ReBlog: Today in Gaming History

Hard to imagine, but HeyPoorPlayer.com reminds us that it’s true: the gamers’ friend Blizzard Entertainment released the Internet addiction World of WarCraft on November 23, 2004, marking today its six year anniversary.  Six years later they boast over 12 million subscribers, and are the gold standard for MMORPGs.  Happy Birthday, WoW! Read more at HeyPoorPlayer.com: [...]

Retrogaming Game Maps: Darklands (PC)

Back in 1992, MicroProse released a RPG that sent gamers back to the 15th Century to stave off the Apocalypse.  Darklands was set in and around what we now call Germany, with real old-world city names and locations, and remains the only game set in the Holy Roman Empire (that I am aware of).  It was [...]

Yesterday’s Copy Protection Schemes: The Humans

In 1992, GameTek published The Humans, a fun Lemmings-like game that had players guiding prehistoric man through the discovery of fire, rope, spears, wheels, and torches, along with all the hilarious hijinks and missteps along the way.  The game featured a copy protection scheme very similar to that of SimCity, using a deep red colored [...]

What’s In That Game Box? – Survive! (1983)

  Ever scoured the Internet looking for what exactly you were missing from the old board game you pulled from your closet, only to find no succor in your time of need?  Well, stop that fruitless searching through endless google results, as this week we look at Parker Brothers’ Survive!, the still-popular 1983 game that promised a sea [...]

Retro Game of the Week – The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

In 1995, the phrase “full motion video” (FMV) conjured up the image of such classic games as Night Trap and Burn: Cycle – eye candy at best, and generally poor gaming experiences.  CD-ROM technology had been out a for a couple of years, and The 7th Guest was really still the only “must-have” CD-only game [...]