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  • 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.

    ... four I'd say that Espionage Island is the best, then Ship ...
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause October 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.

    ... - I remember being suck in Espionage Island, and it was down to ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers October 2010 Games
  • The Hulk adventure game. "Bite Lip"??Who remembers this? To turn into the Hulk you had to type "bite lip"! The thing is, you had to do this right at the beginning to escape the chair to …

    ... the old Artic adventure game Espionage Island - I was stuck on the ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers June 2011 Games
  • Hidden Gems/forgotten gamesI totally forgot about viking raiders until today [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005573[/url] its a fun little strategy game…

    ... far as text adventures go Espionage Island rarely seems to get a ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers April 2013 Games
  • Bizzare Text Adventure PuzzlesHeya, I'm looking for a list of the strangest items and their use in games, or indeed, normal items used to perform a strange operation. ie: The…

    Espionage Island where you had to type " ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers April 2013 Games
  • Hidden Gems/forgotten gamesI totally forgot about viking raiders until today [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005573[/url] its a fun little strategy game…

    ... far as text adventures go Espionage Island rarely seems to get a ...
    STeaM STeaM April 2013 Games
  • What made you laugh most in Spectrum games?- In elite, when noticing that collecting a enemy's ejection capsule with the fuel scoop is listed as '1 ton - slaves'. - In Trapdoor, using the doo…

    ... like that)

    Also, Espionage Island had a bug in it ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers June 2014 Games
  • are any of these worth holding onto for rarety/value reasonsPicked up a nice box of goodness today which included a nice surprise a mistery speccy that ive never seen before and ive got every machine exept a +…

    ... ones (Speech Marks, Early Punctuation, Espionage Island) may have some collector value ...
    Ralf Ralf July 2014 Games
  • are any of these worth holding onto for rarety/value reasonsPicked up a nice box of goodness today which included a nice surprise a mistery speccy that ive never seen before and ive got every machine exept a +…

    ... ones (Speech Marks, Early Punctuation, Espionage Island) may have some collector value ... />
    Ooooo! I've got Espionage Island! :-)
    STeaM STeaM July 2014 Games
  • A quick Friday lunchtime quizAnother batch of vowel-free games to guess: 1/ ltrg 2/ mcdmbmp 3/ sct 4/ gghd 5/ nfrcts 5/ spngslnd 7/ dstr 8/ smr 9/ rk 10/ ndrdn

    1. Alter Ego
    3. Ascot
    4. Egghead
    5. Anfractuous
    6. Espionage Island
    joefish joefish October 2014 Games
  • A quick Friday lunchtime quizAnother batch of vowel-free games to guess: 1/ ltrg 2/ mcdmbmp 3/ sct 4/ gghd 5/ nfrcts 5/ spngslnd 7/ dstr 8/ smr 9/ rk 10/ ndrdn

    [QUOTE=joefish;795014]1. Alter Ego
    3. Ascot
    4. Egghead
    5. Anfractuous
    6. Espionage Island[/QUOTE]

    Yes to all of these.
    Rorthron Rorthron October 2014 Games
  • Three games by ArticHey all After [B]Assemblage[/B] and [B]Big Ben Strikes Again[/B]... Already have these, but they're the Tynesoft rereleases with the poorer-quality…

    Assemblage, Espionage Island and YS MegaBasic all turned up today, thanks Guy :smile:

    Just Big Ben Strikes Again then!

    Si
    SimonLCFC SimonLCFC November 2014 Wanted
  • 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…

    ... have a soft spot for Espionage Island, even though it was a ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers February 2016 Games
  • Anything valuable / rare in this lot?Hi all Been going through the cupboards here and discovered my old Spectrum tapes collection. Wondered if any of it had any real value? Happy to…

    ... Vigilante
    Dizzy
    Treausure Island Dizzy
    Fantasy World Dizzy ...
    Spectrum Vu Calc
    Espionage Island
    Frogger
    Quattro Adventure ...
    Treasure Island
    Terra Cresta
    Spy ...
    Peter Rolls Peter Rolls June 2016 Sales
  • Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …

    ... Decathlon, Bombjack, Twin Kingdom Valley, Espionage Island (yes!) Elite (BBC version), Arkanoid ... , The Chaos Engine, Hybris, Monkey Island, Premier League Manager, Speedball II ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers July 2017 Games
  • 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 started off with Espionage Island and quite enjoyed it. The ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers August 2017 Games
  • 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…

    I quite liked the questprobe games (Hulk, Spiderman).

    I also played a lot of Twin Kingdom Valley bitd, and have a soft spot for the early Artic adventures (A - H) such as Espionage Island, Ground Zero etc
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers January 2018 Games
  • 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…

    ... adventures (A - H) such as Espionage Island, Ground Zero etc[/quote]
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2018 Games
  • 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…

    ... adventures (A - H) such as Espionage Island, Ground Zero etc[/quote]
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers January 2018 Games
  • What was on your first pirate tapeOf course, we all started with Horizons and then bought our first couple of games (in my case, Bugaboo The Flea - which I still haven't managed to co…

    ... />
    ZX GAMES 1 - Gangsters, Espionage island, Barmy burgers, The Quill, Zip ... match, Ping pong, Osteron, Invincible island, 1942, Rocco, Eddy kids jump ... , Merlin, Rockman, Super stuntman, Treasure island, Sword slayer, Kick boxing, Chronos ...
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2018 Games
  • Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…

    ... got a soft spot for Espionage Island too, another one I managed ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers April 2018 Games
  • Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…

    ... got a soft spot for Espionage Island too, another one I managed ...
    mel the bell mel the bell April 2018 Games
  • "Made by the ton" softwareGag time The obvious one is "Make a chip" Published by Sinclair Research and written by Incognito Software . For some reason this was produced…

    ... of Death
    Adventure D : Espionage Island
    Star Wars: Return of ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio April 2019 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Who Has Got The Earliest ZX Spectrum Software?I think this has to be limited to 1982 . I think it will all be mostly16k or more precisely 16K/48K ( but you never know , maybe they "forward plan…

    Earliest I got is Espionage Island & Inca Curse.by Arctic. 1982. 48K though.
    Ælita Ælita November 2021 Games
  • Most stupid thing you've donePulling on the handbrake at 50mph in a Bedford Rascal aint to clever, but its nice the way they roll. Also pulling the trigger of a BB gun aged abou…

    ... that one

    Ordering Espionage Island, waited weeks..didn't know ...
    Ælita Ælita November 2021 Chit chat
  • Desert Island Games ?no.. not a hitherto unknown company :) I'm talking about which games you'd take with you should you ever be destined to be marooned on a desert isla…

    ... be marooned on a desert island (with a couple power sockets ...
    GP GP December 2002 Games
  • ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 24 January 2004Saturday 24 January 2004 LOTS of Crash stuff * I've been busy OCRing like it's going out of fashion, so have uploaded all of the Crash Playing Tip…

    ... , Silkworm ,
    Simple Case of Espionage, A , Skateball ,
    Starglider 2 ... Earth ,
    Dizzy 2: Treasure Island Dizzy , Fighting Soccer ,
    Footballer ... Soccer , Surface Tension ,
    Treasure Island , Twin Turbo V8 ,
    Untouchables ...
    hackersanon hackersanon January 2004 Announcements
  • Desert Island Spec-GamesOkay, something like this has I'm sure been done before, but what the hell. It's quiet round here. Chose five games to take on your desert island wi…

    ... to take on your desert island with you. This might sounds ... 'd need on a desert island! btw, no smart-alec comments ... power/electricity/etc. ona desert island!

    Anyone else care ...
    MattLamb MattLamb November 2004 Games
  • Desert Island games - for someone you don't like!Here's something fun... There's currently the Desert Island Spec Games topic going on, so how about 5 games you'd give to someone you hate who is stu…

    ... /> There's currently the Desert Island Spec Games topic going on ... is stuck on a Desert Island? Ha Ha. Here's my ...
    Steve B Steve B November 2004 Games
  • Treasure Island Dizzyhey people. i know codemasters has denied distribution but they have offered Treasure Island Dizzy for download as a Christmas gift. It's not the Spe…

    ... but they have offered Treasure Island Dizzy for download as a ...
    Sadako Sadako February 2005 Games
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