Last Call BBS on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!

Last Call BBS is a puzzle, retro and automation game developed and published by Zachtronics.
Released on August 03rd 2022 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,378 reviews of which 1,275 were positive and 103 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.00€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Last Call BBS into these genres:

Puzzle Retro Automation 1990's Solitaire Sandbox Logic Pixel Graphics Building Mechs PvP Card Game Arcade Simulation 2D Casual Old School Multiplayer Singleplayer Local Multiplayer

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 960 x 540
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 250 MB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 10.9+
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 960 x 540
Storage: 250 MB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS
Processor: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.3, 960 x 540
Storage: 250 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

sick chiptunes. excellent puzzles. cool pixelart. pure 90s nostalgia

Jan. 2025

This game is a lot of fun, though at times quite challenging. It really made me work for the bigger achievements, and I like that it didn't make me feel like I needed to collect everything and see everything to get the full experience.

Jan. 2025

A final fanfare for the Zachtronics studio that presents a handful of projects from the cutting room floor. While not strong as a stand-alone entry if you're a fan you'll likely enjoy the majority of this collection. The game is presented through the trappings of an 80's PC system that you use to connect to a simulated BBS and download the game's entries one at a time. It includes all the anachronistic elements like having to dial up to the internet and wait a few minutes for an entry to 'download'. As much as I found it charming I appreciate it won't resonate with everyone. As for the collection you have a mix of games that were too small or short to justify their own release, and some tacked on activities. The hack*match game from exapunks, a couple of solitaire games, and a gunpla simulator that lets you cut out, assemble, and paint mecha models. These don't add much beyond padding the content. There's also a series of memos to unlock from the 'former owner' which weave a story through the apps and adds a little extra flavour to the premise. The four main titles are 20th Century Food Court, Dungeons & Diagrams, ChipWizard Professional, and X'BPGH: The Forbidden Path. D&D is sort of a picross meets sudoku puzzle game which is minimal but entertaining. Food Court is the most fleshed out title and feels like it could be a Zachtronics stand-alone game, but the premise does get repetitive. ChipWizard was perhaps the most inscrutable being built around constructing microchip architecture using pure logic. While X'BPGH is a more experimental entry that feels Cronenburgian and explores a bio-mechanical body horror programming puzzle game. You can see each title's unique pro's and con's - but they certainly each have potential and plenty of levels to justify the combined release. X'BPGH gives literally no instructions and still ended up feeling more accessible to me than ChipWizard despite being so much more alien. Food Court was definitely my favourite and D&D + Solitaire made for nice warm ups before each puzzle session. And as always it has the beautiful art style and music that Zachtronics is known for. It's definitely a collection aimed at the fans and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else, but if you've got the others you'll find something of value here for sure.

Sept. 2024

With Zachtronics, you should always expect the unexpected - so it's not surprising how surprisingly unique their last game turns out to be. Geekishness has always been a big component of their games, but with Last Call BBS, they went into total overdrive, and created the geekiest game ever. It's a retro journey in an imaginary world, with an imaginary old school computer, to an age where games were painstakingly downloaded via dial-in modems, and storage also was at a premium. The game features 8 retro games (all readily cracked, of course), some of which would even stand on its own as a commercial offering, some are more like an afterthought. Putting all these things together into a single package should have ended up a horrible mess - instead, it turned out to be some near-magical nostalgic experience. I mean, how can you be nostalgic of something that has never existed? Last Call BBS managed to pull off this obvious impossibility perfectly, though. As many, many other players, I'm sad that this is the last game from this unique, talented studio. Starting with SpaceChem, they had produced a string of brilliant games, each bringing dozens of hours of brainy entertainment. There are many talented puzzle game devs out there, but no one quite makes these kinds of construction games, and this will be a big hole in the indie gaming market. But all things have to come to an end, I guess - thank you Zachtronics, it's been a tremendous ride.

Sept. 2024

I've always really enjoyed Zachtronics games, and this one was no exception. This will be the last game made by Zachtronics and that feeling pervaded the game. The protagonist sits alone with a computer that strongly vibes with other Zachtronics aesthetics found in schenzhen io, exa punks and Tis 100. They download small puzzle games online and play them for their own enjoyment. The entire experience feels like one last hurrah as you got through a list of ideas that could have been full games, though never will be.

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