News

14-09-2013 (Alastair)

It is just a few weeks after the last update but during that time a staggering number of games have been added to the site. Just scroll down to take it all in.

Contributors: Alex, Gunness, jgerrie, iamaran, Dorothy, boldir, Alastair

• New Games: Ai confin dela realta', Alberto Sorrio : L' Ereditiera, Alla Ricerca del Budda di Bodnath, Angra-i, Atlantide, Avventura in grecia, Avventura Nel Computer, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le : Il Medaglione de Horus, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le : Il Tesoro di Yumak, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le : La Stanza di Horus, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le :Il Vaso di Pandora, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le: Duello con Dracula, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le: La Tomba del Navajo, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le: La Vendetta di Abel Kuyr, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le: Passaggio in Transylvania, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le: Potenze Oscure, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le: Strani Incontri a Chinatown, Avventure di Jack Byteson, Le: Tay-Gy, Bakhan: Il segreto della Fenice, Borzoi, Cave Quest, Charlie Deus, Circo, Cliff Ropper :Terrore sul Jet, Clive Sullivan - Nessuna Notizia dal Campo Base, Clorine Bonnet, Clorine Bonnet II, Clorine Bonnet III, Corona di Pietra, La, Dare to Win, Dark Wood, The, Delitto sul Nilo, Demon's Eye, The, Dick Ironside - Underground Killers, Dick Swanson, Domino di Meandro, Il, Douglas Perkins - Computer Killer, Dreamhold, The, Duca Lynce: My Fair Lady, Ducca Lynce: Complotto al Mundial, Dust Hanter, Dust Hanter II : L'Inseguimento, Dust Hanter III: La Caccia, Dust Hanter IV: La Trappola, Dust Hanter V: Ultimo Atto, Dust Hanter: Le Fogne di New York, Dust Hanter: Level Nine, Dust Hanter: Ricatto !, Endless, Nameless, Esherland, Etrusk, Fantasma del Teatro, Il, Febbre dell'Oro, La, Felix Hars, Felix Hars 2, Felix Hars 3, Foresta del Fato, La, Frank 'Hero' Russel: Missione Suicida, Frank 'Hero' Russel: Nel Campo Nemico, Fuga dal Laos, Fuga dal Laos 2, Fuga nel Tempo, Fuga nel Tempo II, Galeone Scomparso, Il, Giardino del Dilerio, Il, Gordon Smith: Metalcrunchers, Haakon ed i Fuorilegge, Haakon La Conte a di Erik, Herakles, Horror: Intermezzo di Mezzanotte, Horror: Un Posto Poco Tranquillo, Inigo Saxton: L'Ultimo Volo, Intruder: Prima Missione, Jacksoniani, I: Garmos, Jacksoniani, I: Quolz, Jan Sola, Jeff Waldon: Green Dimension, Jim Colley: Belle Donne a Singapore, John Brenner: Boston Celtics, Kalabur, Kato Shiki: La Strada Verso la Luce, Kenneth Johnson - Desperados, Kenneth Johnson - Wild West, Kim O'Brian - Professione Spia, Knight, The, Kurt Warren: Missione a Bangkok, Lancia del Potere e il Mastio Nero, la, Legado, El, Leggenda di Aralm, la, Lucius: Aut Cesar..., Magnus Tanner: Virus Delta, Magnus Tanner: Virus Delta II Ultimo Atto, Matt Coyle: Mesaggio dal Futuro, Missione Odessa, Missione Twain, Mistero della Piramide, Il, Mistero di Zambesi Waters, Il, Morgan Tyler - Eclypse, Morgan Tyler - Naufragio su Guyoth, Morgan Tyler - Street Trooper, Morte Sulla Terrazza, Moscow Summit, Murray Shannon - I Semi del Male, Murray Shannon: L'Orrore di Goldmine City, Mystere: Fuga Dal Castello di Lock Ness, Nashiro Hazu: La Forteza del Dragone, Nashiro Hazu: La Roccia del Destino, Naufragio delle stelle, Naufrago, Nigel Stevenson: Il Regno di Ghorr, Nigel Stevenson: La Legge di Thorus, Nigel Stevenson: La Rosa Scarlatta, Nigel Stevenson: La Valle Incantata, Nippo Kid, Nippo Kid: La Vela d'Oro, Orson Powell: Lycanthropus, Peter Burn: Intrigo a Napoli, Phebos: Mythos, Principessa Haura, La, Puma Silenzioso: La Pietra Di Luna, Rendez Vous con Halley, Rex Wright: L'Agente Impazzito, Rex Wright: Una Domenica alle Corse, Ricerca del Templo, La, Ring: I Falsificatori di Aloni, Ring: La Foresta di Fenor, Ring: Le Miniere di Uxkluk, Roberto Lopez: Il Segreto de Teohuacan, Roberto Lopez: Ritorno alla Locando du Sol, Roger Barrow: Bermuda Il Triangolo Maledetto 1, Roger Barrow: Il Mistero del Triangolo Maledetto 2, Roy Norton: Fuga nel tempo, Roy Norton: I Misteri di Villa Parson, Roy Norton: Missione Mistero, Roy Norton: Terrore al Castello, Ruby Rap, Ryan Milford, S.P.Q.R., Sam Benedict, Sam Crowford: Vecchi Pirati, Scarabe D' Oro, Lo: Il Tesoro del Capitano Kidd, Scarabeo D'Oro, Lo: La Seggiola del Diavolo, Segreto della Fenice, Il,: Il Sigillo dei Murnick, Segreto della Fenice, il: Il Giardino Del Delirio, Segreto della Fenice, Il: Le grotto di Ur Daw, Segreto della Fenice, il: Tempio delle Illusioni, Segreto della Fenice: Il lago Nero, Shaana: Asteroid, Sibilla, La, Signore di Blackwood, Il, So Far, Solara, Spadolin, Spadolin 2: All 'Ambasciata, Starchip: Fire Machine 1, Starchip: Fire Machine 2, Tajuplny Hrad, Ted Barret: Lager, Ted Barret: Naufragio nell'Atlantico, Teeny Tiny Text Adventure, Tempio Azteco, Il, Terminal, Terrore a Dunwich, Terry Jones - L'Occhio del Condor 2: Il Tempio, Terry Jones - L'Occhio del Condor I: Il Museo, Terry Jones: L'Oro dei Chibcha, Terry Jones: Montezuma, Thomas Bradly 1 - a Chinatown, Thomas Bradly 2, Thomas Bradly 3, Thomas Trampon, Top Secret, Trevor Scott: L'idolo di smeraldo, Trevor Scott: L'Isola della Paura, Ulrik - Il Ladro di Camelot, Valle Segreta, La, Varicella, Wanted - Caccia all'Uomo, Wanted- La Miniera Abbandonata, Xiria: Missione Atlantes, Yarkho - Il Cobra di Cristallo, Yarkho - Il Segreto di Obnyr, Zarion, Zarion 2, Zarion 3, Zombie a Deadville, Uno, Zona Quarta - 44 A.C., Zona Quarta : Attentato a Denver, Zoram il Guerriero - La Prova, Zoran il Guerriero - L'Ombra di Garmon
• New Solutions: Alcatraz 3 A Fuga Continua, Alcatraz a Fuga Impossivel, Conde de Monte Cristo, o, Crypt of Gabon, The, Esta en el Pantano, Esta en la Caja, Gruta de Maquine, Horror em Amityville, Ilha do Tesouro, A, Mission - XP2, Soap Land, Tomb of Death, Treasure of Elgon, The
• New Maps: Alcatraz a Fuga Impossivel, Alcatraz a Fuga Impossivel, Gruta de Maquine, Ilha do Tesouro, A, Slack Bladder
• New Fixed games: Aftermath of the Asimovian Disaster, Dog Star Adventure, Dracula's Castle, Gargoyle's Castle, House of the Seven Gables, King Tut's Tomb, Neptune's Caverns, Operation: Sabotage, Teeny Tiny Text Adventure
• Updated Solutions: Alcatraz a Fuga Impossivel, Esta en la Caja, Gruta de Maquine, Soap Land

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22-08-2013 (Gunness)

We've been added quite a lot of non-English games lately, and the clue sheets for Heyley's games are finally up as well. Thanks to all who have helped this time around. Oh, and thanks for the various comments about the Howarth interview. Glad it's being read.

Contributors: Gunness, Juan, Alex, Alastair, Tinker, Strident, lordroberts

• New Games: 07 Zglos Sie, 3D Chateau, Adventure on the Planet Akma, Aids, Alien, Amstroid, Animal Land Murder Case, Anna, Assylum, At the Sign of the Dancing Ogre, Attentat, Auftrag in der Bronx, Biat, Blaue Kristall, Der, Blauwe Rubin, der, Blue Crystal, Book of Shadows, The, Calife, Can you survive ?, Casa, La, Clinique Du Docteur Spounz, La, Common Sense, Cristal Bleu, Le, Crystal Theft, Dezeni Land, Dezeni world, Diamant von Rabenfels, Der, Digitaya, Down Under, Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I., Drachenland, Dragonsword, Dynamite, Escape from Byron Bay, Esherland, Excalibur, Fantasia, Festung des Todes, First Times, Flucht von Burg Grauenstein, die, Golden Flower Adventure, The, Goodnight Cruel World, Grab des Pharao, Gruene Wolkem, die, Gruft, Gruta de Maquine, Guillem de Bergueda, Harryfox Yki No Moah, Haunted Forest, Hazel, Horror em Amityville, Ilha di Tesouro, A, Insel der Smaragde, Die, Interieur, James Bond Adventure, John Clark - The Escape, Karuizawa Yukai Annai, Katakomben, Koenig, Lost Sword, The, Madhouse, Magnum Quest, Maldicao da Vila Sinistra, A, Matagal, Menphis, Merlin's Quest, Mundo perdido da Terceira Dimensao, O, Necromancien, Le, Orphee - Voyage Aux Enfers, Oxphar, Panic, Paradox, Pharaonengrab, Das, Platoon, Reise durch die Zeit, Report, Ruan, Sauvez Yurk, Sherlock Holmes, Sire Fire, Sire Fire 2, Sram, Sram 2, Star Trap, Star Trek, Tempio Maledetto, Il, Tensidachino Gogo, Terra Fugit, Thunderland, Thunderland II, Traveller, The, Vol en Plein Pacifique, Wing Man 2, Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood
• New Solutions: Adventure, Anna, Castle of Fear, Clutches of the Balrog, Magnum Quest, Paradox, Sire Fire, Thunderland, Thunderland II
• New Maps: Adventure, Castle of Fear, Guillem de Bergueda
• New Hints: Adventure, Castle of Fear
• New Fixed games: Adventure
• New Clue sheets: Dreamtime, Pirate's Peril, Stranded!, Taroda Scheme, The, Ultimate Prize, The
• Updated Solutions: Magnum Quest, Thunderland II

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07-08-2013 (Gunness)

It's been a while since our latest update, but work has continued behind the scenes. This time around I'm immensely pleased to present an interview with Brian Howarth, a classic game creator which many of you will be familiar with from his Mysterious Adventures series, Gremlins and others. I've been on the lookout for him for a number of years, so I was very thrilled when contact was finally established.

Brian is a very friendly and interesting chap, and I hope you enjoy reading the interview as much as I did conducting it.

In other news, a number of games have been added and a large number of Amstrad and TRS-80 screenshots have been added.

Contributors: iamaran, Gunness, Alex, Alastair, dave, Mousey, Eric Cubizolle, ChickenMan

• New Games: Enchanted Castle, The, Holiday, The, Java du Privé, La, Mur de Berlin va Sauter, Le, Oldorf's Revenge, Operation Kristos, Tiny Text Adventure, Unicorn Hunt, Verdigris
• New Solutions: Bounty, Dernier Métro, Le, Enchanted Castle, The, Gamerquest, Operation Kristos
• New Maps: Dernier Métro, Le
• New Fixed games: Devilry II
• New Clue sheets: Holiday, The, Holiday, The, Holiday, The
• Updated Solutions: Feasibility Experiment

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18-06-2013 (Gunness)

Quite a lot of new games - a particular thanks to ChickenMan for supplying lots of screenshots this time around (still need to add some of them).

Contributors: Gunness, iamaran, Mousey, Juan, Alastair, terri, Dorothy

• New Games: Accuse, Asylum, Atom Quest, Bounty, Broken Friend, A, Cendrillon, Doom Valley, Escape!, Excalibur Quest, Glaive Magique, La, Hawaii, Hyperspace Aventures Spatio-Temporelles, Invitation, Joyaux De Babylone, Les, Labynotaure, Manoir Maudit, Le, Mansion, Mission Secrete A Colditz, Montsegur, Mouse Maze, Quest for the Africa Diamond, Quest for the Holy Grail, Route de Samarcande, La, Symphonie, Temple du Soleil, Le
• New Solutions: Escape!, Forest Adventure, Lost Children, The, Mouse Maze, Passport to Death, Valley of the Pharaohs
• New Hints: Mouse Maze
• Updated Solutions: Cranmore Diamond Caper, The, Lost Children, The

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06-05-2013 (Gunness)

I'm doing my best to salvage information on the Amstrad games mentioned in the news update from April 23. Some of these are included with this week's update.

Contributors: Gunness, Juan, iamaran, Amby, Alastair, dave

• New Games: Affaire Santa Fe, L', Candy, Castle of the Alchemists, Cliff Diver 2 Purchase Sight Unseen, Cliff Diver: Investigator For Hire, Devilry II, Dungeon of Doom, Forgotten Nightmare II, The: A New Reality, Lost New York, Maraudeur, Le, Microsoft Adventure, Mission Pour Pachebran, Moulinsart, Multi-Dimensional Thief, The, Mystique, Nam, Pépé Béquilles, Passager du Temps, Le, Past Tense, Phenix Noir, Qin, Recherche Miss X Desesperement, Rift, The, Sir Guy Gallant and the Deadly Warning, Tenebres, The Stolen - Landmark?! - of Delos, Things That Go Bump in the Night, The, Urban Cleanup, Waystation, Wizard's Castle, The
• New Solutions: Multi-Dimensional Thief, The
• Updated Hints: Fernando Poo: Part 1
• Updated Maps: Fernando Poo: Part 1
• Updated Solutions: Fernando Poo: Part 1

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29-04-2013 (Gunness)

I've been leafing (pdf'ing?) through old issues of the classic TRS-80 magazine 80 Micro. A few new - well, old actually - games saw the light of day again.
Contributors: Gunness, devwebcl

• New Games: Almazar I, Assignment 45, Caves of the Orb, Collegiate Capers, Ghostly Castle, Murder at the Manor, Sultan's Palace

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23-04-2013 (Gunness)

I'm still working my way through the list of submitted material. A special thank you to Juan for his work on the Amstrad section. Unfortunately it seems as if one of the most useful Amstrad resources, CPC Power, is down for the count, so for the time being it isn't available for our research. Too bad. Other than that, as usual thanks to all contributors. There's more to come!

Contributors: Gunness, Juan, dave, Amby, iamaran, John137, IstenNyila, Alastair, Alex, johncl

• New Games: Autre Aventure, L', Bad Max, Bagne De Nepharia, Le, Bump, Ca Va Peter Zorglub, Chateau Enchante, Le, Forgotten Nightmare, The, Holocauste, Hopital Danger!, Humbug, Jacaranda Jim, Jaws - Le Dernier Etalon, Jingle Bells, Johnny Proot 2, L'Ivresse De L'Or, Lost Slipper, The, Mad Painter, The, Marmelade, Omeyad, Pirate Island, Rat Connection, Rose Gardens, Single Extreme Freedom, Space Mission, Sphaira, Time Warden
• New Solutions: Castle Dracula, Fortune Valley, Ghost Town, Humbug, Jacaranda Jim, Land of Tezrel, Scepter, The, Search for Princess Lavinia, The, Sherlock Holmes: The Lamberley Mystery, Space Detective, Wizard Adventure
• New Maps: Ghost Town, Land of Tezrel
• New Hints: Cavern's City
• Updated Maps: Land of Tezrel
• Updated Solutions: Castle Dracula, Land of Tezrel, Scepter, The

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14-03-2013 (Gunness)

It's been too long since the latest update and we have an embarassingly long backlog. Ouch. I'll do my best to get most of it out of the way within the next days. But I'm awfully pleased that you've all been so active.

Contributors: Amby, Starscream, devwebcl, iamaran, Alastair, Dorothy

• New Games: Dragon's Keep, Las Vegas, Marketing Adventure, Space Station, Tower Escape, Ultimate Nightmare, World Domination
• New Solutions: Lost Treasure of King Raybon, The, Ultimate Nightmare, World Domination
• New Maps: Crown of Mardan
• Updated Solutions: Aural Quest, World Domination

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17-02-2013 (Alastair)

Following the news in the previous update about the solution to a long unsolved BBC adventure comes news in this update about the solution to another long unsolved BBC adventure. Take a bow Crown of Mardan, though this time the problem in solving the game lay mostly in the fact that until recently a bug-free version was not available from the usual suspects.

Contributors: Gunness, Starscream, iamaran, Amby, Alastair, Mr Creosote, terri, Alex

• New Games: Crimson Crown, The, Fairground Fantasy, Golden Wombat of Destiny, The, Intra Terrestrial, Life, the Universe and Everything, Pirates Ahoy, Quest of Kukulcan, Quest, The, Ring Quest, Tulgey Woods, Under the Ice, Vespozian Affair, The, Zoo, The
• New Solutions: Battune the Sailor, Crown of Mardan, Feasibility Experiment, Soap Land
• New Maps: Feasibility Experiment, Phantom's Revenge, The
• New Hints: Crown of Mardan
• New Fixed games: Brass Helm, The, Holy Horrors
• Updated Fixed games: Holy Horrors
• Updated Maps: Crusader Gold, Holy Horrors
• Updated Solutions: Brass Helm, The, Crusader Gold, Feasibility Experiment, Holy Horrors