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  • Games that SHOULD have been madeI have just watched the film scum. I thought what a great speccy game this would have made. Apart from a text adventure:- >Where is your tool? Wha…

    ... have made. Apart from a text adventure:-

    >Where ... from the above simulation, a text adventure would have been crap ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty March 2004 Games
  • a key...a locked gate but how to put them togatherif u have no knowledge of saga of a mad barbarian..dont bother with this one. but the thing is...i need help soo badly, i have the game, i have t…

    ... oh so important in a text adventure.so fay i know ...
    sugaryscythes sugaryscythes March 2004 Games
  • Changes that would have made a bad game goodA posting about technician ted beign far too hard to be playable got me thinking - what changes could have been made to existing games to make them b…

    ... hard work reading all that text in the speccy's usual ...
    Neil^P Neil^P March 2004 Games
  • Dan Dare 256 colour project many may not be aware of.I still need/want to try Vladimir's emulator. But I think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which was mentioned on C.S.S. …

    I still need/want to try Vladimir's emulator. But I think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which was mentioned on C.S.S. a while back. I don't think the author went particularly out of his way to make it known. The thread on C.S ...
    Sadako Sadako March 2004 Emulators
  • "TommyGun" gets a complete MAKEOVER for next release ...From the author, Tony Thompson ... """""""""""""""""""""""""" [B][I] I hadn't worked on the TommyGun editor for while. But when I got sick (about …

    ... of the images into either text files or other binary file ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Development
  • ANN: Tipshop updated Thursday, 15 April 2004Thursday 15 April 2004 Search engine fixes, and more cheats/maps/tips than a horse has legs! (Eh? Ed) * Updated the alias section of the search fun…

    ... as
    a map in text format).

    * Colin Attle ...
    hackersanon hackersanon April 2004 Announcements
  • "The A Team adventure" mickey take Hi, I've been trying to track this down for years... does anyone remember a mickey take article in one of the Spectrum mags relating to a text adve…

    ... Spectrum mags relating to a text adventure based on The A ... snippets... apparently all the usual text adventure commands didnt work ("Go ...
    Zebs Zebs April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • PokesHi - sorry if these are stupid questions but I'm new to Speccy emulation. Great site btw - nice collection of stuff here. If I have a .pok file that…

    ... reads like this in a text editor:

    NInfinite lives ...
    waldopepper waldopepper May 2004 Games
  • Has anyone played Dodgy GeezersIt's a text adventure by Melbourne House.

    It's a text adventure by Melbourne House.
    DodgyGeezer DodgyGeezer June 2004 Games
  • BASin Release 10a is up...Well, none of my releases ever get far before the inevitable bug fix version... Go grab it at [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_…

    ... ()s)

    Fixed some text selection issues - some issues with ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2004 Emulators
  • something for ZX Spectrum experts - File CompressorFor an unknown ISP problem you can't download a TAP file, only ZIP files. [url="http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic"]http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancev…

    For an unknown ISP problem you can't download a TAP file, only ZIP files.

    [url="http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic"]http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic[/url]

    Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)
    mstancevic mstancevic July 2004 Announcements
  • TASM, Z80 and Spec emusHi! Having some novice questions here regarding TASM and writing machine code for the Speccy emus... Now I have configured TASM into my EditPlus and…

    ... the binary data to ASCII text).

    Two questions:
    ekoman ekoman July 2004 Development
  • Stumped again!Okay People,get this one.Allegedly mounted on a YS tape,this was a text adventure game that was set in a toilet! There's money riding on this one if …

    Okay People,get this one.Allegedly mounted on a YS tape,this was a text adventure game that was set in a toilet! There's money riding on this one if I can get a working copy!
    Dractrek Dractrek July 2004 Games
  • IM 2 interrupts and smooth scrolling - easy peasy!Okay, been fiddling around with IM 2 and have actually mastered (I think) how to use IM 2! Now I run my game Ragnar Revival in IM2 and use HALT to sy…

    ... synchronizing screen manipulation (a scrolling text) using HALT, and one without ...
    ekoman ekoman July 2004 Development
  • TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…

    ... a snapshot, tape file or text file that you can type ...
    Sadako Sadako July 2004 Development
  • 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 …

    I really got into these after playing "The Hobbit" on the Speccy.

    I really enjoyed the Level 9 games:
    Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, Dungeon Adventure etc

    I'd spend ages on them, mapping them out and listing the ...
    jonesmark jonesmark July 2004 Games
  • Adventure writing packagesThanks for the help in an earlier post, I've now worked out how to save runnable files from within a spectrum package as a standalone emulator file. …

    ... probably going to be a text only game I write)
    Neil^P Neil^P August 2004 Games
  • lots of speccy hardware software on offerHave the following available from "breakup" of my speccy system and peripherals Microdive with cable, numerous microdrive catridges plus manual Int…

    ... Castle and other old style text adventures..many speccy classics in ...
    mikecorn mikecorn August 2004 Sales
  • Text adventure fans look here[url="http://www.robinjohnson.f9.co.uk/adventure/hamlet.html"]http://www.robinjohnson.f9.co.uk/adventure/hamlet.html[/url] It's easier than Subsunk,…

    [url="http://www.robinjohnson.f9.co.uk/adventure/hamlet.html"]http://www.robinjohnson.f9.co.uk/adventure/hamlet.html[/url]

    It's easier than Subsunk, but still fun all the same. Give it a try if you like these things.
    WhizzBang WhizzBang August 2004 Games
  • 4 Computer Buffs data transmissions on TVAnyone else remember these? They were transmitted after closedown to tie in with the 4 Computer Buffs TV programme on channel 4 back in the 80s. The …

    ... (consisted of company history in text, various loading screens and complete ...
    darkman darkman August 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • The Pawn and Spin 5.04 - weird behaviourTwo TZX files from the TZX vault: The Pawn.tzx The Pawn v2.3.tzx (both are v 2.3 from the start text, but the first shows the title screen when lo…

    ... 2.3 from the start text, but the first shows the ... jumps straight into the first text description)

    No matter ...
    Vanamonde Vanamonde August 2004 Emulators
  • 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 ...
    RandySparks RandySparks August 2004 Announcements
  • In need of a Poke (ooer!)Back in my very basic Basic days, machine code was a scary thing. I think I advanced as far as 'LD HA' (or something!) before giving up. However, so…

    ... -in' section that caused the text to scroll. Wish i knew ...
    Tobo Tobo August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TAPER USING THE PARALLEL PORTHow can i connect my pc to spectrum +3 for use with taper the read me fill points to DIAGRAM.Z80 but all i can see with notepad is scrambled text ha…

    How can i connect my pc to spectrum +3 for use with taper the read me fill points to
    DIAGRAM.Z80 but all i can see with notepad is scrambled text has anyone got a pucker drawing
    thanks
    FIXITNOW FIXITNOW September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum Development IDEI am currently writing an IDE that works with the "z80/.sna Assembler" found in the cross-development download section. The appearance is similar to …

    ... of more source files. The text editor colour codes various elements ... of the text to make spotting errors easier ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside October 2004 Development
  • Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…

    ... go back to just doing text adventures!

    NB Have ...
    Speculator Speculator October 2004 Development
  • NEW CRONOSOFT RELEASESHi all, A few things happening at the moment, which may be of interest ... PLATFORM GAME DESIGNER ----------------------- A surprise this one... …

    ... a must for fans of text adventures. Price is just ?1 ... />
    DOMINION
    ---------
    Another text adventure, this one, which should ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers October 2004 Games
  • Bomb Jack 2Does anyone like this sequel? To me it's a dull, unexciting, badly-designed, visually-horrible mess, even before you consider how great the original …

    ... /5 (unfortuantely most of the text of that review doesn't ...
    MartinUK MartinUK October 2004 Games
  • To people who post "name this game" topicsIt would help us to decide which Topics to open if they at least stated the genre(s) of the game [B]in the Subject[/B]. e.g. * platform * shoot-em-u…

    ... 3D
    * sport-simulator
    * text-adventure

    Or better ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad October 2004 Games
  • MIA - The Mural and MicromanAfter a recent visit to my parent house I discovered that they actually still had all of my old spectrum games in storage - several hundred programs …

    ... initial foray I found two text adventures, one is listed as ...
    JohnD JohnD October 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
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