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by Strident
Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:37 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Steven C. Darnold
Replies: 11
Views: 12714

Re: Steven C. Darnold

From the introduction to Peter Gerrard's book...
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And later in the book...
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...which pretty much proves I was far too quick to jump to conclusions here and that Steven deserves full credit for the original version of Tunnelmaze and the credit ...
by Strident
Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:09 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Steven C. Darnold
Replies: 11
Views: 12714

Re: Steven C. Darnold

Hmm... a tweet has led me to this issue of TPUG, which frames Steven's games in a completely different light... and actually suggests that he wrote Valeymaze initially and then he, himself, was "ripped-off" by an "Englishman" who published the listing in a book...!!

The article also states that ...
by Strident
Tue Jul 26, 2022 4:08 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Help on C64 version of Davy Jones Locker
Replies: 3
Views: 3176

Re: Help on C64 version of Davy Jones Locker

Yeah, in many cases there are three different versions of some of the River games... a PAWed one (for Spectrum & Amstrad CP/M), a Quilled one (for C64) and a STACed one for Atari ST.

Some of the very early (1986) games also had Quilled versions (equivalent to the C64 ones) for the Spectrum, before ...
by Strident
Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:49 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Help on C64 version of Davy Jones Locker
Replies: 3
Views: 3176

Re: Help on C64 version of Davy Jones Locker

The unexploded shell should be in the "waste bin" location (accessible via "the trench").
by Strident
Sun Jul 03, 2022 3:28 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures
Replies: 7
Views: 5209

Re: Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures

Finally done! :)

Thanks to Garry, we've gone from a handful of Mike's modern games to twenty six titles...
https://solutionarchive.com/list/author%2C2202/

...and the T&D Subscription Software entries have gone from four games to seventy six adventures... all with images!
https://solutionarchive ...
by Strident
Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:36 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures
Replies: 7
Views: 5209

Re: Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures

Luckily... Garry has already got all that covered...

Now, I'm sure there are Commodore and PC releases that probably need going through. ;)
by Strident
Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:08 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures
Replies: 7
Views: 5209

Re: Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures

Lol... what have I done by mentioning these T&D games?! :) I'm gradually working my way through everything you've submitted... thanks Garry! That's a lot of work for both of us... but definitely mostly for you! I can't believe we were missing *that* many games.

Would be very easy to disappear down ...
by Strident
Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:16 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures
Replies: 7
Views: 5209

Re: Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures

Excellent, thanks. I'll gradually work my way through those and add them to the site.

From the advertising, and catalogues, it looks like they expanded the service to disks as well, later on.

We've currently got Zector Adventure down as "T&D Software"
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C7559 ...
by Strident
Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:04 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures
Replies: 7
Views: 5209

Mike Snyder's TRS-80 CoCo Adventures

Mike Snyder...
http://solutionarchive.com/list/author%2C2202/
...known for various IF games in the later 90s and early 2000s...
http://www.sidneymerk.com/

...used to have a website which had all his old TR-80 CoCo games on...
https://web.archive.org/web/20090402002904/http://www.cocoquest.com ...
by Strident
Sun Jun 26, 2022 3:10 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Mountain Valley
Replies: 35
Views: 30974

Re: C64 Mountain Valley

Snapshot work?
by Strident
Sun Jun 26, 2022 3:07 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Mountain Valley
Replies: 35
Views: 30974

Re: C64 Mountain Valley

It's working for me here... Vice 3.2... out of the box set-up, as far as I know as I don't know enough about C64 to change anything. :)
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by Strident
Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:21 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Mountain Valley
Replies: 35
Views: 30974

Re: C64 Mountain Valley

Very interesting! That's enough, thanks to the cassette label, for me to tag the game with "Mountain Valley Software", rather than just Brian's name (as it currently is).

Finding any references to the early TRS-80 Mountain Valley games has been quite tricky. There's the odd early mentions in ...
by Strident
Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:56 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Mountain Valley
Replies: 35
Views: 30974

Re: C64 Mountain Valley

Yes, it's on my list to do later. Need entries for "Crypt" and "Cranbury Manor" too.

I always wondered why Brian didn't remake his earlier TRS-80 games. Cranbury Manor may be an indication that he did... but as I can't get inside the actual manor there's no way to compare Flagstone/Cranbury. I ...
by Strident
Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:34 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Mountain Valley
Replies: 35
Views: 30974

Re: C64 Mountain Valley

It's hard to tell, in its unfinished form (can you even do anything in the game?) but, given the first location, The Curse of Cranbury manor might have been a reworking of elements of earlier TRS-80 game, The Secret of Flagstone Manor.
by Strident
Fri Jun 17, 2022 11:24 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Mountain Valley
Replies: 35
Views: 30974

Re: C64 Mountain Valley

The site looks great! :)