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Murder Club

Streamed from August 15 to October 17, 2023

Murder Club, also known as J.B. Harold Murder Club, is a detective mystery game from Rika Suzuki. Early in her career she co-founded Riverhill Soft, where she created 黒猫荘相続殺人事件 and other early adventure games. She went on to co-found…

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…

Manhunter: New York

Streamed from January 17 to January 31, 2023

Manhunter: New York was developed by Evryware and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. Manhunter was initially released for MS-DOS, Apple II, and Apple IIgs, with versions for Macintosh, Amiga, and Atari ST following a year later in…

The Colonel’s Bequest: Super Sleuth Speed Run

Streamed from December 18, 2022 to January 4, 2023

Two complete playthroughs of The Colonel’s Bequest were not enough to satisfy me. I was determined to obtain the elusive Super Sleuth ranking, and I decided to do it as fast as I could. I started with spending some time carefully…

King’s Quest I Remake

Streamed on December 17, 2022

In the early 1990s, Sierra released remakes of several of their earlier games, using their new SCI engine that was first used for King’s Quest IV. SCI allowed for graphics at twice the resolution of their earlier AGI engine, enhanced…

Alone in the Dark 2

Streamed from November 1 to November 8, 2022

Alone in the Dark 2 was directed by Franck De Girolami, one of the programmers of the original game, and published by Infogrames in 1993 for MS-DOS. The stylish, moody horror of the original is mostly absent, replaced with a disjointed…

Alone in the Dark

Streamed from October 11 to October 25, 2022

Alone in the Dark was directed by Frédérick Raynal, and published by Infogrames in 1992 for MS-DOS. Sweet Home is generally considered to be the first survival horror game, but Alone in the Dark was perhaps the first 3D survival horror…

The Dagger of Amon Ra: A Laura Bow Mystery

Streamed from July 12 to September 6, 2022

The Dagger of Amon Ra was released in 1992
 for MS-DOS, with a fully voiced CD-ROM following in 1993. It was written by Josh Mandel, directed by Bruce Balfour and Bill Davis, and designed by Bruce Balfour. Robert Williams is credited as…

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