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jdyer , 4 days ago to Retro Gaming

an ultra-obscure adventure game in which I escape from a German prison camp

and reflect on user-hostile game design (in the context of a truly amazing letter to an editor complaining about a bad review)

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/07/stalag-1982/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #trs80coco

jdyer , 14 days ago to Retro Gaming

part 3 of my series on The Phantom's Revenge

including esoteric references to multiple ports of Adventure

and game-theoretical rambling about "puzzles" which serve more as "keys" than things requiring a thought process

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/28/the-phantoms-revenge-into-the-hackers-den/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #puzzles

jdyer , 18 days ago to Retro Gaming

Wherein I embark on a new quest, The Phantom's Revenge.

Dian Girard is one of the few multi-title women working in adventure games at the time (1982). This is her second game.

I include some game history lore dating back to the ultra-obscure Sphere computer (1975-1977).

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/23/the-phantoms-revenge-1982/

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #adventuregame #dos

jdyer , 19 days ago to Retro Gaming

Here's my finale post on Avventura nel Castello, including ruminations on how context affects the reception of historical games, and a close encounter with the Loch Ness Monster.

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/22/avventura-nel-castello-the-devils-lieutenant/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #appleII #apple2 #apple

jdyer , 20 days ago to Retro Gaming

My journey on the first Italian adventure game continues

with some intuitive and not-so-intuitive leaps of logic

and a very, very, large cat

#retrogaming #adventuregame #appleII #apple2 #apple

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/21/avventura-nel-castello-the-sorcerers-apprentice/