- Asterix (Introduction)
- Astérix / Taz (Atari 2600)
- Obelix
- Asterix and the Magic Potion
- Asterix and Obelix: The Odyssey
- Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
- Asterix at Rahàzade
- Asterix: Operation Getafix
- Astérix (Arcade)
- Astérix (SMS)
- Astérix (NES/GB/SNES)
- Astérix and the Great Rescue
- Astérix and The Secret Mission
- Astérix and the Power of Gods
- Asterix: Caesar’s Challenge
- Astérix & Obélix: Die Suche nach dem Schwarzen Gold
- Astérix & Obélix Take on Caesar
- Astérix: Search for Dogmatix
- Astérix: The Gallic Wars
- Astérix Mega-Madness
- Asterix & Obélix Bash Them All
- Astérix & Obélix
- Astérix & Obélix XXL
- Astérix & Obélix XXL 2
- Astérix at the Olympic Games
- Astérix & Obélix Encounter Cleopatra
- Astérix: These Romans Are Crazy!
- Astérix: Rescue Obélix / Astérix and the Vikings / Astérix and Cleopatra
This rare German only release actually goes back to a comic that once before was also featured in a German exclusive game. Die Suche nach dem Schwarzen Gold is an interactive comic book that tells the story of L’Odyssée d’Astérix (Astérix and The Black Gold), which was also the story told on C64 almost 10 years earlier in Astérix und Obélix: Die Odyssee. This time it was done by Egmont Interactive, traditionally a comic book and magazine publisher.
Not much info can be found on this title outside of what is stated on a few German websites. The game features the comic in its entirety told through the comic panels with full narration and sound effects. At certain points in the story, it will give you the choice of playing a mini-game based on the current events taking place in the story telling. Altogether there are six of these games, “The Hunt for Wild Boar”, “The Pirates’ Competition,” “Sink the Ships”, “The House of Edifis,” “At the Gates of Tyre ” and “The Barrels of Luck.” Most of these only require you to move whatever playable object you have been assigned left or right like an old LCD game. In addition to the comic and games it also includes an encyclopedia of Astérix terms, locations, characters and history pieces, being clearly geared towards the youngest of gamers. The narration is offered in French, German and English, despite the game being only released in limited quantity in Germany. After the story is finished, you will get a high score which other gamers can challenge.
There’s little to no praise to be found by the few “lucky” players who have been able to play this. They all in unison cite terrible picture quality, amateur voice actors for all the languages, overly simplistic and boring games and an incredibly small and insufficient encyclopedia feature which excludes major characters and events. Considering the prices some second hand sellers are asking for the game and the assumed low quality of the product, it’s probably one game that is best left rare and undiscovered.
