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resurrecting old PC gamesDue to various disk problems over the years, none of my PCs have any games installed on them, so I've been rummaging through my old big-box games and…
... to another, backwards & forwards, trying to work out what to ... ?/Win? CD)
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trying to combine 128 english spanish romsim trying to get my emulator to run a combined 128 0.rom and 128 1.rom but it needs to be 32k so even when combined no matter which i put first it bo…
im trying to get my emulator to run a combined 128 0.rom and 128 1.rom but it needs to be 32k so even when combined no matter which i put first it boots to the 48k rom its the english translation of the investronica 128k rom:confused: -
Best text adventure?I'm looking to revisit a text adventure, and I was curious what people would recommend as one of the best text adventure games on the Spectrum. Not …
... looking to revisit a text adventure, and I was curious what ... one of the best text adventure games on the Spectrum. Not ... -
JAWS The TEXT Adventure ??While surfin the web this caught my attention: JAWS The TEXT Adventure: [url]http://games.usvsth3m.com/jaws/[/url] Why isn't this one on the WOS a…
While surfin the web this caught my attention:
JAWS The TEXT Adventure:
[url]http://games.usvsth3m.com/jaws/[/url]
Why isn't this one on the WOS archives? :lol: -
Horror adventure gamesI know the Speccy has Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Jack The Ripper and my personal favourite Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, but what other text adventure …
I know the Speccy has Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Jack The Ripper and my personal favourite Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, but what other text adventure games are there that have a horror/paranormal theme? -
My 'lost' ZX programs from 1985/86Last night I found loads of old programs I'd 'written' when I was 15/16 years old. Most of them are really simple rubbish but some are quite entertai…
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Abington Adventure:
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Exploding Brain:
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Looking for the name of a TV showI was trying to remember the name of a TV show that was broadcast in the early/mid 80's on BBC2, if i remember it was a bit like Knightmare where a r…
I was trying to remember the name of ... but it may have had 'adventure' in the title.
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Adventure helpLooking for help in re-naming adventure game classes to a spectrum based class system for a mud I'm working on. I.e. a Thief could be a hacker. ( wi…
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Another 'What is the name of the game thread'Hi All, I have recently rediscovered the joys of spectrum emulators after a few years away but really could do with some help finding a favourite gam…
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Early thoughts about creating a text adventureSo I always wanted to create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure. I tried looking at PAWs and GAC, but frankly I'm probably too stupid to use them. I…
... my own ZX Spectrum text adventure.
I tried looking ... it possible to develop the adventure on Windows and export it ... merge it into my text adventure...)
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Software bundle educational software, utilities, adventureI will put one more software bundle on Ebay, containing some rare educational software, utilities, adventure. Auction starts tonight. Link to follow.…
... some rare educational software, utilities, adventure. Auction starts tonight. Link to ... Software Financial Games
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Joystick PollDear WOS, I am currently building a home-made arcade stick for home use (and possibly mass production, if demand is high and if people like what the…
... via USB adaptor. I am trying to take into account as ... such as flight games and adventure games.
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Original graphic adventureOK, lots of talk on the Monkey Island thread about an original graphic adventure for the Spectrum. Opening this thread so that we can discuss it here…
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PlotterJotter's: Adventure PlannerHi folks I've come across a few ads for the printer/plotter/jotter people's (those who made the jotters for graphics planning on ZXs) 'Game Adventure…
... graphics planning on ZXs) 'Game Adventure planner'. This one is for ... text adventure type game design and play ... good scan anywhere of the Adventure Planner, and/or anything else ... -
Some Spectrum Adventure ReviewsHi, HeeHee... Today I found some old short reviews I did of some Spectrum Adventures for contributions to "SynTax" disk adventure magazine in the 19…
... for contributions to "SynTax" disk adventure magazine in the 1990's ... that and also paper-based "Adventure Probe" mag too)
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Weird Island adventure game for the ZX SpectrumHello! Here's a new text adventure, and written in BASIC! It's a conversion of an Android game I wrote in 2014 called "Weird Island". I wanted to wri…
... ! Here's a new text adventure, and written in BASIC! It ... ". I wanted to write an adventure for touch screens that didn ... -
Trying to Recall a Couple of SF Short Story TitlesWatching a trailer for "The Martian" recently ("Help is only 140 million miles away") brought to mind a couple of SF short stories with a similar sce…
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Text adventure from vague memoriesI remember playing a text adventure on the speccy and remembered that it had a nice atmosphere, but never managed to find it later on. This was one o…
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Hugh Walker - Adventure ProbeHi there. My father, Hugh Walker, suddenly died last Saturday. He had been a frequent contributor to the Spectrum community in the 1980s, includin…
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Text Adventure Chat?Is it worth having a specific section for text adventures? I get the impression that there are quite a few fans of text adventures on WoS. On Faceb…
... a pretty good 8Bit Text Adventure Page but is was for ... know about some lesser known adventure games, maybe some HELP rather ... /PAW and just general Text Adventure discussions.
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Half forgotten, long lost, possibly never actually written text adventure game! Can you help?!Long shot! I half remember a computer magazine with an article explaining text adventure games. The article did not include a listing but did incl…
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Zenobi Adventure CD - £5 delivered (within UK)Even though it looks like a CD I've knocked together in my spare time, this is an original Zenobi CD purchased from John Wilson many years ago, conta…
Less MIA - E.T Adventure MacronicsGood Morning and Greetings from Australia! A few years ago I posted about having in my possession E.T Adventure from Macronics. This was a conf…
... in my possession E.T Adventure from Macronics.
This ...Top 100 WOS Adventure +3/+3e InstallersSo pretty much 1 month after posting the top 100 WOS game installers I move onto the top 100 Adventure Installers. These are tapes (tzx) that can be …
... move onto the top 100 Adventure Installers. These are tapes (tzx ... the top 100 WOS Non-Adventure games a month ago, it ..."Jet Set Luis: Rumbo a la Costa Blanca""Jet Set Luis: Rumbo a la Costa Blanca" (Jet Set Luis: On the Way to Costa Blanca) is a 2014 or 2015 (see below) Spanish remake of "Manic Miner", mad…
... ballpoint pen on graph paper, trying to emulate the drawings of ... the last dangers of his adventure: the feckless swimmers and the ...New text adventure engine alpha testers / adventure authors requiredSorry if this is slightly OT, but I'm currently developing a (QUILL, GAC, PAW-esque) text adventure creation tool. I hope to have an alpha ready in t…
... (QUILL, GAC, PAW-esque) text adventure creation tool. I hope to ... a go at authoring an adventure, preferably someone with prior experience ... (preferably someone with a published adventure). I should make it clear ...'Solaris' text adventure game - Softel 1983Its a fairly trivial topic but I just wondered if anyone else has encountered this problem with this game. Played this text adv game many years ago i…
... it is a fairly difficult adventure. I downloaded the game from ...Jet-Set Willy: The Text Adventure!!! :DSo, having been playing quite a bit of Zork, and Colossal Cave Adventure of late, I thought to myself, why not mix it up with another childhood class…
... of Zork, and Colossal Cave Adventure of late, I thought ...
I reckon a text adventure version of JSW could be ... springboard basis for a text adventure game... Strangely familiar but ...
Potential as a text adventure (the concept that is - not ...
