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  • 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…

    ... had made a couple of text adventures using Gilsoft Spectrum PAW ... to create though to make adventures easy to construct and ( ...

    Adventure data entered into the TAB Editor. TAB interprets ... or extend existing 8-bit adventures to run on Windows - ...
    catventure catventure April 2018 Games
  • 1989-2019Ok Ok maybe this is going a bit far now, but here's another year to look back on the games from 30 years ago and tear into them, or give occasional p…

    ... mostly monochrome but clear, neat graphics.
    [b]3,75/5 ... boring rpg's or slow text adventures, but this time there's ...
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel March 2019 Games
  • bug - Crystal of Power (TXT Adv)You can explore about 20 locations, but [b]game crashes[/b] if you go from start: E, E, S, S, S. To same location (bug) you can go on alternative…

    ... - I'm too weak in text adventures :)

    I have a ... /> Fantasy made the game. Loaded into a Spectrum (oops, one bit ...
    Pgyuri Pgyuri May 2019 Games
  • Other books worth getting as good as "Speccy Nation"?I bought this off amazon - it has reviews of fifty Spectrum games that capture the essence of the machine, and it looks good fun. I'm wondering if th…

    ... other books, you've tapped into one of the few areas ... /> Both of these books are text heavy but feature an absolute ... has more graphical content than text, but there are still some ... ]

    If you love text adventures then this is a great ...
    Mousey Mousey November 2019 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …

    ... ! Maybe could be fun delving into the text adventures, anyone got recommendations in ...
    Lebowsk1 Lebowsk1 January 2020 Games
  • What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …

    ... "] Maybe could be fun delving into the text adventures, anyone got recommendations in ...
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause January 2020 Games
  • Bit of fun - one change onlyI also posted this on another marque's forum (for their products) to see. Its just a bit of fun really. OK, if you could of made one change to a S…

    ... a 'ram cart' to plug into an IF1 / RamTurbo but I ... recall a fair few good text adventures, possibly on the Amstrad and ...
    spider spider July 2020 Hardware
  • printing text on HP-GL plotters through RS232 on AY-3-8912Hello, i don't know, if anyone is even interested in these things. But i do. I like printers, plotters and other devices which we can connected to…

    ... used to draw screen$, vector graphics and even CAD stuff, all ... from Spectrums. Vector graphics were used in text adventures but never had much ... Mona Lisa, all using vector graphics. I imagine it would be ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2020 Software
  • Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...

    ... ://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/text-adventures/adventureland-adventure-international"]Adventureland[/ ... ://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/text-adventures/pirate-adventure-adventure-international"] ... and empty. I wandered into a petshop and it was ...
    Luny Luny February 2021 Games
  • CSSCGC 2021: 25th edition extravaganza![img]https://csscgc2021.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/yellow_programmer_960x600.png[/img] [url=https://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/csscgc2021/][b][size=…

    Text adventures, eh? It's not as ... Einar Saukas' 10-line ZX81 text micro-adventure from 2016 - which ... ZX81 version, and it fits into one line of SuperBASIC.
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone May 2021 Games
  • CSSCGC 2021: 25th edition extravaganza![img]https://csscgc2021.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/yellow_programmer_960x600.png[/img] [url=https://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/csscgc2021/][b][size=…

    ... that all three will fit into a 4K base model of ... you are an aficionado of text adventures, give it a determined shot ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone December 2021 Games
  • Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…

    ... you're new to making text adventures. Lots of colourful pictures aimed ... /entry/2000128/Book/Exploring_Adventures_on_the_Spectrum_48K"]Exploring Adventures on the Spectrum 48k[/url ... dungeon crawlers with 2d vector graphics. Learnt a lot from those ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…

    ... you're new to making text adventures. Lots of colourful pictures aimed ... /entry/2000128/Book/Exploring_Adventures_on_the_Spectrum_48K"]Exploring Adventures on the Spectrum 48k[/url ... dungeon crawlers with 2d vector graphics. Learnt a lot from those ...
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    FYI regarding importing symbols into Spin, this is the information ... has subtypes (ie. TT80 meant text terminated by a byte terminated ...
    polomint polomint June 2022 Development
  • adventure gamesI always liked text adventures and the speccy had loads,my favourites were Robin of sherwood,,Espionage island,,emerald isle,,dracula,,secret of st b…

    I always liked text adventures and the speccy had loads, ... did find with alot of adventures was the vocab used,,some ... them...What were your favourite adventures and did you ever finish ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr January 2002 Games
  • your favourite adventureWe all must have played text adventures on our speccys,i loved them even tho i only ever finished about 3 in my life. Anyway what was your favorite t…

    We all must have played text adventures on our speccys,i loved ... /> Anyway what was your favorite text adventures and did you ever complete ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr August 2001 Games
  • MIS Update 07/11/2001 (HUGE)Hi folks, I've finally managed to sort though all the TZX vault submissions along with Steve, and I've identified the titles that are MIS (Missing i…

    ... have resolved a lot of Text Adventures (152), 3 Games, 1 Utility ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker November 2001 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Emulator for Psion Series 3Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but there is a Spectrum emulator for the Psion 3a, 3c and 3mx. I have a Psion 3c, and unfortunately (as …

    ... to play anything other than text adventures on.

    Apparently though ... />
    I was playing several text adventures earlier, and it is a ...
    MattLamb MattLamb November 2002 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I ... used to spend hours playing text adventures. Bored Of The Rings, Loads ... of the summer holidays designing adventures. The final one we did ... lot think were the best Text Adventures?
    stupidget stupidget April 2003 Games
  • OK..another name the game (possibly hard this time)OK... this one can be hard as I don't remember very much... i think u were some adventurer, wandering around some country(?!?!). And here is the main…

    ... was made in style of text adventures...

    Anybody knows any ...
    bjohnnybravo bjohnnybravo May 2003 Games
  • Follow up from "name the game" by bjohnnybravoBjohnnybravo posted the following:- OK... this one can be hard as I don't remember very much... i think u were some adventurer, wandering around som…

    ... was made in style of text adventures...

    Anybody knows any ... />
    The game was mainly text based and was the only ...
    MikeyD MikeyD May 2003 Games
  • Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…

    Its something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible for me to write games with this and put them on the internet for others to play them aswell?
    welsh_brawler welsh_brawler July 2003 Games
  • Russian machinesbjohnnybravo's post about importing computers into Yugoslavia set me thinking... As I've seen a load of Russian Dizzy games (and others), all using …

    bjohnnybravo's post about importing computers into Yugoslavia set me thinking...
    < ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone July 2003 Games
  • Do these qualify as MIA?I remember a book called "Exploring adventures on the ZX Spectrum" by Peter Gerrard. This book had three text adventures (type-in) in it: 1) Collosa…

    ... remember a book called "Exploring adventures on the ZX Spectrum" by ... Gerrard. This book had three text adventures (type-in) in it:
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…

    ... go back to just doing text adventures!

    NB Have had ...
    Speculator Speculator October 2004 Development
  • NEW CRONOSOFT RELEASESHi all, A few things happening at the moment, which may be of interest ... PLATFORM GAME DESIGNER ----------------------- A surprise this one... …

    ... a must for fans of text adventures. Price is just ?1.99 ... />
    DOMINION
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    Another text adventure, this one, which should ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers October 2004 Games
  • MIA - The Mural and MicromanAfter a recent visit to my parent house I discovered that they actually still had all of my old spectrum games in storage - several hundred programs …

    ... initial foray I found two text adventures, one is listed as MIA ... from Global Software called Fourmost Adventures which also includes Out of ...
    JohnD JohnD October 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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 ...
    udgoverload udgoverload January 2005 Games
  • Good way to use old Speccy games - Fighting Fantasy OnlineDon't know if anyone on here used to like Fighting Fantasy books, but i noticed recently that in the 80s it looks like they put the books as text adv…

    ... they put the books as text adventures onto the speccy and the ...
    InsertFaveGameNameHere InsertFaveGameNameHere April 2005 Games
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