Game 30: BuGS (Rand-Emonium Software, 2021) An awesome recreation of the arcade game Centipede for your Apple IIGS. Having been squashed once by the full-size arcade cabinet, I found this version to be pleasant and painless. #arcade #Apple #atari #appleiigs www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

I want to recommend my web host, POE Hosting. www.poehosting.com

Game 29: My Friend Pedro (DeadToast Entertainment, 2019) www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

I'll also give my regular shoutouts to DOS Game Club for talking about DOS games (they're playing Halloween Harry right now) www.dosgameclub.com intfiction.org for interactive fiction And Adventure Game Hotspot just launched a forum now that Adventure Gamers is dead adventuregamehotspot.com

I am bad with directions. I use Waze every day. I appreciate it. For me, it's a miracle. An "I got it from here" toggle where it shuts up when you're within 5 miles of home, instead of it dutifully announcing the turns I do know, would be wonderful.

I uploaded Dinosaur Jr. vs the 1960s by Devi Ever to the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/dinojr

Game 28: Banished (Shining Rock Software, 2014) While well-reviewed, Banished made more reviewers angry than I would have expected. I went in on the easiest level, clicked around my little forest and enjoyed my time. The world created anger, Banished didn't. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

If you're a fan of the movie Sneakers, the late Robert Redford (RIP) or just geeky things, you can ssh into [email protected] and watch the movie in glorious 24-bit colour ANSI :) Enjoy!

I had some copies left over, so I thought I would try this an experiment. New physical copy of Cryptozookeeper for sale over at eBay. www.ebay.com/itm/13644044...

Vectrex Major Tom (Boxed) Brand new, Vectrex Major boxed game with manual and overlay. Written by Scott Huggins with graphic design work done by Stephen Gros and Scott Ross. . vectrexmulti.com/order2.html#... . #Vectrex #MajorTom #Major #Tom

Game 27: Shadows Over Riva (attic Entertainment Software GmbH, 1996) Possibly the worst UI decision in computer game history has me unable to engage in combat tactics, this is one of the best looking games of its time. Everything else about it is perfect! www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Game 26: Dino Pop (Primetime Amusements, 2012) Every redemption arc starts with a quality redemption game, what kind of reputation does Chuck E. Cheese have in your town, BlueSky? www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Baseball Reference's feature for the next start for a pitcher hasn't worked in a bit - here it is saying that the deGrom is going back to back today - but I do hope at some point that a pitcher was out carousing all night only to shockingly see that he's supposed to start that day OH SHIIIIII

I didn't blog about a game this week, but I wanted to note the CRPG called Jettatura. If you liked the original Wizardry and want to play a game in the same style, this the game for you! Fun, while understanding that hey, someone else, ahhh, did the design. store.steampowered.com/app/2023440/...

Got a Jaguar or Jaguar CD in need of some work? I offer services for both! I'm planning on adding all 3 of Zaxour's Jag mods to my selection once I get them in the shop for install in my personal Jaguar! jeffsretrogaming.com/product/jaguar-services/ jeffsretrogaming.com/product/jaguar-cd-services/

Game 25: Paper Sorcerer (Ultra Runaway Games, 2013) Paper Sorcerer has really sweet art direction & music and captures the vibe of a #CRPG perfectly. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Game 24: Meteor! (Edward T. Ordman, Andrew Fluegelman and Nancy Miller, 1981) Meteor! is a BASIC DOS game that I played as a child when I was just happy to be playing anything for our home PC. I often wonder about similar games for the C64, Atari and such. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

The #ChambersBeneath is out today! Delve into the dungeons to battle monsters, gather loot, and search for an important treasure for the ruler of the city. Runs on the original IBM PC and compatibles, on DOSBox, and on Windows. cyningstan.itch.io/the-chambers... #ibmpc #msdos #cga

There are 12 opening logos to click through when starting "Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition."

Game 23: Forbidden Forest (Paul Norman, 1983). Released by Cosmi for the #Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit, it still plays great and sounds wonderful. It's flawless on a MiSTer, and it'd be the first game I get if I buy one of those new C64s being developed. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

I am on episode 299 of Topic Lords, which dropped today! Along with @hamsterdisco.bsky.social and mogwai_poet. Many topics were discussed, along with micro-topics viewable at the link. I was thrilled to participate; I hope you listen in and have a few laughs. topiclords.com/skin-fortres...

If you recall #eXoDOS, allow me to point you to the recently released eXoIF - 876 individual interactive fiction titles, with multiple ports for each title. Over 50 platforms are represented! More here at the link. #Infocom #textadventures www.retro-exo.com/if.html

I was saddened by the death of Jim Shooter. If you are seeing a lot of vague comments about "controversy" you might like this series of blogposts from 10 years ago that breaks them down. rsmwriter.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-... I was a little kid when all of this was happening, but (1/2)

Game 22: APB (Atari, 1987). Last night I watched a very entertaining show where the grand finale was a number called, "I Hate Your Blog." Anyhoo, here is entry number twenty-two in my series of experiences this year with various video games: APB. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Issue #7 is here, with this week's big feature focusing on interactive fiction (text adventures). Lots of mini-reviews too, but no news this week. Read issue #7: vggpodcast.com/news/vggn-00... Archive (every issue): vggpodcast.com/news Subscribe here (free): vggn.eo.page/sub

The video from my talk at VCF East 2025, "Making a Hardware Emulator for a Legendary PC Sound Card" is now on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTLA...

Game 21: Aztec (Paul Stephenson, 1982) My research for this Apple // game indicates that its creator may have died in 2001. I am sorry that I never got a chance to properly purchase it. It's a fairly deep game for what it is that blew my mind as a kid. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

I love that even the EGA and CGA versions of Flight Simulator nailed the attitude indicator.

Game 20: Diamond Mind Baseball (Imagine Sports, 1987-2003) It's not on Steam or gog, it has Windows XP art direction and it caused me to drop my normal resolution down from 3840 x 2160 pixels. It is also the game I have probably played the most in my life. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Level 9 was a British company that made graphical #textadventures in the 1980s. There is a modern interpreter maintained by David Kinder that just got an update to fit the bitmap graphics to the window size. It looks AWESOME. Enjoy games like Scapeghost and Knight Orc! github.com/DavidKinder/...

I fear we might have lost the AP2 site for Amiga Power. theweekly.co.uk/ap2

Game 19: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Remedy Entertainment, 2003) I've been replaying games and writing about them for almost half a year now, and I think I found one that doesn't hold up. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Game 18: Elevator Action (Taito, 1983) There's "Otto," the protagonist of this game, and then "Evil Otto" from Berzerk. The easy way to recall which is which is by remembering that the one they call "Evil" didn't murder hundreds of people in an office building. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

The entire religion is based on the belief that doing something like this isn't effective

Game 17: Baldur's Gate III (Larian, 2023) I have gone years without being able to power through the tutorial and first 15 hours of an RPG before it gets good, but I did so with BG3. I sort of hit "rock bottom" and oh, sorry Wyll. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

So great. I think I'm in the May, 2007 edition. I used to be somebody! 😀

Game 16: Protector (Vectrex, 2003). This is the greatest game available for the #Vectrex, and you can still buy a copy of it on cartridge. I encourage you to do so while you still can. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Game 15: Adventure Construction Set (Electronic Arts, 1986). I was able to get my #Amiga 1200 working and this is the first game that I started up. Within a few moments I was able to behead a dude shooting at me, solving the "does this game hold up?" question. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Game 14: Galacticon (Radin Games, 2022). This has been my favorite game for Steam Deck, so far.

I bought 10 Nuggets tickets as a birthday gift for my nephew and Jokic is out tonight. This cannot be happening. I just found out. In terms of Colorado disappointments, this is like touring ADX Florence and finding out that day that out on work release is the Shoe Bomber

I wish I could express the rage I experience every single time I'm forced to deal with Ticketmaster, their worthless app and their general incompetence. I have never seen a web app fail at everything so badly and so consistently.

Game 13: Food Fight (Atari 1983) Throwing food at someone in a video game has never been more satisfying. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

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Game 12: Chopper Commando (DOS, 1989). I could have shot the little paratrooper in the screenshot and committed a war crime, but instead I took the screenshot, tabbed over to Photoshop to paste it, and then heard the sound of my own chopper crashing. Gear up! www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Game 11: Marvel Spider-Man (Insomniac Games, 2018). Here is a screenshot from the Adventure International game featuring Spider-Man, because I can't find my camera to take one of the game I actually played for this article. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

More like The Royal Tenembalms

Game 10: Zwackery (Midway, 1985). It's kind of a bizarre indulgence, the controls. A spinner. A flight stick. The spinner is a "push / pull" spinner. But I've never played a game from the mind of Brian Colin where I thought there was meat left on the bone. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Kit-Cat clocks are oddly difficult to keep working. They are the only thing we have that uses C batteries, so I bought rechargeable for it. It has to rest against the beam perfectly to function, but when it does and when it works, I love the vibe it gives.

Game 9: Abuse (Crack Dot Com, 1995). In terms of falsely-accused protagonists that don a helmet during their science fiction adventures, I think Nick Vrenna from Abuse is much better equipped to succeed on his journey than Kyne from Brataccas. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...

Game 8: Sentinel Returns (Playstation, Windows 98, 1998). The best thing about an abstract puzzlefest is that you're free to assign any larger vision you want to it. www.joltcountry.com/index.php/fe...