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by Alastair
Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:28 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: New site - bug reports
Replies: 45
Views: 15299

Re: New site - bug reports

This is best illustrated with an example. If you look at page http://solutionarchive.com/game/id,1203/ you will note that the various resources do not line up with their respective creators. This isn't the only page where this occurs, but it is the page that had me clicking on the wrong links when I ...
by Alastair
Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:12 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Fixed games
Replies: 14
Views: 4821

Re: Fixed games

There's still one game where I am not sure what I fixed :D The best I've managed is to find is a line stating that a flag was being compared against the wrong variable...

But, that's not why I am posting. I've just uploaded a fix for another game (A Message from Deep Space http://solutionarchive ...
by Alastair
Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:40 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One updates
Replies: 22
Views: 6487

Re: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One upd

Meantime, it's not really slowing us down - I actually don't think there's that much of a need to load a part into the game beforehand, from what we've seen so far. It's not even as though the main game allows you to check your SCORE.

Sam.
One problem that will arise is that Strider will not ...
by Alastair
Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:30 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One updates
Replies: 22
Views: 6487

Re: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One upd

I'm going on memory here, but I think that there is a pattern to the movement of the black riders. If you work out the pattern you should be able to avoid them.

Re. loading the ending of 1A into 1B. This is something I haven't tried, but is it possible to switch to a blank disc and save the game ...
by Alastair
Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:14 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One updates
Replies: 22
Views: 6487

Re: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One upd

Anyone got any suggestions on how to get the candle if you're not Frodo, without committing hobbiticide? I've tried everything I can think of - the mayor's office location with the dummy and the medallion make me think there might be some way to bluff past the guard or get rid of him, but I can't ...
by Alastair
Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:33 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One updates
Replies: 22
Views: 6487

Re: BBC Micro - The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings: Game One upd

I have finally got around to trying the remastered BBC version. It's a bit different from the C64 version I played in that the C64 version has two parts, but in this version those two parts are further subdivided into two sections each. This complicates matters as it appears that you cannot move ...
by Alastair
Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:31 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Fixed games
Replies: 14
Views: 4821

Re: Fixed games

Suggestion: when uploading a fixed file, please include a brief textfile explaining what has been fixed.
Is this a comment for the admins, or information for everyone using the site? If the latter then where should we put this information, a text file included with the game in the zip file or ...
by Alastair
Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:52 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Platform distinction
Replies: 19
Views: 7392

Re: Platform distinction

I'm certainly no expert on Spectrum, so I set up the 16K as a separate platform as I was under the impression that it was a completely different range of machines (like the ZX81). But perhaps I'm wrong?
I'm no Spectrum expert, but the Wikipedia article seems to indicate the only difference between ...
by Alastair
Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:00 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Platform distinction
Replies: 19
Views: 7392

Re: Platform distinction

What about all the various mainframes? I can see that on some game sites, mainframes are divided into a plethora of platforms? But for our purposes, isn't it more useful to place them all in one group? I'm not all that familiar with those computers. Well you already know my answer to that, but for ...
by Alastair
Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:27 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Penguin Software / Polarware
Replies: 12
Views: 6698

Re: Penguin Software / Polarware

I'm waiting for some flash of inspiration on how best to deal with this. Perhaps someone else has some ideas on how to best tackle this problem.
Hint! Hint! :D
by Alastair
Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:52 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Penguin Software / Polarware
Replies: 12
Views: 6698

Re: Penguin Software / Polarware

I'll try and make an example. Say that there used to be a company called OldNameSoft which published the following:
Adventure Game A
Adventure Game B
Adventure Game C

At a later date this company became NewNameWare and published:
Adventure Game C (again)
Adventure Game D
Adventure Game E ...
by Alastair
Sat Jun 19, 2010 6:39 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Penguin Software / Polarware
Replies: 12
Views: 6698

Re: Penguin Software / Polarware

The alternative, adding both companies as separate tags to the game, might indicate that the game was developed by two different companies, which isn't correct, of course.
I thought company meant who published the game rather than the developer, with Magnetic Scrolls being the notable exception ...
by Alastair
Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:23 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Penguin Software / Polarware
Replies: 12
Views: 6698

Penguin Software / Polarware

As Penguin Software and Polarware are the same company all of their games should appear in the same company search. What is the best way to achieve this? Should all of their games be labelled as both Penguin Software and Polarware (1), or is it possible to have a redirection so that a search for ...
by Alastair
Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:30 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Games everybody should know
Replies: 17
Views: 9720

Re: Games everybody should know

I'm not too familiar with the modern scene so I'll stick to listing games from the classic era. This list is based partly on my experience but mostly on what I've read about the early history of text adventures, so the list is biased towards historical interest.

Colossal Cave Adventure ...
by Alastair
Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:28 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: What happens to the image comments?
Replies: 3
Views: 1729

Re: What happens to the image comments?

I get it now, these are comments to help the admins rather than comments to explain or highlight anything interesting about the images to anyone viewing the images.

So I'll have to find another means to explain why one of the images for Aquanaut 471 is black and white when the others are in colour ...