Med Systems published a catalog of four "adventure blobber" games from 1980 to 1982, made outside the regular arc of adventure game history.
Recently, I found a fifth game. It is not in any catalog or advertisement. It is a ghost from time that shouldn't exist.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/12/madhouse-1981/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #tandy #trs80 #history
in which I reach the end of the first adventure game in the Norwegian language, which has one of the more satisfying game endings I've experienced in a while
buried under bad RNG decisions, but you don't have to worry about those when you're just reading about it!
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/11/ringen-under-the-low-morning-sun/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #tolkien #norway #norwegian
in which the Norwegian game Ringen continues
including outwitting the witch via source code
a meeting with Legolas
Gollum's encounter with the precious
and a confrontation at the Bridge of Khazad-dum
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/10/ringen-he-must-be-a-wizard/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #tolkien #norway #norwegian
Ringen (the first adventure written in Norwegian) continues with a long post where I explore Moria, meet some elves, evade a dragon, fail to correctly solve a riddle, and gather treasures to fund Frodo's upcoming vacation.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/07/ringen-in-the-darkness/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #tolkien #norway #norwegian
@Tijn @DigiAntiquarian That was a very entertaining episode! Going back and forth between gameplay and the backstory made it really interesting. I never thought I'd listen to all of the almost 4h, but in the end I did! :-)
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Recently, on the Norwegian videogame site spillhistorie.no, two new discoveries were posted, games that were previously lost. I've written about one already; the other discovery was of a very early Tolkien game, and the first original adventure we have in Norwegian.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/05/ringen-return-of-the/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #tolkien
All the Adventures continues with Comp 1983 and a contrast with the previous game: despite both games being set on islands, rather than staging "scenes" Search for the Ruby Chalice clearly is trying to simulate an "environment" instead
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/03/search-for-the-ruby-chalice-1983/
#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #tandy
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