When it’s mapped out, Sword for Hire isn’t as large as it looks in the book. But, it is possible to play through the game and level up.
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They were a mainstay of 80s gaming and then all but disappeared until Portal revolutionized the genre. They are still some of the most fun you can have on a computer.
I couldn’t leave Beyond Shadowgate behind unless I’d managed to get all four endings. Here’s how.
Thanks to a lot of help from chat! Am… am I a streamer now?
It’s the 80s again! The developers of the original Shadowgate are back 35 years later with a sequel that doubles down on everything that made the first game great.
Having spent the past several days mapping and exploring the text version, it’s finally time to replay Colossal Cave Adventure in glorious 3D.
I got all the treasures I knew about… now, how about the treasures I don’t know about?
A pirate stole our treasure! Time to steal it BACK. But first, we have to find our way through one of the most notorious mazes of all time…
You can draw a direct line from Crowther and Woods’ “Adventure” to MMOs such as EverQuest. I’m going to be playing it all the way through… twice.
