robotspacer’s adventure corner

Archive

The Secret of Donkey Island

Streamed from June 28 to July 2, 2023

The Secret of Donkey Island, or Tajemství Oslího ostrova, is a Czech adventure game created by two high school students, Jarek Kolář and Petr Vlček. The game was made on school computers using a game engine they created themselves. It…

Enclosure 3-D

Streamed from May 30 to June 6, 2023

In 2004, Femo Duo Entertainment (Chris “Joker” Femo and HwM) released Enclosure, a horror adventure game created using Sierra’s AGI game engine. In 2022, mausimus remastered the game, giving it a unique 3D look that subtly shifts…

The Hugo Trilogy

Streamed from May 16 to May 30, 2023

In an interview with Adventure Classic Gaming, David P. Gray said he started designing games while he was writing underwater weapons software for the UK Ministry of Defense. “The vector graphics system was just too perfect for writing an…

Hi-Res Adventure #1: Mystery House

Streamed from May 9 to May 16, 2023

Mystery House was the first game Roberta and Ken Williams made together, and the first adventure game with graphics. In the late 1970s, Ken Williams discovered Colossal Cave Adventure and played through it with his wife Roberta. Roberta…

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut

Streamed from April 11 to May 2, 2023

Kathy Rain is a point-and-click detective mystery created by Joel Staaf Hästö of Clifftop Games. It was originally released in 2016 for Mac and Windows. The Director’s Cut was released in 2021 with support for additional platforms. This…

Shadowgate

Streamed from March 7 to March 28, 2023

Shadowgate is a point-and-click adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and released for Macintosh in 1987. It was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1989, one of many ports and remakes over the years. The game…

Enchanted Scepters

Streamed from March 10 to March 24, 2023

Enchanted Scepters is an early Macintosh game, programmed by William C. Appleton and published by Silicon Beach Software in 1984. It’s also the first English-language point-and-click adventure game. (There are a couple of Japanese games,…

Manhunter 2: San Francisco

Streamed from February 7 to February 28, 2023

Manhunter 2: San Francisco was developed by Evryware and published by Sierra On-Line in 1989 for MS-DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, and Atari ST. Manhunter was created by three siblings, Dave Murry, Barry Murry, and Dee Dee Murry. Manhunter 2 was…

2 3 4 5 6 7 8