Retro review: Pirates! (1987)

This game stands high atop the mountain that is my list of favorites. I have played this game for countless hours on PC and NES, across the various versions, releases and iterations of the game. My first experience with the game was at my friends house (where I played Kings Quest III among other games). We would take turns steering the ship, fencing and plundering our way through the Caribbean. While we seldom…

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Retro review: King’s Quest III (1986)

I played this game with my friends on their computer, which I believe was a Tandy T1000. The PC Squeaker music intro brings back a rush of memories. You see, my friends lived down the street and their computer was located in a room that was once a carport. In the summer this room was hot, in the winter it was cold. We frequently would play in this room during the winter and…

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Retro review: Thexder (1987)

Moving on to PC for the next review. My first PC was a generic PC/XT which I believe had an 8088 processor. After this I upgraded to a PC/AT which was an 80286. Keep in mind these computers were likely 5-7 years old before I got my hands on them. I don’t recall on which of those computers, or when in the time stream I played this game - but here we are…

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Well, I guess we've run aground.

That tickles.