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What's happened... have I become lazy?I remember playing Lord of the Rings as a child and being all excited at the prospect of maping it, seeing a world unfold on the paper as I explored …
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I often wonder if text adventures might be popular with ... probably don't even know games like that exist.
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Games which are just about impossible to *not* completeWe've had a thread about games which can't be completed (revived by me to add Xavior to the hall of shame), so how about games which you're almost ce…
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The hobbit text adventure.
Bruce lee(again).
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What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
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Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …
... of level of interest for adventure games, never mind ones you have ... produce a nice 'non-Fantasy' adventure. Goblins and dragons are a ... only. It'll also be text-only - I can't draw ... effort is going into the text - i.e. no "you are ... -
Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …
... PAW to create a 128k adventure before?
text adventures.
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worst game on the spectrumwhat in your opinion was the worse game on the spectrum ever. for me it would proberly be the game majik. i couldn't get very far with the puzzles …
... ://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/e/Eastenders.jpg"]Eastenders ... planning a sequel, probably a text adventure written in BASIC. :p
Does Anyone Still Write Games For Speccy?I was wondering, does anyone still write games for Speccy? Is there someone in this forum for example who has written a text adventure or another kin…
... wondering, does anyone still write games for Speccy? Is there someone ... example who has written a text adventure or another kind of game ... /> A selection of my older games/programs:
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Odyssey ...Tie-in licence listWith the various discussions about licensed games, I thought it might be useful to create a full list of all identified tie-ins: [url="http://www.wor…
... category. It's an Spanish text adventure game. Not very good, but ... -fanzine.net/network/sgc"]Spectrum Games Compo[/url][/B]
Tie-in licence listWith the various discussions about licensed games, I thought it might be useful to create a full list of all identified tie-ins: [url="http://www.wor…
... category. It's an Spanish text adventure game. Not very good, but ... -fanzine.net/network/sgc"]Spectrum Games Compo[/url][/B]
What was the last commercial game released / you bought?Two pronged question this. Does anyone know what the last commercially released Spectrum game was and when? I guess it would have been about 1994 i…
... my first experience of computer games - as opposed to Atari ... , 1942, and the graphical text adventure Winter Wonderland. Judging by the ... remember the process of Spectrum games exiting the stores. There ... and restricted solely to budget games, but although I can ...New Game to Your TOP 5?Hi, Simple YES/NO answer will do: do you think there still exists a Spectrum game that is unknown to you but would make it to your TOP 5 of Spectrum…
... i missed some really good adventure games.
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[ ...did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... speed frustrating compared to the games I wrote on a BBC ... that I undertook was a text adventure based on the Hitch Hiker ... did have a Sinclair QL text adventure published commercially back in 1988 ...Can't remember name of a Text AdventureHello there! I can't remember the name of this Text Adventure I used to play... and to complicate things further, there's not much i remember from t…
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(Btw, I played the text adventure of The Hobbit years before ... few months later, while discussing games with a friend of mine ... be able to solve the adventure by reading the book and ...Can't remember name of a Text AdventureHello there! I can't remember the name of this Text Adventure I used to play... and to complicate things further, there's not much i remember from t…
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(Btw, I played the text adventure of The Hobbit years before ... few months later, while discussing games with a friend of mine ... be able to solve the adventure by reading the book and ...games that only you seemed to playi was....and still am , a big fan of the automata games...groucho, pimania , new wheels john etc. also the game called 'the biz' i remember playing …
Two games that i only really played ... of my mates was the text adventure 'Dungeon Master' and 'The Fury ... '
Normally hate text adventures but i loved Dungeon ...games that only you seemed to playi was....and still am , a big fan of the automata games...groucho, pimania , new wheels john etc. also the game called 'the biz' i remember playing …
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Two games that i only really played ... of my mates was the text adventure 'Dungeon Master' and 'The Fury ... '
Normally hate text adventures but i loved Dungeon ...Games since 1987I probably stopped using my Spectrum in 1987. Anybody have any suggestions for games released 1988 onwards that I really should have played?
... that great for arcade-style games. There weren't too many ... won't say the aforementioned games were all bad, just that ... , there were some great strategy games in those years. Pretty much ... the bunch.
The text adventure front wasn't too bad ...Games since 1987I probably stopped using my Spectrum in 1987. Anybody have any suggestions for games released 1988 onwards that I really should have played?
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I played all these games (except Scapeghost)on the Amstrad ... was a big fan of adventure games in those days)
Zelda cloneHi all you Zelda fans! This game has been moved from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread because it seems to have enough people interested in helping wit…
... an original idea. Many games (including a text adventure) have used this as ... other way around (although Speccy games are notorious for being influenced ...Zelda cloneHi all you Zelda fans! This game has been moved from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread because it seems to have enough people interested in helping wit…
... an original idea. Many games (including a text adventure) have used this as ... my recollections of the Zelda games were that they'd always ... other way around (although Speccy games are notorious for being influenced ...YSRnRY TV Prog: 1986 chapter OUT NOW!The 1986 chapter of the documentary is OUT NOW! Watch as the Speccy world changes forever with the arrival of the 128k machines! See Sinclair Researc…
... justice to adventure games in the current format. Screenfuls of text just aren ...YSRnRY TV Prog: 1986 chapter OUT NOW!The 1986 chapter of the documentary is OUT NOW! Watch as the Speccy world changes forever with the arrival of the 128k machines! See Sinclair Researc…
... the expense of coverage of adventure games and some of the slower ... -paced RPG/strategy games.
The adventure games are my greatest ... just by showing screenfuls of text. I think I (or, ... a voiceover that read the text aloud.
The ...YSRnRY TV Prog: 1986 chapter OUT NOW!The 1986 chapter of the documentary is OUT NOW! Watch as the Speccy world changes forever with the arrival of the 128k machines! See Sinclair Researc…
You could easily put some adventure games in... it only takes a ... being drawn, and the associated text. Simple, but I would say ... more important games, but it's a thought. Graphical text adventures should ...YSRnRY TV Prog: 1986 chapter OUT NOW!The 1986 chapter of the documentary is OUT NOW! Watch as the Speccy world changes forever with the arrival of the 128k machines! See Sinclair Researc…
The Hobbit is covered :P
As is The Thompson Twins Adventrure Game. Ahem.
But most of the best adventure games really are text-only, especially the ones by Zenobi.Specci Games WantedI need decent copies of: The Inferno The Time Machine Any Sherlock Holmes Text Adventure Game Ludo game (not the one off Games Compendium though) St…
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Ludo game (not the one off Games Compendium ...Speccy games - Ultimate titles and Hampstead.Hello all, I have a few Speccy games that I plan to list on eBay unless someone wants to make me a swift offer. These are: Hampstead (Melbourne Hou…
... /> I have a few Speccy games that I plan to list ... /> Hampstead (Melbourne House) - still sealed text adventure
Nightshades (Ultimate) - boxed ... .com[/email] with subject Speccy games. That email address is also ...Speccy games - Ultimate titles and Hampstead.Hello all, I have a few Speccy games that I plan to list on eBay unless someone wants to make me a swift offer. These are: Hampstead (Melbourne Hou…
The Ultimate games are as good as sold, ... sealed copy of Hampsted the text adventure if anyone is interested in ...I played DSpec on my DSlite!That's right, TheHiVE sent out a few copys of a pre-release version of DSpec and I was one of the luckiest fellers in the world to get one ! I't ver…
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I did play some adventure games with DSpec, and it feels ... personally use it for playing games, and I don't care ... Renegade or Cybernoid or a text adventure.
The beauty about it ... or redefine controls within the games themselfs, and if you run ...We did FPS's so...I thought I'd do a poll to see which adventure games people like. I chose The Longest Journey as I've only played it recently and it's absolutely bri…
... 've played most of the games on the list, but I ... the best of the old text adventures for atmosphere. Level 9 ... [/I] are still the definitive adventure games for me.
I ... me most from the graphical adventure era.The best adventure game on the speccy.I'm on a roll ain't I? Well the best adventure game this time. The Hobbit for me for various reasons: it was the first speccy adventure game I playe…
... went through a time where adventure games were my favourite kind of ... games in the 80's.
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