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The Crimson Diamond

Streamed from October 11 to November 15, 2024

The Crimson Diamond is a modern text-parser adventure game inspired by The Colonel’s Bequest and other classic mysteries. It was created by Julia Minamata and released for Windows and Mac in 2024. The Crimson Diamond stars Nancy…

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…

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…

Perfect Tides

Streamed from September 29 to October 27, 2023

Perfect Tides is a modern indie adventure game inspired by the point-and-click classics of the 90s. It was made by Meredith Gran, and released for Windows and Mac in 2022. Gran is best known for her web comic, Octopus Pie, which ran from…

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…

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…

Colossal Cave

Streamed from December 31, 2022 to February 19, 2023

Colossal Cave Adventure, often just called Adventure, is generally considered the first adventure game. (Wikipedia puts it as the first “well-known” adventure game. Firsts are always a bit complicated.) It’s also the reason we call them…

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