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Space Quest II: Vohaul’s Revenge

Streamed on January 3, 2025

Space Quest II: Vohaul’s Revenge was designed by Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, the “Two Guys from Andromeda,” and released by Sierra On-Line in November 1987. Following the events of the first game, Roger Wilco is back to his usual work…

Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter

Streamed from September 13 to September 27, 2024

Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter was released by Sierra On-Line in October 1986. It was designed by Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, the “Two Guys from Andromeda.” In Space Quest, you play as Roger Wilco (or a name of your choice), a…

Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas

Streamed from August 6 to September 3, 2024

Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas is the final game in the MacVenture series from ICOM Simulations. It was originally released in 1988 for Mac, and later ported to several other systems. One of those ports was a version for Game Boy Color by…

The Zen of Kayaking

Streamed from July 19 to August 2, 2024

The Zen of Kayaking was created by pixel_turkey and gamedevjeff over the course of ten days, and released in 2024. It was inspired by classic Infocom text adventures like Hollywood Hijinx and made in Infocom’s Z-Machine format. The…

Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!

Streamed from July 9 to August 6, 2024

Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! is the first game in the MacVenture series from ICOM Simulations. It was originally released in 1985 for Mac, making it among the first point-and-click adventure games. The Mac versions of these games…

Zork I: The Great Underground Empire

Streamed from March 1 to March 22, 2024

Zork is a text adventure game created by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Tim Anderson, and Bruce Daniels while they were at MIT. It was originally released for PDP-10 mainframe computers in 1977. The developers later founded Infocom and split…

HyperCard

Streamed from August 18 to December 17, 2023

HyperCard is a multimedia authoring tool created by Bill Atkinson and released by Apple Computer in 1987. It was incredibly popular, and it was used to create presentations, games, and even catalog physical media (and access it with a…

Swamp Witch

Streamed from July 25 to August 8, 2023

Swamp Witch was created by Jim Thompson in World Builder. He made the game for his kids, and they’re featured as the main characters. He actually created two versions: one where you play as his daughter and another with his son. The…

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