This week: the controversial Adventure Game Aptitude Test, improved access to Lucasarts classics thanks to a DREAMM emulator upgrade, and an outrageous hack to the infamous Sinclair C5. Plus your top picks in tiny software and an all-new Community Question of the Week.
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#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #accesssoftware #mindscape #texmurphy
Sorry I DO have this version.
Don't have the original release box but I don't have this version. Two games in one. What times we lived in back then.
A small, six-building town, of blue buildings with red roofs, stretching along a road into the horizon. The lines of the roofs don't line up with the buildings. The border is grey. On the horizons, one sees cactuses. Below in the text area, it reads "YOU ARE IN THE VILLAGE OF SERENIA. AROUND YOU IS A DESERT. COMMAND?_"
Hi-Res Adventure #2: The Wizard and the Princess (C64, 1982)
TWiR covers an unusual global gaming contest and the hosts talk about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Could Book Club be in our future?!
Plus more news for retro Star Wars game fans, an incredible Sinclair C5 hack, and more when This Week in Retro 259 arrives Saturday!
Some pictures from the games archive.
Missed one
I have a few games as well.
Great game.
#PCBIGBOX shelf of the day. #SSI #D&D #turnbased #dos
In this EXTREMELY text- and font-dense ad, a Commodore 64 is a computer flying to space, and the red Action Replay cartrige is a shuttlecraft about to dock with it. Headings include "WARP 25 BREAKS THE 5 SECOND BARRIER!!!" "PLUS UNIQUE CODE CRACKER MONITOR" and "POWERFUL DESIGN WITH ON BOARD L51 LOGIC PROCESSOR CHIP"
Total Back Up Power Takes A Quantum Leap!
This my original owner AR5 cart. This cart has seen some copy parties.
#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #SSI #D&D #Buckrogers
#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #c64 #broderbund #synapse #commodore #c64 #Avalonhill #parkerbros
The boxes are stunning for those early wizardry games.
#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #Konami #dataeast #avalonhill #capcom
All the fun you can squeeze into 64k! youtu.be/PM18XTdua8s
We look at the international sensation Jet Set Willy and 1984's explosion of open-world adventure gaming. Plus a full Quake-style FPS in just 64k, and new flow coding and game engines for classic hardware.
#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #Accolade #starcontrol #predator #doubledragon #c64 #dos
>TAKE PITY AND EXAMINE IT.
Nobody's angry with Chris for self-destructive adventure game choices, just worried about him. 1984's hottest adventure titles, up-to-date coding environments for out-of-date platforms, a full 3D FPS in just 64k, and more when This Week in Retro 258 arrives this Saturday!
#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #Accolade #testdrive #c64 #dos
I'm just glad Roy Orbison didn't live to see this.
Built like a tank.
Going through all the CRTs today and every single Amstrad monitor works. These things are bombproof.
#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #spinnaker #scholastic #mecc #agentusa
Love a Taskmaster reference.
#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #c64 #activision #commodore #commodore64 #amiga
#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #sierraonline #sierragames
##pcbigbox shelf of the day. #Sierra #spacequest #kingsquest
It's #MARCHintosh again! (How to participate in MARCHintosh)
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