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Text adventuresHi everyone (first post!) how ya all doing? I was just wondering to myself how many of you used to play text adventures? I remember when I was aroun…
... released quite a few BASIC text adventures, most of which were pretty ... !) which was a machine code text adventure (converted from Tandy) and ... played a lot of these adventures for a while, partly because ... -
Best national gamesThere's people from many different countries here. Posting in another thread has given me the idea of this: Why don't you post your "Top 5" of games …
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5. Podraz 3 (Nice text adventure. I translated it to ... /> 3. Kliatba Noci
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Best national gamesThere's people from many different countries here. Posting in another thread has given me the idea of this: Why don't you post your "Top 5" of games …
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Changes that would have made a bad game goodA posting about technician ted beign far too hard to be playable got me thinking - what changes could have been made to existing games to make them b…
... hard on the eyes in text adventures and the like.
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No speech in Cobra's Arc? A mystery tale from Spain...I once downloaded CsA - probably from some Spanish retrogaming website - in TAP format. While I usually discard TAP files in favor of TZX ones as soo…
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"The A Team adventure" mickey take Hi, I've been trying to track this down for years... does anyone remember a mickey take article in one of the Spectrum mags relating to a text adve…
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Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…
... will be good for graphic adventures. i'm not sure what ... mean, but im referring to text adventures with graphics screens. but i ... .
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GB Max SoftwareEllo chums... I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about GB Max Software? Specifically, if they have a list of games "by" them, and what they were…
... the tape magazines specialized in text adventures which published both C64 and ... -
Cannot Find That Game. Again!Ok, I thought that game was called Spheroid, but I couldnt see it in the archive. I think its after-1986 game. Black background, greenish obstacles.…
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Mervyn J Estcourt?anyone know what he is doing now and where I can contact him? Programmer of such Speccy classics as 3D Deathchase, Luna Crabs, Full Throttle and Spee…
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The Longest Speccy gameWe've had the best games the worst games what about the longest games :) Which game took u ages to complete either because it was so difficult or jus…
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Captain BloodI have the walkthrough, but I was just wondering: has anyone finished it without it? I mean... how were we supposed to know how to ask the questions?…
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The Longest Speccy gameWe've had the best games the worst games what about the longest games :) Which game took u ages to complete either because it was so difficult or jus…
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AdventuresCan anyone recommend adventure games for the Spectrum? I know I have played a few back in the days (Black Crystal and Greedy Gulch ring a bell), but…
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Porting game to SpectrumHello, I'm trying to port a few of my homemade adventure games on over to the ZX Spectrum (16 or 48K). My games are available below: [url="http://…
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Playing spectrum games -------------> CareerI got my 1st spectrum in 1984, my most recent only last week from a car boot sale. At around the same time (1984) I was the only person in my junior …
... countless hours I spent playing text adventures. This ability helps me greatly ... -
Can you remember this game?You played a Caveman who had to collect dinosaur eggs whilst hitting a tyrannosarous rex with hammers. I've had a brief look and it definately wasn'…
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Crappy composite/TV signal on grey +2 machineI got a grey +2 machine from eBay a couple of days ago. It's working fine, but both the TV signal and the composite signal taken from the monitor con…
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Text-based Adventure GamesI really got into these after playing "The Hobbit" on the Speccy. I really enjoyed the Level 9 games: Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, Dungeon …
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However, not truely text adventures, but adventure nonetheless, I used ... /> Now these weren`t text typing adventures, but the ones with pictures ... -
Text-based Adventure GamesI really got into these after playing "The Hobbit" on the Speccy. I really enjoyed the Level 9 games: Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, Dungeon …
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However, not truely text adventures, but adventure nonetheless, I used ... /> Now these weren`t text typing adventures, but the ones with pictures ... -
valhallawheres the valhalla roms on this site??
... . Alternatively, click on "Archive", then "Text Adventures", "V", "Valhalla". Job done!
Best games voting system -The "Best Games" right now shows Spectrum CP/M to be the "best game", when in fact it is not a game. Also isn't there something inherently wrong if…
... only list games (which includes text adventures) this morning. So that's ...Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…
... will keep you occupied. If text adventures are your cup of tea ...Playing text adventures thru emulators....I'm currently itching to play some text adventures through an emulator on my PC, but I was wondering : will it be possible to save my position? Or wi…
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When playing text adventures, don't forget to try ...The old magicFirst post since registering - although did post occasionally, long ago... At the risk of getting philosophical... what has happened to the days whe…
... hand, classic strategy games and text adventures do not follow the same ...What Speccy games do you like most of all?What kind of games on Speccy are you fond of? As for me, I like action games and space/aircraft/helicopter and whatever shooters. I also like all kin…
Shoot-em-ups, strategy, text adventures, simulations, puzzles, arcade adventures, practically anything. Well maybe those I like least - not only on the Spectrum - are sport games, especially driving ones. I never was much cop at them.What Speccy games do you like most of all?What kind of games on Speccy are you fond of? As for me, I like action games and space/aircraft/helicopter and whatever shooters. I also like all kin…
Text Adventures, Scrolly shoot-em ups, Platform, etc.. Actually I don't have any such preference on the Speccy - there are some games in every genre that I like.Sir Fred helpAnyone know how to kill guard with the sword? I always get killed during a swordfight, I know that you have to use the sword to get past these guys.…
Thank you very much for your suggestions and info. Surprisingly enough, I can actually play games like Marsport, HOTM, Dark Sceptre and text adventures :)
Daren, any new info on how to get to hell with Devil and cauldrons?The Italian Project gallery (Guess The Game) updated 22/11/04Hello all.. I've updated The Italian Project ([url]http://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/Italian/[/url]) with yet more screenshots in the gallery section. R…
... , if not all, of the text adventures could also be original programs ...GIZMONDO Check out this machine from the designer of the ZX Spectrum - Rick Dickinson [url="http://gizmondoarena.com/gizmondo/specification.php"]http://gizm…
... only really able to play text adventures (slowly).
Perhaps I ...
