The Retro Adventurers
@retroadventurers.bsky.social
A podcast about classic text and graphic adventure games.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A chat with ultra-prolific IF reviewer and author Mathbrush in our latest episode.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/33/
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/33/
November 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A chat with ultra-prolific IF reviewer and author Mathbrush in our latest episode.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/33/
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/33/
New episodes incoming!
Your Retro Adventurers have several episodes recorded. Things got a little busy this autumn and competed for our edit time, including the exciting news that Nick has joined the staff at @tnmoc.bsky.social !
He's pictured here putting the ICL 2966 to its ideal use.
Your Retro Adventurers have several episodes recorded. Things got a little busy this autumn and competed for our edit time, including the exciting news that Nick has joined the staff at @tnmoc.bsky.social !
He's pictured here putting the ICL 2966 to its ideal use.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New episodes incoming!
Your Retro Adventurers have several episodes recorded. Things got a little busy this autumn and competed for our edit time, including the exciting news that Nick has joined the staff at @tnmoc.bsky.social !
He's pictured here putting the ICL 2966 to its ideal use.
Your Retro Adventurers have several episodes recorded. Things got a little busy this autumn and competed for our edit time, including the exciting news that Nick has joined the staff at @tnmoc.bsky.social !
He's pictured here putting the ICL 2966 to its ideal use.
Coming soon: space adventures with Tim Gilberts!
September 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Coming soon: space adventures with Tim Gilberts!
Get ready to type out every letter in "dodecahedron" and to remember your math and physics! Two sciencey adventures this time out--
The BBC Micro original L: A Mathemagical Adventure and the TRS-80 BASIC-to-C-to-Inform extradimensional oddity Beyond the Tesseract.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/32/
The BBC Micro original L: A Mathemagical Adventure and the TRS-80 BASIC-to-C-to-Inform extradimensional oddity Beyond the Tesseract.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/32/
August 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Get ready to type out every letter in "dodecahedron" and to remember your math and physics! Two sciencey adventures this time out--
The BBC Micro original L: A Mathemagical Adventure and the TRS-80 BASIC-to-C-to-Inform extradimensional oddity Beyond the Tesseract.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/32/
The BBC Micro original L: A Mathemagical Adventure and the TRS-80 BASIC-to-C-to-Inform extradimensional oddity Beyond the Tesseract.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/32/
We've got Text-Adventure-Sign and bumble through the (unofficial) MST3Kified Detective, and Delta 4's treatment of Terry Pratchett's Discworld in The Colour of Magic for 64, CPC, and Spectrum. (Waiting simulator, Nick.)
Available now on all podcast platforms!
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/31/
Available now on all podcast platforms!
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/31/
August 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We've got Text-Adventure-Sign and bumble through the (unofficial) MST3Kified Detective, and Delta 4's treatment of Terry Pratchett's Discworld in The Colour of Magic for 64, CPC, and Spectrum. (Waiting simulator, Nick.)
Available now on all podcast platforms!
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/31/
Available now on all podcast platforms!
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/31/
Episode 30 features two of the newest games we've covered although you'd hardly know it! Captain Cutter's Treasure (PunyInform), Young Arthur's Quest (VIC-20/C64), and 10 Cave Adventure (Sinclair ZX81) get a look.
Also, Smooches Collier is in effect.
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Also, Smooches Collier is in effect.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/30/
July 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Episode 30 features two of the newest games we've covered although you'd hardly know it! Captain Cutter's Treasure (PunyInform), Young Arthur's Quest (VIC-20/C64), and 10 Cave Adventure (Sinclair ZX81) get a look.
Also, Smooches Collier is in effect.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/30/
Also, Smooches Collier is in effect.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/30/
Ben, Jason & @davevelociraptor.bsky.social of This Week in Retro take on the robots! CPC/Spectrum/C64 Souls of Darkon, then whodunnit tension in Epyx's The Robots of Dawn for Apple and C64, based (ish) on the Asimov novel.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ben, Jason & @davevelociraptor.bsky.social of This Week in Retro take on the robots! CPC/Spectrum/C64 Souls of Darkon, then whodunnit tension in Epyx's The Robots of Dawn for Apple and C64, based (ish) on the Asimov novel.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
A wry take on Infocom's Infidel helped set Andrew Plotkin on the course to become one of the major tastemakers in interactive fiction. We discuss Inhumane, the Inform language, IFTF, and much more on Episode 28 of The Retro Adventurers.
Available on all podcast platforms or retroadventurers.com
Available on all podcast platforms or retroadventurers.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A wry take on Infocom's Infidel helped set Andrew Plotkin on the course to become one of the major tastemakers in interactive fiction. We discuss Inhumane, the Inform language, IFTF, and much more on Episode 28 of The Retro Adventurers.
Available on all podcast platforms or retroadventurers.com
Available on all podcast platforms or retroadventurers.com
The first segment of Level 9's Knight Orc, and the Infidel parody Inhumane by Andrew Plotkin, plus tons of news and correspondence in episode 27 of The Retro Adventurers.
On all podcast platforms or visit retroadventurers.com
On all podcast platforms or visit retroadventurers.com
June 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The first segment of Level 9's Knight Orc, and the Infidel parody Inhumane by Andrew Plotkin, plus tons of news and correspondence in episode 27 of The Retro Adventurers.
On all podcast platforms or visit retroadventurers.com
On all podcast platforms or visit retroadventurers.com
L: A Mathemagical Adventure, a BBC Micro game written by 3,000 maths teachers and zero proofreaders.
Coming soon!
Coming soon!
June 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
L: A Mathemagical Adventure, a BBC Micro game written by 3,000 maths teachers and zero proofreaders.
Coming soon!
Coming soon!
A text adventure for the Beatles nostalgia set and for those who feel Red Dwarf didn't go far enough in its depiction of truly revolting and useless spacemen as Ben and Jason take on Jacaranda Jim and Beatle Quest. Available now on all podcast platforms or direct: retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/26
June 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A text adventure for the Beatles nostalgia set and for those who feel Red Dwarf didn't go far enough in its depiction of truly revolting and useless spacemen as Ben and Jason take on Jacaranda Jim and Beatle Quest. Available now on all podcast platforms or direct: retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/26
Magazine Roundup #2 is out! Tim Gilberts joins Jason & Dave to explore text adventure coverage and more in Personal Computer Games, Computer Gaming World, Softline (Tron cover story!) and the Trillium newsletter. Available now on all major podcast platforms.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/25/
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/25/
May 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Magazine Roundup #2 is out! Tim Gilberts joins Jason & Dave to explore text adventure coverage and more in Personal Computer Games, Computer Gaming World, Softline (Tron cover story!) and the Trillium newsletter. Available now on all major podcast platforms.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/25/
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/25/
Whatever happened to a good old fashioned "You can't go that way"?
"You can't go that way" is a perfectly acceptable alternative to this kind of thing.
"You can't go that way" is a perfectly acceptable alternative to this kind of thing.
May 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Whatever happened to a good old fashioned "You can't go that way"?
"You can't go that way" is a perfectly acceptable alternative to this kind of thing.
"You can't go that way" is a perfectly acceptable alternative to this kind of thing.
Who among us doesn't fondly remember the amazing heavy metal triple-bill from Summer of 1989: Stone Guardian, Place of Devotion, and Intricate Cravings?
That encore of "Yield the Solar Sword" brought the house down.
(from the earnest, but not incredibly well-vetted, Souls of Darkon. Coming soon!)
That encore of "Yield the Solar Sword" brought the house down.
(from the earnest, but not incredibly well-vetted, Souls of Darkon. Coming soon!)
May 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Who among us doesn't fondly remember the amazing heavy metal triple-bill from Summer of 1989: Stone Guardian, Place of Devotion, and Intricate Cravings?
That encore of "Yield the Solar Sword" brought the house down.
(from the earnest, but not incredibly well-vetted, Souls of Darkon. Coming soon!)
That encore of "Yield the Solar Sword" brought the house down.
(from the earnest, but not incredibly well-vetted, Souls of Darkon. Coming soon!)
Peter Golden, author of Sherlock Holmes: Another Bow and other "Living Literature" text adventures for Bantam/Imagic, talks with us on the latest episode. (He'd also like a chat with Firebird about royalties...)
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/24/
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/24/
May 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Peter Golden, author of Sherlock Holmes: Another Bow and other "Living Literature" text adventures for Bantam/Imagic, talks with us on the latest episode. (He'd also like a chat with Firebird about royalties...)
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/24/
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/24/
Nick dressed (and set-dressed) as Twoflower for our upcoming coverage of Delta 4's The Colour Of Magic.
Now *that's* dedication to the bit.
Now *that's* dedication to the bit.
May 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nick dressed (and set-dressed) as Twoflower for our upcoming coverage of Delta 4's The Colour Of Magic.
Now *that's* dedication to the bit.
Now *that's* dedication to the bit.
Three Sherlock Holmes text adventure games needed an expert to carry the load, so we brought in Sherlockian playwright Christian Neuhaus to help settle the score. As Christian says:
>FURIOUSLY DOWNLOAD
>CAREFULLY LISTEN
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/23
>FURIOUSLY DOWNLOAD
>CAREFULLY LISTEN
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/23
April 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Three Sherlock Holmes text adventure games needed an expert to carry the load, so we brought in Sherlockian playwright Christian Neuhaus to help settle the score. As Christian says:
>FURIOUSLY DOWNLOAD
>CAREFULLY LISTEN
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/23
>FURIOUSLY DOWNLOAD
>CAREFULLY LISTEN
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/23
POW! KABOOM! KWAH!
Dave and Jason explore Redhawk from Melbourne House with a unique three-panel text/graphic display and Questprobe: Spider-Man from Adventure International, from the short-lived Marvel Comics series which just predated the company's end.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/22/
Dave and Jason explore Redhawk from Melbourne House with a unique three-panel text/graphic display and Questprobe: Spider-Man from Adventure International, from the short-lived Marvel Comics series which just predated the company's end.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/22/
April 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
POW! KABOOM! KWAH!
Dave and Jason explore Redhawk from Melbourne House with a unique three-panel text/graphic display and Questprobe: Spider-Man from Adventure International, from the short-lived Marvel Comics series which just predated the company's end.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/22/
Dave and Jason explore Redhawk from Melbourne House with a unique three-panel text/graphic display and Questprobe: Spider-Man from Adventure International, from the short-lived Marvel Comics series which just predated the company's end.
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/22/
🎂It’s our first birthday!🎂Enjoy an anniversary celebration with all the hosts and minimal editing!
A contest of Retro Adventurers knowledge, the coveted title of the "Seven of Nine of text adventure podcasting", and more!
Out on all platforms or direct:
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/21/
A contest of Retro Adventurers knowledge, the coveted title of the "Seven of Nine of text adventure podcasting", and more!
Out on all platforms or direct:
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/21/
April 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🎂It’s our first birthday!🎂Enjoy an anniversary celebration with all the hosts and minimal editing!
A contest of Retro Adventurers knowledge, the coveted title of the "Seven of Nine of text adventure podcasting", and more!
Out on all platforms or direct:
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/21/
A contest of Retro Adventurers knowledge, the coveted title of the "Seven of Nine of text adventure podcasting", and more!
Out on all platforms or direct:
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/21/
Cold War thrills and "it's so close to being Indiana Jones you can feel his stubble" mysticism permeate our latest episode with Valkyrie 17 and Mask of the Sun.
It's our birthday so we get two scoops of podcast this weekend!
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/20
It's our birthday so we get two scoops of podcast this weekend!
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/20
April 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Cold War thrills and "it's so close to being Indiana Jones you can feel his stubble" mysticism permeate our latest episode with Valkyrie 17 and Mask of the Sun.
It's our birthday so we get two scoops of podcast this weekend!
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/20
It's our birthday so we get two scoops of podcast this weekend!
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/20
Coming soon!
- Tune in to @thisweekinretro.bsky.social Saturday!
- A Cold War thriller and a South American snoozer!
- The First Anniversary Chatisode! Who wins Ben’s test? Who is named the Seven of Nine of text adventure podcasting?
Subscribe now on your podcast platform of choice to hear it all!
- Tune in to @thisweekinretro.bsky.social Saturday!
- A Cold War thriller and a South American snoozer!
- The First Anniversary Chatisode! Who wins Ben’s test? Who is named the Seven of Nine of text adventure podcasting?
Subscribe now on your podcast platform of choice to hear it all!
March 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Coming soon!
- Tune in to @thisweekinretro.bsky.social Saturday!
- A Cold War thriller and a South American snoozer!
- The First Anniversary Chatisode! Who wins Ben’s test? Who is named the Seven of Nine of text adventure podcasting?
Subscribe now on your podcast platform of choice to hear it all!
- Tune in to @thisweekinretro.bsky.social Saturday!
- A Cold War thriller and a South American snoozer!
- The First Anniversary Chatisode! Who wins Ben’s test? Who is named the Seven of Nine of text adventure podcasting?
Subscribe now on your podcast platform of choice to hear it all!
Gearing up to record another magazine roundup.
What could *possibly* go wrong with this proposal? Completely legitimate business, right down to the post office box!
From May 1982 Softline.
What could *possibly* go wrong with this proposal? Completely legitimate business, right down to the post office box!
From May 1982 Softline.
March 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Gearing up to record another magazine roundup.
What could *possibly* go wrong with this proposal? Completely legitimate business, right down to the post office box!
From May 1982 Softline.
What could *possibly* go wrong with this proposal? Completely legitimate business, right down to the post office box!
From May 1982 Softline.
Episode 19 is out! Ben, Nick, and Jason play the game author Jonathan Partington recommended in Ep 16, Monsters of Murdac. They also explore the disk magazine SAM Coupé Adventure Club #1… and play the terlet game, Balrog’s original Behind Closed Doors.
(sigh)
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/19/
(sigh)
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/19/
March 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Episode 19 is out! Ben, Nick, and Jason play the game author Jonathan Partington recommended in Ep 16, Monsters of Murdac. They also explore the disk magazine SAM Coupé Adventure Club #1… and play the terlet game, Balrog’s original Behind Closed Doors.
(sigh)
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/19/
(sigh)
retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/19/
...well that's inconvenient.
March 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
...well that's inconvenient.