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2016 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2016 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found some…
... ]Rediscovered Realms[/b]
(4 Text Adventures)
by PaulJ
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I think maybe I'll try my hand at making a game like Boggle next.Or maybe a sliding puzzle sort of thing? Although its a royal pain working out all those symbolic characters, its kind of rewarding when it works af…
... handling 64 character wide text (awesome for text adventures), and of course Nirvana ... data file that is used in the Nirvana example - only problem ... relies on DX9c, its written in an older language that allows ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... .org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/n/NeverEndingStoryThe.gif[/ ... toes into the world of text adventures and it's not ... the 128k version, which fades in and out. The gripes? ... parser is very limited in that you can't ... by lack of depth in that they have stuck ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... .org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/n/NeverEndingStoryThe.gif[/ ... toes into the world of text adventures and it's not ... the 128k version, which fades in and out. The gripes? ... parser is very limited in that you can't ... by lack of depth in that they have stuck ... -
Thinking about my gameAnother long post, I'm afraid. Somewhere on this Forum is a short chunk of text I put up as a sample of what I'd like to turn into a text adventu…
... (yet). It's nice for text adventures, but what you're making ... engines to let you display in 42 characters a line, but ... , you can already achieve it in BASIC. It's just a ... : (and i just typed that in 5 minutes)
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... is not specificated in text, but both of documentation pictures with palette colour ...What is the maximum fps the spectrum can achieve?I have been doing some reading and from what I understand the Spectrum outputs a PAL signal, but that means it will display @50fps or @25fps? If t…
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Yes, absolutely! In fact, I usually add "wait ... for vsync"s in my games to make the ... playable.
And my text adventures sometimes reach 1 frame per ... too!
Very important in games, for them to slow ...What is the maximum fps the spectrum can achieve?I have been doing some reading and from what I understand the Spectrum outputs a PAL signal, but that means it will display @50fps or @25fps? If t…
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Yes, absolutely! In fact, I usually add "wait ... playable.
And my text adventures sometimes reach 1 frame per ... !
Very important in games, for them to slow ... Ast_A_Moore's [i]a Yankee in Iraq[/i] actually running ...Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
... /> Even though these are graphical adventures the same ideas apply:
text adventures I've actually enjoyed.
The puzzle of 'wear goggles' in ...Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
... old text adventures :) I've played only a few of them back in ... the day, until they were superseded by point-and-click adventures ...Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
I played a few text adventures but don't ... remember owning originals of in the 80s were Classic ... text adventure 'sins' that I think should be avoided in ... descriptions (the early Artic adventures, and even the Hobbit ... 've left an object in a previous section and ...Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
I very much enjoyed playing text adventures back in the day. There was a ... in 1989 where myself and a mate bought loads of budget adventures ...Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
... I played a few text adventures but don't think ... remember owning originals of in the 80s were Classic ... text adventure 'sins' that I think should be avoided in ... descriptions (the early Artic adventures, and even the ... ve left an object in a previous section and ...Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
One of my fave text Adventures ever was probably Bulbo ... Donkey, and the Giant in your party you can ... may have to do in that situation. I remember ... was a bit screwy in those games as well ...
Mindfighter as well mentioned in another thread recently was a ...Does anyone play text adventures?I wrote a text adventure using The Quill waaaaay back when I was 16. It was released commercially by Kerian software and was available on here. It wa…
I've not played many text adventures on the Spectrum, unlike the ... ; Max, ...
The Spectrum text adventures I've played along these ... />
All of them have in common that feature good graphics ... I'm the crappiest adventurer in WoS :(Is it wrong...Decided to go through some of my favourites from the 80s. Most of which I did not finish at the time. As I have little in the way of time these da…
... I'm not playing it in this round as it never ... to a couple of the text adventures, but I'm not sure ...Games overrated by MagazinesI know this is a little ambigious (LMLWD) as your worst game could be someone else's best, but sometimes didn't a games review seem a little overboar…
... Spectrum). I was more interested in arcade adventures, text adventures and strategy games. Even ...ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... seem to be one good in amazon for 17 chaps which ... might be handy for playing text adventures.. but they are for other ...Adventure text gamesHi all, just finished re-living my youth. Just completed The Hobbit on 48k. Had a total blast. My question is, what do you recommend as good title to…
... cues from Python. Not played in years so not sure how ... are some decent icon driven text adventures like [url=http://www.worldofspectrum ...Adventure text gamesHi all, just finished re-living my youth. Just completed The Hobbit on 48k. Had a total blast. My question is, what do you recommend as good title to…
... 'm personally more interested in old adventures that are more or ... games were released commercially even in the 90s, so there ... might have copy protections in the form of a ... , don't hesitate to ask in the forums!
... trove if you like text adventures!Modern Spectrum Games Advent CalendarSo... it is done. The main reason for my return from the shadows earlier this year was because I knew the greatest Christmas present I ever had was c…
... Bubble Monkey Bros version with in-game music?
Gabriele ... Amore introduced music in some of his games. You ... they're not all archived in one place.
text adventures in English. I'm not going to compile text adventures in other ...Why can't you make a BASIC program as big as you want?Let me rephrase that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that can be multi part? In other words one that can LOAD lets say a story, in se…
... can be multi part? In other words one that ... lets say a story, in serial form? So when ... trick to load in multi-part text adventures. It does this ... including user input processing, text parsing, draw logic (it ... that you can type-in the game without having ...What was the text adventure game based around surviving a nuclear war in suburbun London?I remember playing a game, I played loads my dad had a shop selling them, text adventure. You were based in a suburb as a civilian, and a nuclear w…
Sounds like Ground Zero. One of the few text adventures I managed to complete back in the day. I got the Cupboard bug/tip from a magazine.
I wrote about it a while back: [url="https://levelskip.com/classic/GroundZero"]Ground Zero ZX[/url]Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…
... am storing all of the text in strings (LET a$="..." etc) ... the programme in Speccy Basic) to display the text and then ... few basic (no pun intended) text components: vocabulary words (GO, ... messages. Most BASIC text adventures would put them in DATA variables and ...TAB - Text Adventure BuilderOk. I wasn't exactly sure which forum to post this, so mods feel free to move to relevant section.. Remember all those old text adventures written w…
... couple of text adventures using Gilsoft Spectrum PAW back in the ... create though to make adventures easy to construct and ... or extend existing 8-bit adventures to run on Windows ... including extra details, expanding the text, more responses, possibly adding ...Frankie's ZX Spectrum DigoutsWell, time has come to contribute :-) I got this huge collection of pirat tapes I bought from someone over here in Denmark in the late 90s, a tota…
Epic 3000 text adventures were original titles in fact.
[i]La ... issue). It was the first text adventure I played (and completed ...Tracking down a favourite Spectrum Adventure gameHello everyone - a new joiner here - looking to pick the collective Hive mind. I was an avid Spectrum gamer, and owned one of the very first 48K e…
... Empire while I edited it in there :p
If ... no longer have patience for text adventures. Still, the game looks like ..."Good" Games?Hello all, just a quick question. Were any "good" games ever written in Basic alone? Yes I know it's hated and shunned because it's so slow, b…
Urban Upstart and Mountains of Ket. A couple of text adventures written in BASIC."Good" Games?Hello all, just a quick question. Were any "good" games ever written in Basic alone? Yes I know it's hated and shunned because it's so slow, b…
[quote="Rebelstar without a cause;945280"]Urban Upstart and Mountains of Ket. A couple of text adventures written in BASIC.[/quote]
oh! Urban Upstart, the first adventure game I ever finished (without looking up help) what a fun game!1988-2018..OK This feels a little odd since it's always WhenIWasCruel who does these threads, but I've had the proxy approval from the man himself to go ahead a…
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Sprawling 128K only text ... the items have been placed in very precarious positions so ... think like a master criminal in order to complete the ... is one of the best text adventures available on the Spectrum.
