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What speccy game or games did your parents or siblings like?Just thought this might be an interesting topic over Chrimbo... My older sister was never really into games in a big way, but there were a few games…
My dad loved [I]Jet Pac[/I] and [I]Pyjamarama[/I] and helped me sometimes in solving text adventures, while my two elder brothers spent hours playing [I]Automania[/I] and card games. At least that's what I can remember right now. -
Run Baby RunHi I come in shame, as I must admit that I've never played this game, but as it seems its kind of a cult game, I want to include it into the HARP Sp…
... 'm a huge fan of text adventures and there's not much ... -
Run Baby RunHi I come in shame, as I must admit that I've never played this game, but as it seems its kind of a cult game, I want to include it into the HARP Sp…
... 'm a huge fan of text adventures and there's not much ... tempted by some of those text adventures. I'd have been a ... -
What speccy game or games did your parents or siblings like?Just thought this might be an interesting topic over Chrimbo... My older sister was never really into games in a big way, but there were a few games…
... good at making maps for text adventures. Most of the games we ... he completed!) were type in text adventures, the all-time favourite being ... -
Unexpected twists in gamesI was playing a Spectrum fairground shooting gallery game (can't remember its name!) and one of the bullets went past the targets onto the smiling fa…
... kind of thing? I guess text adventures have quite a lot of ... -
Unexpected twists in gamesI was playing a Spectrum fairground shooting gallery game (can't remember its name!) and one of the bullets went past the targets onto the smiling fa…
... kind of thing? I guess text adventures have quite a lot of ... -
Are there any games based on Alfred Hitchcock films?Following on from a discussion in the chatroom, are there any games based on films by the legendary director? I would be very interested in playing …
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Games that broke our hearts.I remember as a kid in the 80's it was time for my birthday and my mother took me to the local record store to buy my present, I had looked around an…
Funny you should mention Blood Brothers. I got that one when it came out and it was too hard for me ... maybe I should have stuck to text adventures.
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The Spectrum Oscars...Seeing as it's nearly Oscars time; I thought it would be fun to have one of our own. So get your votes in folks :) 1) Best spectrum game 2) Best gfx…
... "ARCHIVE - TR-DOS GAMES AND TEXT ADVENTURES" you can find many russian ... -
Cold War GamesI'm trying to assemble a list of all spectrum computer games related to the soviet/western cold war the very essence of the 80's computer games era c…
... . Both of them are czech text adventures. Due their subject it was ... -
Wot game/games really really made you larf :DJumping Jack made me and me mates laugh so much we were crying. The first time we played I keep banging my head on the ceiling missing a gap and if a…
For text adventures, try most of the games from Zenobi, especially the Behind Closed Doors series, one of which you are forced to fart for freedom. -
inspired vs uninspired spectrum softwarehello have you noticed over the years when spectrum software was being made,1.some companies made an effort to research facts(by being historical,dr…
I think the games that tended to make the most use of the world outside computer games were generally text adventures. -
Jasper - Game OverIt's the end of week 3 and game over for jasper Seemed like a tough one this week no reports of anyone completing the game is that what you like or …
... don't suggest any bloody Text-Adventure games for future Game ... to the likes of a text game where you have to ... /> Unless of course we have text adventures as a secondary spin-off ... agree there were plenty of text games that were way too ... -
which where better budget or full price games?did you find budget or full price games the best. i only had a couple of full price games, got them when i got my 48k+ second hand, but had loads of…
... had the mountain of ket text adventures running over three issues (i ... -
PAW adventuresIs there anybody here who did develop new PAW adventures (with the Spectrum or with WinPAW) like Colin Woodcock ("Blink"). I solved that adventure at…
... ! This is my new hobby: text adventure researcher, I will analyze ... structure and the ideas of text adventures.
P. S. At my ... (!) about how to write correct text adventures. Is there anybody interested in ... -
PAW adventuresIs there anybody here who did develop new PAW adventures (with the Spectrum or with WinPAW) like Colin Woodcock ("Blink"). I solved that adventure at…
... Delphi-style IDE to create text adventures. It had a central map ... it to spit out speccy adventures.
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What's happened... have I become lazy?I remember playing Lord of the Rings as a child and being all excited at the prospect of maping it, seeing a world unfold on the paper as I explored …
... /> And there are things in text adventures especially that just don't ... -
What's happened... have I become lazy?I remember playing Lord of the Rings as a child and being all excited at the prospect of maping it, seeing a world unfold on the paper as I explored …
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I often wonder if text adventures might be popular with literary ... about video games what a text adventure was. I showed them ... 'd be anything commercial in text adventures any more, but it might ... -
Jasper - Game OverIt's the end of week 3 and game over for jasper Seemed like a tough one this week no reports of anyone completing the game is that what you like or …
... week hopefully then
text adventures like the wild bunch, where ... -
What's happened... have I become lazy?I remember playing Lord of the Rings as a child and being all excited at the prospect of maping it, seeing a world unfold on the paper as I explored …
Although text adventures are no longer released commercially, ... -
Adventure gamesI never really played adventure games on the spec, but I've been wondering about maybe giving them a try on emulators now. So can anyone recommend an…
... as a crash course in text adventures.
If I remember ... -
Adventure gamesI never really played adventure games on the spec, but I've been wondering about maybe giving them a try on emulators now. So can anyone recommend an…
... not remember right now. Good text adventures abound on the Spectrum, in ... -
What are you playing now?A bit off topic for this forum perhaps, but I'm curious about what games people are playing now. Platform does not matter. It's crazy, I have lots a…
Exolon, Monty Moles, Text adventures, anything unfamiliar(not much).
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How old r u pple?I'm just askin' to make sure I'm the youngest Speccy player :) BTW I'm 15. Try to beat that, suckas :)
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i was just called "over the hill" in work because i was going on about the virtues of text adventures (interactive fiction, hah!)...
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Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …
... ! Cronosoft haven't published any text adventures for the speccy yet, so ... /> I'm also making a text adventure for the Speccy 48k ... -
Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
... . And with the keyboard even text adventures are playable (you enter the ... text like writing a text message).
Which are the greatest, sports games or arcade shootas???Arguments please for and against with much pushing and mumbling and games that prove your argument. I think that games like Hypersport seduce people…
... and filled like the old text adventures images. All very nice 3Dish ...Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…
... are on the subject of text adventures, how do you create them ...Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…
... are on the subject of text adventures, how do you create them ...
