Retro365 | King's Quest: IBM, Tandy, and Beyond - An Animated Documentary - Episode II @Retro365 | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
King's Quest: IBM, Tandy, and Beyond
Episode 2: The Development
Welcome to the second episode of my animated documentary series, telling the fascinating story behind one of gaming history's most iconic creations.
After I uploaded the video, I discovered a small spelling error in one of the scenes. I'm sorry about that.
The first episode can be seen here: youtu.be/JpgnWDJrufo and the third here: youtu.be/490JzMKuV4s?si=siCCz7EavHrFq-X_
The series has been a small summertime project, all done in my spare time. I set myself a rather tight deadline for getting everything done and I might go back and fix a few mistakes and add more animation here and there. Maybe I get to it when I have time to combine all three episodes into one long.
Thanks for watching and please remember to visit my blog at https://www.retro365.blog where I post new articles every month - You can also follow me on X @ErnstKrogtoft.
King's Quest: IBM, Tandy, and Beyond
Episode 2: The Development
Welcome to the second episode of my animated documentary series, telling the fascinating story behind one of gaming history's most iconic creations.
After I uploaded the video, I discovered a small spelling error in one of the scenes. I'm sorry about that.
The first episode can be seen here: youtu.be/JpgnWDJrufo and the third here: youtu.be/490JzMKuV4s?si=siCCz7EavHrFq-X_
The series has been a small summertime project, all done in my spare time. I set myself a rather tight deadline for getting everything done and I might go back and fix a few mistakes and add more animation here and there. Maybe I get to it when I have time to combine all three episodes into one long.
Thanks for watching and please remember to visit my blog at https://www.retro365.blog where I post new articles every month - You can also follow me on X @ErnstKrogtoft.
![Tubeway ][ - Datamost, 1982 - Apple II (4K)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HsPhq1jmibU/hqdefault.jpg "Tubeway ][ - Datamost, 1982 - Apple II (4K)
A short presentation of Tubeway, developed by David Arthur Van Brink and published by Datamost for the Apple II in 1982.
You are exploring the outer reaches of space when beings from a strange geometric universe begin to break into your reality with the intent to invade Earth. The alien force shields have locked you into the outer rim of their geometric tubeways, where you must shoot down the enemy vessels before they can enter your dimension.
The player controls a target-shaped vehicle, which can skim the outer rim of varying geometric shapes The player fights against homer and seeker vessels, which are worth 100 and 200 points respectively. The player must shoot all incoming vessels to advance to the next stage, which will feature a new geometric shape and more oncoming alien vessels. Players are rewarded bonus points based on the time they have remaining after finishing a stage. If a player runs out of time, the germ will break free from its confines in the lower left corner of the screen, and hunt down your vessel. The player starts with 3 vessels but will gain an extra vessel for every 20,000 points they accumulate. Lose all of the vessels, and its game over.
https://retro365.blog/2023/07/10/tubeway/
Enjoy and please remember to visit my blog at https://www.retro365.blog where I post new articles every month.")
