Happy New Year!
We take this episode to look back at some old skool gaming. What were our first computers, consoles, and games? Do you remember any of these games? What are your first gaming memories? Caution: spoilers for Return to Zork.
This one took a while to edit due to some technical difficulties, sorry!
Systems mentioned:
- IBM PC 286
- Atari
- BBC Microbee
- Apple II
- PlayStation 2
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Pentium 90
Games mentioned (some downloadable for free!):
- Castle Adventure
- Adventure
- Nethack/roguelikes
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (with the Almanac and Book of Facts)
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
- Alpine Tram Ride
- Granny’s Garden
- Prince of Persia (which you can now get the source code of from github!)
- Prince of Persia Sands of Time
- Monkey Island
- Might and Magic II
- Heroes of Might and Magic
- Doom
- Myst
- Simon the Sorcerer
- King’s Quest VI
- Call of Duty
- Elder Scrolls Online
- Space Invaders
- Legend of Kyrandia III: Malcolm’s Revenge
- Zork
- Return to Zork
- Super Mario Bros
- Star Wars Rebel Assault
- Descent
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