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Category: Ready Player One Replay

RPO Replay: Akalabeth

February 11, 2021 Ken Newquist Focus, Game Reviews, Games, Projects, Ready Player One Replay

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote I downloaded every game mentioned or referenced in the Almanac, from Akalabeth to Zaxxon. — Ready Player One p. 64 Game Play Akalabeth: World[…]

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RPO Replay: Swordquest

February 9, 2021 Ken Newquist Focus, Games, Projects, Ready Player One Replay

The Ready Player One Replay is an ongoing exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Love it or hate it, there’s value in revisiting our geeky roots. Quote “You’re holding Swordquest: Earthworld,” I continued. “The[…]

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RPO Replay: Tron – Deadly Discs

February 7, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote After I beat Aech at three rounds of Tron: Deadly Discs, he threw down his Intellivision controller in disgust. — Ready Player One p.[…]

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A Smash TV contestant, surrounded by whirling blades, fends off enemies.

RPO Replay: Smash TV

December 4, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote Aech and I had wasted countless hours on two-player classics like Contra, Golden Axe, Heavy Barrel, Smash TV, and Ikari Warriors. Game[…]

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RPO Replay: Heavy Barrel

December 1, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote Aech and I had wasted countless hours on two-player classics like Contra, Golden Axe, Heavy Barrel, Smash TV, and Ikari Warriors. Game[…]

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RPO Replay: Golden Axe

November 28, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote Aech and I had wasted countless hours on two-player classics like Contra, Golden Axe, Heavy Barrel, Smash TV, and Ikari Warriors. Game[…]

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RPO Replay: Dungeons & Dragons

November 26, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Role-Playing Game Reviews, Role-Playing Games

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote … hundreds of polyhedral dice like those used in old tabletop role-playing games. — Ready Player One p. 10 A freeze-frame[…]

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RPO Replay: Robotron 2084

November 25, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote I booted up my emulator and selected Robotron: 2084, one of my all-time favorite games. I’d always loved its frenetic[…]

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RPO Replay – Asteroids

November 24, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote Gunfire wasn’t uncommon in the stacks, but it still shook me up. I knew I probably wouldn’t be able[…]

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RPO Replay – Defender

November 22, 2020 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Source Gunfire wasn’t uncommon in the stacks, but it still shook me up. I knew I probably wouldn’t be able[…]

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About Nuketown

Nuketown is a speculative fiction website that’s been published continuously since 1996.

It’s publishing focus is articles, reviews and editorials about science fiction, fantasy, and horror with heroic overtones. It covers a variety of topics within the speculative fiction genre, including games, movies, soundtracks, books, and websites.

Radiating from Easton, Pa.

Recent Posts

  • @NuketownSF: Masters of Umdaar, Agents of BAMF, Zeneography, Project Terminus, More ZineQuest February 28, 2021
  • @NuketownSF: More Zinequest 3, X of Swords, Wanda Vision, FATE Condensed February 22, 2021
  • RPO Replay: Akalabeth February 11, 2021
  • Radio Active #95: Into the Spider-Verse February 10, 2021
  • RPO Replay: Swordquest February 9, 2021

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