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  • Text Adventure Completion RateI used to really enjoy text adventure games on the Spectrum but I had a really bad completion rate. The only adventures I actually completed were: a…

    Great question!

    I completed an adventure called 'The long way home' which was a multi part adventure that came with 16/48 tape mag.. That is the pinnacle of success in text adventures for me.
    Ælita Ælita July 2010 Chit chat
  • Text Adventure Completion RateI used to really enjoy text adventure games on the Spectrum but I had a really bad completion rate. The only adventures I actually completed were: a…

    Text adventures used to be my favourite kind of games o the spectrum at one point but i don't remember completing any!
    I think i got quite close to completing Rebel Planet though.
    zx1 zx1 July 2010 Chit chat
  • iXpectrum 1.3 (iPad, IPhone emulator) now with WoS integrationA new iXpectrum version. This new version is to thank you all for your suggestions and donations. Also to celebrate the recent Spanish football worl…

    ... iPhone keyboard for use in text adventures and even to navigate main ... be tied to a native text box but would feed directly ... mis-typed key on a text adventure as it was shift ...
    takapa takapa August 2010 Emulators
  • iXpectrum 1.3 (iPad, IPhone emulator) now with WoS integrationA new iXpectrum version. This new version is to thank you all for your suggestions and donations. Also to celebrate the recent Spanish football worl…

    ... iPhone keyboard for use in text adventures and even to navigate main ... be tied to a native text box but would feed directly ... mis-typed key on a text adventure as it was shift ...
    Seleuco Seleuco August 2010 Emulators
  • Anco Software "10 Games"It's likely that Anco's 10 Games (MIA) and The Ultimate Experience (sub-titled 10 Games) are the same thing, as they're both from 1983 and Anco never…

    ... are either platform games or text adventures.
    Besides, why would they ...
    mheide mheide August 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Granny's Garden[IMG]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Granny%27sGardenWitch.gif[/IMG] As I'm sure everyone is aware, Granny's garden is not permitted for distribut…

    ... like Stig of the Dump). Text adventures are just unlike anything else ...
    Strident Strident August 2010 Games
  • Granny's Garden[IMG]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Granny%27sGardenWitch.gif[/IMG] As I'm sure everyone is aware, Granny's garden is not permitted for distribut…

    ... like Stig of the Dump). Text adventures are just unlike anything else ... kids will have seen a text interface adventure. For me, once ... BBC there were better educational text adventures such as Martello Tower (Mode ...
    Jimmy Jimmy August 2010 Games
  • Gaming annoyancesWhat are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scro…

    ... ) :mad::mad:

    Games (text adventures) that allow you to advance ...
    Morkin Morkin August 2010 Games
  • Iconic Dialogue.Okay, without much sucsess ( :) ) with answers to this thread - [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30606[/url] I've decide…

    ... Now> - a LOT of text adventures.

    Iridi?
    Vampyre Vampyre August 2010 Games
  • Quill or PAWI'm thinking of putting-together (by which I mean writing) an adventure game for the Speccy. The two most popular utilities for doing so seem to be t…

    ... create fairly good Verb/Noun text adventures with it. PAW is for ... complex parser and large intricate adventures.

    The Quill also ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2010 Development
  • "Get Lamp" DocumentaryOkay, so this is not purely Speccy related but it will, I'm sure, be of interest to lots of people here... [I]Get Lamp,[/I] an independent document…

    ... with a genuine interest in text adventures. The production quality is excellent ...
    ccowley ccowley August 2010 Announcements
  • "Get Lamp" DocumentaryOkay, so this is not purely Speccy related but it will, I'm sure, be of interest to lots of people here... [I]Get Lamp,[/I] an independent document…

    ... with a genuine interest in text adventures. The production quality is excellent ...
    takapa takapa August 2010 Announcements
  • 'Classics' you've never playedSeeing the list of games on the 'World Cup' threads over the last few days got me thinking that with a few of the titles I'd heard a lot about the ga…

    ... ,
    Enigma Squad,
    most text adventures, RPGs, or strategy games,
    ewgf ewgf August 2010 Games
  • Mire MareThis could have been posted before, but What is the myth surrounding this game..i've read reviews off different people and some say it was finished a…

    ... near the quality of top text adventures from these parts like Eurorun ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat August 2010 Games
  • Best handheld for speccy emulationI wanna get something handheld that has a speccy emulator and can play games what is my best option in terms of value and quality?

    I've used Speccy emulators on a Psion 5, 5mx, a HP PDA (2004) and a DS and I'd recommend the DS anyday. The Psion is good for stuff like text adventures and Dizzy games, maybe puzzles.
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 September 2010 Emulators
  • Room escape games on the speccy?Hi all. Being a bit of a fan of room escape games such as the ones at [url]http://www.takagism.net/[/url] I was wondering if there were any room esca…

    ... quite a broad genre covering text adventures and platform/puzzlers and not ...
    Maroc's Astral Projection Maroc's Astral Projection September 2010 Games
  • Text AdventuresCan anyone recommend a good text adventure for a beginner. I've tried to play some in the past but never got very far.

    ... played quite a lot of text adventures back then, but never liked ... . It is one of the adventures with the most other characters ...
    Rickard Rickard September 2010 Games
  • Text AdventuresCan anyone recommend a good text adventure for a beginner. I've tried to play some in the past but never got very far.

    ... />
    Never really got into text adventures but might have a look ...
    Maroc's Astral Projection Maroc's Astral Projection September 2010 Games
  • Text AdventuresCan anyone recommend a good text adventure for a beginner. I've tried to play some in the past but never got very far.

    Fog sent me the computer hits 2 compilation yesterday and I tried out Adventure soft's Circus. It sums up all that annoys me about text adventures - I spent 20 minutes trying to work out how to turn a fricking torch on.
    jdanddiet jdanddiet October 2010 Games
  • Gaming annoyancesWhat are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scro…

    Inspired by the text adventure thread...

    Text adventures that only allow you ...
    Morkin Morkin October 2010 Games
  • Gaming annoyancesWhat are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scro…

    ... issues, getting lost too easily, text adventures that dont seem to understand ...
    Retro_eido Retro_eido October 2010 Games
  • Your thoughts on...WrigglerHi guys, as I'm planning a feature about the making of Wriggler, I wondered what everyone's memories and thoughts of the game were. It was the only …

    ... and since I played some text adventures I also liked Sorcerer of ...
    Rickard Rickard October 2010 Games
  • iXpectrum 1.3 (iPad, IPhone emulator) now with WoS integrationA new iXpectrum version. This new version is to thank you all for your suggestions and donations. Also to celebrate the recent Spanish football worl…

    ... other one includes 16 mainly text-adventure games from a company ... can have any number of text adventures imported into it.

    PrinceGaz PrinceGaz October 2010 Emulators
  • iXpectrum 1.3 (iPad, IPhone emulator) now with WoS integrationA new iXpectrum version. This new version is to thank you all for your suggestions and donations. Also to celebrate the recent Spanish football worl…

    ... other one includes 16 mainly text-adventure games from a company ... can have any number of text adventures imported into it.

    takapa takapa November 2010 Emulators
  • iXpectrum 1.3 (iPad, IPhone emulator) now with WoS integrationA new iXpectrum version. This new version is to thank you all for your suggestions and donations. Also to celebrate the recent Spanish football worl…

    ... in 2010. All the Spectrum text-adventures and turn-based strategy games ...
    PrinceGaz PrinceGaz November 2010 Emulators
  • How do you have your speccy stuff organised on the PC?I'm curious as to how the good folks in here have their PC speccy stuff organised. For instance, do you have a single Programs folder with all your…

    ... , and one for Graphic and Text Adventures and another for TR-Dos ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 November 2010 Games
  • Ground ZeroDid anyone ever play this text adventure back in the day? I remember it making the whole 'era' even more scary. As if the cold war wasn't terrifying…

    WAS there a way to actually build a shelter in it? I never ever did that, but I did complete it by getting to the bunker. One of the few text adventures I ever completed

    Dreary downbeat ending too which fitted in with the game.
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers November 2010 Games
  • Ground ZeroDid anyone ever play this text adventure back in the day? I remember it making the whole 'era' even more scary. As if the cold war wasn't terrifying…

    ... bunker. One of the few text adventures I ever completed

    Grunaki Grunaki November 2010 Games
  • Arrays in Spectrum basicHi everyone, I've recently begun learning to programme in Spectrum and want to write a text adventure. Could someone give me an example or help me o…

    ... covering BASIC programming techniques for text adventures. Search for "Adventure:SU" in ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…

    ... Day
    - Pyjamarama

    Text adventures deserves a place in the ... games, and the most representative text adv is, IMHO, The Hobbit ...
    JuanF. Ramirez JuanF. Ramirez November 2010 Games
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