Last Call BBS

I for one enjoyed this new chapter. It is somewhat different than previous Zachgames I've played (I've played them all). I really liked the atmosphere of this game and took me back to the 90s when All you could do was play another round of solitaire while you waited for the game you wanted to download. This may not be for everyone but checked a lot of boxes in my column (I'm 44). One quibble I had was that on the steam version (Here is where I curse their name and spit) there are achievements whereas here there are none. Oh well, I wish there were here too, but I'll just do all the things without the meaningless automatic fulfillment that somehow gives us an endorphin boost.

It's an immersive experience, and the sound and visuals really make you feel like you're using a classic personal computer for the first time. The puzzles games are great, as per Zachtronics' usual high standards. And there are a few weird artsy games thrown in, like you'd see in shareware or freeware distributed in that time period. That having been said, most of my time has been spent playing the solitaire game.

Several Zachtronics games in one, wrapped in a nostalgic sadness. Mainly I've been completely hooked on Dungeons & Diagrams, what you'd get if a Picross derivative ate a tiled level generation algorithm.

This is a bunch of mini-games in the style of early 90's games and as a collection, it just didn't click with me. The mini-games are bound together with an overarching story that's revealed to you through short "memopad" entries. I played this developer's earlier game, TIS-100, and enjoyed it thoroughly. But this one has failed to grab my attention. The mini-games are good, but not great, and that's what hurts this more than anything. For example, there's a kitchen simulator, which is kind of fun, but it's got a steep learning curve and no real story inside of the mini-game itself. If you want a fully-fleshed out version, you should be playing Automachef instead. The same is true for most of the mini-games; there are full games on GOG that do a better job. In any case, I don't regret having bought it and I look forward to this developer's next game, but this one wasn't for me.