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Ian Watt question

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2025 9:06 pm
by jdyer
I have a straightforward "where did this info come from" question. The game Crypt of Gabon is listed both on CASA and the BBC Games Archive as by Ian Watt.

https://www.solutionarchive.com/game/id ... C+The.html

The book in question (GAMES BBC COMPUTERS PLAY) mentions Ian Watt in the "general credits" as people who wrote programs...

https://archive.org/details/timhartnell ... ew=theater

...but it doesn't have his name attached to the adventure itself in the book. Is there some other source to absolutely confirm that Ian Watt goes with that particular game? Is it mentioned in the other book the game is printed in, perhaps? (GAMES ELECTRON COMPUTERS PLAY) I don't have a copy of that one.

Re: Ian Watt question

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2025 10:22 pm
by Alastair
To quote from page 8 of Games BBC Computers Play (https://archive.org/details/timhartnell ... ew=theater):

"In this ADVENTURE program, written by Ian Watt, you start outside the crypt."

(JDyer, I can delete this whole thread if you want :) )

Re: Ian Watt question

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2025 11:01 pm
by jdyer
Sure, axe it if you want to. I am clearly blind, I scanned back and forth over the text a tonne of times.

Re: Ian Watt question

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:14 pm
by Garry
I was going to say the same thing, but Alastair beat me to it.