The Retro Adventurers

• Episode 34 - Gremlins and A Spell Of Christmas Ice

  Nick and Jason deliver holiday cheer straight from Santa's Grotto in the form of two 1980s Christmas classics. First up is the bite-sized Quill adventure A Spell Of Christmas Ice by Mike Turner, originally published on the tape-based 16/48 Magazine for ZX Spectrum users. For the main course, enjoy Brian Howarth's very British adaptation of the very American monster mayhem classic Gremlins. Curl up by the fire with your favorite picturebook adaptation of a Hollywood blockbuster, listen, and enjoy the season! 16/48 Magazine Issue 12 A Spell Of Christmas Ice, stand-alone tape image Mike E. Turner (IFDB) Gremlins: The Adventure (IFDB) Gremlins: The Adventure (MOCAGH) Level 9 Archive (Github) Andrew Plotkin's analysis of Zork I-III becoming open source Original cover photo by Gy21dds

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• Episode 33 - A Conversation with Mathbrush

  No one has reviewed more text adventures and works of interactive fiction over the past decade than MathBrush. A self-described newcomer to the scene he has nonetheless posted over 3,600 reviews and counting of games old and new, along with creating or collaborating with others to create 30 games of his own. MathBrush's thousands of reviews MathBrush's IFDB profile MathBrush's games Intfiction.org profile

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• Episode 32 - L: A Mathemagical Adventure and Beyond the Tesseract

  Get ready to type out every letter in "dodecahedron"! Nick, Jason, and Ben play two games steeped in math, science, and trippy physics in this episode. Beyond the Tesseract by David Lo is the appetizer course, a game originally designed in TRS-80 Level II BASIC, then ported to C and published on a variety of platforms before later being reimplemented in Inform 6 by Andrew Plotkin. A self-professed "abstract adventure", you'll have a better time with it if you paid attention in school. The main course was published in 1984 for the BBC Micro by the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (UK) and goes by L: A Mathemagical Adventure. It's a core memory for many who were young and remember their school experiences with BBC Micros, but does the plot to rescue the fair maid Runia from the Drogos hold up today? Beyond the Tesseract (IFDB, includes playable link) L: A Mathemagical Adventure (IFDB) L: A Mathemagical Adventure (playable online, BBC) Beatle Quest for BBC Micro Shawn McClure's How To Design Adventure Games (IntFiction.org)

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• Episode 31 - The Colour of Magic and MST3K: Detective

  WE'VE GOT TEXT ADVENTURE SIGN!! Ben, Jason, and Nick stooge their way through two comedy games. First up is the 1993 Matt Barringer "classic" Detective as put (unofficially) through the wringer of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew by CE Forman and a collection of subsequent riffers. One player was (and remains) completely baffled by this format in which a man and two robots are forced to watch a bad movie (slash play a bad game) for the entertainment of two mad scientists, against a backdrop of scenery bought for peanuts. Then they take on Delta 4's treatment of Terry Pratchett's Discword in The Colour of Magic, a waiting simulator disguised as a four-part comedy adventure. Watch out for the end of the world! The Colour of Magic (IFDB) MST3K: Detective (IFDB) Detective, author's original version (IFDB) Discworld on Page and Screen, Part 2 (The Digital Antiquarian) Review of Detective (SPAG #5) MST3K Satellite News Discworld Emporium  

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• Episode 30 - Captain Cutter's Treasure, Young Arthur's Quest, and 10 Cave Adventure

  Ben, Jason, and Nick set sail for adventures new and old on this episode, starting with 10 CAVE ADVENTURE, so named for the number of BASIC lines making up its entire codebase. They then head to the Commodore VIC-20 for a crack at Young Arthur's Quest before journeying to the not-so-long-ago 2021 release Captain Cutter's Treasure, a neo-retro style adventure created in the PunyInform system. Captain Cutter's Treasure (IFDB) Young Arthur's Quest (Renga in Blue) Young Arthur's Quest (MobyGames) 10 Cave Adventure (Spectrum Computing) 8-Bit Show and Tell's breakdown of 10 CAVE

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