Interview with David Fox
To kick off the DOS Game Club "Year of the Adventure Game" with a bang, we have a special episode for you all: an interview with David Fox! We recently got the chance to talk to him about the early days of developing adventure games at Lucas, where he was one of the first people to be hired after they founded their games division in 1982.
David Fox was right there at the birth of the point & click adventure genre, working on such games as Labyrinth, Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken and Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade. We talked with him about all of these games, what it was like at Skywalker Ranch, working with famous people like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Douglas Adams, and much more.
We also managed to ask him some of the questions that were submitted through the forums and Twitter. Thanks for those!
We had a great time talking to David and hope you will enjoy this special extra episode.
[ download mp3 ] (91 mins, 73 MB)
< read full entry >SlipSpeed Boxed Copy Giveaway!
We have a copy of SlipSpeed Deluxe Collectors Edition to give away!
Want to have a chance at winning it? All you have to do is leave a review of DOS Game Club somewhere and send us a link to it at club@dosgameclub.com. We'll pick a winner randomly next month, so get cracking!
Master of Magic
Who likes turn based strategy games? WE DO! But we think we're not alone in that.
Simtex' 1994 4X classic Master of Magic is seen by many as one of the hidden gems of the genre often compared to "Civilization with Magic", but does that hold up? Or is it actually more than that? We're discussing this and many more questions with a few veterans and a newcomer to the game.
Joining hosts Martijn ("Tijn") and Florian ("rnlf") for this episode are Oddvar ("dollarone") and HP ("HPLoveGames"). FatherBeast has sent such an extensive voice message, that we consider him the fifth participant in this episode, haha.
Now let's get ready to cast a Wall of Darkness and conquer Arcanus and Myrran together!
[ download mp3 ] (126 mins, 101 MB)
< read full entry >Skiing Games
How many Skiing games are there for DOS? We don't know for sure, but we believe the number is 13. And we tried them all!
There are some that probably everybody knows about, like The Games: Winter Challenge, even though people probably thought that game was actually called "Winter Games". Far from it though, that's an entirely different one! Crazy huh? Yeah, we thought the same. But there are also games, probably very few people ever heard about, like "ורדית בהרפתקאה חדשה באליפות הגלישה", a game advertising chocolates to Israeli kids using a skiing cow!
Joining hosts Florian ("rnlf") and Martijn ("Tijn") for this episode are Richard ("Pix"), and Björn ("TigerQuoll"). Also contributing is DGC member Watchful who sent a voice message.
Enjoy!
[ download mp3 ] (106 mins, 85 MB)
< read full entry >Street Rod
In November we played STREET ROD, a quirky little racing game that's all about 1960s hot rods, released in 1989 by California Dreams.
Sounds pretty American, right? Turns out, this game was actually developed in Soviet-controlled Poland, behind the iron curtain!
Learn all about what makes this game interesting in this episode of the DOS Game Club podcast.
Joining hosts Martijn ("Tijn") and Florian ("rnlf") for this episode are Oddvar ("dollarone"), Rob ("Spoonboy") and Jonas ("bitblt"). Also contributing is Jozef ("yozy") who sent a voice message.
Enjoy!
[ download mp3 ] (121 mins, 97 MB)
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