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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…

Deadline

Streamed from November 19, 2024 to February 4, 2025

Deadline is a murder mystery text adventure game, written by Marc Blank and published by Infocom in 1982. It has a simple premise explained clearly on the package: “A locked door. A dead man. And 12 hours to solve the murder.” You…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail

Streamed from December 1, 2023 to February 23, 2024

Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail was designed by Christy Marx—creator of Jem and the Holograms—along with her late husband, Peter Ledger. It was released by Sierra On-Line in 1990 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game…

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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