Jason Dyer

Making mathematics and science interactive experiences. Consulting in game design.

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@randob18 @ZXadventurer I put some followup questions if you're up to it! (I realize not everyone likes to talk about their work from more than 40 years ago, so there's no obligation.)

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

I just finished a six-part series on Infocom's Starcross, where I examined the history, did a playthrough, and ruminated on the plot. This link is to the last post, but it starts with a "category" link that lets you read everything in order.

https://t.co/yhYTt77rIS

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@SharpworksMZ were you ever able to play Dark Star? someone in my comments was trying but it requires typing in numbers, and the MZ-700 emulator is refusing to do so while in-game

https://t.co/62nQMytkMc

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@SharpworksMZ

in case you didn't see it, I finished another Sharpsoft game recently:

https://t.co/xJpYqbPy61

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@leighalexander thanks so much! love your series too

y'all might like Time Zone, I did beat the whole thing without hints

it turns out to be more solvable than expected once you catch on to the main vibe (lots of encounters are to be avoided, not "solved")

https://t.co/K0dGBKqxCt

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

wherein I embark on Transylvania, one of the most famous of the early Apple II adventure games, using the Penguin graphics tools

https://t.co/kFexome8FX

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@SharpworksMZ I made it to the end! not long, but I guess neither was a TV show episode

https://t.co/jUzPqcGLXD

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@SharpworksMZ in case you haven't seen yet https://t.co/dMD3RsSOhQ

the Adventure Game one based on the BBC show will be coming up in a couple games

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@SharpworksMZ it has begun https://t.co/mH9xg9Y7lf

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@SharpworksMZ I’m playing Japanese games too so I wanted to cover everything

Would love to find copies of original Sharp mystery house (1 and 2)

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@SharpworksMZ @JAMOGRAD Yes, this is the first printing of Nightmare Park

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

it was _also_ one of the references for the ADVEN-80 system printed in Dr. Dobbs magazine, which was used for the first Japanese adventure
https://t.co/bHWnOtaBxX

Omotesando then was referred to for Mystery House (the first graphical Japanese adventure)

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

this is something I suspected but never had confirmed -- Planet of Death, Inca Curse, etc. from Artic had the same starting point as the Trevor Toms system in a 1980 issue of Practical Computing https://t.co/wKV5UtcgtA

[Adventuron @LearnAdventuron]

Charles Cecil meeting Tim Gilberts for the first time and finding one of his old games on Tim's display. Charles was surprised to learn that the text adventure engine he used for his zx titles was based off the same magazine article leading to the quill. @CharlesCecil @timbucus

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@GameResearch_E @GamingHistorian the BBC Micro dominance of the british education market was a lot faster but they had a country-wide government contract

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@GameResearch_E @GamingHistorian when I answered an oregon trail question on askhistorians, a bunch of people wanted to pile on about apple

the game was popular before apple, and if another computer had "won", MECC surely would have pivoted to that version (they had an atari port in their text years)

[IFComp @ifcomp]

https://t.co/HHWZmtV13X

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

includes Hunt the Wumpus! go watch!

[Ethan Johnson (Play History) @GameResearch_E]

The first massively multiplayer game. The first Easter Egg. The computer that changed our world.

Play History's first episode of 1973 is a doozy, so don't miss it! Here to put the 'video' back into video games.

https://t.co/TNe3ad0Vht

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@jpdysonplay based on recent research Montague Redgrave's 1871 "pinball" patent seems to comprised entirely of already existing elements from Europe (that is, he didn't "invent" anything)

but it remains open ended the earliest each of the elements appeared

[Jason Dyer @jdyer]

@katewillaert mixed up mother goose

https://t.co/gssd62ZykX