An Intellivision port of Richard Garriott’s Ultima predecessor, Akalabeth, is now available from Atari website AtariAge.
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VGHF interviews John Van Ryzin
The Video Game History Foundation podcast interviewed John Van Ryzin, developer of Apple II games Bellhop, Kamikaze, and Shuttle Intercept.
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Semi Rad announces Derelict: Prologue
Jeremy Reichmänner of Semi Rad Productions has released a demo of Derelict: Prologue, his next Apple II text adventure game, coming in 2026.
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Two Guys from Andromeda launch SpaceVenture
Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy of Sierra On-Line’s Space Quest have finally released the Kickstarter-backed game SpaceVenture.
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Escape from Castle Dracenstein now available
Semi Rad Productions has released Escape from Castle Dracenstein, an original, Applesoft BASIC-based text adventure for the 8-bit Apple II.
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Chris Oberth’s lost game Xcavator to be released
iam8bit and the Video Game History Foundation will release Xcavator 2025, an NES game from Chris Oberth, creator of Ardy the Aardvark.
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What Is the Apple IIGS? Launcher adds a dozen games
Alex Lee has added a dozen games & demos to What Is the Apple IIGS? Launcher, a suite of disk images.
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The death screens of Conan
Conan: Hall of Volta, a 1984 Apple II game from Datasoft, has revealed all 28 of its death scenes, courtesy Michael Pohoreski.