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Let’s make a game in World Builder!

Streamed from March 31, 2023 to March 27, 2026

William C. Appleton created Enchanted Scepters for the original Macintosh in 1984. It was one of the first point-and-click adventure games ever made. To help him create he made World Builder, the first multimedia authoring tool. World…

Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Streamed from May 23 to August 22, 2025

Riven: The Sequel to Myst was designed by Robyn Miller and Richard Vander Wende, developed by Cyan, and published 1997 by Red Orb Entertainment. The original release for Mac and Windows was spread across five compact discs. An updated…

Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon

Streamed from May 2 to May 16, 2025

Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon was designed by Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, the “Two Guys from Andromeda,” and released by Sierra On-Line in March 1989. Following the events of the second game, Roger Wilco drifts through space,…

Myst

Streamed from March 7 to April 25, 2025

Myst was designed by Rand and Robyn Miller, developed by Cyan, and published in 1993 by Brøderbund. The original version was made in HyperCard for the Macintosh. It was later brought to a wide variety of systems including Windows, Sega…

Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder

Streamed from March 25 to April 15, 2025

Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder is an FMV murder mystery game. It was created by Shannon Gilligan, who also created the Virtual Murder series, along with Sam Egan, writer and producer for Northern Exposure. It was developed and…

Caper in the Castro

Streamed on March 18, 2025

Caper in the Castro is the first LGBTQ game, created by C.M. Ralph and released in 1989. It’s a point-and-click murder mystery made with HyperCard. Ralph also made a straight version of the game called Murder on Main Street, without the…

Who Killed Brett Penance?: The Environmental Surfer

Streamed from March 4, 2024 to March 11, 2025

Who Killed Brett Penance?: The Environmental Surfer is an FMV murder mystery game written and directed by Shannon Gilligan. It was developed and published by Creative Multimedia in 1994. This was originally part of the “Virtual Murder”…

Loom™

Streamed from February 14 to February 28, 2025

Loom™ was published by Lucasfilm Games in 1990 for MS-DOS. It’s the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilm’s™ Brian Moriarty™. Why it’s an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic… stunning, high-resolution,…

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