Kingy is joined by 3 fantastic guests in this fascinating topic of text adventures; back to an era when flashy graphics meant nothing, but good writing was everything.
Guests are:
Mark Hardisty, curator of Classic Adventurer magazine
Tim Gilberts - owner of Gilsoft and the genius behind The Quill, Illustrator and PAW
Stefan Vogt - a modern day text adventure author.
Show Notes:
Classic Adventurer http://classicadventurer.co.uk/
A Gremlin in the Works - https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/a-gremlin-in-the-works
Gilsoft adventure systems kindly written in Stefan's Blog -
http://8-bit.info/the-gilsoft-adventure-systems/
Stefan's text adventure games - https://8bitgames.itch.io/
In this episode, Professor Will Brooker makes his return visit and chats with Kingy, the oddity that is/was British Gaming. They discuss the obscure British references during the 8-bit era; a time when international sales was but a pipe dream.
Join the guys as they take a stroll down suburbia and chat about working class depictions in games.
Show notes:
The ZX Spectrum Experience Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp5NLOIuJRk
Klass of 99 - Skooldaze sequel
http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/rjordan/klass/
Games that Weren't