Nippon Safes Inc. - Been There, Donna That (Request for Assistance)
Written by TorchThe perceptive reader will know that in my previous post, I finished Doug’s chapter. It ended with him being knocked out by a mysterious stranger as soon as he’d escaped with the Jade...
View ArticleMissed Classic: The Archers - Won or Lost? (With Final Rating)
By IlmariLast time I managed to complete two of the four parts of The Archer. Now, it's time to try the two remaining ones.Part three: Eddie GrundyTrevor Harrison, the voice of Eddie GrundyAfter a...
View ArticleBatman Returns - World’s Greatest Thumb-Twiddler (Lost!)
Written by Joe Pranevich Who’s the dark knight detective that’s a hit with all the chicks? Batman! Your darned right. Welcome back to Batman Returns! Last week, I completed the first day by discovering...
View ArticleMissed Classic 71: Asylum (1981) – Introduction
by Will MoczarskiMed Systems Marathon Overview – Catch up here!:(a) 1980 Summary(b) Reality Ends (1980)(c) Rat‘s Revenge / Deathmaze 5000 (1980)(d) Labyrinth (1980)If 1980 was the year of programming...
View ArticleNippon Safes Inc. - Imperial makeover
Written by TorchIn my last post, I managed to get sort of stuck. I imagine I could’ve brute forced my way through, but there’s only so many times one has the patience to try every action on every...
View ArticleNippon Safes Inc. - The Adventures of Mister Bean
By TorchAfter tackling the problems of Doug Nuts (the smart) and Donna Fatale (the sexy), time has now come to meet Dino Fagioli. Yes, the stupid. And boy is he ever! But more on that later. Dino’s...
View ArticleBatman Returns - World’s Greatest Ichthyologist (Won!)
Written by Joe Pranevich He is the terror that flaps in the night. He is the baloney sandwich that sits too long in the office refrigerator of crime. He is… someone else entirely. But where were we?...
View ArticleGame 110: Inca (1992) - Introduction
By IlmariEvery family has its weird uncle, and mine was no exception.I’d really like to know, if anyone can guess the relevance of this beginning with the game I am supposed to be playingI was probably...
View ArticleNippon Safes Inc. - Get Smart (Won!)
Written by TorchI ended the previous post on a slightly slow-moving note, if I can call it that. For the umpteenth time, I needed to find 100 yen for a metro ticket. While I didn’t flag that post as a...
View ArticleBatman Returns - Final Rating
Written by Joe Pranevich Christmas in July August!There comes a time in everyone’s life where they need to put away their toys and provide a numerical rating for a tie-in adventure game written in...
View ArticleInca - Lost!
By Ilmari I’ve had enough of this!What I predicted in the previous post has come to pass - the space flight is really beyond my skills. I do have five lives to try, but if I use up all of them at the...
View ArticleGame 111: Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch (1992) - Introduction
Written by Reiko The last game I played through for the blog was Dune (let’s pretend Rome never happened), which was more or less based on the famous science fiction novel, and before that was Gateway....
View ArticleInca - Devastated
By IlmariI wonder how a Shoot’Em’Up Addict could retain the interest of readers through couple of posts? “And then another orc came running from the left. And I shot it! Another one followed it. I shot...
View ArticleNippon Safes Inc. - Final rating
Written by TorchWhat were my expectations when I started playing this? Well, maybe more safes... Honestly, my familiarity with the game only goes as far as remembering to have seen some screenshots in...
View ArticleRingworld - Three Stuns and Five Wires
Written by Reiko Quinn’s Journal #1:"What a strange business this is. First, my old friend Louis Wu disappeared, and managed to see it coming soon enough to alert me, and then I found that his contact...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Asylum – Off To A Rocky Start
by Will Moczarski Med Systems Marathon Overview: (a) 1980 Summary(b) Reality Ends (1980)(c) Rat‘s Revenge / Deathmaze 5000 (1980)(d) Labyrinth (1980)Where I end and you beginThe first puzzleMy...
View ArticleInca - Demolished
By IlmariFifteen seconds later all the space conquistadors passed out from a lack of oxygenAny theories how this contraption flies?In modern terms: romance gives you more energy than boozeIt finally...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Asylum – (Almost) Lost (My Mind)
by Will MoczarskiMed Systems Marathon Overview:(a) 1980 Summary(b) Reality Ends (1980)(c) Rat’s Revenge / Deathmaze 5000 (1980)(d) Labyrinth (1980)Map of the WorldMy next session is devoted almost...
View ArticleRingworld - Five Aliens and a Stasis Box
Written by ReikoQuinn’s Journal #2: "I've managed to escape with Chmeee's son in the prototype ship, but now the Puppeteers want us to go retrieve some ancient technology in stasis boxes on Ringworld....
View ArticleInca - Final Rating
By IlmariSometimes we beat games, sometimes games beat us. Inca definitely did that for me. At first it forced me to lose my dignity and rely on cheat codes to get even started. Then, after this...
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