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by Alastair
Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:40 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: New site - bug reports
Replies: 45
Views: 15299

Re: New site - bug reports

A question about solution and hint files. I've uploaded a couple of standard text files for Aquanaut 471 but their formatting goes awry when viewing them on the site. That is, the lines don't wrap, so you need to use the horizontal scrollbar to read the whole line. Is there a way round this, or ...
by Alastair
Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:27 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: What happens to the image comments?
Replies: 3
Views: 1729

What happens to the image comments?

When adding an image there is an option to fill in a comment field, but when the images are displayed these comments do not appear. What is the purpose of these comments, and where do they go?
by Alastair
Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:20 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: New site - bug reports
Replies: 45
Views: 15299

Re: New site - bug reports

Gunness wrote:The "-" games have always been freeware.
Be careful of this, there were occasions where programmers sold their own games directly to the public - these programs were definitely not freeware.
by Alastair
Sat May 29, 2010 4:54 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

It was on an emulated C64. I can't recall the emulator, but I do remember thinking it was a minor triumph to get part 2 to load the save game from the end of part 1. I hope you have an easier time when it comes to the transfer.

Incidentally, I played all four characters, which characters are you ...
by Alastair
Fri May 28, 2010 11:24 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: New site - bug reports
Replies: 45
Views: 15299

Re: New site - bug reports

Why does the company "Nebula Designs Software" appear twice? Once at the top of the list, the other occasion where you expect it to be.
by Alastair
Fri May 28, 2010 10:47 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

Samwise,
regarding part 2 of LotR, I actually worked out how to deal with the Gimli and the Elf problem without the need to send Gimli away. So if you need help when you reach that part just post a request. Now all I need to do is find my notes or try and remember...
by Alastair
Fri May 28, 2010 10:40 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Scope of the site
Replies: 22
Views: 6752

Re: Scope of the site

Someone could review the unofficial conversions and make a note in the review that it is an unofficial conversion.

Or, perhaps a less onerous task would be for someone to use the commenting system to post a comment for each game saying that an unofficial conversion of the game exists for whatever ...
by Alastair
Thu May 27, 2010 10:10 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Tunnelmaze, Underground Adventure et.al.
Replies: 7
Views: 3287

Re: Tunnelmaze, Underground Adventure et.al.

I found this via Google: Link to Greenwich Council library catalogue search (and remember to click on the other two pages).

I don't know if there were any more books but the list seems pretty comprehensive.
by Alastair
Wed May 26, 2010 10:30 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Tunnelmaze, Underground Adventure et.al.
Replies: 7
Views: 3287

Re: Tunnelmaze, Underground Adventure et.al.

Duckworth published a number of books written by Peter Gerrard called "Exploring Adventures on the X" where X is a computer platform. The meat of the book was how to program adventure games in BASIC, with the development of "Underground" being the example, Tunnelmaze and Castlemaze were listed at ...
by Alastair
Wed May 26, 2010 1:01 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Platform distinction
Replies: 19
Views: 7392

Re: Platform distinction

Re. BBC / Electron, would having them grouped together be any more inconvenient to Electron users than for Spectrum 16 users having the Spectrum 16 and Spectrum 48 grouped together?
by Alastair
Wed May 26, 2010 12:55 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Scope of the site
Replies: 22
Views: 6752

Re: Scope of the site

Personally I think that giving separate tags to text-only and text-with-graphics adventures is a bad idea. As Dave noted there are many games that were originally released as text-only adventures, then were later released with graphics added, so for these games the text-only/text-with-graphics ...
by Alastair
Fri May 21, 2010 11:07 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: New site - bug reports
Replies: 45
Views: 15299

Re: New site - bug reports

Mr Creosote wrote:Done (link in the top right box). Alastair, is this what you wanted?
Yes, it looks perfect. Thanks.
by Alastair
Fri May 21, 2010 12:37 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: New site - bug reports
Replies: 45
Views: 15299

Re: New site - bug reports

Something I missed during testing, as back then I had administrator privileges.

When submitting updates there does not seem to be any means that allows a standard member to view the updates that he has submitted. So unless you have an outstanding memory (or you are organised) it is very easy to ...
by Alastair
Wed May 19, 2010 11:38 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: New site - bug reports
Replies: 45
Views: 15299

Re: New site - bug reports

This must be the biggest bug of all - where's the entry for THE adventure, the one by William Crowther and Don Woods?
by Alastair
Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:56 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Mines of Saturn, early adventure for the Spectrum 16K
Replies: 38
Views: 9005

Re: Mines of Saturn, early adventure for the Spectrum 16K

Gunness wrote:Sometimes I feel like I missed out on a great game, and sometimes.... well, let's just say that the last few posts had me convinced that I don't particularly need to try MoS ;)
Ha! Ha! You know you want to play it...