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by Gunness
Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:07 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Genre Suggestions
Replies: 48
Views: 26316

Re: Genre Suggestions

In my book (or game, as it were), a "Pirates" game has swashbuckling, high seas adventure and (often) treasure hunting as an integral part of the gameplay. So, if you were to substitute "pirates" with something else, you'd get a different game.

The genre category consists of both settings (western ...
by Gunness
Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:27 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Genre Suggestions
Replies: 48
Views: 26316

Re: Genre Suggestions

I have added "Pirates" as a genre, as there seem to be quite a few pirate-themed games. If anyone feels this is a downright terrible idea, or if they think this genre can be expanded in any meaningful way, so that it might encompass more games, please feel free to suggest this.
by Gunness
Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:30 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 7
Views: 2763

Re: X-Men

Wow, he's fast :)
"Marvel was nice enough to give me full creative license. So I was picking
the titles, writing the plot outlines etc. It was a lot of fun. For the
record I was not sure myself what each title was going to be until I started
on it :)"
by Gunness
Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:27 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 7
Views: 2763

Re: X-Men

Bombs away - I've emailed him.
by Gunness
Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:58 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Get Lamp
Replies: 44
Views: 237500

Re: Get Lamp

For what it's worth, I'm eternally grateful for your efforts in this matter.
by Gunness
Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:40 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 7
Views: 2763

Re: X-Men

Aye, we could. Good suggestion. Anyone feel like contacting him?
by Gunness
Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:14 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: M25!
Replies: 18
Views: 11002

Re: M25!

Good point. It's a keeper! And yes, it's a lousy joke.
As promised, I've set up a general thread about the topic. Hope you'll want to weigh in with your opinions :)
by Gunness
Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:11 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: What games should we include?
Replies: 19
Views: 86674

What games should we include?

The subject has popped up on a number of occasions, and I'm not one to kill a good debate :)

Our core game type is the "pure" text adventure (with or without accompanying graphics a la Magnetic Scrolls), and I don't see that changing, so the purists needn't worry ;)
But with our game count now well ...
by Gunness
Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:38 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 7
Views: 2763

Re: X-Men

Right. But then, there's planning, and there's...planning. On one hand, 12 games were supposedly planned, and on the other there's the linked text that mention that a handful of characters are "likely to star". Incidentally the mentioned characters are the only ones ever to materialize, and I can't ...
by Gunness
Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:46 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: M25!
Replies: 18
Views: 11002

Re: M25!

Looking at the description, the screenshot and the solution, I'd say "Adventure" is by far the best genre classification you can give to this piece of software (under the premise of calling it a game). The player is presented with a location description and a command prompt. Inputs are passed to ...
by Gunness
Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:35 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 7
Views: 2763

Re: X-Men

I can see that several of us have been updating our entry for X-Men :)
Excellent - it's always interesting to learn more.

Does anyone know how much merit there was to the claim that a whopping 12 games were planned? It seemed quite ambitious. Were any additional titles announced?
by Gunness
Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:52 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: M25!
Replies: 18
Views: 11002

M25!

I'm not sure if M25 qualifies as an adventure, if the whole point is just going in one direction all the time?
by Gunness
Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:38 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: I'm surprised (and happy) that people still play these games
Replies: 8
Views: 4586

Re: I'm surprised (and happy) that people still play these g

Hi Mark,
I have sent you a PM :)

I'll give the game a go later this week, as the selection of Android titles isn't exactly overwhelming.

Cheers,
Jacob
by Gunness
Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:12 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: The classic Sierra On-Line Adventures
Replies: 9
Views: 3446

Re: The classic Sierra On-Line Adventures

There are some entries on the site for games that are not strictly type in adventures, I'm sure Jacob has a logical explanation as to why these games have entries...
At least some of these are here for "historical" reasons - for instance, there were a lot of requests for Maniac Mansion at a ...
by Gunness
Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:09 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: About The Guild, The Guild Adv. Software & Adv. Workshop...
Replies: 5
Views: 5703

Re: About The Guild, The Guild Adv. Software & Adv. Workshop

Opinions?

THe only reason I'm pursuing this is that in all likelihood there will be similar cases down the road.