The Retro Adventurers The Retro Adventurers

Retro Adventurers Jason Compton and Dave Hawkins explore iconic early text adventure The Hobbit (by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler, adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien) and Planet of Death (by Richard Turner and Chris Thornton).
Includes listener mail, an explanation for postponing the promised Knight Orc, and a dive into both games.
Special thanks to Robin Harbron of 8-Bit Show and Tell for final engineering.
Links
Planet of Death playable ZX81 edition
The Hobbit playable Spectrum 128 enhanced edition
AppleAdventures on YouTube
Renga in Blue's Planet of Death finale (featuring "Dusty Bin")
The Tracer Sanction
Down Among the Dead Men

The premiere of The Retro Adventurers. Three old-school gamers talk about text adventures they have loved, hated, or are just experiencing for the first time. In this episode, Ben Collier, Jason Compton, and Dave Hawkins take a look at early text adventure Around the World and the first Magnetic Scrolls adventure, The Pawn. 
Includes news, biographical notes, and a dive into both games.
Links
Ronin by David Alzofon
Ghosts Of Blackwood Manor
PunyInform
Infocom Z-Machine interpreter source code
The Classic Adventurer
Softside adventure archive including Around the World (Apple II emulator image)
The Pawn at the Magnetic Scrolls Memorial (playable online)