It's Infocom and Iron Curtain classic text adventures from the final years of the Cold War!

With special guest Ana Meisel (ana.help), Nick and Jason take on two entertaining political-statement classics of the 1980s. First up is PRESTAVBA, aka PERESTROIKA, a once-anonymous satire set in the Prague Spring of 1968 and published (very carefully and also anonymously) in the former Czechoslovakia for ZX Spectrum. Then it's a not-so-distant flash-forward to Rockvil in the year 2031 for A Mind Forever Voyaging, Steve Meretzky's immersive statement on Reagan-era socioeconomic policies in the United States.

Does Perry Simm have free will? Is a Soviet lighter reliable in a pinch? It's the first (and last?) time both our games are the standout selections of Aaron Reed's 50 Years of Text Games project: are they worthy? Join us and find out!

A Mind Forever Voyaging (IFDB)

A Mind Forever Voyaging docs (code table for Simulation Mode on p31)

A Mind Forever Voyaging (playable online)

Přestavba, original Czech and English translation downloads (ZXArt)

Prestavba (IFDB)

50 Years of Text Games (features both games as the standout of 1985 and 1988, respectively)

Gaming the Iron Curtain

London Permacomputing Club

Our Friend the Computer podcast

Bonus - 1980s Czech film recommendations from Ana:

• Rozpuštěný a vypuštěný (https://www.oneplay.cz/film/1102-rozpusteny-a-vypusteny)
• Vážení přátelé, ano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vážení_přátelé,_ano)
• any Cimrman movies (https://www.themoviedb.org/collection/134221-divadlo-jary-cimrmana-kolekce)