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SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 1:59 pm
by Strident
Okay, I've disappeared down a SEGA SC-3000 rabbit hole now and have randomly spotted lots of text adventures that we have missing from the database.

I'm posting a few of them here, but will need to return to investigate (and check) them, and the SC-3000 scene at some point with a more organised plan of action.

The Sega Computer magazines... https://www.digitpress.com/library/maga ... mputer.htm ...seem a good starting point, as just looking quickly in one issue I've spotted potential games like...

Time Capsule
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Castle of Fear
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Definitely a text adventure, as shown here... https://segaretro.org/Castle_of_Fear

The Youngins
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Text adventure??

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

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:03 pm
by Strident
Transylvanian Castle of Horror
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Definitely a text adventure, as shown here... https://segaretro.org/Transylvania_Castle_of_Horror

Another source to trawl through: https://segaretro.org/Sega_Computer
https://segaretro.org/South_Australian_Sega_Magazine
https://segaretro.org/T.T.S._Sega_Magazine

The Tomb of Nozar, although combat-heavy seems to be a text adventure
https://segaretro.org/The_Tomb_of_Nozar

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

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 3:10 pm
by auraes
It seems that there is also a Zivorx Adventure that appears in the SEGA Computer Christmas issue:

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

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 3:29 pm
by Strident
Yeah, I have quite a few on my list already. Many of the Flexisoft ones seem to have been text adventures.

This (!) was apparently the Zivorx Adventure inlay (?) https://www.smspower.org/Scans/ZivorxAd ... C-NZ-Inlay

useful list: https://segaretro.org/Talk:SC-3000

More on The Young'ns
https://segaretro.org/The_Young%27ns
Box art etc https://www.smspower.org/Scans/Youngns-SC

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

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 3:44 pm
by auraes
A look at the adventure game in Sega Computer (1986-04): https://archive.org/details/Sega_Comput ... 1/mode/2up

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

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:26 pm
by Strident
Yes, Underworld of Kragon (Super-Adventure No.2 ) by Trident
https://segaretro.org/Underworld_of_Kragon
...is certainly a text adventure.

As, is Castaway
https://segaretro.org/Castaway

I've look at The House before, but I don't think that qualifies. https://segaretro.org/The_House

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

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:29 pm
by Strident
Ah, TTS stands for Trident Technology Systems, the publisher of some of these games and presumably that TTS Sega magazine too.

Orb of Power
https://segaretro.org/Orb_of_Power
...is a text adventure.

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

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:01 pm
by auraes
Pyramid, in Sega Computer (1985-02):

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

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:10 pm
by Strident
I wonder if that one is a port of one of the many Egyptian/Pyramid BASIC adventures.

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

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:33 pm
by auraes
The Land of Sorcery (type-in BASIC program) in "Here it is..... More than fifty programs for the Sega SC-3000", page 56.

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

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:21 am
by Garry
Great work strident and auraes!

Any chance of adding links to archive sites where you can download these games and an emulator for the SC-3000?

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

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:41 am
by Strident
I've yet to investigate the emulator side of things. I think I read that some of the MSX emulators would do. I've not yet come across an obvious repository for the games.
http://www.sc-3000.com/the-emulators-fo ... 0-computer

If you have MAME installed already then there's apparently a package that you can install that includes quite a few of the text adventures.
http://sc3000-multicart.com/news.htm#20190530
https://www.smspower.org/forums/17499-S ... AEmulators

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

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:51 pm
by Garry
I just checked and the blueMSX emulator has an option for the Sega SC-3000. That's one less thing to worry about.

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

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:09 pm
by Strident
In addition to the SegaRetro website links above, there are some other nice photographs of SC-3000 text adventure packaging in this Retrowe Museum gallery...
https://get.google.com/albumarchive/100 ... ALDEKzjy_Y
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Re: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:21 pm
by Strident
Possible "proper" text adventures
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Environoid
https://segaretro.org/Environoid

Heroic Quest
https://segaretro.org/Heroic_Quest
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