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The Seven Cities of Gold (1984) - MobyGames

November 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM

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Hooray for Colonialism Remembrance Month!

Friday's new game is Ozark Softscape classic Seven Cities of Gold. We'll be playing the original on C64 and Amiga, and the Commemorative Edition on MSDOS.

www.mobygames.com/game/3451/th...

In The Seven Cities of Gold the player takes on the role of Christopher Columbus and the later Spanish conquistadors, exploring the New World (or a randomly generated map). As the player establishes f...

November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM

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Twitch Streaming:

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We currently stream Wed thru Fri, 12pm-4pm GMT-6 (CST)

You can catch our current schedule here:

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Aliens vs Predator (2010) - MobyGames

November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM

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Since they are releasing a new Predator movie, why not revisit my favorite Predator game?

Aliens vs Predator (2010)!

www.mobygames.com/game/45560/a...

Aliens vs Predator is an update of the 1999 PC game Aliens Versus Predator, in which the player can choose either Marine, Xenomorph (commonly known as Aliens) or Predator in a first-person shooter. Th...

November 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM

TheGameDesignLexicon

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Schedule:

Wednesday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Aliens Versus Predator (2010) for PC/Windows!
Thursday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Okage: Shadow King for the Sony PlayStation 2!
Friday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Alternate Reality: The City for the Commodore 64!

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November 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM

TheGameDesignLexicon

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Schedule:

Wednesday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Tecmo's Deception Series for the PSX/PS2 - Spooky Game Week!
Thursday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Okage: Shadow King for the Sony PlayStation 2!
Friday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Alternate Reality: The City for the Commodore 64!

Catch me live @ www.twitch.tv/thegamedesig...

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Alternate Reality: The City (1985) - MobyGames

October 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

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I've been picking some fairly lousy games for Friday; so we're moving on again!

Next Game: Alternate Reality: The City for the Commodore 64!

www.mobygames.com/game/12404/a...

In Alternate Reality: The City, you are one of many people who have been abducted from earth by aliens and transported to an alternate dimension where you are dumped in a strange, yet familiar city. Y...

In Trapt, the player takes on the role of Princess Allura, horrified by the sudden murder of her father the King of Fronenburg and worse, being framed for his murder by step mother - Queen Catalina, l...

October 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

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I've had a lot of fun with the Deception Series this Halloween!

Next Wednesday will be our final venture into the series with 'Trapt' by Tecmo!

www.mobygames.com/game/20974/t...

Trapt (2005) - MobyGames

Planet's Edge: The Point of no Return (1991) - MobyGames

October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM

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Deathlord was rough, and we're ending it prematurely.

Replacing it on Friday will be:

Planet's Edge: The Point Of No Return for MSDOS

www.mobygames.com/game/765/pla...

The discovery of an alien craft entering our solar system causes quite a stir. When the small craft is accidentally fired upon, it creates a strange electromagnetic effect that envelops the Earth, cau...

October 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

@bloodythorn.bsky.social

Schedule:

Wednesday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Tecmo's Deception Series for the PSX/PS2 - Spooky Game Week!
Thursday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Okage: Shadow King for the Sony PlayStation 2!
Friday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Planet's Edge: The Point Of No Return for MSDOS!

Catch me live @ www.twitch.tv/thegamedesig...

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Deception III: Dark Delusion (1999) - MobyGames

October 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM

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Next Wednesday we'll be moving on to the next game in the Deception Series:

Deception III: Dark Delusion!

www.mobygames.com/game/8344/de...

In Dark Delusion, you play as Reina, a girl who was kidnapped with her family and taken away via ship to a far off kingdom and may be used for some unpleasant purposes. After escape, she must try to s...

Okage: Shadow King (2001) - MobyGames

October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM

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Wednesday we finished Evolution: The World of Sacred Device. Before we move onto the 2nd in the series, we'll take a detour with:

Okage: Shadow King for the PS2.

www.mobygames.com/game/5116/ok...

Schedule Updated.

Okage: Shadow King is an RPG with a slight twist: it's humorous. The game's premise is that a boy (nameable by the player with the default name of Ari) makes a deal with an evil spirit to cure his sis...

October 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM

TheGameDesignLexicon

@bloodythorn.bsky.social

Schedule:

Wednesday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Tecmo's Deception Series for the PSX/PS2 - Spooky Game Week!
Thursday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Okage: Shadow King for the Sony PlayStation 2!
Friday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Deathlord for the Commodore 64!

Catch me live @ www.twitch.tv/thegamedesig...

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Deathlord (1988) - MobyGames

October 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM

TheGameDesignLexicon

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Sitting here going through all the Deathlord instructions and walk-throughs... and I gotta say....

I'm intimidated.

Apparently it was a much more hardcore game that any of the Ultima series. It incorporated perma-death. When a character dies in combat, it saves it to disk immediately...

October 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

@bloodythorn.bsky.social

Looks like we'll be ending Neuromancer early, and next week we'll start Deathlord for the Commodore 64!

www.mobygames.com/game/16371/d...

The schedule has been updated!

An Ultima style RPG with an oriental flavor. The Deathlord and his army of demons are destroying the land and Emperor Nakamoto has called upon you and your party to fight back and defeat him. There ar...

Kagero: Deception II (1998) | IGDB.com

October 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

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We'll be continuing next Wednesday with the next game in the Tecmo's Deception series: Kagero: Deception II for the PS1!

www.igdb.com/games/kagero...

The schedule has been updated!

Kagero: Deception II is the sequel to Tecmo's Deception. It follows a similar, hard-to-classify gameplay style, which can be perhaps defined as a real-t...

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October 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

@bloodythorn.bsky.social

Schedule:

Wednesday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Tecmo's Deception Series for the PSX/PS2 - Spooky Game Week!
Thursday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Evolution: The World of Sacred Device for the Sega Dreamcast
Friday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Deathlord for the Commodore 64

Catch me live @ www.twitch.tv/thegamedesig...

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October 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

@bloodythorn.bsky.social

Schedule:

Wednesday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness for the PSX
Thursday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Evolution: The World of Sacred Device for the Sega Dreamcast
Friday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Neuromancer for the Commodore 64

Catch me live @ www.twitch.tv/thegamedesig...

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Mars Saga (1988) - MobyGames

October 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

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Okay, looks like we're preempting Mines of Titan... for some reason the DOS version only supports PC Speaker sound and I'm not going to deal with it.

So for October, let's do some Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness.

Schedule will be updated.

October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

@bloodythorn.bsky.social

I'm feeling a bit exhausted today. Not too bad, but bad enough to where I think I am going to delay the start of Mines of Titan until next week.

Starting a new game fresh takes a certain amount of energy and today I don't feel like I have it.

Otherwise; have a wonderful Wednesday!

September 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM

TheGameDesignLexicon

@bloodythorn.bsky.social

Superhero League of Hoboken has flown their last mission. To replace our Wednesday game we'll be moving on to the IBM/PC version of Mars Saga, which was named Mines of Titan.

www.mobygames.com/game/1242/ma...

You're a stranded space jockey in a rugged frontier settlement on Saturn's moon, Titan. Your one chance to get off this ice cube is to assemble a team and find... a lost city! This early Westwood titl...

Neuromancer (1988) - MobyGames

September 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM

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After finishing Project: Space Station in frustration, we'll be moving on to the video game adaptation of William Gibson's Neuromancer for the Commodore 64 next Friday!

www.mobygames.com/game/687/neu...

Based on the cyberpunk novel by William Gibson. In a grimy future, you play Case, a cyberspace cowboy who finds himself broke in Chiba City. Find yourself a laptop and the right software for it so you...

September 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM

TheGameDesignLexicon

@bloodythorn.bsky.social

Schedule:

Wednesday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Mines of Titan for MSDOS/DOSBox
Thursday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Evolution: The World of Sacred Device for the Sega Dreamcast
Friday, 12-4pm GMT-6 -> Neuromancer for the Commodore 64

Catch me live @ www.twitch.tv/thegamedesig...

We are a life form that has been sent to your planet to analyze your game theory. We will use this knowledge to conquer your race. Language Warning: We swear. A lot. We also sometimes discuss things t...