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Independent games researcher, Ethan Johnson. Preserving gaming history! Patreon: http://tinyurl.com/pdp5pdrj YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@play_history/videos Blog: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Editor of Gaming Alexandria
👤 Joined on 19 June 2023
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@playhistory.bsky.socialEver since I first learned about Blood Quest — the historically important unpublished adventure game that two of the co-creators of Carmen Sandiego did before that — I've been anxiously waiting for Jason Dyer to get to it on his blog, and finally here it is:
Show PostNext on All the Adventures, I give the early history of both Broderbund and Star Craft, and the very silly game made under a pseudonym by two of the lead creators of the Carmen Sandiego series. bluerenga.blog/2026/10/17/b...
Show PostHands to the skies! Bally's Gunsmoke is a classic Dale Gun style game. It's also actively competitive against the machine, with the outlaws able to score points if your aim or your trigger finger are too slow.
Show PostANTIC: The Atari 8-Bit Podcast episode 131 is available! We discuss the newly announced THE ATARI800XL, I show off my FujiGrid Mac app and Newsbytes archive, and Brad's brain is downgraded to 30K. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gluY... Audio: ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-episod...
Show PostFrom VGHF's William Volk collection, here's a design doc for Dinosaurs, an unrealized 1990 idea planned as a point 'n click CD-ROM game with a 'Han Solo-like' dino sidekick: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/89fdaa09-4c1c-4362-921b-915ed327674e
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