A new adventure begins! Cornucopia was lost in all forms until recently when a version for the "Classic Quests" series in DOS turned up.

This one is going to be long and complicated, which right from the start gives the player a spellbook and a giant map to explore.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/11/cornucopia-1982/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #dos

A sampling of the misadventures from the All the Adventures project, 2024:

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/01/2024-retrospective/

Includes deep analysis and history of wild artifacts like an adventure game for Bally Astrocade, and the earliest known Italian and German adventure games.

#videogames #adventuregames #textadventures #interactivefiction #german #italian #french #history

All the Adventures returns to Brian Cotton, the first text adventure author published "professionally" in the UK.

Goblin Towers is unusual in that it seems to be inspired by Zork, rather than Adventure or Adventureland.

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/20/goblin-towers-1981-1983-1986/

#retrogaming #adventuregames #videogames #textadventure #interactivefiction #c64 #commodore

you know that quote that's often (erroneously) attributed to Shigeru Miyamoto -- "a late game is late until it releases, a rushed game is bad forever"?

well. turns out a trans woman game dev was the one who said it. huh.

https://www.acriticalhit.com/solved-miyamoto-quote-late-game-bad-forever