Podcasts about great underground empire

Ever wanted to know what it was like to play a text adventure back in the day? Join us as we poke around the edges of the Great Underground Empire and promptly get lost, stumped, and even die a few times.

We're looking at the history of Infocom, and its most successful title, Zork. Our story begins with the development of Zork, and talks about how the gaming community contributed to its development. It continues with the formation of Infocom, talks about its acquisition by Activision, and looks at how the relationship between the two evolved. We'll wrap up with a brief look at the Zork series throughout time. Join us for the next great text adventure on today's trip down Memory Card Lane.

This week, it's once again a duo as Frances is busy fighting grues in the Great Underground Empire. Undeterred, Greg and mattio discuss mattio's practical memento from the National Sports Center Velodrome in Minnesota, track cycling at the Olympics and the rapid approach of cyclocross season.The Honest Bicycle Program is brought to you this week by Icksnay.Episode LinksiTunes (Subscribe! Leave us a review!): The Workingman's Honest Bicycle Programmattio Twitter: @_mattioFrances Twitter: @FrancestasticGreg Twitter: @grolbyEmail us at honestbikeprogram@gmail.comRead more at http://twhbp.wideanglepodium.libsynpro.com/#J6K4AYoa5SUwzPr4.99

Kevin and Carrington delve once again into the dungeons of the Great Underground Empire to complete Infocom's famous (and famously difficult) trilogy. Can they complete the game without cheating? The answer will not surprise you.

Kevin and Carrington delve once again into the dungeons of the Great Underground Empire to complete Infocom's famous (and famously difficult) trilogy. Can they complete the game without cheating? The answer will not surprise you.

Former Computer Gaming World boss Jeff Green joins Jeremy and Bob to explore the world of the Great Underground Empire, consider Zork's influence on gaming, and do their best not to be eaten by a Grue.

Nate, Sebastian, and Ryan discuss the origin of interactive fiction, the efficacy of weasels as a rat-control solution, and whether Dolly Parton is a time traveler from the future. Along the way, they consider Infocom's seminal classic text adventure: ZORK. Join us as we dive into the Great Underground Empire, and stick around to see if anyone gets eaten by a grue.  Guest starring Kari as the voice of Zork.   LINKS: You can play Zork online at the Internet Archive (Apple IIe version): https://archive.org/details/a2_Zork_I_The_Great_Underground_Empire_1980_Infocom (Beware, to my knowledge you can’t save.) You can also get the Lost Treasures of Infocom on the App Store here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lost-treasures-of-infocom/id577626745?mt=8 The original Zork is a freebie. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure, courtesy BBC4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1g84m0sXpnNCv84GpN2PLZG/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-game-30th-anniversary-edition

Nostalgic for a simpler time? Then take advantage of those crisp high-resolution fonts to relive the glory days of the Great Underground Empire, or play any of hundreds of great works from the Interactive Fiction archive. Frotz lets you play free works of Interactive Fiction (a.k.a. text adventure games) on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Frotz plays titles written in the Z-Machine format. This format was invented by Infocom and was used to produce classic text adventures from the 80s such as the Zork Trilogy, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Trinity. In the past decade, text adventures have experienced a renaissance due to the efforts of a diverse Internet community of talented interactive fiction writers and fans. Many of these games are written using the same engine that powered Infocom's titles, thanks to the Inform compiler and authoring system created by Graham Nelson.

Nostalgic for a simpler time? Then take advantage of those crisp high-resolution fonts to relive the glory days of the Great Underground Empire, or play any of hundreds of great works from the Interactive Fiction archive. Frotz lets you play free works of Interactive Fiction (a.k.a. text adventure games) on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Frotz plays titles written in the Z-Machine format. This format was invented by Infocom and was used to produce classic text adventures from the 80s such as the Zork Trilogy, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Trinity. In the past decade, text adventures have experienced a renaissance due to the efforts of a diverse Internet community of talented interactive fiction writers and fans. Many of these games are written using the same engine that powered Infocom's titles, thanks to the Inform compiler and authoring system created by Graham Nelson.

  You are standing in a thick forest.  There is a podcast playing.Welcome to Show 060!  This week's Topic: Zork - The Great Underground Empire! Topics and links discussed in the podcast... Wikipedia link list - Zork, Infocom, and Interactive Fiction.  Check it out!The American Radio Relay League - find out about hamfests (where you might find some cool retro computers), and the ham radio hobby in general...An Apple I, for only $666.66?  Not any more.  But have a look at the vintage ad, it's great!"Shall we play a game?"  No scarier words were ever spoken by a sentient computer system - and you could hook up to it with an IMSAI.  Check out the IMSAI page dedicated to the movie Wargames (in which an IMSAI system is used quite prominently...)Be sure to download and enjoy the debut edition of the Classic Computing Podcast by David Greelish!And while you are podcast surfing, do not miss the September edition of 1 MHz, the Apple II Podcast - Carrington Vanston covers Ballyhoo, an Infocom game.  (And yes, it inspired me for this week's show...and to start playing Zork I once again!  Thanks Carrington!) Be sure to send any comments, questions or feedback to retrobits@gmail.com. For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page! Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan. Thanks for listening! - Earl