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by dave
Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:33 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: seventh star
Replies: 50
Views: 24379

Okay, I'm now stuck on getting the blueprints out from the secure area. I can open the doors, but they only stay open for about 4 moves.

Jacob, you've said that you've got the blueprints out of this area before - how did you manage it?
by dave
Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:49 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: seventh star
Replies: 50
Views: 24379

I believe I may have found the nasty trap that we're all stuck in.

We have all bought the batteries to power the scanner. But you can use the power unit to do the same thing, thus allowing you to use the briefcase. Then we can use the wire on the briefcase to get the ebonite rod.
by dave
Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:18 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: seventh star
Replies: 50
Views: 24379

The ladder leads to a deserted street with only the phone box and the disused shop present - have I missed an exit somewhere?

Ignore that - found it!
by dave
Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:05 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Tips on writing a solution please
Replies: 6
Views: 2367

As Jacob says - it's all up to your personal style - I'm more verbose than most people, but for the basics, all you need is a set of commands.

It's a good idea to do a map, and everybody has their own favourite mapping tool (I use GUEmap, some people use ifmapper, some people just draw it).

One ...
by dave
Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:02 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: seventh star
Replies: 50
Views: 24379

Hmmm... I can't work out how to get the robot out of the dark subterranean passage?

Also, I'm lazy - can somebody pass me the routes through the mazes?
by dave
Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:44 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: seventh star
Replies: 50
Views: 24379

Just playing catch up; the help on this thread has been useful! (also to bump it)
by dave
Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:03 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Haunted Abbey (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 3977

Really just a thread showing all games for a platform cross referenced with the current solutions and whether it's unsolvable, or who's doing them, e.g.:

Seventh Star - being played by terri, dave and Gunness
Broken Game - crashes out with "no room" at line 1280
by dave
Sun Jul 26, 2009 5:59 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Haunted Abbey (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 3977

I've already got the disc image (another one I've had since 2002)! I'll have a bash at it first then give a shout. I also seem to have a partial map from last year!

I wonder whether we should set up some generic threads about the status of some games.
by dave
Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:48 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Haunted Abbey (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 3977

Jacob had pretty much completed it - all I had to do was work out the last puzzle and test the walkthrough!
by dave
Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:26 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Haunted Abbey (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 3977

Just to let people know, 'tis now solved (and cause me to find that I've played this before - 7 years ago, though Jacob got further than I)!
by dave
Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:51 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Now I'm worried...
Replies: 6
Views: 3898

Hmmm I can see it now

You are in profile page of a social networking tool. There are 1,254,123 people here.

You can also see a mailbox
> OPEN MAILBOX
A prompt comes up: please waiting, downloading.

You are in profile page of a social networking tool. There are 1,254,456 people here.
by dave
Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:07 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Now I'm worried...
Replies: 6
Views: 3898

Ah: a quick web search came across this article:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-06-12-n15.html

Jacob, by any chance have you let FB look at your email contacts (I know I haven't)? I doubt it'd be Doreen or Terri as they've always used a different email address to talk to me!

I'm going to ...
by dave
Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:59 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Haunted Abbey (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 3977

I've got a copy of this on my home computer so I can have a look. IMing or emailing me what you've already got would be useful though.
by dave
Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:57 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Now I'm worried...
Replies: 6
Views: 3898

That's the scary bit - in FB I have nothing to related to classic text adventures, nor any shared friends that are either (one friend I do have is big in the Spectrum emulation scene, but that's it).

The only thing that could link me is my name (though I have a common name) and the fact that I'm ...
by dave
Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Now I'm worried...
Replies: 6
Views: 3898

Now I'm worried...

Facebook has just suggested that I add Jacob as a friend. How the (insert swearword here) did it get that?

I have no privacy any more :-(