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by Strident
Wed Sep 24, 2025 11:30 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Porting Warlord (Argus Specialist Publications) to Inform 6
Replies: 7
Views: 10265

Re: Porting Warlord (Argus Specialist Publications) to Inform 6

Good spot. Yep, looking at the listings, Warlord is a version of Giant's Gold.
https://archive.org/details/micro-adventurer-01/page/n41/
https://www.flaxcottage.com/GamesComputing/8405.pdf

No credit listed in Games Computing, so potentially Paul Price could still have been the one who also ...
by Strident
Sun Aug 24, 2025 11:55 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: World of SAM downloads
Replies: 0
Views: 13298

World of SAM downloads

The World of SAM have relaxed their policy on software in their archives so now a lot more games (that were preserved but didn't have express permission from the original authors to be hosted, as they couldn't be contacted) are now available.

This does include some text adventures that weren't ...
by Strident
Mon Aug 04, 2025 8:07 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Magic Mirror broken link
Replies: 1
Views: 34416

Re: Magic Mirror broken link

I've amended the entry.
by Strident
Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:30 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site
Replies: 11
Views: 51067

Re: Information Regarding The if-archive.org. Web Site

There's a thread with an explanation on intfiction:
Here’s the details:

We received this advice from our lawyer on Monday and it said “do this now”. So we got to work.

The restriction applies to the following directories (including subdirectories):

https://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/
https ...
by Strident
Fri Aug 01, 2025 11:12 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted
Replies: 82
Views: 367283

Re: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted


I think Grimble https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C2879/Grimble.html is a duplicate of Crimble https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C2651/Crimble.html , given that Crimble is a.k.a. Grimble.

Yeah, that's another old artifact from WOS, I think. It's currently correctly listed as just a single ...
by Strident
Fri Aug 01, 2025 11:07 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted
Replies: 82
Views: 367283

Re: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted

iamaran wrote: Tue Jul 29, 2025 6:52 pm Avior https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C912/Avior.html
and
Avoir https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C2523/Avoir.html
are duplicates.

They both have a solution and map.
Merged the entries and moved over wilko's map & solution.
by Strident
Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:27 am
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If it's using most of the memory of the PAW then it's unlikely to work with certain Spectrum 128K models (there wasn't as much free memory for PAW on the +3 for example). So it may depend on the accuracy of the emulator you're using and/or the model of Spectrum you've got loaded.
by Strident
Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:27 am
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<t>Yeah, emulating the bog-standard 128K will be the best bet. The later Amstrad models may cause issues. In PAW you lost 4K of page 6 and all of page 7 of the memory on the +3 for example, for the disc code and ram disc, so although Polearn will load, it won't work correctly. (Or work on the later ...
by Strident
Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:27 am
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If it's using most of the memory of the PAW then it's unlikely to work with certain Spectrum 128K models (there wasn't as much free memory for PAW on the +3 for example). So it may depend on the accuracy of the emulator you're using and/or the model of Spectrum you've got loaded.
by Strident
Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:27 am
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Replies: -1
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<t>Yeah, emulating the bog-standard 128K will be the best bet. The later Amstrad models may cause issues. In PAW you lost 4K of page 6 and all of page 7 of the memory on the +3 for example, for the disc code and ram disc, so although Polearn will load, it won't work correctly. (Or work on the later ...
by Strident
Fri Jul 04, 2025 9:20 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted
Replies: 82
Views: 367283

Re: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted

Done. Copied the image across from the deleted entry so I'll leave it to Alex which one of his screenshots he wants to keep. ;)
by Strident
Thu Jun 05, 2025 9:00 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Agent 000 / Agent 000 Returns
Replies: 2
Views: 10922

Re: Agent 000 / Agent 000 Returns

The entries were from over a decade ago. From looking in some of the TI-99 forums & media "computerclassics" is a moniker that TI-99 expert Bill Gaskill has used in the past, so I guess if anyone had a copy it would've been him.
by Strident
Thu Jun 05, 2025 10:48 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Agent 000 / Agent 000 Returns
Replies: 2
Views: 10922

Re: Agent 000 / Agent 000 Returns

I'm not sure. The image/entry was submitted by the user computerclassics, who has also contributed other TI-99 information. I've not seen any magazine references with images so it may be a genuine screenshot.
by Strident
Thu May 29, 2025 5:33 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted
Replies: 82
Views: 367283

Re: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted


Please delete the Atari 8-bit version of Pharaoh's Curse Adventure https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C1829/Pharaoh%27s+Curse+Adventure.html .
It is a duplicate of https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C7522/Pharaoh%27s+Curse.html

I will have a nose at that one.

Here's where the Atari version ...
by Strident
Thu May 22, 2025 9:36 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted
Replies: 82
Views: 367283

Re: Duplicate games & games that should be deleted

Yeah, it's really an "arcade adventure". It's doubtful if we'd add it as a new game if it wasn't already on there.

I'd normally have no qualms about deleting it normally, but there is a solution on the site for it, so perhaps it isn't really do any harm being there? There are a few other cases like ...