Gold Rush!

While Gold Rush! gets off to a promising start, thanks to its impressive visuals for an AGI adventure and ability to educate players about the perilous journey to California during the mid-19th century, it eventually becomes apparent that this game shares the same pitfalls as many other Sierra adventures in that there are several instances of unforgiving puzzles and dead-ends; worse, the game also has random events that you have no way of avoiding except for restarting the game and hoping for the best next time. So, a bit like a rogue-like to some degree, except nowhere near as much fun.