of Time", was made into a very challenging game for the C64. In this game, you assume the role of the kid who enters into the Cave of Time, with a mission to recover four items stolen by the Time Grouches and return them to their proper places and times. These items are a golden crown, Abraham Lincoln's hat, the Loch Ness Monster's egg, and a piece of flint."
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2342/caveoftime01em7.gifhttp://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3036/caveoftime04cz0.gif

[Sniper]

man we are sad, I remember reading those. Any good book fair had those for sale!

[Nightcrawler777]

man we are sad, I remember reading those. Any good book fair had those for sale!


I miss school book fairs...
And those troll book catalogs they used to hand out in class...
I ordered my copy of Transformers the movie on VHS from the Troll Reader...

[Primal]

I miss school book fairs...
And those troll book catalogs they used to hand out in class...
I ordered my copy of Transformers the movie on VHS from the Troll Reader...To be young again. :bawling:

[J Storm]

I miss school book fairs...
And those troll book catalogs they used to hand out in class...
I ordered my copy of Transformers the movie on VHS from the Troll Reader...

WOW, Troll - those were the days, there also used to be another book company called arrow. I like the garfield books & stickers :buttrock:

[JLM]

These were great.

[Primal]

I like the garfield books :buttrock: :buttrock:

[Teague]

I loved these things too. The early ones are the ones I remember the best--Third Planet from Altair, etc.

They also had some books like this from TSR, based on D&D, which were a lot of fun. I think they were called "Endless Quest" books, and I had all of the originals when I was a kid: Dungeon of Dread, Mountain of Mirrors, Pillars of Pentegarn (they were apparently big on alliteration...).

[RichBamf]

Read the thread I started about the joke ones they made of these

http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=24505&highlight=funniest+long+time

[Primal]

Read the thread I started about the joke ones they made of these

http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=24505&highlight=funniest+long+time :laugh:

[Meteor Man]

Wow...Guess I'm old...... :redface: After my time.

[grendelscott]

Oh yeah, I remember these well. Inside UFO 5440, Escape, and Space Patrol....

[Primal]

Oh yeah, I remember these well. Inside UFO 5440, Escape, and Space Patrol....This one seems very familiar to me...
http://www.gamebooks.org/gallery/cyoa022thumb.jpg

[spider-man]

HA! I loved those things.

[Primal]

Hey Mods. Can you put this in the Book section? :)

[armitage]

Did anyone see the funny alternative versions of these that were done as a joke? It was posted here along time ago.
http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=2777&p=2
Follow the White Rabbit.
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[Ink]

I still have some of these somewhere

[Primal]

Did anyone see the funny alternative versions of these that were done as a joke? It was posted here along time ago.
http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=2777&p=2
Follow the White Rabbit.

Yeah that was pretty good. :laugh:

[JLM]

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This reminds me of a "Fighting Fanstasy" novel that was similar to the CYOA range (but much harder) where you were a superhero. It was impossible. I always failed to sucessfully complete it. Drove me mad with frustration.

[RC212]

Hey Primal you know that they made 3 or 4 Transformers CYOA books I have one maybe 2... I know I have one about the Dinobots..

[Primal]

Hey Primal you know that they made 3 or 4 Transformers CYOA books I have one maybe 2... I know I have one about the Dinobots..

Yeah man.
My bro had this one.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8372/aoti00xj6.jpg

[JLM]

Hey Primal you know that they made 3 or 4 Transformers CYOA books I have one maybe 2... I know I have one about the Dinobots..

I think I've read that one!

Yeah man.
My bro had this one.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8372/aoti00xj6.jpg

Is it just me, or is Optimus Prime really small on that cover :confused:

[Primal]

Is it just me, or is Optimus Prime really small on that cover :confused:

If you're referring to why he's only slightly bigger than the humans behind him, then yes. :laugh:

[Justin]

These books rocked when I was a little tacker... man I wish I didn’t have to throw them out when my folks said my room had to much "junk" in it, my nieces and nephews would have a ball reading these titles in the not to distant future, looks like it's off to eBay for me

[Primal]

These books rocked when I was a little tacker.

Wow...never heard of that term. :)

[Wooktroop]

awesome
i use to buy these at the school book sales

[Primal]

awesome
i use to buy these at the school book sales

I picked up a couple at the library through their R.I.F. program. :buttrock:

[Darth Torment]

These books were awesome. Used to LOVE reading them!