Showing posts with label April 24. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April 24. Show all posts
Friday, April 24, 2015
The Digital Antiquarian: On S.D.I. (Just a Little) and King of Chicago (Quite a Lot)
In addition to Defender of the Crown, Bob Jacob and Cinemaware were able to deliver two more of their planned four launch titles to Mindscape before the end of 1986. Only Bill Williams’s Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon fell hopelessly behind schedule, getting pushed well into the following year. Of the games that […]
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The Digital Antiquarian: Mike Berlyn Could Use a Little Helping Hand
As some of you who read this blog are doubtless already aware, Mike Berlyn was diagnosed with cancer last September. Whilst undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment, he’s also been accumulating medical bills not covered by Medicare. In short, he needs at least $36,000 to put him in the clear again and let him concentrate on […]
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Thursday, April 23, 2015
Renga in Blue: Wander (1974) release, and questions answered
(For the opening of this saga, you might want to read Anthony’s post first.) There is a text adventure creation system that dates back to before Crowther wrote ADVENT. I’ve been stalking a copy of Wander for months now; I made a blog post about it and some other games I’ve been tracking down. Anthony […]
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Wander (1974) release, and questions answered
(For the opening of this saga, you might want to read Anthony’s post first.) There is a text adventure creation system that dates back to before Crowther wrote ADVENT. I’ve been stalking a copy of Wander for months now; I made a blog post about it and some other games I’ve been tracking down. Anthony […]
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Stupid Parser Tricks:
Just wanted to share what I thought was an exciting bit of IF-archeology conducted by "Ant" of Retroactive Fiction. The author claims to have the source-code for a game called Wander, that's supposed to predate Crowther and Woods' ADVENT. The story, which is more complex than my summary does justice, is told nicely in his blog -- I'm just sharing here because I noticed it isn't listed on
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April A to Z – U is for Underbyte studios
Howdy gamebook lovers! As you may or may not know, gamebook apps have fuelled the revival of the gamebook format and also smashed the boundaries of what gamebooks can do. And today, we have the people from Underbyte Studios to tell us about their latest project, Heroes Guard. Underbyte Studios also have a Facebook page […]
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