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by Alastair
Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:26 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 98
Views: 9724

Re: Catacombs/Cornucopia

Uka wrote:
Sun Nov 07, 2021 8:36 pm
Could you decipher something there as well?
It's still a work in progress but here is where I am currently with the deciphered text.

Edit.
Old version deleted. See below for the latest version.
by Alastair
Sun Nov 07, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 98
Views: 9724

Re: Catacombs/Cornucopia

Alex wrote:
Sun Nov 07, 2021 8:13 pm
You also found that in the code or did you manage to use it?
I used it, but you need to have the purple sphere first - so thanks for the save game.

I have not been able to do anything with the plug.
by Alastair
Sun Nov 07, 2021 4:33 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 98
Views: 9724

Re: Catacombs/Cornucopia

I now have a few more words: It worked a treat the ªstuck to the @ªand has been completely removed. Could it mean, "It worked a treat the web stuck to the X and has been completely removed." in response to the command, "clear web with X"? If so then we will have to find X. Would the trident work? Ad...
by Alastair
Sat Nov 06, 2021 11:53 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 98
Views: 9724

Re: Catacombs/Cornucopia

I've been playing around with Catacombs and also trying to decode the messages hidden in the program. Within the web messages I have semi-decoded the following: It worked a þ5the ªstuck to the @ªand has been ü—ý« Which I take as "It worked a treat(?) the (something) stuck to the web (or spider) and ...
by Alastair
Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:32 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 98
Views: 9724

Re: Catacombs/Cornucopia

Uka wrote:
Sun Oct 31, 2021 7:52 pm
Alex wrote:
Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:17 pm
The code contains the words : assails nostrils rider's horse whoopsie.
Hmm. What could we have that smells so bad for the Death Rider's Horse?
I may be wrong but I read it as the smell from the "whoopsie" is assailing your nostrils.
by Alastair
Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:12 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 98
Views: 9724

Re: Catacombs/Cornucopia

Oddly enough I wasn't on this site at half-past-three in the morning (my time) so I've only just approved Uka's post. Alex and Strident, you may wish to go back and read that post.
by Alastair
Sat Oct 23, 2021 11:00 pm
Forum: Emulators and interpreters help!
Topic: Searching VZ200 emulator
Replies: 3
Views: 2213

Re: Searching VZ200 emulator

Alex wrote:
Sat Oct 23, 2021 10:26 pm
My virus scanner removed my DSVZ200 emulator and I can no longer find it on the internet.
I've found this site:
https://github.com/PhoenixInteractiveNL ... or-dsvz200
by Alastair
Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:44 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Diamond Trail and Magic Castle - the lost Dragon versions
Replies: 0
Views: 2209

Diamond Trail and Magic Castle - the lost Dragon versions

For anyone wondering about the Dragon versions of Diamond Trail and Magic Castle the information comes from near the end of a six hour "Dragon Talk" video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNDDh1ZLkYg&t=19712s - in a section where Tim Gilberts describes Gilsoft's use of a Dragon to help run the busi...
by Alastair
Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:37 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software
Replies: 5
Views: 3089

Re: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software

I can manually change over all The Guild references to The Guild Adventure Software... but if there is a quicker, higher-level admin way to do it then that would probably be better. There is an admin tool that may do this but I was told not to touch it! So I will have to leave it to Jacob to run th...
by Alastair
Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:39 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 89
Views: 105927

Re: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures

If MAME is causing headaches you could try either MAMEUI or MESSUI (if you don't care about console emulation), see https://messui.1emulation.com/ or https://arcade.mameworld.info/messui/ Not only do these versions contain an integrated front-end but they also have an optional menubar available when...
by Alastair
Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:59 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Yes we have 1000 topics on the forum!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 3984

Re: Yes we have 1000 topics on the forum!!!

Strident wrote:
Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:53 pm
You must have ten secret threads that none of us mere mortals can read. :)
Don't trust the board, the statistics may say 1000 but if you add up all of the topics on the front page you get 1010. We have the mystery of the missing topics!
by Alastair
Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:02 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Uploading game
Replies: 8
Views: 5178

Re: Uploading game

Hello and welcome back. When you say "upload a game" do you mean uploading the actual game program, or do you mean creating a new game entry on the site? If it is the former then generally speaking we will accept fixed programs (when the original games are so bugged that it is not possible to comple...
by Alastair
Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:16 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Appleton/The Village... Original source?
Replies: 6
Views: 1745

Re: Appleton/The Village... Original source?

Do we know if Walter Pooley also wrote the original version? It could be that it was the original Dragon version that was never released and he later Quilled his own game.
by Alastair
Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:06 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Appleton/The Village... Original source?
Replies: 6
Views: 1745

Re: Appleton/The Village... Original source?

An update.

I have looked through all of the issues of Dragon User, the Dragon program listing books I own, and any additional English language Dragon program listing book I could find at the Dragon Archive and I have been unable to find any game that matches the plot or name of the Quilled title.