but it serves to demonstrate the essential difference between this and other games". Clarke concluded by giving the game an above-average rating of 8 out of 10 for both gameplay and graphics: "I have found all of the Sierra games quite obsessive but The Colonel's Bequest has a charm all of its own". Retrospectively, Adventure Gamers' Johann Walter gave it four stars out of five and called it a "rather unique game [and] excellent game" wherein "[the game's director and writer] Roberta Williams showed (again) that she was a master game designer, writing one of the very few good detective games in this mold". Adventure Classic Gaming's Michelle Destefano wrote: "In the end, the Laura Bow Mystery series is among Roberta's best works, and The Colonel's Bequest is among the best murder mystery adventure games to date". In 2011, Adventure Gamers named The Colonel's Bequest the 84th-best adventure game ever released. Sequel A sequel called The Dagger of Amon Ra followed in 1992, featuring the same character Laura Bow, now a reporter in New York City investigating a series of murders one night in an Egyptian-themed museum. References External links The Colonel's Bequest at the Sierra Chest The Colonel's Bequest at Vintage Sierra 1989 video games Adventure games Amiga games Atari ST games DOS games Detective video games Fiction set in 1925 Mystery video games ScummVM-supported games Sierra Entertainment games Single-player video games Video games featuring female protagonists Video games set in New Orleans Video games set in the 1920s Video games with alternate endings Windows games Video games developed in the United States Video games set in Louisiana