Yes, it's another round-up! I was hoping to do this last week, or even the week before, but life got busy. In compensation, this one is extra large.

Unfortunately, I have to open with some extremely sad news. Popular audio game developer Jim Kitchen has $1. His accessible games for DOS were some of the first computer games I ever played, and I'm sure a lot of other blind people can say the same thing. Over the last 20 years, first on DOS and then on Windows, Jim Kitchen released some of the highest quality and most consistently fun screen-reader accessible games available. Not only that, he always released them as freeware. Though he was only 58 at the time of his passing, he leaves behind a legacy that will be remembered and enjoyed by our community for many, many years.

While I'm talking about glories past, I guess this is as good a time as any to mention that the $1 ZX Spectrum emulator is now screen-reader accessible. So if you have fond memories of playing old ZX Spectrum games, you can now play them with your screen-reader on Mac or Windows. More information about the ZX Spectrum, and how to get this working is $1. Of course if you're like me, your first ever memories of using a computer were of an Apple II. If that's the case, $1 is the accessible emulator for you.

What would a mega round-up post be without a MUD of some kind? Thankfully, we don't have to find out. In $1 /u/omegared85 made to /r/MUD, s/he mentiones that the Cybersphere MOO is accessible with screen-readers. I don't play there myself, so YMMV. But it is a text-based game, so as long as you have an accessible MUD client, you should be fine. If you play CyberSphere, please let us know how well it goes in the comments!

From MUDs to choose your own adventures: have you ever wanted an easy way to create a choose your own adventure book? If so, you'll be interested in $1 from /u/rudism to /r/interactivefiction. It's about a new system he created called $1, that allows you to write choice-based interactive fiction using Markdown. Seeing as Reddit already uses Markdown to format posts and comments, if you know Reddit, you know almost everything you need to use Ficdown. The ficdown program itself runs on the command-line, so creating CYOAs is completely accessible, and it can output standard HTML files, so playing adventures made with Ficdown is also completely accessible.

Next up, mainstream gaming! $1 demos co-operative play between a group of sighted players and a blind friend in the game Project Reality, made possible by the game's support for 3d audio. Thanks to /u/TheBelgianStrangler for $1 to /r/gaming.

Do you have a Braille display? If so, you might be able to play $1 of the game Flappy Bird. Unfortunately, I don't, so I really can't say anything about it. Does this work for you, or is it a complete failure? Let us know in the comments, Braille users!

It feels like this post now has every variety of accessible game, accept for audio games! Luckily, Oriol Gomez is here to save us, with the release of the new free Windows audio game $1. From the website:
> America is at war, and you are in command of a helicopter. In this game, you have to destroy buildings and intercept enemy missiles. Fast and action packed, this game is for you!

Last, but far from least, I've got a new website to let everyone know about, thanks to a private message from /u/GameAccessibilityRik. The website, $1 covers news about accessible games, and posts game reviews of mainstream titles, rating them based on how accessible they are to various groups of people. If you're interested in more popular gaming titles, this site is worth a bookmark.

Woo! That was a pile of links. I think once a week is too often for these posts, but once a month is definitely not frequent enough.

Did you miss $1?

Edit: fixed a silly typo.