TBD – Page 2 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Missed Classic 61: Wishbringer (1985) – Introduction

On November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 By TBD

Written by Joe Pranevich When Wishbringer launched, the writing was already on the wall for Infocom. Cornerstone had been thrashing in the marketplace for five months and a successful game launch– or two or three– was the injection the company needed to keep its feet on the ground and its […]

Amazon – Treehouse of Horror

On October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD. Jason Roberts Journal Entry 4: Determined to get inside a treehouse, Maya and I decide to attempt some acrobatics. Will we find the Swiss Family Robinson inside? I can only hope…When we last left our heroes, they had just followed Professor Stroheim’s directions and found a treehouse […]

Amazon – That’s a Paddlin’

On October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD. Jason Roberts Journal Entry #3: Well, I finally found out what the Captain of The Amazon Queen wants from me apart from cigarettes. Now I’m settled in for a nice relaxing trip to our destination. I’m sure nothing can go wrong here – Maya and I feel […]

Amazon – The Bridge of Reloading (Request for Assistance)

On October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 By TBD

Jason Roberts Journal Entry #2: I’ve made it to Rio Blanco – it’s taken a bit of effort – getting past one homicidal pilot and more than one deadly piranha. But for some reason I feel I need some cigarettes – and I don’t even smoke! (Boy those things must […]

Amazon – Fight or Flight

On October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 By TBD

Jason Robert Journal Entry 1: My brother is missing so I’ve decided to trick my workmates in order to get what I need to follow him to the jungle. I’ve already deceived Darlene Fitch and Male Guard, and tricked Female Guard by proxy. Now I need to try to deceive […]

Amazon – Deceiving My Workmates

On October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD CHAPTER 1: TERROR IN THE JUNGLE (continued) After the opening cutscene we went through in the introduction post, we start the game with Jason Roberts arriving at work. As always when starting a new game, I look at everything I can see. Just what I wanted – […]

Game 98: Amazon: Guardians of Eden (1992) – Introduction

On September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD If not for the title, I wouldn’t be sure if it was a jungle adventure game or a pirate game? Continuing my self-appointed position as official “Access Software” player, despite the previous three Access Software games all being played by different reviewers, I’m playing through a game […]

Missed Classic: Hitchhiker’s Guide – Won! And Final Rating

On September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 By TBD

Written by Joe Pranevich I did it! With your help, I conquered The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy! This has been my fifteenth Infocom adventure and certainly one of the tougher ones, but thankfully Voltgloss and some Invisiclues were around to put me back on track. I leave this game […]

Spellcasting 301 – The Beach Boys

On September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 By TBD

By Deimar Ernie Eaglebeak’s Journal #1 “I just can’t believe I am still friends with these guys… First, they got me to drive the carpet to our spring break destination, Fort Naughtytail, alone for hours on end while they slept. We arrived safe and sound, but then they blamed me […]

Missed Classic: Hitchhiker’s Guide – Arthur Who? (Request for Assistance)

On September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 By TBD

Written by Joe Pranevich Let’s mix our time travel metaphors! If you’ve ever seen Doctor Who, you know that the adventure of the Doctor and his companions are fairly random. They travel from world to world, from time to time, solving problems and having adventures. They also spend a great […]

King’s Quest VI: Final Rating

On September 1, 2018September 4, 2018 By TBD

It’s time to rate the best King’s Quest game, based on most opinions I’ve read. Will I agree? Spoiler alert: Yes, I will. Before I start I’ll quickly mention that I attempted to play the Amiga version for comparison purposes but couldn’t get it working. I did find a comprehensive list […]

Missed Classic: Hitchhiker’s Guide – Improbable Mission

On August 26, 2018September 9, 2018 By TBD

Written by Joe Pranevich Welcome back! Last week, I successfully defeated the Vogons, retrieved the elusive babel fish, and managed to secure an atomic vector plotter before being jettisoned out of an airlock. Not bad for a Thursday! This week, I will be picking up the thread just after passing […]

King’s Quest VI – WON! Thrice!

On August 24, 2018September 4, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD When we last left Alexander, he was about to crash a wedding TWICE! But before continuing the game, something has been bothering me about the events that preceded the start of the game. The people of the Land of the Green Isles have told me that the […]

Missed Classic: Hitchhiker’s Guide – I Got the Babelfish!

On August 19, 2018September 9, 2018 By TBD

Written by Joe Pranevich What is the most famous puzzle in adventure game history? Is it defeating the snake in Colossal Cave? Sneaking in the back of the white house in Zork? How about something from King’s Quest or Maniac Mansion? In 1984, one of the most famous puzzles (at […]

King’s Quest VI – Upstairs Downstairs

On August 15, 2018September 4, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD. Now that I’ve used both methods to enter the castle, let’s see how I fared in each case. The castle’s puzzles are also different on the two potential paths, so let’s split them up and see where we end up. Let’s start with the Land of the […]

King’s Quest VI – Knight of the Leaving Dead

On August 5, 2018September 4, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD When we left off last time, Alexander had just entered the castle using Beauty’s serving maid clothes and had gotten himself captured by attempting to enter the most obvious door. Now, I played on for a little while and became stuck due to a dead-end that required […]

Game 99: Alone in the Dark (1992) – Introduction

On August 3, 2018September 4, 2018 By TBD

Administrator’s note:Due to a lack of time to write about Spellcasting 301 at the moment, we’re pausing that game temporarily and getting on with the next game on our list. Over to Andy Panthro… Written by Andy Panthro How do we assign a genre, when something is breaking boundaries and […]

King’s Quest VI – Fantastic Breasts and Where to Find Them

On July 29, 2018September 4, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD When we left off last time, Alexander had just entered the Minotaur’s Labyrinth and fallen down a pit, with the game giving me a clue that the Cliffs of Logic aren’t the only place on this island where I’d need to refer to the manual. I check […]

King’s Quest VI – The Cliffs of RTFM

On July 21, 2018September 4, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD When we last left Alexander, he had just visited the edge of Chessboard Land, and was hanging out in the garden of pun-named flowers, being hugged to death by the clinging vines. Reloading after being smothered by the clinging vines, I tried something I didn’t try earlier […]

King’s Quest VI – Isle of Punder

On July 15, 2018September 4, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD When we last left Alexander, I had just found a ring I hadn’t noticed earlier. In the comments of that post, I was informed that the ring was mentioned either in the manual or a ‘help’ section of the game itself. It wasn’t in the manual, but […]