CD-ROM Safari Podcast

Episode 5: You Don't Know Jack

Brian joins your intrepid host to explore the vast jungle of You Don't Know Jack games, from Windows 3.1 and Mac into the modern era.

Links mentioned in the episode:

You Don't Know Jack: The NetShow

The Rise and Fall of Berkeley Systems by Savvy Sage

Savvy Sage's You Don't Know Jack Release History

Mages and Modems book

Episode 4: Inherit the Earth - Quest for the Orb

Your bumbling host dons his vulpine fursuit to play the only anthropormorphic animal graphical adventure game ever made in the 90s.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Steve Gallacci's Erma Felna EDF, Albedo Anthropomorphics

Inherit the Earth Web Comics

Talin's autobiographical history of Inherit the Earth

Mages and Modems book

Episode 3: Millennium Auction

Today your intrepid host is joined by co-host @briandemodulated, who waxes gleefully about one of the best hidden gems of the Windows 3.1 era. You'll learn about reselling your skin on the open market, John Romero's uncanny memory, and how to screw other people at auction purely for spite.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Millennium Auction CD-ROM ISO for Windows 3.1

Mages and Modems book

John Romero plays Quake for its 30th anniversary.

Episode 2: CD-ROM Today and The DISC!

Is anyone else as excited about an external 4X SCSI CD-ROM drive as I am? CD-ROM Today's cover discs are the main topic, along with reader mail about 90s FMV games that turned out to be duds. What happened to the curation and quality assurance we got from magazine publishers? Is there a modern counterpart to these with Steam and Itch.io?

Links mentioned in the episode:

CD-ROM Today The DISC #1 for Mac

CD-ROM Today The DISC #1 for PC

The Blue Cup Tools podcast by Francisco Gonzalez and Ben Chandler

Mages and Modems book

kiki - a homepage construction set

Episode 1: When CD-ROMs Ruled the Earth

Step into the early 1990s, when CD-ROMs and Multimedia PCs were the new and exciting thing in the world of Macintosh and Windows-based computers. I talk about the new format for the show, and refocussing on the culture and technology of the 1990s. I reply to some long overdue listener mail, and talk about the exciting new future for multimedia in 2026 with the CD-ROM.ca Encartapedia.

Links mentioned in the episode:

kiki - a homepage construction set

Utopian Scholastic - Michael Wolf

Saturday May 30th, 2026. The season finale of Multimedia Hyperguide podcast, where I say goodbye to the show as it was, and say hello to the upcoming season 2!

Monday April 27th, 2026. Part five - the final one of the series and this season! - of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - the deep dive into the engine and editor.

Part five - the final one! - of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World. This is where we go deep on the game engine and editor.

Saturday June 11th, 2022. Part four of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - finally, the development story of the game itself!

Part four of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - finally, the development story of the game itself!