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by Strident
Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:52 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 103
Views: 108544

Re: Catacombs/Cornucopia

I know that these guys have fixed some of the issues with one of the other Classic Quests, so perhaps they'll be able to hack and fix this one when we let them know what exactly seems to be bugged.
by Strident
Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:14 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 103
Views: 108544

Re: Catacombs/Cornucopia

It's from the "deliberately difficult" era, where people wanted to be stuck in games for months on end, so I wonder how many people ever solved it.

The archivist who has uploaded it has been in touch with various people, including Dorothy and Jacob, to try and find someone to give it a thorough ...
by Strident
Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:43 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 103
Views: 108544

Re: Catacombs/Cornucopia

Catacombs is now archived online at https://www.old-games.ru/game/11587.html

I'm guessing that Cornucopia will go up at some point. See https://www.old-games.ru/catalog/?publisherCompany=7115 for the other "Classic Quests".
by Strident
Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:14 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

Re: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins

Drive-In, Blind Date, Passion Pit and Crusin are now combined into a single entry...
https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C823/Drive-In.html
by Strident
Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:34 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

Re: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins

I've just added your new screenshots for the Lighthouse Adventure
https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C7 ... nture.html

I wasn't sure if the Lowe/Zimmerman version was identical to the one that ADAMagic put on their disk.
by Strident
Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:25 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

Re: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins

The Adventure Gamer notes that information about Douglas in his blogpost...
https://advgamer.blogspot.com/2020/04/missed-classic-85-drive-in-adventure.html

He also details a few additional ports...

In 1987, someone adapted the original Commodore BASIC version of the game to QuickBasic and ...
by Strident
Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:45 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

Re: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins

Paul Ingerson has left comments on these two, flagging up possible sources to investigate...

Blind Date
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C3734/Blind+Date.html
could be from
Drive In
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C823/Drive-In.html

Castle Vampira
https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C3733 ...
by Strident
Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:34 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

Re: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins

Thanks for all the Coleco Adam submissions. I've started to process some of them.

Regarding the Bruce Robinson games. They will have all originally been published for Vic-20/C64 by Victory Software, as that was Bruce's own company...
https://web.archive.org/web/20161012045324/http://brucetrobinson ...
by Strident
Sat Oct 09, 2021 12:34 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Steve W. Lucas games
Replies: 49
Views: 345737

Re: Steve W. Lucas games

Garry wrote: Sat Oct 09, 2021 12:10 pm I believe that's correct. I think I had a comment about it in the C64 entry.
Ah, yes, I see that in there now. I'll get that unnecessary entry merged & deleted.
by Strident
Sat Oct 09, 2021 12:08 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Steve W. Lucas games
Replies: 49
Views: 345737

Re: Steve W. Lucas games

Just spotted that one of the Lucas games...
Transylvanian Adventure
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C7928/Transylvanian+Adventure.html

...appears to be connected to this entry...
Vampire Castle/Vampire Adventure
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C1079/Vampire+Castle.html

I'm guessing that ...
by Strident
Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:46 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

Re: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins

I notice that there are a couple of other ADAMagic games, not included on those compilations in the database...

Castle Vampira
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C37 ... mpira.html

Blind Date [x-rated]
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C37 ... +Date.html
by Strident
Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:30 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

Re: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins

I've merged and added new entries to include all this additional information now. Thanks again for that research.

Although it seems highly likely that these are all unofficial ports I have included ADAMagic as an alternate publisher and the Coleco Adam as a platform, simply to ensure that the Adam ...
by Strident
Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:00 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

Re: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins

I wondered if you'd fall down this one too, given you'd played the couple I instantly spotted. :) Apologies, again... in my defence, these are miles away from my usual patch, but I've obviously spent so long staring at BASIC type-in adventure entries that I'm starting to see patterns and ...
by Strident
Fri Oct 01, 2021 5:14 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins
Replies: 18
Views: 5042

ADAMagic adventures... Working out the origins

I'm adding this to my ongoing projects...

I was recently looking at the games on the ADAMagic text adventure disks for the Coleco ADAM, that we have bare-bones entries for on the site...
http://solutionarchive.com/list/company%2C1269/
adamagic-disks.jpg

The games themselves are a complete mish ...
by Strident
Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:47 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland
Replies: 5
Views: 2069

Re: Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland

The Memotech and the Einstein entry have now been combined.