The instructions clear up why the game seemed to be "bugged"
Well, I still think it was bugged, even if it's possible to win. With the random numbers which aren't actually random, the first two games will always be lost: I don't think it was intended! Or if it was, it's terrible game design... and ...
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- Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:53 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Mines of Saturn, early adventure for the Spectrum 16K
- Replies: 38
- Views: 9005
- Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:10 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
Terri,
not a solution but instructions for the game. You can find them via the compilation link at WoS. Or go directly to the compilation page by clicking the link below.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek ... id=0013481
not a solution but instructions for the game. You can find them via the compilation link at WoS. Or go directly to the compilation page by clicking the link below.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek ... id=0013481
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:01 am
- 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
I did get around to reading the instructions :)
If you die you are supposed to type G 1 [enter] the game will then restart. (For this to work on a Spectrum 128 you have to start in "48 BASIC" and load the game with LOAD "".)
So using the original game I found that after two deaths and restarts ...
If you die you are supposed to type G 1 [enter] the game will then restart. (For this to work on a Spectrum 128 you have to start in "48 BASIC" and load the game with LOAD "".)
So using the original game I found that after two deaths and restarts ...
- Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:29 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
The first download on the World of Spectrum page may be bugged, thanks Eriorg, but the second "MinesOfSaturn(different).tzx.zip" appears to work.
Re. Uploading, as Eriorg has discovered, if a forum will not accept a certain extension then you can almost always zip it up and post the zip, this also ...
Re. Uploading, as Eriorg has discovered, if a forum will not accept a certain extension then you can almost always zip it up and post the zip, this also ...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:46 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Reviews - your input needed!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3959
Re: Reviews - your input needed!
Weren't we going to call it "Atmosphere"?Gunness wrote:- Writing: originality and atmosphere. Any graphics are mentioned here, too - which makes the category name a bit misleading, but it was the best we could come up with
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:44 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Reviews - your input needed!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3959
Re: Reviews - your input needed!
Re. Cruelty and Frustration
When I first thought of what was originally called "Fairness" I was thinking more in terms of frustration rather than winnable/unwinnable, in fact I was not even aware of Andrew Plotkin's scale. I have no problems with games where you can die or get into situations where ...
When I first thought of what was originally called "Fairness" I was thinking more in terms of frustration rather than winnable/unwinnable, in fact I was not even aware of Andrew Plotkin's scale. I have no problems with games where you can die or get into situations where ...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 12:01 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Reviews - your input needed!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3959
Re: Reviews - your input needed!
Jacob,
you forgot to mention that a problem with "Winnable/Unwinnable" (apart from the ugly terms - does anyone have better suggestions?) is that unless you have completed an adventure it can difficult to know if a game is "always winnable."
Note that the "Frustration" scale can be expanded, I ...
you forgot to mention that a problem with "Winnable/Unwinnable" (apart from the ugly terms - does anyone have better suggestions?) is that unless you have completed an adventure it can difficult to know if a game is "always winnable."
Note that the "Frustration" scale can be expanded, I ...
- Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:51 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Forum updated
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2219
Re: Forum updated
Good job, here's hoping that it keeps the spammers at bay.
By the way, there is some discrepancy between the type sizes in the two available board styles as can be seen in the following combined screen shot.
'Prosilver' is on the left, 'Subsilver2' on the right.
By the way, there is some discrepancy between the type sizes in the two available board styles as can be seen in the following combined screen shot.
'Prosilver' is on the left, 'Subsilver2' on the right.
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:48 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: chalice of mostania (apple)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4047
- Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:41 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: chalice of mostania (apple)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4047
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:01 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Elysian Fields
- Replies: 52
- Views: 21691
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:50 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Paranormal/Occult/Horror Themed Games
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8070
By the way, I once read somewhere that CRL's Dracula was the first computer game ever to be censored (in England). Anyone else heard about this?
Yes, I remember this, too. Much hullabaloo was made over the fact, and concerned psychologists were certain that the ...erm.... highly realistic images ...
Yes, I remember this, too. Much hullabaloo was made over the fact, and concerned psychologists were certain that the ...erm.... highly realistic images ...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:15 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Spammers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1821
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:07 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: MannInBlackk Spam
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3327
MannInBlackk Spam
It's possible that most if not everyone on this forum has received a private message from "MannInBlackk." This is spam, whatever you do, do not click on the link in that message.
- Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:44 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Elysian Fields
- Replies: 52
- Views: 21691