CD-ROM Safari Podcast

Episode 6: Modding and 90s Game Tools Ben Chandler co-hosts with vga for an adhd-fueled trek through 1990s game develop tools and mods. Links mentioned in the episode: Ben's game development blog for his upcoming graphical adventure Gilt. Ben's most recent art release in Nighthawks. Mages and Modems book

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.

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

Saturday May 21st, 2022. Part three of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - focusing purely on the development history of Chahi's early titles.

Saturday May 14th, 2022. Part two of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World, this time devoted to the meat of the topic.

Saturday May 07th, 2022. Part one of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World. This catch-up episode is very listener mail-heavy!

Sunday May 30th, 2021. Welcome back for part two of our deep dive into Delphine Software's cinematic puzzle-platformer Flashback, focused on the development history.

Saturday May 22nd, 2021. Having an identity crisis? I know Conrad is! This is part one of our deep dive into Delphine Software's cinematic puzzle-platformer Flashback.

Sunday May 02nd, 2021. Continuation of our series on SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony. In this episode we do a dive into the early history of Maxis Software. Many thanks to The Retro Hour Podcast for their interview with Justin McCormick.

Thursday April 22nd, 2021. SimAnt: Electronic Ant Colony or Mouth-to-Mouth Barf Simulator? You decide in today's episode on Maxis Software's most unique 1990s title. Here's a link to that Apple Beige article I mention.

Thursday December 31st, 2020. Welcome back to the second half of our DOS Prompt series on Betrayal at Krondor where I discuss the development history of the game. Don't forget to visit the Betrayal at Krondor Help Web if you get stuck, or Neal Hallford's blog for more stories on the development of the game.

Wednesday December 23rd, 2020. 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.

Tuesday September 29th, 2020. Feeling totally twisted? I know I am! This episode covers the history of Berkeley Systems and their After Dark suite of screen savers.

Saturday August 29th, 2020. 25 years before the tired Steamed Hams meme we have After Dark's perfect re-imagining of the Simpsons as a screen saver module.