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Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

February 16, 2023

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a great podcast of Zork II is Eaten by a Grue, Episode 12. I recommend downloading Zork II r63 from IFDB, and using Gargoyle as the interpreter. Zork II is listed as “Advanced” on it’s recommended skill level. Below you can play Zork II for free, from Internet Archive.

Phantasie

February 15, 2023

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The CRPG Book, Video Games

This series of games is recommended by The CRPG Book as a great introduction game to 1980s RPGs. It’s kind of a lost series, even though the author of the series, known as Lord Wood, was once compared to Lord British, the author of the Ultima series. You can’t really buy Phantasie on any digital…

Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader

February 15, 2023

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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, Video Games

Since Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is also on the 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die list, I recommend you start there first, it’s not very expensive if you buy it for PC on a digital platform like Steam. This game is also harder to come by because it’s not available on PC…

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

February 15, 2023

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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, Video Games

Star Wars Arcade was a classic arcade experience also in the 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die list. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is an attempt to recreate it for the consoles of the time. Even though the N64 has a high-resolution option with the expansion RAM pack, it’s still not as good…

Zork I

February 13, 2023

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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, Video Games

A great podcast about Zork I is Eaten By A Grue: Episode 1. and here’s a good article Eaten by a Grue: A Brief History of Zork from Mental Floss. The easiest way to play this game is to buy it from GOG in The Zork Anthology, which is pretty cheap for five Zork games…

The Hobbit (1982 video game)

February 13, 2023

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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, Video Games

An interesting text adventure game for the computer, it came with a copy of the book, The Hobbit, as inspiration for playing the game. If you want The Hobbit book to go along with the game, as originally intended, I recommend The Annotated Hobbit, which you can sometimes get from your local library. Characters in…

Oregon Trail

February 12, 2023

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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, Video Games

One of the first edutainment games, this game was supposed to teach history while letting children play video games on the new technology of computer, Apple ][ computers provided to the schools. This game was listed in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. The 1985 Apple ][ version is recommended…

Atari 2600

February 12, 2023

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Video Game Systems

For playing I recommend RetroArch, playing for RetroAchievements, playing on a Retron 77 on your HDTV, or third-best, but easiest option is to buy game compilations like Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration along with Activision Anthology. This would only allow you to play Atari and Activision games, but that’s mostly what people want to play.…

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die

February 12, 2023

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Lists, Songs

This is a work in progress. I’m trying to list all songs in the book 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die in playlists on YouTube and Spotify. Update 11/25/25:: 1001 and 10,001 songs lists are done and posted on my YouTube channel. I doubt I’ll finish the Spotify 10,001 songs list, but the…

Pong

February 12, 2023

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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987, Video Games

Even though Computer Space, a Spacewar! clone was made first by Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, Pong was the breakout hit that made video arcade games profitable and started video arcade games as we know them. The easiest way to play Pong is to play it on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration or Atari Vault.…

Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

Phantasie

Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

Zork I

The Hobbit (1982 video game)

Oregon Trail

Atari 2600

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die

Pong

1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die

Zork I

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die

Kolchak: The Night Stalker, X-Files, Millennium

Naruto, One Piece, Ninjas or Pirates

Blendo Games

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