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ZX Dev - Conversions * New Spectrum games Compo!! *Hi Everybody! A new edition of the ZX Dev has just started, we have been planning it for the last weeksand finally we have come up with this speci…
... see improved versions of udg games, udg demakes of modern pc ... games, strange books taken to the ... game, gamebook conversions of Spectrum games, etc. [/quote]
Indeed ... 't have to be a text adventure. It's got my mind ... -
A non-gamers grump!Theres a reason why I'm not a gamer and its this - I find most games boring, there's no incentive to work through them because there's not much of a …
... complain about the lack of games that appeal to me as ... pros and cons of modern games versus the old 8 bitters ... days. I played all these games to death either back in ... or Doom (latest one), a text adventure or The Witcher 3, any ... -
A non-gamers grump!Theres a reason why I'm not a gamer and its this - I find most games boring, there's no incentive to work through them because there's not much of a …
... or Doom (latest one), a text adventure or The Witcher 3, any ... (both the1993 and 2016 Doom games), etc.
But there ... that most of my favourite games are first person shooters.
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What am I doing wrong?Working on the idea of making a book type game I decided to start with a title screen. However I thought that the extension .scr was what the Spectru…
... Spectrum games could be huge. I've considered writing a graphic text adventure ... well as or instead of text compression you could
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Thinking about my gameAnother long post, I'm afraid. Somewhere on this Forum is a short chunk of text I put up as a sample of what I'd like to turn into a text adventu…
... to make. Typing words into adventure games can be a bit tiresome ... slow on the Spectrum. Games such as Sam Mallard or ... own) Weird Island offer an adventure-role-playing style game without ... great utilities to convert text files into Spectrum games and vice versa ... -
Gilsoft Quill/PAWHi, I'm not sure if this info has already been posted or not but for adventure fans there is an interesting site about these creators with some re…
... to design graphics for a text adventure which would then save out ... /memories-of-adventure-game-writing/
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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…
... in the 80s were Classic Adventure and the Hobbit.
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Here are my text adventure 'sins' that I think should ... br /> - limited vocab - some games are limited to 'get', 'drop ... />
My favourite Speccy adventure was probably [url="http://www ... -
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…
... in the 80s were Classic Adventure and the Hobbit.
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Here are my text adventure 'sins' that I think should ... br /> - limited vocab - some games are limited to 'get', 'drop ... />
My favourite Speccy adventure was probably [url="http://www ... -
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…
... one. For a single location text adventure it really got you thinking ... best of the "Coloured Doors" games, although White Door was quite ... I think the previous Doors games like Green Door, and Yellow ... a bit screwy in those games as well.
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Is it wrong...Decided to go through some of my favourites from the 80s. Most of which I did not finish at the time. As I have little in the way of time these da…
... going to be the iso adventure games.. But Rebelstar I feel you ... one of the really early games as well. Plans after the ... Ultimate games, might be to switch to a couple of the text ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... a few of the spookier games released in 1987. Off we ... [/img]
18 rated text adventure written by St. Brides which ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
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Short, simple but enjoyable text adventure with some of the nicest ... pictures I've seen in adventure games. King Arthur has been held ... -
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…
... /> I recently remade/updated a text adventure with some simple retro-type ... TAB.
Author of both games is Rev Tim Gibson
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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…
... game, but a pretty decent text adventure, annoying load times on location ... [/url] Hilarious and very versatile adventure, damn good fun.
< ... url] One of the Doors games tis time set in ancient ... Custerd's Quest[/url] Silly adventure game that was a budget ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... /> This is a three part text adventure with the usual Delta 4 ... of Fergus McNeil's other games and have yet to try ... -
1988-2018..OK This feels a little odd since it's always WhenIWasCruel who does these threads, but I've had the proxy approval from the man himself to go ahead a…
... [/b](of Torrack Moor) [Marlin Games]
[img]http://www.worldofspectrum ... ]The Beast[/b] is a text adventure, with the odd (and not ... be busy with. [b]The Games Machine[/b] said it wasn ... -
Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…
... those 10 PRINT "" into that text file, and then just copy ... too).
Most large adventure games (not-CYOA) on the Spectrum ... -
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…
Some background to the TAB text adventure program:
I had ... Commodore Amiga program: "Creative Adventure Toolkit" written using the popular ... eighties. With some thought, games made with those could be ... used to allow multi-part games to be made in ... -
Less MIA - Avon (1989)(Topologika)[+3 disk]Hi All :) I got interesting titles this time, even i not like adventure quest's, may be some one will be happy :) Thanks to Simon Owen for his grea…
As a publisher of adventure games, Topologika was established in ... lost interest in publishing adventure games, some of the designers ... A lot of these games originated on the Phoenix mainframe ... text.
T/SAL short for "Thackray/Seal Adventure ... -
Frankie's ZX Spectrum DigoutsWell, time has come to contribute :-) I got this huge collection of pirat tapes I bought from someone over here in Denmark in the late 90s, a tota…
Can I just say that I am really glad you've uncovered some games I never even heard of before? I am looking forward playing that text adventure game as soon as I have some spare time. :) -
Frankie's ZX Spectrum DigoutsWell, time has come to contribute :-) I got this huge collection of pirat tapes I bought from someone over here in Denmark in the late 90s, a tota…
... glad you've uncovered some games I never even heard of ... am looking forward playing that text adventure game as soon as I ... it. Hope you enjoy the adventure :-) -
Frankie's ZX Spectrum DigoutsWell, time has come to contribute :-) I got this huge collection of pirat tapes I bought from someone over here in Denmark in the late 90s, a tota…
Epic 3000 text adventures were original titles in ... issue). It was the first text adventure I played (and completed).
games and applications) written by the ... -
Frankie's ZX Spectrum DigoutsWell, time has come to contribute :-) I got this huge collection of pirat tapes I bought from someone over here in Denmark in the late 90s, a tota…
... you've uncovered some games I never even heard ... looking forward playing that text adventure game as soon as ... an interesting exercise. The adventure is definitely in Dutch ... adventure. It's a good fun for a 1984 text ... game (i.e. expect that an adventure is ... -
Frankie's ZX Spectrum DigoutsWell, time has come to contribute :-) I got this huge collection of pirat tapes I bought from someone over here in Denmark in the late 90s, a tota…
... glad you've uncovered some games I never even heard of ... am looking forward playing that text adventure game as soon as I ... a 1984 text game (i.e. expect that an adventure is very ... adds another dimension to these games :-) -
Creating Graphic AdventuresI was interested in creating a graphic text adventure on my pc, drawing the images in zxpaint, then exporting it as a zx spectrum game. What options …
... to make Spectrum & Amstrad adventure games in the last month, I ... your source in an inPAWS text file then compile it using ... Speccy PAW and produce an adventure. There are tools that make ... combining them with a PAWS adventure isn't particularly easy. You ... -
ZY10, a tool to store and display some small bitmapped imagesZY10 Builder ============ Download at: https://www.sendspace.com/file/rncgbo ZY10 is a file format/tool to store some small images on the Spec…
... important one is that for adventure games it's nice to have ... top of the screen (and text scrolling underneath), and another main ... -
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…
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A 128K only text adventure, Polearn revolves around a tale ... ], which was released by Marlin Games a year earlier, in its ... -
Speccy Budget World Cup 2020: The FinalIt's Magic Knight vs... Magic Knight! Sort of like the plot to Stormbringer. But that got knocked out, so which is the most worthy - his 1st or 3rd…
... too clued up on text adventures though![/quote]
text adventures done. Fortunately I ... going to play many adventure games now. There are just ... tapes are we talking games only released on ... were just a collection of games.[/quote]
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Known errors/advanced search are gone?I've been looking into the new frontend to the database. My thoughts: - It's way slower than "old" frontend. - Most operations take more clicks to …
... could search for all english text adventures released in 1985, for ... pages, you can list all text adventures, then filter by 1985 ... wanted to play some english adventure games lately and I didn't ... results in pages of 15(?) games. So it's not ... in pages on 10 games. -
Denis Through The Drinking Glass - Crash ReviewCheck this out - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/playonline.php?eml=2&downid=38341 A barely playable text adventure. Give it a go without a guide…
... the time. Back in 1983, adventure games were already good when it ... 1983, words like "examine" in adventure games weren't in fashion yet ... little game, for a 1983 text adventure. It's also fine if ...
