Computer RPGs – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Din’s Legacy Released

On August 28, 2019August 29, 2019 By Rampant Coyote

Sorry it’s been a bit quiet of late. At least I can say that this summer hasn’t been boring. Anyway… I wanted to pass this along. Din’s Legacy has been released as a full on 1.0 version. I’ve played the Early Access a little bit, and I’m looking forward to […]

Dungeons & Desktops 2nd Edition – the History of Computer RPGs – Now Available!

On May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 By Rampant Coyote

Matt Barton’s outstanding history of computer role-playing games is now out in a second edition. I haven’t read the whole thing yet (it’s HUGE), but the last ten years have brought about some enormous changes and tons of new games to the genre. This is kind of funny to me, […]

The original Diablo is available at GOG.com

On March 26, 2019March 27, 2019 By Rampant Coyote

Diablo 1 is now on GOG.com. It’s $10, so it’s not exactly super-cheap, but compared to the trouble I went through getting Diablo to install and run on my last computer (requiring some downloaded mods just to get it *mostly* working), it could be worth it to you. Diablo 1 […]

Magical Diary: Wolf Hall Crowdfunding Campaign

On January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 By Rampant Coyote

Man, I kinda miss the days when game devs would make a game, and THEN people would buy it. Of course, that requires people, you know, BUYING games. We’re getting to the point where crowdfunding is often as much of a marketing and sales tool as a funding tool. But […]

Steam Autumn Sale

On November 21, 2018November 22, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

Hold onto your wallets! The Steam Autumn Sale is here. Now, I’d really appreciate it if people took advantage of Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon being 60% off… less than $5… to help offset the amount of money I’m likely to spend this weekend on Steam games that I […]

Bard’s Tale 1 – Completed!

On October 11, 2018October 12, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

As much as the original Bard’s Tale fired up my imagination as a kid, I’ve always regretted never completing the game. I’ve tried to remedy this on several occasions over the years, creating several new crews of characters, watching them die horrible deaths–often before they’d taken more than 20 steps […]

Impressions: The Bard’s Tale Trilogy – Remastered

On September 24, 2018September 25, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

I first played The Bard’s Tale on the Commodore 64 many, many years ago (when it was new). I’d played Wizardry on friends’ computers, but it still hadn’t made its way to my beloved C-64. The Bard’s Tale was not only a great substitute, but it tried hard to be […]

14 Virtual Reality RPGs for the PC

On July 23, 2018September 4, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

Posted by Rampant Coyote on July 23, 2018 Virtual-Reality-based dungeon crawling is something of dream-fulfillment for me. It’s the purpose I envisioned for VR back in the days when Ultima IV was high-tech. Of course, it’s not exactly what I dreamed of when I was 12 or 13 years old, […]

Why We’re Here

On February 15, 2010September 6, 2018 By ciathyza

Hello, readers! Welcome to my blog, in which I play all computer role-playing games in roughly chronological order from the beginning of time to the modern age. As I write this paragraph, I’m currently in 1991 playing Fate: Gates of Dawn. I find that many people who stumble upon my […]