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Get Lamp InterviewsJason Scott, author of the interactive fiction documentary "GET LAMP" has posted unused footage from interviews that were not published in the commer…
... the history of the UK text adventure scene from the early eighties ... -bit computers, the birth of text adventures in the UK, Magnetic ... -
64x48 full colour graphicsHow feasible is this? Could an interrupt-driven routine be used to, for example, fill the top two thirds with a 64x32 blocky picture and leave the bo…
... bottom third for text and write a nice text adventure?
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Pirate SoftwareChecking its games, this company looks a bit messed up maybe? One game, a text adventure, from 1984: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid…
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One game, a text adventure, from 1984:
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ESP Software, same company?Checking the releases from this company, they have games in the early and mid 80s, and suddenly there is a jump until 1990 when "Pro Tennis Tour" app…
... 1992 :o which is a text adventure, with a quite weak look ... -
The Hideous authorsIn this spanish text adventure, as per the initial screen: Program: Kenny Murdocj Texts: Fran Morell Arts: Xerome It also says: Copyright 1991@ Yea…
In this spanish text adventure, as per the initial screen:
Program: Kenny Murdocj
Texts: Fran Morell
Arts: Xerome
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Interrogacion tool of creation (spanish text adventure)As per the initial screen, was created using PAW.
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Your favourite Spectrum [whatever] beginning with a numberI thought I'd resurrect the fairly popular 'Best Spectrum game beginning with [whatever letter], so here goes. You know the drill, each of your answe…
... /textadv/1.html[/url] (Spectrum adventure games)
The ... /> Best game:
Best text adventure:
Best Utility:
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Your favourite Spectrum [whatever] beginning with the letter 'A'[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/games/a.html[/url] [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/textadv/a.html[/url] Personally, I'm going to say: B…
... close indeed.
Best text adventure: Not really my area, and ... think I've played any adventure beginning with "A", so I ... -
"Lost in Wales" uMIA text adventureFrom this thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39718[/url] authored with GAC.
From this thread:
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39718[/url]
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INKEY$ giving me troubleHello, I have been using BASin (great program by the way...) Sad though it seems during the typhoon here I have been re-learning my spec-skills an…
... possible (for a early era text adventure) I would love to learn ... />
3/Back to the text program, how many arrays can ... /> [CODE]1 REM BALIC BALIC ADVENTURE \* WIBBLE 2012
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real value of some of these books as learning aids?Ok, I admit perhaps it was a late night and frustration. :???: I could have been hallucinating when i was doing the typein. But I think not.. [url]…
... write the graphics for the text adventure game.."
did the first ... -
New Game: BountyIntroducing my new text adventure game - Bounty. This has some improvements over my previous adventure, especially around the parser... [URL="http:/…
Introducing my new text adventure game - Bounty.
This has ... some improvements over my previous adventure, especially around the parser...
Italian uMIA found on ebayMissione Odessa by Jackson Software Adventure. Probably a text adventure (If the italian WoSSers can help me here ;) ) Appeared with the C-64 versio…
... by Jackson Software Adventure.
Probably a text adventure (If the italian ...Colditz by Phipps AssociatesLooking for the original Colditz text adventure. Anyone have a copy they could bear to part with? EDIT: Result. Found a copy on Fleabay :grin:
Looking for the original Colditz text adventure.
Anyone have a copy they could bear to part with?
EDIT: Result. Found a copy on Fleabay :grin:Realms of Interaction, genre?This game is complicated as the file contains several tzx's, but loading the second one, it looks like a text adventure: [url]http://www.worldofspec…
This game is complicated as the file contains several tzx's, but loading the second one, it looks like a text adventure:
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0025912[/url]Droga do Duplandu issuesFirst the entry is showing a wrong in-game screenshot, since that one is from the intro. Second I try to load the game but it keeps loading forever a…
... third, is it really a text adventure?
Maybe any polish ...Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
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- Text adventure (with illustrations)
- Action-adventure ? la [i]Marsport ...Interrogacion does not use loading screenThis spanish text adventure doesnt have one ;) [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0010414[/url]
This spanish text adventure doesnt have one ;)
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0010414[/url]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…
Heya,
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 x used to open the x in the game, xxxxx
If you can ...The Survivor - text adventureAlthough it's MIA, after looking at the adverts it appears as if [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0019462"]The Survivor[/URL] w…
Although it's MIA, after looking at the adverts it appears as if [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0019462"]The Survivor[/URL] was meant to be a sequel to [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011414"]I Will Survive[/ ...Questprobe's X-Men, a third text adventure was being developed back in the dayIn an Atari forums, there was a member saying that: [url]http://atariage.com/forums/topic/191890-questprobes-x-men-game/#entry2746238[/url] I gues…
In an Atari forums, there was a member saying that:
[url]http://atariage.com/forums/topic/191890-questprobes-x-men-game/#entry2746238[/url]
I guess it was for all 8 bit computers, but he doesnt mention anything related to ...Bundle and some (possibly) rare S.A.E.C. titles...Got a big bundle of stuff to sell off - 45-50 games, two joysticks, +2 manual and PSU... looking for around ?20 plus postage (or offers...) [URL=htt…
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And 4 possibly rare text-adventure based titles from S.A ...Playtesters required for "The Axe of Kolt"Hi all, My name is Larry Horsfield and my name may be familiar to text adventure fans as the author of several games from the 1990's such as "Magnet…
... name may be familiar to text adventure fans as the author of ... finally finishing the one Spectrum adventure I never published - "The ... have been a 3-part adventure. I released this game in ... "Megpoints" competition version of the adventure which did find its way ...Play online "Jaws" uMIA and unreleased text adventure from Mirrorsoft!!Thanks to Radastan who published it in his blog, here it is! [url]http://toys.usvsth3m.com/jaws/[/url]
Thanks to Radastan who published it in his blog, here it is!
[url]http://toys.usvsth3m.com/jaws/[/url]How much does Bifrost improve graphics (test 192x192 graphics)Inspired by the BIFROST library I made several experiments with 8x1 graphics at 192x192 resolution. The results are now overwhelming but under certai…
... to a breed of new text adventure games, never seen on Speccy ...Carlos Perez Walls complete nameThe complete name is Juan Carlos Perez Walls, as it can e read in the Adventure forums in Spanish (CAAD): [url]http://foro.caad.es/viewtopic.php?f=1…
... can e read in the Adventure forums in Spanish (CAAD):
He wrote a text adventure in Spanish:
[url ...[New game] BrunildaHi! We at RetroWorks just published "Brunilda", a new Speccy little_game ;-) . It only works with 128k models. In the begining it was planned as te…
... begining it was planned as text adventure, but finally it was made ...Need Help Finding a BookPerhaps a slim chance, but im wondering if anyone else remembers a particular book. This book i think was in hardback. I borrowed it from my local li…
... and you could produce a text adventure set in the same location ...What is this spectrum game I dimly remember?Hi all, Ages and ages ago the collective genius of this forum helped me identify a game of my childhood as 'They Stole A Million'. Well, another mys…
... /> It was a text adventure. I remember white text and a (maybe) dark ...Looking for a computer science show.A long shot probably, but sometime around the late-ish 80's (I think 1986 or 87), my dad got a videotape from the British Council Library about compu…
... 1) about someone playing a text adventure game. It showed a computer ... a blue background and white text. It wasn't a spectrum ... was certainly a lot of text. 2) Another shot I remember ...
