Episode 22 - Questprobe: Spider-Man and Redhawk

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POW! KABOOM! KWAH!

Dave and Jason explore two 1980s text adventures pulled from the world of comic books! (At the time, comics were just one of many forms of narrative expression and not the dominant storytelling platform as they are this century.)

First up it's Redhawk from Melbourne House, which experiments with text/graphics adventure presentation by building a three-panel comic on-screen based on player input. Can you, as mild-mannered news photographer Kevin Oliver and as flying, fighting superhero Redhawk save the city?

Then it's Questprobe: Spider-Man from Adventure International, from the short-lived Marvel Comics series which just predated the company's end. Amazing feats of wall-walking and strength await!

Finally, we play the work-in-progress of the unfinished Questprobe: X-Men, provided by Scott Adams himself from his archives.

Questprobe: Spider-Man (playable online, Apple II verson)

Questprobe: Spider-Man on IFDB

Redhawk (playable online, Amstrad CPC version)

Redhawk on IFDB

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