I'm not fundamentally opposed to the genres/tags being used like Sam described (IIRC that's how we initially discussed them working). But, and this is a big but, how do we classify those games that can be both textual and text/graphic, depending on the flavour of release?
For example, the lion's ...
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- Tue May 25, 2010 7:55 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Scope of the site
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6752
- Tue May 25, 2010 7:44 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Platform distinction
- Replies: 19
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Re: Platform distinction
Most (not all) Acorn Electron games will run on a BBC Micro. However, the reverse is not so true. The Electron was effectively a cut-down version of the beeb for the home market and is missing a number of features - notably the base system lacked the teletext MODE 7, which was often used for beeb ...
- Sun May 23, 2010 5:48 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: New site - bug reports
- Replies: 45
- Views: 15299
Re: New site - bug reports
I've changed the info icon to be a few pixels smaller - hopefully that's better for most people.
- Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:23 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Quest for the Power Rod
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8160
Re: Quest for the Power Rod
I used a combo of two programs to take a look inside the game: Grackle and Ungac.
Glad to know my program (grackle) is getting used :-) (I wrote it to allow the playing of games, but this is harder than dumping them.)
I haven't updated it for a couple of years, so if you want anything added or ...
Glad to know my program (grackle) is getting used :-) (I wrote it to allow the playing of games, but this is harder than dumping them.)
I haven't updated it for a couple of years, so if you want anything added or ...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:06 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8268
Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
Bah... The only IF I ever finished writing was time travel and adolescent humour - if only I could have a few words with my teenage self.darius wrote:Another suggestion for overutilized themes: Time Travel
- Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:12 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8268
An underutilized "theme" seems to be humour (not the adolescent type). Maybe it's difficult to write a funny game based on a funny book, for example. Though I did like the ones that had Aunt Matilda in them. Or games that have allusions and references to all kinds of things, like a spoof of various ...
- Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:31 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
- Replies: 31
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A quick search on Google brought me to:
http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/PROC/people/pki/pki.html
If you look under RISC OS software he owns up to having rewritten some of his games in inform (and has links).
http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/PROC/people/pki/pki.html
If you look under RISC OS software he owns up to having rewritten some of his games in inform (and has links).
- Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:56 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: lamberly mystery
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4021
- Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Gallery of Zork
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4637
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:01 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Programmer(s) needed
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- Views: 6317
- Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:47 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: A visitor from space
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- Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:05 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: A visitor from space
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- Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:38 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: seventh star
- Replies: 50
- Views: 24374
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:31 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: seventh star
- Replies: 50
- Views: 24374