Tuesday, April 26, 2022

List of PCjr. and Tandy Exclusive Enhanced Games

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The IBM PC computing platform supported gaming from the beginning, but at first its graphical and sound capabilities were not that much more...
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Saturday, April 16, 2022

Mastering the Sega Master System

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The Sega Master System was Sega's first major attempt to market and sell a home video game console overseas.  Its Japanese predecessors,...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Baldur's Gate Version, Release and Demo History

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Baldur's Gate is one of my most favorite games and has a surprisingly complex patching, release  and demo history.  I have written this ...
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Sunday, March 20, 2022

Combat & Complexity in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

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When Gary Gygax was transforming Original Dungeons and Dragons into Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, one of the core components of the rules h...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

The Official Nintendo Player's Guide - Review of the First US-Based NES Game Guide

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When the NES was just starting out in 1985 and 1986, there really was not a whole lot of information available about the games for the syste...
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Saturday, February 26, 2022

Removed or Changed References to J.R.R. Tolkien and His Works in D&D

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When Dungeons and Dragons was first released, it made no secret of its many literary influences.  Authors which helped inspire the game incl...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Dungeons and Dragons, Chainmail & Outdoor Survival - The Intersection of Wargame, Boardgame and the RPG Ur-Text

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When one reads the Three Little Brown Booklets (3LBB) which constituted the first publication of the Original Dungeons and Dragons rules, se...
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Sunday, February 6, 2022

Dungeons & Dragons (Holmes) Basic Set - Beginnings of the Friendly RPG

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Cover to Holmes Basic Book by David C. Sutherland III The Dungeons and Dragons Basic Set, released by TSR in 1977, was the first time a tabl...