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by darius
Sun Oct 30, 2016 1:06 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Worm in Paradise and Return to Eden in CP/M
Replies: 2
Views: 2792

Re: Worm in Paradise and Return to Eden in CP/M

Hey, I'm playing Return to Eden right now in an Amiga Emulator (on a Linux machine). It's got charming graphics and the invaluable commands: oops and ram save/ram load. Quite challenging and fun, as was Snowball when I played it a couple of months back.
by darius
Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:56 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Ripper Help - Avalon Hill 1984
Replies: 7
Views: 3211

Re: C64 Ripper Help - Avalon Hill 1984

Fun Xmas tradition! :D
by darius
Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:15 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Vacation Gone Awry
Replies: 7
Views: 3973

Re: Vacation Gone Awry

How about 'Designed on the C64 in 1988 and implemented (and expanded) in Inform in 2001'? :thumb:
by darius
Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:03 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Leadlight - a brand new horror adventure for the Apple II
Replies: 9
Views: 4237

Re: Leadlight - a brand new horror adventure for the Apple I

Here is another thought. Why even separate the two? It's not like the forum is flooded by messages.
by darius
Sun Nov 07, 2010 6:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?
Replies: 12
Views: 38263

Re: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?

Well, there is Textfyre , too... ;)

Indeed, you're right. Thanks for reminding me. They have been around for a while. I went there and saw that they are selling The Shadow in the Cathedral in a Hobbyist Edition which can be played in any Glulx interpreter so I just bought it in the hopes to be ...
by darius
Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:29 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?
Replies: 12
Views: 38263

Re: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?

Gunness wrote:In the plus column, everybody, please remember that this project should finally give Howard Sherman/Malinche's repeated claims of being the only publisher of IF the kiss of death.
Hilarious! That alone is worth $10 I think. :D
by darius
Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:56 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?
Replies: 12
Views: 38263

Re: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?

@dave Am I correct to assume that your feelings about Apple takes precedence over your feelings about text adventures? ;)
by darius
Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:59 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?
Replies: 12
Views: 38263

Re: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?

I agree with you, actually, or rather, agreed. Initially I was a bit miffed about Andrew Plotkin only wanting to support the iPhone-platform, but after reading his explainations and giving it a thought on my own I'm reasoning like this:

a) If I back him now I will get a version I can play, i.e. the ...
by darius
Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:59 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?
Replies: 12
Views: 38263

Are you kickstarting Andrew Plotkin?

I am. I'm backing him with $25 because I think he's the closest to Infocom and Magnetic Scrolls we have nowdays and now he wants to go writing text adventures full-time. Who wouldn't want to kickstart him?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zarf/hadean-lands-interactive-fiction-for-the-iphone

or ...
by darius
Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:53 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Retro Gamer 82: The Making of… Leather Goddesses Of Phobos
Replies: 6
Views: 21012

Re: Retro Gamer 82: The Making of… Leather Goddesses Of Phob

Now that would be terrorific... no, phantasmiastic... no, fabulouistious... eh, there are no words for how great it would be to have Mr Meretzky in this forum.
by darius
Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:54 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Retro Gamer 82: The Making of… Leather Goddesses Of Phobos
Replies: 6
Views: 21012

Retro Gamer 82: The Making of… Leather Goddesses Of Phobos

Issue 82 of Retro Gamer has a 4 page article about the making of Leather Goddesses Of Phobos. I bought the magazine today mostly because of that article (but I have nothing against retro in general :) ). I haven't read it yet but it seems to be an interview with Steve Meretzky.
The cover can be ...
by darius
Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:48 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Retro Gamer: The Making of…Zork and Magnetic Scrolls feature
Replies: 5
Views: 7075

Re: Retro Gamer: The Making of…Zork and Magnetic Scrolls fea

Samwise wrote:
Apparently, there's something else adventure-y planned for issue 80 too.
I wonder, was there something of interest in issue 80 of Retro Gamer?
by darius
Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:19 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: House of Death - Oric/Atmos
Replies: 11
Views: 3333

Re: House of Death - Oric/Atmos

I'm sure you did this but I'm asking just in case: did you try to remove REDHERRING from his email address?
by darius
Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:30 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Real-time games
Replies: 7
Views: 6603

Re: Real-time games

A "real-time" tag is very interesting to those playing games in an emulator. If time goes on by itself like in The Hobbit it is not advisable to run the emulator at a higher speed (e.g. to increase the speed of graphics-drawing). That's one reason to prefer "true" turn-based games; you can increase ...
by darius
Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:25 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Retro Gamer: The Making of…Zork and Magnetic Scrolls feature
Replies: 5
Views: 7075

Re: Retro Gamer: The Making of…Zork and Magnetic Scrolls fea

I never heard about the Beatles game until I read about it in Retro Gamer, which made it an even funnier read. Seems like a strange game, yes.