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Now displaying: August, 2018

Discussion and play-along of classic games, with perspectives from both long-time fans and a brand new player.

Show is on twitter at @OGPlusCast.  Hosts are @HamletEJ, @healiocentric, and @Ghostcrawler.

Bumper audio from Balance and Ruin.  Header art from Lusipurr. Views expressed here are personal and do not represent Blizzard Entertainment or Riot Games.

Aug 27, 2018

We begin our adventure in the Land of the Green Isles. Meeting the major characters, beginning to learn our way around the four islands, and collecting items to prepare for a major set piece of the game: the Catacombs.

Links:

The "Guidebook to the Land of the Green Isles", necessary for some parts of the game.

TvTropes not only has an entry for games where you can get into an "Unwinnable" state, but has a sub-page specific to Sierra games.

Getting help when you were stuck in a game in 1988.

Aug 13, 2018

King's Quest is often described as a pinnacle of the classic adventure game era, and KQ6 as a pinnacle of King's Quest. Join us as we discuss it for our next game!

 

The game is currently available for Windows on GOG.

 

Aug 12, 2018

The second half of the game, including the extremely hard 7-1 and 7-2, difficulty in old games in general, the concept of limited lives, and other topics.

And we announce our next game, to begin discussion in two weeks!

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