There are three diskette images in the Arcade Games Package. The first diskette Arcade1 has four games Robotron, Pacman, Star Trek+, and Mario Bros. I’ve been watching Battlestar Galactica on Netflix and can’t help but draw similarities between them. In…
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Apple Panic
Apple Panic is an arcade style game similar to Donkey Kong. It comes on a single diskette image. You move around a building climbing up and down ladders avoiding giant apples, which you destroy by pounding them into a hole. …
Apple Cider Spider
Apple Cider Spider, by Sierra On-Line, is a single diskette arcade style game. Visually it reminds me of Hard Hat Mack or Donkey Kong. The object seems to be to move your spider through an Apple Cider manufacturing plant while…
Amnesia
Amnesia turns out to be a text adventure published by Electronic Arts. One of the splash screens said it was written in something called King Edward Adventure Language. I had never heard of it, so I googled it. This is…
Alpine Encounter
Opening the Zip file for Alpine Encounter reveals two disk images. After booting the first image and swapping to the second image, I found it was a graphic text adventure. This one seems different from the ones I have looked…
Adventure Creation Systems
Apple2Online has three different Adventure Creation Systems in just the A’s; Adventure Construction Set, Adventure Master and Adventure Writer. Just judging by size they have very different levels of complexity. I honestly did not do much more than boot them…
Adventure to Atlantis
Adventure to Atlantis is a single disk graphic adventure. Your goal is to journey to Atlantis from your kingdom and defeat them to save your kingdom. I find the graphic adventures are not as enjoyable for me. This one has…
Accolade Comics/Acid Trip
Accolade Comics is a 5 diskette set of images. I did not spend a lot of time with this set. The first diskette image boots up and appears to be an animated comic book. I attempted to boot the next…
Abyssal Zone
Opening the ZIP file for Abyssal Zone reveals a two disk image set. Booting the first diskette image and the game starts. After a series of splash screens you find yourself playing a graphic text adventure. Unlike a regular text…
ABM
Tonight’s selection is ABM. There is no documentation with it, but I’m guessing that stands for Anti Ballistic Missile. Upon booting, the splash screen says simply ABM. The next screen asks, Controls 1, 2, or 3 (Press 1, 2, or…
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