Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We're taking things back to where they all began -- back to 2007-era "Let's Play." And who better to guide us on this journey back in time than @slowbeef? Join us as we embark on an adventure most deadly in 'The Immortal!'

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Opening
8:30 - A Brief History of 'The Immortal'
50:04 - The Apple IIGS version of 'The Immortal'
55:57 - Level 1
1:08:00 - Level 2
1:21:13 - Level 3
1:35:42 - Level 4
1:46:39 - Level 5
2:00:02 - Level 6
2:06:34 - Level 7
2:16:13 - Level 8
2:23:08 - Ending
2:26:21 - Final Thoughts
2:47:18 - Closing

LINKS:
- Archive of slowbeef's Let's Play of 'The Immortal': lparchive.org/The-Immortal
- Interview with Will Harvey in 'Compute! Gazette,' Issue 11: archive.org/details/1984-05-computegazette/page/n37/mode/2up
- Interview with Will Harvey in 'MicroTimes,' Volume 1, Issue 2: archive.org/details/microtimesvolume00bamp_0/page/n11/mode/2up
- Interview with Will Harvey on behalf of ACMQueue: queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=971586
- Frank Cifaldi’s interview with Will Harvey for Game Developer: gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/playing-catch-up-will-harvey
- Sramana Miltra’s interview with Will Harvey for the One Million by One Million Blog: sramanamitra.com/2010/08/01/learning-from-failures-imvu-founder-will-harvey-part-1
- NowGamer’s article on “The Making of: Immortal”: web.archive.org/web/20160730023338/https://www.nowgamer.com/the-making-of-immortal
- Details of the game's Genesis conversion from lead programmer Kevin McGrath: segaretro.org/Interview:_Kevin_McGrath_(2025-04-25)_by_Alexander_Rojas
- Jane Goldman’s review of the Amiga release of ‘The Immortal’ for Zero Magazine: amr.abime.net/review_40218
- Matt Laurence’s review of the Amiga version of ‘The Immortal’ for Computer Gaming World: archive.gamehistory.org/item/4afd68e8-b2f9-4ab0-bb93-a3bfd64a047a
- Our article on ‘Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine’: badgamehalloffame.com/loadstar-the-legend-of-tully-bodine

ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2025-11-13

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