Pack your phrasebook and get ready to defend democracy as Ben and Jason take on a pair of quirky early 1980s adventures. For an appetizer, we order Infocom legend Brian Moriarty's early effort, a type-in published in ANALOG Computing Magazine no less:  the Nicolas Cage-coded Adventure In the Fifth Dimension.

The feature game is Invincible Island by Pete Cooke... that's Cooke with an e, sadly, although Ben and Jason do find time for a little Derek & Clive discourse which steers clear of the need to flag this episode for adult content. Both games have mindbending maps, but do they have anything else in common?

Also, there's quite a bit of listener mail and news... from the summer of 2025, which is how long this episode has been waiting for publication! Thanks to Nick for breathing life into this one. If nothing else, let it serve as a reminder why we've created the monthly >OPEN MAILBOX series!

Invincible Island (IFDB)

Invincible Island (playable online, ZX Spectrum)

Adventure In the Fifth Dimension (IFDB)

Adventure in the Fifth Dimension (playable online, Atari 8-bit)

The Guild of Thieves, Hit It With a Hammer! playthrough (YouTube)

Encounter HD

Asimov's The Black Widowers

 

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