Ultima: A Legend Through Time By Earl Green
If Adventure and Haunted House defined adventure games for the early consoles, it would be hard to find a game that exemplifies that genre on vintage computer systems, as well as the Ultima series. Richard Garriott created the first Ultima game, an extremely...
Castle Hassle By Kyle Snyder
The Atari home computer series is not typically what one thinks of when asked about the better video game systems of the early 80’s. But why not? The Atari 8-bit computer line (400, 800,1200) provided some of the best graphics, gameplay, and outright fun that...
Adventure By Kyle Snyder
What is it exactly that keeps Adventure so close to the hearts of most classic gamers? This year marks the game’s 20th anniversary, and certainly in that time frame we’ve had hundreds of games surpass Adventure’s primitive charms. There was Advanced...
Craig Pell: Indenture’s Servant
Craig Pell, aside from being an avid classic gamer and collector, is also known for programming an amazing port of the Atari 2600 cartridge, Adventure, in assembly, entitled “Indenture.” In his words, Indenture will work on: “any PC from the lowliest 8088 to a...
Whatever Happened to Skill? By Terrell Gibbs
The release of Crazy Taxi has highlighted a split among game players. While most people love the game, there are clearly a few who just “don’t get it.” Typical of the complaints is the remark that “Anybody who thinks [Crazy Taxi] has replay...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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