The Retro Adventurers The Retro Adventurers

Dave and Jason seek revenge on the dread pirate Skarvench and go on an interplanetary hunt for the mysterious Wing. This episode of The Retro Adventurers explores the neo-retro title Down Among the Dead Men (originally published as a Virtual Reality Adventures gamebook in 1993, converted into ZIL (Zork Implementation Language) and Z-Machine binary format in 2020 by SD Separa) and the oft-overlooked Interplay launch title The Tracer Sanction, originally published by Activision.
The Tracer Sanction playable online
Down Among the Dead Men (includes play link)
Transporter by Andrew Laker (includes play link)
Solution and map for Transporter
Dead Flesh Retro
Terrormolinos
Slaine
 

Scott Adams of Adventure International and Clopas fame joins Dave and Jason for a conversation on this episode of The Retro Adventurers. We discuss the rise and fall of Adventure International, the Marvel Comics relationship behind the Questprobe games featuring The Hulk, Spider-Man, and The Human Torch & The Thing, building international business relationships, and more.
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Clopas LLC
Adventureland XL
Stereotypical by Clopas (in development)
Adventure International (Mobygames profile)
Portland Retro Gaming Expo

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)