TBD – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Eric the Unready – Fair and Fowl – Request for Assistance

On May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD Eric the Unready Journal Entry #4: I found myself in a fair near a fire-breathing dragon. And the dragon’s protecting the Steak of Eternity. Seems simple enough – just need to cover myself from head to toe in fireproof armor and steal a hungry dragon’s meal. I’ve got […]

Eric the Unready – Secret of the Snooze

On April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD Eric the Unready Journal Entry #3: My nightmares are filled with turtles – small turtles, tall turtles, elderly turtles, teenage turtles, ninja turtles. Hopefully Lorealle can stay safe while I collect a seemingly random collection of objects… Day 4: Blicester Castle – It’s Only a Model While […]

Eric the Unready – The Acceptably Decent Underground Empire

On April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD Eric the Unready Fondor Bindlecrank Journal Entry #2: I’m well on the way to rescuing the princess. My magic banana worked, I think. It took me to the location of one of the items that Bud the Wizard told me I’d need to complete my quest. I […]

Eric the Unready – As Happy As A Pig In … Let’s Say… Mud

On April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD Eric the Unready Journal Entry #1: My first real assignment! After defeating the Knight of the Black Pauldron, I was given another important job where I met the most adorable creature I’ve ever seen – I also met a princess!Day 1: How do you like them apples? […]

Game 118: Eric the Unready (1993) – Introduction

On March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD Eric the Unready is the next graphic adventure game from Legend Entertainment, and the highest rated adventure game ever, according to Computer Game Review. A quick glance at a screenshot shows that it uses essentially the same interactive fiction (with graphics) engine as Legend’s other games, Spellcasting 101, […]

Rome: Pathway to Power – Final Rating

On May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD with Reiko In a rare case for The Adventure Gamer, this game was actually played by two of us. Reiko introduced us to the game and started it, making the first gameplay post, and then I took over when Reiko was unable to complete it. As Reiko […]

Rome: Pathway to Power – LOST!

On May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #4: “The Emperor considers me a threat to his power. I’ll show him a threat. I’ll curry Cleopatra’s favour and see if she can help me oust the Emperor. I’m sure I’d be at least as good an Emperor – I can eat grapes and […]

Rome – The Political Machine

On April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #3: “I’ve been a Senator for 15 minutes and I’ve already been given the opportunity to become a Consul, a position of power second only to the Emperor himself. So how do I get the populace to vote for me? Sensible and affordable policies? Tax […]

Rome: Pathway of Power – The Woad Warrior

On April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #2: “You’ve heard the story before. The slave who became a general… or was it the other way around? Either way, I keep improving my station through means having nothing to do with my skills. Let’s see if I can keep this going – if […]

Rome – The Emperor’s New Woes

On April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD And so, after almost two months, we continue our playthrough of Rome: Pathway to Power. It’s been a while, so if you want to catch up you can read Reiko’s Introduction (here) and first post (here). For a quick summary, here’s what happened so far. HERCULANEUM Hector, […]

Rex Nebular – Final Rating

On March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 By TBD

Written by TBD It seems weird to make a big deal about your manual being written by an award winning game designer when he had nothing to do with the game itself. So let’s get to rating Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender. I’ll start with some general thoughts. […]

Rex Nebular – Won!

On February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 By TBD

Written by TBD. Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – Ides of March, 44 BC: I was just sitting down in the Senate before work when all the senators came in. After my good friend Brutus hugged me I felt a sharp pain in my bac… … Sorry, wrong log… … I […]

Rex Nebular – LOST! (Request for Assistance)

On February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 By TBD

Written by TBD. Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – 13th b’ak’tun.1: I finally found my way off this planet, but it quickly became clear that it wasn’t exactly how I wanted to go out – can I try again?… I’m hopelessly stuck. Last time I reported in, I’d done some exploring […]

Rex Nebular – It’s A Man’s World

On February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 By TBD

Written by TBD Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – 27th of Last Seed.7: I’ve explored the abandoned underground land of men. I have a few more items, but none of them are getting me closer to getting the vase that I’d almost forgotten about or escaping the planet. I’ve found some […]

Rex Nebular – To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before

On February 3, 2019 By TBD

Written by TBD. Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – The Day The Music Died.3: I’d sometimes dreamed about what I’d do if I was a woman for a day. But in none of those dreams did I just wander around picking stuff up and solving puzzles. At least I feel a […]

Rex Nebular – Meet Mr. Chainsaw

On January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 By TBD

Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – Later That Afternoon.3: I’ve been captured by a group of women. One of the woman keeps referring to me as scum – which is strange because usually people spend at least a few minutes with me before realising I’m scum. It seems the women want to […]

Rex Nebular – Bouncing Betty

On January 16, 2019 By TBD

Written by TBD. Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – Tuesday morning.4: After being shot out of space I’ve crash landed on a planet populated only by women. Am I dreaming? Or do the indigenous creatures who keep wanting to rip off my head make it a nightmare? We join our hero […]

Game 104: Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender (1992) – Introduction

On January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 By TBD

Written by TBD Rex is regretting his third wish, which seemed like such a fun idea in theory. Much like a previous game I’ve played, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, the title of this game has me forming an opinion on the type of experience I’ll be having before I even […]

Amazon – Final Rating

On November 18, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD It’s time to see how Amazon: Guardians of Eden fares in our PISSED rating. In my rating I’ll be specifically comparing it to the developer’s predecessor, Martian Memorandum. Do I feel like I was treated to an incredible journey of adventure? Let’s find out. Puzzles and Solvability […]

Amazon – WON!

On November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD. Jason Roberts Journal Entry #5: I’d guessed I needed an arrow to enter the secret door – but for some reason two perfectly obvious arrows that I saw in a treehouse weren’t the ones I needed – I needed one that was hiding behind a bush – […]