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Data Driven Gamer: 2020
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Data Driven Gamer: 2023
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2024/05/game-409-chaos.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 409: Chaos: The Battle of Wizards
The subtitle "The Battle of Wizards" is seen on the main menu. Rebelstar Raiders might have been the start of Julian Gollop's endurin...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2019/10/?m=0
Data Driven Gamer: October 2019
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2020/07/read-manual-here-httpsmocagh.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 203: Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn
Read the manual here: https://mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=datestonesryn-alt Released just a few months after Temple of Apshai, Da...
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Data Driven Gamer: July 2019
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Data Driven Gamer: July 2018
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-bestiary-of-wizardry-ii.html
Data Driven Gamer: The bestiary of Wizardry II
As before, I've split this into multiple tables, with notes duplicated from the Wiz1 bestiary. Please note that Wizardry 2 has changed so...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2022/08/game-331-solo-flight.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 331: Solo Flight
I guess calling it "MicroProse Flight Simulator" would fly too close to the sun. ...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2020/07/automated-simulations-and-road-to.html
Data Driven Gamer: Automated Simulations and the road to Jumpman
One of the things I've enjoyed exploring for Data Driven Gamer is the links between games. Several of my posts covering the earliest years o...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2020/01/games-139-142-atlantis-cosmic-ark.html
Data Driven Gamer: Games 139-142: Atlantis, Cosmic Ark, & ancestors
Imagic released Atlantis in July 1982 and its sequel Cosmic Ark in August 1982, both for the Atari VCS initially. They were developed concur...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2021/04/game-253-reach-for-stars.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 253: Reach for the Stars
I've been looking forward to this one, which I've selected as a discretionary 1983 whale despite lacking the requisite points. Master of O...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2019/05/rogue-won.html
Data Driven Gamer: Rogue: Won!*
I beat Rogue, but I had to really relax my savescumming rules to do it. After days of struggling to survive for even 30 minutes from about...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2019/11/game-105-galactic-empires.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 105: Galactic Empires
See my guide on Apple II emulation via MAME if you want to play, using the notes on AppleSoft BASIC. The game was originally distributed ...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2024/12/ultima-iv-destard.html
Data Driven Gamer: Ultima IV: Destard
There's one dungeon left, and I'm low on peering gems, which you can't do without - I buy more and fill up on torches and keys too, just b...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2025/09/?m=0
Data Driven Gamer: September 2025
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2025/08/game-455-deja-vu-nightmare-comes-true.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 455: Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!
Buy Deja Vu: MacVenture Series, which includes the original Macintosh and colorized Apple IIgs versions: https://store.steampowered.com...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2022/08/game-333-impossible-mission.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 333: Impossible Mission
Another visitor! Stay awhile. Stay FOREVER. Thus barks Dr. Atombender in menacing SID-powered clarity as you descend the first elevator shaf...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2021/02/ultima-iii-darkest-before-dawn.html
Data Driven Gamer: Ultima III: Darkest before Dawn
I had a third go at surviving Ultima III's early phase. My last attempt went pretty well, and I'm honestly not sure what I was supposed to ...
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Data Driven Gamer: 2018
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Data Driven Gamer: April 2020
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2021/01/game-233-empire.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 233: Empire
Although Data Driven Gamer mostly follows a linear timeline, I sometimes go back and play a noteworthy title that I missed out on in years...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2022/01/ports-of-entry-sir-tech.html
Data Driven Gamer: Ports of Entry: Sir-Tech
Unknown lead platform: Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom Released for Apple II, C64, Commodore 128, and PC in 1988. G...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2020/05/games-188-189-andes-attack-gridrunner.html
Data Driven Gamer: Games 188-189: Andes Attack & Gridrunner
Download Jeff Minter's back catalog, including both of these VIC-20 titles on the "Llamasoft Baachive." https://llamasoftarchive.org/system...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-famicoms-first-games.html?m=0
Data Driven Gamer: The Famicom's first games
July 15th, 1983 marked the domestic launch of the most important video game system in history. It was Japan's first truly successful home ...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2020/10/game-212-mappy.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 212: Mappy
Decades ago, I rented an NES game called Mappy Land, an intentionally cute platformer about an athropomorphic mouse evading cats in a vari...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2020/11/game-215-suspended.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 215: Suspended
Read the manual here: https://mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=suspendedfolio Can I just say, that horrifying 3D face sticking out of the g...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2020/10/oo-topos-won.html
Data Driven Gamer: Oo-Topos: Won!
Oo-Topos is winnable now! Almost a week before I started playing it, a new copy was put into the 4am collection at Archive.org. This versi...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2021/04/game-250-cartels-cutthroat.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 250: Cartels & Cutthroat$
Run your own megabucks corporation in the economic jungle of Big Business , states SSI's 1982 catalog. A collaborative effort between D...
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Data Driven Gamer: December 2023
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2020/07/game-199-congo-bongo.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 199: Congo Bongo
I'm very curious what Sega was thinking here. "Donkey Kong made a killing nearly two years ago. What if we remade it with Zaxxon's hardware,...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2023/12/game-390-thexder.html
Data Driven Gamer: Game 390: Thexder
Ugh. I think I'm pretty good at action platformers, but Thexder, one of Japan's most popular homespun computer games of the 80's, is one of ...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-basic-mechanics-of-akalabeth.html
Data Driven Gamer: The Basic mechanics of Akalabeth
My experience playing Akalabeth left me unsatisfied, so I decided to delve into the source code to try to understand how it works. If anyt...
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2021/12/sundog-low-zenith-long-arc.html
Data Driven Gamer: SunDog: Low zenith, long arc
In my last session, I played with the volatile commodities markets of Jondd and acquired a $150,000 chunk of seed money for my mission. I h...
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Data Driven Gamer: July 2021
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https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2024/11/ultima-iv-first-steps.html
Data Driven Gamer: Ultima IV: First steps
A few technical notes on emulating Ultima IV before I start - As with all of Garriott's games up to this point, Ultima IV's lead plat...
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