Spellbreaker – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Missed Classic: Spellbreaker – Won! And Final Rating

On April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Joe Pranevich Spellbreaker started as a chase, then it became a hunt for macguffin cubes, now we are finally closing out through some of the most devious puzzles every created for adventure games. We’ve just about reached the end the last original “Zork” game. This has been a […]

Missed Classic: Spellbreaker – The Chase

On April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Joe Pranevich You’ve heard the classic story: boy meets girl, girl meets boy, boy and girl happen to be levitating rocks on a Tron-esque grid? It’s classic. If I have to say one thing about Spellbreaker, it is not afraid to have interesting and difficult puzzles. And despite […]

Missed Classic: Spellbreaker – The Incredible Shrinking Man

On March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

Written by Joe Pranevich Welcome back! Last week, I was able to puzzle my way past a splash-down with a hungry fish, bring a statue to life just long enough to steal something from its mouth, shrink a snake, and insult The Phantom Menace. As I have mentioned before, the […]

Missed Classic: Spellbreaker – Romancing the Stone

On March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

Written by Joe Pranevich A few years back, I spent some time studying Shakespeare. I’m not going to claim some amazing insight into the bard, but as I read each play I was always struck by a moment of realization when I saw what he was up to. It’s not […]

Missed Classic: Spellbreaker – Avalanche!

On March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

Written by Joe Pranevich Wow! It’s been a while. How have you been? Family good? Any of you have children who grew up, went to college, started a family, and then had children of their own still waiting for a Spellbreaker update? I am sorry about that, but life has […]

Missed Classic 65: Spellbreaker (1985) – Introduction

On February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

Written by Joe Pranevich From the earliest days of the company, Infocom had one tradition: a new Zork title released every fall. After Zork III, the baton was passed to the Enchanter series which, as patient and dedicated readers know was just the second Zork trilogy. October of 1985 was […]