My Top 10 Classic Text Mode BSD Games
Written by Lawrence Woodman on 11th August 2009
Tags: BSD, Games, Retro, Text Mode
Recently, I have been playing a collection of text mode games that were commonly found on Unix Systems during the 70s and 80s.  These games are surprisingly playable and, for me, they really show that there is more to gaming than flashy graphics.  As with any top 10 list, everyone will have their own opinions.  While you may disagree with my choices, my main aim is to encourage more people to check out these games and see that text mode still has a lot to offer.

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Bouncing Babies
Written by Lawrence Woodman on 16th December 2008
Tags: DOS, Games, Retro
Bouncing Babies is one of the first games I remember playing on an IBM PC Compatible.  I recall looking at this funny game and thinking that it really was a strange concept.  It was released as Shareware by Dave Baskin, but I believe that it is now Freeware.

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Beneath a Steel Sky‚ My Favourite Graphical Adventure Game
Written by Lawrence Woodman on 13th November 2008
Tags: Adventure Games, Games, Retro
Beneath a Steel Sky was released for the PC in 1994 by Revolution Software.  It was received well and has gone on to be considered a cult classic.  It uses the Virtual Theatre engine which was first used in Lure of the Temptress and among other things allows the non-player characters to have a basic level of artificial intelligence.

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Using ScummVM to Play Classic Adventure Games
Written by Lawrence Woodman on 10th November 2008
Tags: Adventure Games, Emulation, Games, Retro
ScummVM is Virtual Machine, that allows you to run adventure games created for a number of game creation engines.  This is a great way of playing those classic adventure games that you loved so much, or never got a chance to play at the time.  Some of them such as Beneath a Steel Sky have rarely been bettered and can provide hours of fun.

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