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  • PestilenceJust started work on the second of ten ideas i have on paper (Pip the Pipistrelle was the first),for this next one i am going down the text adventure…

    ... i am going down the text adventure route.This is what i ... capturing the atmosphere of a text adventure so i need to find ... who are familiar with these text adventure tools would be much appreciated ...
    jammajup jammajup April 2012 New game ideas
  • New (TOP SECRET) Text Adventure!Yup, making a new one, so this is it's official thread. It's not going to be epic or anything, in fact it's going to be more of a joke that anything …

    Yup, making a new one, so this is it's official thread. It's not going to be epic or anything, in fact it's going to be more of a joke that anything else, but there's a few things I'll be doing that I didn't encounter in the making of the Wicker Woman that ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie April 2012 Development
  • Is the Text Adventure mail-order community still alive?I miss the days of Zenobi, FSF adventures, compass, all those mail order companies. And of course the general bitchiness they had against each other …

    I miss the days of Zenobi, FSF adventures, compass, all those mail order companies. And of course the general bitchiness they had against each other :) (not always but....often)
    Any of em still a going certain?
    Vaxalon Vaxalon April 2012 Games
  • Some inlay upgrades & questions...I got a message from Juan who said the following inlays needed redoing: "- Mailstrom (the only OCEAN inlay not available at WoS!!!) - Shockway Rider…

    ... comic that came with the text adventure 'The Hulk'."

    I ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones May 2012 Support files
  • Rare (I think) games listed...Have listed some of my rarer bits on eBay, as i'm needing a little extra cash for a slap up celebratory meal and p**s-up next week (my decree absolut…

    ... &ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT"]Text Adventure Bundle[/URL]

    [URL ...
    TechnicianSi TechnicianSi May 2012 Sales
  • games club wc 2/7/12bit late with this one today fyi, a text adventure did come up in the search this week, but it was in spanish, so i left it out ;) some nice colorf…

    bit late with this one today

    fyi, a text adventure did come up in the search this week, but it was in spanish, so i left it out ;)

    some nice colorfull ones for ya

    (and before you all start tittering, its Areola)
    mile mile June 2012 Games
  • 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 ...
    catventure catventure July 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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?

    If ...
    na_th_an na_th_an July 2012 Development
  • 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…

    ... ?

    One game, a text adventure, from 1984:

    [url ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx July 2012 Infoseek database
  • 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 ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx July 2012 Infoseek database
  • 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

    It also says: Copyright 1991@ Year Zero Soft.
    Ivanzx Ivanzx August 2012 Infoseek database
  • Interrogacion tool of creation (spanish text adventure)As per the initial screen, was created using PAW.

    As per the initial screen, was created using PAW.
    Ivanzx Ivanzx August 2012 Infoseek database
  • 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:

    Best text adventure: No idea (text adventures aren't my ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2012 Games
  • 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 ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2012 Games
  • "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]

    authored with GAC.
    Ivanzx Ivanzx August 2012 Infoseek database
  • 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
    2 REM ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 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...
    Paul-J Paul-J August 2012 Brand new software
  • 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 ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx August 2012 Infoseek database
  • 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:
    ZheXer ZheXer September 2012 Wanted
  • 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]
    Ivanzx Ivanzx December 2012 Infoseek database
  • 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 ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx December 2012 Infoseek database
  • 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…

    ... [/b]

    - Text adventure (with illustrations)
    - Action-adventure ? la [i]Marsport ...
    Swevicus Swevicus January 2013 New game ideas
  • 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]
    Ivanzx Ivanzx March 2013 Infoseek database
  • 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 ...
    Graz Graz April 2013 Games
  • 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[/ ...
    Morkin Morkin May 2013 Infoseek database
  • 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 ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx May 2013 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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…

    ... />
    And 4 possibly rare text-adventure based titles from S.A ...
    SimonLCFC SimonLCFC July 2013 Sales
  • 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 ...
    The Wayfarer The Wayfarer August 2013 Chit chat
  • 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]
    Ivanzx Ivanzx September 2013 Games
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