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by Strident
Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books
Replies: 11
Views: 11863

Re: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books

Some additional CPC links...

French version of Space Mission typed in...
https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/space_mission.htm

French adventure editor "Venturefix" typed in...
https://cpcrulez.fr/applications_game-venturefix.htm

Which was apparently used to help produce
https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest ...
by Strident
Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:18 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books
Replies: 11
Views: 11863

Re: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books

Perhaps there was a second edition of the original German book for C64, as I don't see Space Mission in there, despite it being typed-in here...
http://www.gb64.com/search.php?a=5&f=3&id=414&d=18&h=0
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C18 ... ssion.html
by Strident
Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:11 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books
Replies: 11
Views: 11863

Re: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books

The English translation, for Commodore 64 is here...
Adventure Gamewriters Handbook for Commodore 64
https://archive.org/details/Adventure_Gamewriters_Handbook_for_Commodore_64/
...published by Abacus Software in March 1985
Edited by Jim D'Hoem and Russ Taber

Mini-Gold Fever, pp.88-97
https ...
by Strident
Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:11 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books
Replies: 11
Views: 11863

Re: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books

The French version for Amstrad CPC is here...
Micro Application #05, Les jeux d'aventures et comment les programmer sur cpc
https://archive.org/details/micro-application-05-les-jeux-daventure-et-comment-les-programmer-sur-cpc
...distributed by Micro Application of France. French translation by ...
by Strident
Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:10 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books
Replies: 11
Views: 11863

Re: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books

The German version for Amstrad CPC is here...
https://archive.org/details/adventures-und-wie-man-sie-auf-dem-cpc-464-programmiertacme
...published by Data Becker in 1984.

Goldrausch, pp.106-110
https://archive.org/details/adventures-und-wie-man-sie-auf-dem-cpc-464-programmiertacme/page/106

Das ...
by Strident
Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:10 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books
Replies: 11
Views: 11863

Re: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books

The Spanish version, for Atari 600 XL/800 XL/130 XE* version is here...
Aventuras y como programarlas en Atari
https://archive.org/details/aventuras-ycomo-programarlas-atari/page/n1/
...published by Data Becker SA in Argentina in 1987
(it lists (c)1985 Data Becker GmbH, (c)1985 Ferre Moret S.A. of ...
by Strident
Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:10 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books
Replies: 11
Views: 11863

Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books

Posting this here as a reference for myself of links I'm collecting following a discussion on Twitter, concerning the adventure programming book by...

Jörg Walkowiak
https://solutionarchive.com/list/author%2C708/

I will be updating the entries (and adding others) connected to this.

Jörg's (Joerg ...
by Strident
Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:03 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Scott Le Brun & VZ200/300 text adventures
Replies: 25
Views: 18971

Re: Scott Le Brun & VZ200/300 text adventures

I've been looking up LYSCo, following your recent submissions, Garry.

I've added a description...
LYSCo - the Leon Young Software Company, from Bunbury, Western Australia. Seems to have existed from 1984-1986, supporting a range of computers including the VZ200/300, Amstrad and Commodore (C-16 ...
by Strident
Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:23 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Recovered ZX Spectrum adventures
Replies: 11
Views: 11542

Re: Recovered ZX Spectrum adventures

Posting this here, to remind me to go through these recently recovered Spanish titles...
https://trastero.speccy.org/2017/Aventuras/090822.htm
by Strident
Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:01 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Arthur Davis Detective Encounter
Replies: 6
Views: 3923

Re: Arthur Davis Detective Encounter


Advertising for software that was not yet finished (or even started!) was relatively common in the 80s

It was, but the advertising over a period of five months; the fact that they started with two games, then expanded to four; the fact that it was originally for a single platform, then two, then ...
by Strident
Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:23 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Peter Shaw Adventures
Replies: 3
Views: 2644

Re: Peter Shaw Adventures

I'll try and check with one of the QL guys. I find it hard to believe that they haven't typed that one in.

Apparently there is a correction in the October 1984 QL User, submitted by a user...
https://archive.org/details/ql-user/QL% ... /page/n12/
by Strident
Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:49 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Arthur Davis Detective Encounter
Replies: 6
Views: 3923

Re: Arthur Davis Detective Encounter

Are they written in BASIC?
No copies are archived but I'm guessing they probably were.


What happened to #1 and #2?
No idea. Not found a reference to those yet,

There are no dumps of the Atari versions at AtariMania. Haven't checked anywhere else.
They seem to be absent from all the Atari ...
by Strident
Sat Sep 10, 2022 4:59 pm
Forum: Emulators and interpreters help!
Topic: VICE C64 multi part tape game
Replies: 3
Views: 13734

Re: VICE C64 multi part tape game

You certainly mix it up in terms of playing on different platforms. Always interesting to see which games you pick to tackle for map-making. :) Merlin was an Amstrad game originally. Some of The Guild ports can be a little ropey.
by Strident
Sat Sep 10, 2022 4:56 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Peter Shaw Adventures
Replies: 3
Views: 2644

Peter Shaw Adventures

Peter Shaw was one of the many (very young!) teenagers that were writing programs for books and magazines back in the 1980s. His work for Tim Hartnell's Interface Publications included books for the Spectrum, Oric and BBC Micro. He had various technical writing, reviewing and editorial roles for ...
by Strident
Fri Sep 09, 2022 4:51 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Arthur Davis Detective Encounter
Replies: 6
Views: 3923

Arthur Davis Detective Encounter

Every so often I come across a game, missing from all archives, that I'd really love to play! They're probably not adventures, but these games "starring famous Welsh detective Arthur Davis" for Atari, Vic-20 and C64, sound interesting! (Only appear in ads in Compute 30-35)
arthur-davis1a.jpg ...