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  • Trying to remember an old text based game I used to play...Hi all, hope u had a nice Christmas.. I've been scratching my head for some time now trying to remember the name of an old game I used to play on my …

    ... text based game, no graphics as I recall, and kinda like an adventure ... but rather than the standard linear nature of most text ... recap, it was a text based non-graphical adventure/rpg...
    The aim ...
    RetroGamerUK RetroGamerUK December 2011 Games
  • Text-based Adventure GamesI really got into these after playing "The Hobbit" on the Speccy. I really enjoyed the Level 9 games: Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, Dungeon …

    ... 9 games:
    Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, Dungeon Adventure etc

    I ... bring out some old school adventure games.

    Was anyone ...
    jonesmark jonesmark July 2004 Games
  • ZX Adventure Club game for the first half of NovemberYes, yes, I know I said I would post this this morning. Ahem. Anyway, same rules as last time, that is: * You can't post a game choice someone else…

    ... /> Other than that, any Spectrum text-based adventure you like.

    Over ...
    Zagreb Zagreb October 2005 Games
  • Tracking down a favourite Spectrum Adventure gameHello everyone - a new joiner here - looking to pick the collective Hive mind. I was an avid Spectrum gamer, and owned one of the very first 48K e…

    ... , life started more gently with Adventure gaming.

    ... of a particular graphical adventure game, that i'd ... />
    [b]Description:[/b] Text-based adventure game, set in Space / client ... it being a long-rambling adventure, than eventually I lost ...
    hostler hostler August 2018 Games
  • Erotic games with and without explicit sexual subject matter.I was remembering some erotic games I played on the speccy, and although most of them werent relly good, they can be source of nostalgia. Some I ca…

    ... I dont remmeber:
    8. text based adventure where you go to different ...
    Vortexrider Vortexrider December 2003 Games
  • can anyone assist with ID'ing a game?Hi All I would be very grateful if someone on the board could help me find out the name of a game I used to play back in the 80s. My memory is sketc…

    ... I remember it was a text-based adventure game where you sailed turn ...
    silus silus July 2011 Games
  • TR-DOS Gameplay Videos MegathreadA thread made mainly for your amusement for one evening. Yeah, it contains lots of videos of the games that have mainly been left without attention o…

    ... ] [I][Triumph][/I][/URL] - A text-based adventure game made in IF Creator ... that it spawned five games based on that show. This one ...
    Crash Nicker Crash Nicker January 2012 Games
  • Save 48k SNA from 128k Z80 snapshot?I have been doing RZX recordings of text-based adventure games. In the case of games made with GAC (Graphic Adventure Creator), where a map and solut…

    ... been doing RZX recordings of text-based adventure games. In the case of ... games made with GAC (Graphic Adventure Creator), where a map and ...
    equinox equinox June 2020 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... from the text-based adventure. They overcame the problems with the text based vocabulary system ... />
    I don't think text adventures could ever make a ... to make a damn good adventure. I just hope Revolution go ...
    Chris Chris January 2002 Games
  • I'm thinking of a gameOkay clever all you clever clogs. I remember playing this game but that's all. Don't remember what you did or what genre it is or what software hou…

    Well, we have to ask you some questions liek they do on that show what's my line. Otherwise we will be here for years.....


    IS it a text based adventure game?
    thx1138 thx1138 April 2002 Games
  • So how many coders do we have here?Just out of interest, how many coders do we have here who are capable of knocking out a game? [ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2004-02-02 15:…

    I can write a shitty text based adventure. :D
    JohnDoyle JohnDoyle February 2004 Development
  • ive just had an ideaprolly the worst idea ever, prolly been thought of before, prolly thought no way would that work has anybody thought of doing a manic miner adventur…

    I think it's an excellent idea.

    There was an adventure game - can't think what it was called now, but the screens looked like they were from pyjamarama, even though it was a text based adventure game.

    Do it, i say :D
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy August 2005 Games
  • What's the longest time you've spent playing a game?There's a similar discussion going on in the SFX forums right now and I thought I'd start it here. Around 1990, I spent about 9 or 10 hours playing …

    ... from Ciuthan Trilogy, a spanish text-based adventure with good graphics... I was ...
    Jonigigolo Jonigigolo June 2006 Games
  • help me pleaseI'm trying to find a spectrum game from years ago but dont know the name, it involved chasing a spy across europe and having to travel from country t…

    thanks but no it was more a text based adventure game and was more about choosing what bus, plane or train to catch to get to where the spy is.
    neallyaj neallyaj October 2007 Games
  • Sorderon's ShadowAnyone played this game extensively enough to give me their opinions on it..I'm thinking of giving it a thorough going over but would like to know if…

    ... degree), but is also a text based adventure and has many more quests ...
    beanz beanz February 2008 Games
  • Hitch Hikers Guide - SupersoftRef - PCW 12 - 18 May page 5 Hitch-hikers dispute is over THE dispute over the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy adventure game has been settled. Sup…

    ... British company Supersoft published a text-based adventure game based on the book, which ... , 1984), an unauthorised work loosely based on Douglas Adams's comedy ...
    richl richl April 2008 Infoseek database
  • resident evil zxi thought i might write a text adventure based on the first resident evil game. i'd be happy to map the thing out and write all the code/ text and t…

    ... a workable plot for a text based adventure.. I've managed to shrink ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 April 2009 New game ideas
  • resident evil zxi thought i might write a text adventure based on the first resident evil game. i'd be happy to map the thing out and write all the code/ text and t…

    ... a workable plot for a text based adventure.. I've managed to shrink ... way to make a massive adventure. i will be splitting my ...
    mile mile May 2009 New game ideas
  • Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…

    ... toaster etc. just as much text based adventure games aren't my thing ...
    fog fog October 2009 Chit chat
  • A bit of lighthearted sillinessNo disrespect at all is intended towards the character of Sherlock Holmes, or Arthur Conan Doyle either for that matter. Scene: Waterloo Station: […

    ... the game. It was a text based adventure.

    You entered your ... remember the name of the text adventure now
    thx1138 thx1138 August 2011 Chit chat
  • Identify Adventure from Map SectionWhilst (still ) rummaging through my box of tat, I came across some old speccy adventure solutions and maps. Most are names, but I've found this pie…

    ... Thieves. It would be a text based adventure going by what other documents ...
    steveinuk steveinuk April 2012 Games
  • 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…

    ... 've already stumbled across a text-based adventure, platform, Doom conversion and (a ...
    LuMan LuMan April 2013 New game ideas
  • The Warlock Of Firetop MountainI know this game isn't everyone's idea of a great game but I've been playing this since it was released in 1984 and I've still not managed to complet…

    ... .

    This sort of text based adventure would make its way very ...
    Maroc's Other Projection Maroc's Other Projection February 2016 Games
  • Thinking of making a "Wicker Man" text adventureI introduced my friend to the wonderful world of Speccy text adventures the other night, after she reminded me she liked D+D/MMORPGs; so we played an…

    ... the wonderful world of Speccy text adventures the other night, after ... ), we searched for other adventures based on films. I then considered ... of creating a "Wicker Man" based adventure after I was unable to ... 's already a "Wicker Man" text game in existance...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie July 2009 New game ideas
  • Help WW2 text adventure team game - what was it!Hi all - just getting into the whole retrogaming thing - after parting with my speccy 15 years ago at least! Slowly trawling the mind to bring bac…

    ... and IIRC it was a text controlled adventure. Set in WW2 you ...
    TEXANTOMCAT TEXANTOMCAT August 2006 Games
  • Some Spectrum Adventure ReviewsHi, HeeHee... Today I found some old short reviews I did of some Spectrum Adventures for contributions to "SynTax" disk adventure magazine in the 19…

    ... for contributions to "SynTax" disk adventure magazine in the 1990's ... to that and also paper-based "Adventure Probe" mag too)
    Thought ... /> [I couldn't find a text file upload button - so printed ...
    catventure catventure March 2015 Games
  • infocom gamesi was looking at the text adventure achive and can't beleive that infocom did'nt release any games for the speccy. i thought they would've at least h…

    i was looking at the text adventure achive and can't beleive that infocom did'nt release any games for the speccy. i thought they would've at least have released zork the daddy of all text based games.
    grim grim February 2004 Games
  • RETRO GAMER ISSUE 7 now available to pre-order!Retro Gamer issue 7 will be available to buy from August 31st, and copies can now be pre-ordered from [url="http://www.retrogamer.net"]http://www.ret…

    ... that had begun to outgrow text-based adventures. Games covered include Knight ... spotlight include The Quill, Graphic Adventure Creator, STOS/AMOS and the ... Island Disks with Keith Campbell, adventure game columnist for C& ...
    RandySparks RandySparks August 2004 Announcements
  • Level9 Adventure GraphicsI have been developing a windows based adventure creating tool, which at the end of it all, creates a spectrum .tap file. Its a while off being finis…

    ... have been developing a windows based adventure creating tool, which at the ...
    carlinski carlinski June 2008 Games
  • Before insanity sets in...I'm trying to locate a game, now I'm a bit sketchy on the details...but... It was a type in adventure BUT it had an animation type bit in the top wi…

    ... /> It was a type in adventure BUT it had an animation ... .

    It was definitely text based with an animated representation in ... I've trawled through the adventure game archive and nothing seems ...
    STeaM STeaM June 2009 Games
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