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Open Apple #33 (Dec 2013): Andrew Schultz, interactive fiction, JSMESS, and SCOTTEVEST
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Andrew Schultz — gamer, FAQ author, and Interactive Fiction Competition participant. Text adventures are enjoying a resurgence in popularity and access, and Andrew guides us through the tools and resources available for aspiring game authors. Both Steve Weyhrich’s history book and the Steve Jobs movie are available for home delivery, but there’s only one we want to find under our Christmas tree. Jason Scott has integrated the JSMESS emulator into the Internet Archive, granting users unprecedented access to historical software right in their browsers. Finally, Ken, in his quest to be more Woz-like, adopts his hero’s fashion sense.
Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.
Introduction (0:00 – 10:16)
- Apple II guest speakers at Emerson College
- Super Megafest 2013
- Ken’s unboxing videos on YouTube
- Xbox One first impressions with Lon Seidman
- Floppy Days by Randy Kindig
- ANTIC Atari podcast
User Login (10:17 – 52:09)
- Andrew Schultz on GameFAQs
- Wade Clarke’s Leadlight
- Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7, by Aaron Reed
- Eamon Adventurer’s Guild Online
- The Interactive Fiction Database
- Andrew Plotkin’s Hadean Lands: Interactive Fiction Kickstarter
- GET LAMP panel at PAX East 2010
- Spring Thing
II News (52:10 – 1:45:31)
- Steve Weyhrich’s Sophistication & Simplicity, based on the Apple II History site, now available from Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble
- Amazon Prime Air drones
- Chrisann Brennan’s book about Steve Jobs, The Bite in the Apple
- Jobs now available on iTunes
- Jobs on Rotten Tomatoes — 26%
- Apple Time Warp podcast with John Romero and Craig Johnston (also available on iTunes)
- The Romero Archives
- John Romero interviews Nasir Gebelli
- Apple II game developer reunion 1998
- Building an Apple-1 replica from scratch
- Briel Computers’ Replica 1 Ten
- Ivan Drucker’s Raspple II
- David Schmenk’s Apple II Pi
- The Interactive Fiction Competition
- Charles Mangin’s joystick adapters, courtesy option8
- PAX East 2013 retro console room
- Jason Scott of The Internet Archive debuts the Historical Software Archive based on JSMESS
- Ars Technica’s Casey Johnston reviews Karateka, 30 years later
- Virtual Apple
- Strong Museum Museum of Play
- The Art of Video Games (TAOVG)
- Generational hardware gaps
- Do not approach your loved one while in your fighting stance or she’ll kick you in the head.
- Computer History Museum releases Apple II DOS source code
- Slashdot tours the Goodwill Computer Museum
- An entire Apple museum on eBay!
- Steve Wozniak endorses SCOTTEVEST jackets
- Woz-i-sodes playlist one and playlist two
- Eric Shepherd’s Sweet16 emulator
- good morning son”>Tower of Myraglen
- Brian Picchi releases Lamb Chops
- Andrew Schultz’s Copts and Robbers FAQ
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By Em Maginnis & Quinn DunkiThis month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Andrew Schultz — gamer, FAQ author, and Interactive Fiction Competition participant. Text adventures are enjoying a resurgence in popularity and access, and Andrew guides us through the tools and resources available for aspiring game authors. Both Steve Weyhrich’s history book and the Steve Jobs movie are available for home delivery, but there’s only one we want to find under our Christmas tree. Jason Scott has integrated the JSMESS emulator into the Internet Archive, granting users unprecedented access to historical software right in their browsers. Finally, Ken, in his quest to be more Woz-like, adopts his hero’s fashion sense.
Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.
Introduction (0:00 – 10:16)
- Apple II guest speakers at Emerson College
- Super Megafest 2013
- Ken’s unboxing videos on YouTube
- Xbox One first impressions with Lon Seidman
- Floppy Days by Randy Kindig
- ANTIC Atari podcast
User Login (10:17 – 52:09)
- Andrew Schultz on GameFAQs
- Wade Clarke’s Leadlight
- Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7, by Aaron Reed
- Eamon Adventurer’s Guild Online
- The Interactive Fiction Database
- Andrew Plotkin’s Hadean Lands: Interactive Fiction Kickstarter
- GET LAMP panel at PAX East 2010
- Spring Thing
II News (52:10 – 1:45:31)
- Steve Weyhrich’s Sophistication & Simplicity, based on the Apple II History site, now available from Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble
- Amazon Prime Air drones
- Chrisann Brennan’s book about Steve Jobs, The Bite in the Apple
- Jobs now available on iTunes
- Jobs on Rotten Tomatoes — 26%
- Apple Time Warp podcast with John Romero and Craig Johnston (also available on iTunes)
- The Romero Archives
- John Romero interviews Nasir Gebelli
- Apple II game developer reunion 1998
- Building an Apple-1 replica from scratch
- Briel Computers’ Replica 1 Ten
- Ivan Drucker’s Raspple II
- David Schmenk’s Apple II Pi
- The Interactive Fiction Competition
- Charles Mangin’s joystick adapters, courtesy option8
- PAX East 2013 retro console room
- Jason Scott of The Internet Archive debuts the Historical Software Archive based on JSMESS
- Ars Technica’s Casey Johnston reviews Karateka, 30 years later
- Virtual Apple
- Strong Museum Museum of Play
- The Art of Video Games (TAOVG)
- Generational hardware gaps
- Do not approach your loved one while in your fighting stance or she’ll kick you in the head.
- Computer History Museum releases Apple II DOS source code
- Slashdot tours the Goodwill Computer Museum
- An entire Apple museum on eBay!
- Steve Wozniak endorses SCOTTEVEST jackets
- Woz-i-sodes playlist one and playlist two
- Eric Shepherd’s Sweet16 emulator
- good morning son”>Tower of Myraglen
- Brian Picchi releases Lamb Chops
- Andrew Schultz’s Copts and Robbers FAQ