Explore classic text adventure games from legendary publishers and authors including Magnetic Scrolls, Level 9, Infocom, Scott Adams, and Interplay. A podcast for fans of GET LAMP, Eaten By a Grue, The Classic Adventurer, Renga In Blue, and Quest For Clues. Follow us on your favorite podcast app, and keep the conversations going on Facebook and Bluesky.
Episodes
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Retro Adventurers Jason Compton and Dave Hawkins explore iconic early text adventure The Hobbit (by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler, adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien) and Planet of Death (by Richard Turner and Chris Thornton).
Includes listener mail, an explanation for postponing the promised Knight Orc, and a dive into both games.
Special thanks to Robin Harbron of 8-Bit Show and Tell for final engineering.
Links
Planet of Death playable ZX81 edition
The Hobbit playable Spectrum 128 enhanced edition
Renga in Blue's Planet of Death finale (featuring "Dusty Bin")
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
(Please note that Episode 1 has some audio issues which are ironed out in future episodes.)
The premiere of The Retro Adventurers. Three old-school gamers talk about text adventures they have loved, hated, or are just experiencing for the first time. In this episode, Ben Collier, Jason Compton, and Dave Hawkins take a look at early text adventure Around the World and the first Magnetic Scrolls adventure, The Pawn.
Includes news, biographical notes, and a dive into both games.
Links
Infocom Z-Machine interpreter source code
Softside adventure archive including Around the World (Apple II emulator image)
Welcome, keyboard warriors!
The Retro Adventurers is a podcast for everyone who has battled fading lanterns, unmappable mazes, and verb selection. Join us to celebrate text adventures from the peak years of the 1970s and 1980s as well as throwbacks from the modern age. Keep the conversations going on Facebook and Bluesky, or write contact@retroadventurers.com.