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  • PAWS & GAC, still being used?Back in the day when i was a teenager i wrote many a text adventure on my 128K + using both PAWS and GAC, i really wished id kept them now. On one oc…

    ... teenager i wrote many a text adventure on my 128K + using ... of u guys still write text adventures using PAWS & GAC ... get hold of some modern text adventure games. Cheers!
    Loki00 Loki00 December 2005 Games
  • RZX Archive downI think the motherboard on my PC is fecked. It won't boot up at all, not even to where it checks the memory and stuff. Absolutely no text appears on…

    ... stuff.

    Absolutely no text appears on the screen. The ...
    Daren Daren December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I hate cold callers, and tin rattlers, and religious nuts.But this latest one takes the biscuit. Double glazing chav knocked on my door. I say chav, not salesman, because both his appearance and attitude s…

    ... can't convey in written text "I've never called here ...
    thx1138 thx1138 December 2005 Chit chat
  • Crisis At Christmas + SUI've loved this text adventure ever since I first played it. I've just seen it published in Sinclair User. *IN* Sinclair User. (Dec '86 issue) 4 1…

    I've loved this text adventure ever since I first ...
    NickH NickH December 2005 Games
  • ANN: Alchemist Software FTP site up and runningHi guys and gals Just a quick post to announce that the my new FTP site (address in my sig) is up and running. To log in, just log in as annonymous…

    ... could send me a small text file saying who you are ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2005 Announcements
  • How do I save?I've made a HUGE text adventure with lots of collectables and lots of locations, but how can I get the user to save their game to tape if they need t…

    I've made a HUGE text adventure with lots of collectables and lots of locations, but how can I get the user to save their game to tape if they need to?
    sonic91 sonic91 December 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Can't find a certain game!Now I haven't played it in over 15 years, so can't remember it that well, but I do remember for sure is that it was a text adventure in which you pla…

    ... is that it was a text adventure in which you played ...
    jimmyd jimmyd December 2005 Games
  • more than basic gamesHi, I was wondering if profession games were programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people are saying you can only do …

    ... saying you can only do text games and other limited types ...
    somewherecheap somewherecheap January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Games to TradeHi I have a few games to trade, I am looking for text adventures (on any format), here's the games if anyone is interested (duplication indicates mo…

    ... trade, I am looking for text adventures (on any format), here ...
    Dopey Jack Dopey Jack January 2006 Sales
  • The DialectizerThis is an old 'un, but I thought I'd share it in case anyone hasn't used it before: [url="http://rinkworks.com/dialect/"]http://rinkworks.com/diale…

    ... />
    Translate web pages or text into Redneck, Cockney, Jive, Hacker ...
    Kano Kano January 2006 Chit chat
  • Spectrum +2 (ish)Sorry couldn't resist a dodgy pun. First of I realise it's a bit grovelling but congratulations on a wonderful site and community. As a kid brought …

    ... to mimic that of a text adventure. Probably been done before ...
    Switch625 Switch625 January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • help with name of game.im trying to find a game i played, its part text adventure, but had playable bits too. it was set in the 30's, chicago. you were a ganster who had t…

    im trying to find a game i played, its part text adventure, but had playable bits too.

    it was set in the 30's, chicago. you were a ganster who had to build an empire???
    mile mile January 2006 Games
  • I've just found a couple of my old cassettes...Some people have interesting old cassettes full of machine code experiments they made while they were still at school. Not me. I found one cassette…

    ... other military vehicle (all in text, of course).

    As ...
    Jmk Jmk January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Old Source CodeWhilst searching through some old boxes today I came across some printouts of some old m/c programs I did back in the 80's. I obviously couldn't code…

    ... all the code into a text editor and assemble them all ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler January 2006 Development
  • Adding graphics to a text adventure??Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on…

    Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on doing so. I've had a quick dabble with Quill, GAC and PAW and now have a basic understanding of them all ...
    yadster yadster February 2006 Development
  • DK Tronics Compilation Tapes....MIA ??I have two tapes (no inlays) of compilaitons of DK Tronics games. One is from DK Tronics themselves, has a white label with black text, and contains…

    ... a white label with black text, and contains "Invaders", "Maziacs", "Jumbly ... an orange label with black text and contains "Invaders", "Maziacs", "Jumbly ...
    Ginger Ginger February 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Name the game...?Can anyone help me? It's a strategy game which involved moving tanks and infantry units about on a contour map. There was a status box in the bottom…

    ... of the screen with scrolling text in it.

    Apologies ...
    udgoverload udgoverload February 2006 Games
  • Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers

    Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text.

    Does anyone know of any code to do this?

    Cheers
    robpearmain robpearmain March 2006 Development
  • Resource LibraryChaps, I am re-writing the Sinclair-Heaven scripts & adding some new sections. One section I would like to add is a resource library. I'm after id…

    ... . Is it best to have text-only files, with an image ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty March 2006 Development
  • HelpIs there such thing as a pen, that if you write with it, you can then upload the text to a desktop computer. And if so what is it called, and where c…

    ... , you can then upload the text to a desktop computer. And ...
    mile mile March 2006 Chit chat
  • trying to find a game...I've managed to get my hands on every game I remember having, except this one... It was a side scroller where you played an astronaut. The levels wer…

    ... ...
    It was a side scroller where you played an astronaut ...
    theSentinel theSentinel March 2006 Games
  • loading up my old tapeshey there people, perhaps you can help me out with a (not so) little problem i'm having.... I'm trying to transfer an old basic-coded text adventur…

    ... transfer an old basic-coded text adventure my brother wrote onto ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace March 2006 Emulators
  • Amazing Short Type-InsHey all ! Been having some pretty stressfull days lately so I tought I would type in some games. There was a very nice type-in book here in Slovenia…

    ... possible. Thats why normal .bas text files can be appropriate - so ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat March 2006 Games
  • A few more unlisted Spectrum MIAsIn Home Computing Weekly #67 (19-25 June 1984): The Pink Pearl (Astrosoft Games), text adventure, priced 4.95; half-page ad on page 14 and review in …

    ... /> The Pink Pearl (Astrosoft Games), text adventure, priced 4.95; half ... Software - spelled with double 'r'), text adventure, priced 6.50; review ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • MEMPTR finally crackedThis post is mainly for emulator developers. As you may be well know there is a misterious internal register in Z80 CPU (MEMPTR) which value is set …

    ... no objections to place the text on WoS too, it seems ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov March 2006 Emulators
  • It's not you, it's me.how come in films and on the TV people always break up by saying this. but no girl has ever said that to me. i got dumped again on the weekend. (by …

    ... again on the weekend. (by text!!)

    her words were ...
    mile mile April 2006 Chit chat
  • The Amazing, Disappearing, Blinking Cursor in the New Forum!After the forum changed I sometimes lose the blinking cursor ... I can type just fine but sometimes I lose my place in a line because the stinking cu…

    ... and then back into the text box it comes back.
    Skarpo Skarpo April 2006 Chit chat
  • Shoot-em-up Development UpdateHi Folks, I am still working away at my horizontal scroller. Here is a link to let you see progress. I have re-written the scrolling routine to make…

    ... working away at my horizontal scroller. Here is a link to ...
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2006 Development
  • A touchy subjectHello people, having spent most of this morning and yesterday laughing hysterically at all the posts from a certain "ahem" troll I feel I must ask (a…

    ... ) stuff that has been deleted? Text files or screencaps will do ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…

    ... main grid. See the help text for details.
    Added - The ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2006 Emulators
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