Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a comic Old West adventure game created by Al Lowe, maker of the Leisure Suit Larry series, and published by Sierra On-Line. It was dubbed "the Blazing Saddles of computer games" by Computer Gaming Magazine .

In the game, the player takes the role of a pharmacist in Coarsegold , California. He was once a gunslinger, but lost an ear in his last gunfight against a kid named Kenny. It was replaced with a silver prosthetic ear.

The cast includes the town's eccentric old man and story narrator Whittlin' Willy, Srini (Freddy's "Injun" sidekick - actually an Indian-as-in-India), the town schoolmarm (and Freddy's love interest) Penelope Primm, and Madamme O'Varee the brothel madam.

The game uses Sierra's SCI1.1 engine, and features 256-color hand-drawn art, scaling sprites and a mouse-driven interface, as well as DOS and Windows 3.1 compatibility. It was released in both floppy disk and CD-ROM versions, the latter having full voiceover speech for all characters. The game's manual is entitled The Modern Day Book of Health and Hygiene, a parody of 19th century medical texts. It contains information necessary for solving prescription puzzles.

External links

• Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist page at Al Lowe's personal website
• Unofficial fansite