![]() Now, if you want the treasure, you must find not one, but three skulls (or possibly more) and, in the best tradition of this style of game, you know it isn't going to be easy. In this introductory sequence you unwittingly contribute to the 'death of a salesman' and ride off with the skull, only to have it stolen from you within minutes. Having seen off the baddies you learn that the salesman was attacked for the golden skull in his possession, one of three 'keys' that are needed to unlock the secret of the fabled Toltec treasure. As new adventure games are scarce at the moment I was in no position to turn up my nose a second time.ģ Skulls of the Toltecs is a third-person perspective adventure and your character is Fenimore Fillmore who stumbles across the path of three villains in the midst of ambushing a lone snake-oil and hair-restorer salesman. Fortunately for me, a friend insisted that I at least give it a try and I'm glad that I did. ![]() I must admit I was put off by this latter aspect when I passed up the opportunity to play it about twelve months ago. Perhaps its style was already considered dated by the time of its release, or maybe its 'wild west' scenario just didn't strike the right chord with many adventurers. ![]() Unlike the popular Monkey Island, however, this game seems to have had very little impact on the adventure playing community. Released in 1996, 3 Skulls of the Toltecs is a cartoon adventure game in the style of LucasArts' The Secret of Monkey Island.
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