The Retro Adventurers
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<p>Explore classic text adventure games from legendary publishers and authors including Magnetic Scrolls, Level 9, Infocom, Scott Adams, and Interplay. A podcast for fans of GET LAMP, Eaten By a Grue, The Classic Adventurer, Renga In Blue, and Quest For Clues.<br /><br />Follow us on your favorite podcast app, and keep the conversations going on Discord, Facebook, and Bluesky.</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 30, 2026
OPEN MAILBOX July 2026
Classic text adventure news so late-breaking that we have to interrupt our news to bring you new news about that news! Presented again this month by Retro Adventurers Nick, Tim, and Jason. University of Winchester alumnus https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/26175575.university-winchester-alumnus-won-award-game/ ABP: Help preserve Amstrad Infocom interpreter source code! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CwYXQ6FiV/ Oo-Topos Commodore 64 copy protection https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=89439 SchoolAdventure, adapted to Inform https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=6duybkh9bo1oq5s4 NAIL: Not An Inform Library https://github.com/fredrikr/nail Iron ChIF ZIL contest entries https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=v2b896mwtwf5mhwt https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=b3vcdy1s1ukd5xcw PunyInform 6.7 https://github.com/johanberntsson/PunyInform/releases/tag/v6_7 Puny BuildTools https://github.com/ByteProject/Puny-BuildTools#build-targets Eclipse (Bonaventura Di Bello Project) https://bdb-project.itch.io/eclipse https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=03enp9z2oszblv5h Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2026 Results https://itch.io/jam/talp2026/results IntroComp https://introcomp.org/ Strange Stories RPG https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/ed994b09-71cf-4128-88bc-e45f89cf7d1b/landing Zork Zero for Mac VoiceOver users https://intfiction.org/t/looking-for-mac-voiceover-users-to-test-zork-zero-in-spatterlight/80791 Mysterious eyeglasses-cleaning game (?!) https://bsky.app/profile/retroadventurers.bsky.social/post/3mnryqxe5k22e Interactive Fiction Discord Server (visit #retro-adventurers-podcast !) https://discord.com/invite/8jrbVptACc
June 21, 2026
Fahrenheit 451 and Buckaroo Banzai
Unofficially official text adventure sequels to beloved media properties both published in 1984. That's what these two have in common. Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy! because this John Lithgow Appreciation Podcast features Nick and Jason playing the Adventure International-published unofficial sequel Buckaroo Banzai before marching into the world of post-war New York City as imagined in the world of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, published by Telarium/Trillium. Fahrenheit 451 (IFDB) Fahrenheit 451 in-game music (DeepSID) Buckaroo Banzai (IFDB)
May 31, 2026
OPEN MAILBOX June 2026
Your monthly classic text adventuring news update delivered this month by Jason, Nick, and Tim. The top stories are game contests still open for players votes at time of publication! Don't delay, listen and click today! Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2026 https://itch.io/jam/talp2026 https://gameobserver.com/6th-annual-game-jam-inspires-next-generation-of-developers-to-keep-text-adventures-alive/ Iron CHiF Season One Episode Two: ZIL https://intfiction.org/t/iron-chif-season-one-episode-2-lancelot-vs-someone2-using-zil/79983 Inform 6 benchmarking https://discord.com/channels/830344544679493644/830344548315037739/1501871149288525844 PunyInform v6.6 https://github.com/johanberntsson/PunyInform/releases/tag/v6_6 Visible Zorker update: Deadline for backers, Zork III goes public https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/visible-zork-3 https://archive.org/details/Suspended_Map_Recreation https://archive.org/details/Infocom_Starcross_Chart_Recreation Dialog 1b/01 https://intfiction.org/t/dialog-1b-01-library-1-2-0-a-machine-1-0-0-is-released/80151 https://github.com/Dialog-IF/dialog/releases/tag/release-1b01-1.2.0 War of the Worlds for Commodore 64 https://michel-molenaar.itch.io/war-of-the-worlds-c64 Modern PAW environment https://www.reddit.com/r/interactivefiction/comments/1tgyyj2/show_if_a_modern_jsonbased_paws_engine/ https://carlosparamio.itch.io/paws-ai Text Adventure Studio (formerly Apple II Adventure Studio) https://www.reddit.com/r/textadventures/comments/1t3yypi/apple_ii_adventure_studio_is_now_officially_text/ https://textadventurestudio.com/ The Forgotten Nightmare release https://intfiction.org/t/the-forgotten-nightmare-series-platform-expansion-release/80323/5 Voyage of the Beano for Spectrum Next https://qladventures.itch.io/the-voyage-of-the-beano Spring Thing 2026 recognizes C64 Latinorum, other neo-retro titles https://www.springthing.net/2026/play.html 2026 IntroComp kickoff https://mastodon.social/@Feneric/116636591715718306
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- What is The Retro Adventurers?
<p>Explore classic text adventure games from legendary publishers and authors including Magnetic Scrolls, Level 9, Infocom, Scott Adams, and Interplay. A podcast for fans of GET LAMP, Eaten By a Grue, The Classic Adventurer, Renga In Blue, and Quest For Clues.<br /><br />Follow us on your favorite podcast app, and keep the conversations going on Discord, Facebook, and Bluesky.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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