The Upper Memory Block Podcast

Hi Blockers,

Earlier today, I received word that long time friend of the show, Amayirot Akago (aka Maarten Amkreutz), took his own life. As a very small, very insignificant gesture, I’m reposting his guest show from mere days before the arrival of the UMBaby covering The Neverhood.

Akago was one of the first to step up when I put out the call for guest shows and has been a constant and welcome fixture of the show since its earliest days.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmayirotAkago

Postman’s Quest: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2073/

Stream the show live:

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/109-UMBCast-Akago-The-Neverhood-repost.mp3

All Aboard, Blockers!

We’ve got a special one for episode 106 in which second time guest-host Father Beast takes us on a tour of the 1994 business and management simulator, Transport Tycoon.

Links

Reunion (1994) Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk_L8BL0r48

Play Transport Tycoon in your browser
https://www.playdosgames.com/online/transport-tycoon/

Play Transport Tycoon Deluxe in your browser
https://classicreload.com/transport-tycoon-deluxe.html

Screenshots from Chris Sawyer’s Transport game. (And a video of Chris Sawyer playing it!)
http://www.transporttycoon.com/transportgame

TTD Patch site
http://www.ttdpatch.net/

Buy Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion on Steam
http://store.steampowered.com/app/356430/Chris_Sawyers_Locomotion/

Buy Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion on GOG.com
https://www.gog.com/game/chris_sawyers_locomotion

Open TTD
https://www.openttd.org/en/

Star Control: Origins Pre-order on Steam
http://store.steampowered.com/app/271260/Star_Control_Origins/

Star Control 1+2 on Steam (Renamed Star Control: The Ur-Quan Masters
http://store.steampowered.com/app/358920/Star_Control_The_UrQuan_Masters/

Star Control 3 on Steam (Renamed Star Control: Kessari Quadrant)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/358930/Star_Control_Kessari_Quadrant/

Ghosts Of The Precusors Early Website
https://dogarandkazon.squarespace.com/

Ur-Quan Masters HD
https://sourceforge.net/projects/urquanmastershd/

Remnants Of The Precursors (Master Of Orion 1 Fan Remake)
https://remnantsoftheprecursors.com/

Next Episode

Next time, we will be covering the 1997 Jordan Mechner adventure, The Last Express.

Thanks and enjoy!

Stream the show live:

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/106-UMBCast-Transport-Tycoon.mp3

Hey Blockers!

One more guest show before I’m back in episode 100. This time around my good buddy Troels, the Space Quest Historian is here with a hidden gem, the 1992 Silicon Knights action/strategy game Cyber Empires (or Steel Empire in Europe).

Not only does Troels do a great job with the show, he also interviews the game’s creator, Denis Dyack! This episode contains an abridged version of the interview, for the whole thing, check out Troels’ mixcloud:

https://www.mixcloud.com/SpaceQuestHistorian/space-quest-historian-interviews-denis-dyack-silicon-knights-about-steel-empirecyber-empires/

Watch Troels play Cyber Empires:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ckYzIeIfTQ&list=PLeuPHRWonRSTUuE_0uFCX6Cdt1AwHMXwc

You can also find Troels on Twitter at https://twitter.com/sqhistorian

Also check out his awesome YouTube channel over at https://www.youtube.com/spacequesthistorian

Next time, for episode 100 I will be back for good with the long awaited Final Unity episode.

Stream the show live:

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/099-UMBCast-Steel-Empire.mp3

Hello Blockers!

Here comes episode 98 where friend of the show Chris “CGOApps” Olson takes the big chair to discuss our inaugural text adventure, A Mind Forever Voyaging by Infocom, released in 1985.

Digital Antiquarian:
http://maher.filfre.net/if-book/

Get Lamp Documentary:
http://getlamp.com

AMFV Infocom Cabinet:
https://archive.org/details/InfocomCabinetAMindForeverVoyaging

Find Chris at:

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/cgoapps

His blog/developer site:
http://cgoapps.wordpress.com

Next time, we will hit the long awaited show on Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity.

Enjoy!

Stream the show live:

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/098-UMBCast-A-Mind-Forever-Voyaging.mp3

Hey Blockers!

Here comes another guest show! Father Beast has been kind enough to put together an episode on the 1994 Microprose strategy game, Sid Meier’s Colonization!

Colonization on GOG.com:
https://www.gog.com/game/sid_meiers_colonization

Colonization on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/327400/

Freecol, an open source remake of Colonization:
http://www.freecol.org/

Article: “Is Colonization offensive enough?”:
http://www.playthepast.org/?p=278

Next time, we’ll be having our 6th Patreon hangout discussing game music & sound! Also, we have another guest show in the hopper on I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream so if you’d like to drop me comments about that one, we’ll get them into the show!

Enjoy!

Stream the show live:

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/096-UMBCast-Colonization.mp3

Hey Blockers!

Time for episode 95! Originally we were scheduled to cover A Final Unity, but what with the UMBaby coming, I’ve been thrown all out of whack so friend of the show Amayirot Akago has graciously stepped in with a guest show!

He’ll be covering the 1996 adventure, The Neverhood! In true UMB fashion, he hits all the major points and takes us through the very cool world of The Neverhood.

For more from Akago, check him out on the Internet!

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/amayirotakago

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/AmayirotAkago

Postman’s Quest:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2073/

Next time, we’ll be talking about our favourite music & sound in games on out 6th Patreon Hangout, followed by the long awaited Final Unity podcast.

Enjoy!

Stream the show live:

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/095-UMBCast-The-Neverhood.mp3