ugvm03 magazine - Retro Special!

deKay writes "You might be interested in Issue 03 of "ugvm" written by the regulars of uk.games.video.misc magazine. Issue 03 is a 40-page Retro Special, and contains articles on the Fairchild Channel F console, the Supervision, and the Evolution of Text Adventures. There are also 17 pages of reviews of games, and loads more. ugvm is free, and can be downloaded in PDF format." Besides being an interesting subject matter, this is a cool way to write.

Comments

Game Quality

[wray]

I have always felt, if we could get games that were a combination of the creativeness of those old text based adventure games, and the eye candy of Quake/Doom, you would get one of the funner games ever. I think this rarely happens, but Nintendo did well with DK64, Mario Kart64, and the Super Mario's have always been fun.

Anyway, my point is, eye candy is the first and most important rule for game makers these days, and it ought to be the other way around. I mean, isn't Jumpman Jr. still fun :)

You find yourself in a sparsely lit room..

[Digital Dream Shaper]

"there is little more to observe than an creaky,wooden cupboard set securely into the east wall and an old dusty kitchenette occupying a larger portion of the littered floor."

>Look

Wooden Cupboard
Dusty Kitchenette
Obvious Exits: North South West

*eyes glaze over* Ah.. the good old days of text adventures and muds.. damn you EverQuest for being so.. so.. ah forget it.. I love you Verant :P *shifty eyes* For anyone still interested in mudding please check out this extensive list :)

http://www.mudconnect.com/