Multimedia HyperGuide: Windows 3.1, Macintosh and MS-DOS Gaming in the 1990s: Recent Episodes

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Exploring the wonderful world of Windows 3.1, Macintosh and MS-DOS in the 1990s.

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

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Part three of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - focusing purely on the development history of Chahi's early titles.

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Part two of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World, this time devoted to the meat of the topic.

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Part one of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World. This catch-up episode is very listener mail-heavy!

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Welcome back for part two of our deep dive into Delphine Software's cinematic puzzle-platformer Flashback, focused on the development history.

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Having an identity crisis? I know Conrad is! This is part one of our deep dive into Delphine Software's cinematic puzzle-platformer Flashback.

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In Part two of our series on SimAnt: Some good/not-so-good surprises, and brief history of Maxis Software.

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SimAnt: Electronic Ant Colony or Mouth-to-Mouth Barf Simulator? You decide!

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Welcome back for the second half of our DOS Prompt series on Betrayal at Krondor, where I discuss the development history of the game.

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Welcome all you Northwarden Piggies! Today's episode is a first: we're dropping down to a DOS Prompt to talk about Betrayal at Krondor.

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Feeling totally twisted? I know I am! This week: The history of Berkeley Systems and its After Dark suite.

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I didn't do it. Wait, no, I finally did. This week: Berkeley Systems' Simpsons After Dark Screensaver.

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Join me on my first... Undersea Adventure!

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This week: Chris Pirih's SkiFree and some wonderful listener e-mail!

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This week we discuss Rick Saada's role-playing game Castle of the Winds, and listen to some wonderful listener e-mail!

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This week we discuss the Maxis simulator classic SimFarm, as well a story errata from a prior podcast and listener mail.

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Three days of jackhammering and concrete cutting outside of my window means episode 6 is delayed until the madness stops.

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This is a big fat episode! In this episode you'll learn about the poorly-selling LucasArts roguelite, warezing over ISDN lines using DCC bots, and I summarize an interview with creator Hal Barwood.

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San Diego Zoo Presents: The Animals! The Multimedia PC specification, a short discussion of Blender magazine, and memories of Video for Windows.

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A short episode to wish you all a happy Father's Day, and share a little fatherly story of my own.

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Our first foray into the world of Windows 3.1 gaming: The Adventures of MicroMan. I reflect on the history of this much loved cult classic, and talk a little about its creator. You can download the original shareware version of

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In my inaugural episode I talk about my first Windows 3.1 computer and sketch out some ideas for future episodes.