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Explore classic text adventure games from Magnetic Scrolls, Level 9, Infocom, Scott Adams, and more.

The Retro Adventurers The Retro Adventurers

    • Vrije tijd

Explore classic text adventure games from Magnetic Scrolls, Level 9, Infocom, Scott Adams, and more.

    Episode 2 - The Hobbit and Planet of Death

    Episode 2 - The Hobbit and Planet of Death

    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

    • 57 min.
    Episode 1 - The Pawn and Around the World

    Episode 1 - The Pawn and Around the World

    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)

    • 1 u. 43 min.

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