The version I played was Apple 2, but I believe it was also available on Commodore and a few other systems.

I played the shit out of the demo game (there was a really fun Revolutionary War part of it), and played with making my own sci-fi campaign. I also tried Rivers of Light, which I sucked at, and the Return of Hercules, which I also sucked at.

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Holy-Frampen-wanken-winkles, does that take me back…! oO

    Right, I remember… Stuart Smith, I think he was.
    He also did the very cool, excellent “Ali-Baba” adventure.

    Those were such FUN games, back in 8-bit days.
    Back when we were little kids, haha. ❤️

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      11 days ago

      The funny thing is I played it in the mid 2000s. We had a GameCube and a PS2, but a lot of the time I chose playing ACS or writing mad libs BASIC programs over Final Fantasy and Animal Crossing.

      • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        Damn, I underestimated your generation!
        Yeah, Mad-libs are classic, beyond age & technology, right?

        Oh, check this out-- I remembered yet another classic Stuart Smith adventure just now. It was called “Return of Heracles,” set in Ancient Greece. IMO that, Rivers of Light and Ali-Baba were great because they were not just fun little rogue-like RPG’s, but because they were also purely fascinating, containing loads of little historical facts. <3

        https://www.google.com/search?q=Stuart+Smith+8-bit+computer+games&udm=2