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Holy-Frampen-wanken-winkles, does that take me back...! oO
Right, I remember... Stuart Smith, I think he was.
He also did the very cool, excellent "Ali-Baba" adventure.
Those were such FUN games, back in 8-bit days.
Back when we were little kids, haha. ❤️
The funny thing is I played it in the mid 2000s. We had a GameCube and a PS2, but a lot of the time I chose playing ACS or writing mad libs BASIC programs over Final Fantasy and Animal Crossing.
Damn, I underestimated your generation!
Yeah, Mad-libs are classic, beyond age & technology, right?
Oh, check this out-- I remembered yet another classic Stuart Smith adventure just now. It was called "Return of Heracles," set in Ancient Greece. IMO that, Rivers of Light and Ali-Baba were great because they were not just fun little rogue-like RPG's, but because they were also purely fascinating, containing loads of little historical facts. <3
https://www.google.com/search?q=Stuart+Smith+8-bit+computer+games&udm=2