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by Strident
Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:23 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Mountain Valley
Replies: 35
Views: 30974

Re: C64 Mountain Valley

(I'll process those Spectravideo games later, thanks)

Yeah, 1984 seems like the earliest date for the first seven C64 Mountain Valley text adventures... Quite a lot to drop at once, so I wouldn't be surprised if at least half of them date from the previous year or so.

Can't spot much activity from ...
by Strident
Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:54 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Mountain Valley
Replies: 35
Views: 30974

Re: C64 Mountain Valley

***IN-PROGRESS***

Australian Personal Computer (September 1982)
https://archive.org/details/apc_1982_09/page/n65/
An "Australian Beginning"/"Computer Advert" which states:
"Mountain Valley software is one of Australia's newest and most dynamic software companies, specialising in software for the ...
by Strident
Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:54 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: C64 Mountain Valley
Replies: 35
Views: 30974

Re: C64 Mountain Valley

Our index of these games is a little disappointing, considering that Brian J. Betts probably wrote one of the first Australian text adventures for the TRS-80... Not much information collated out there, aside from the pages linked to above, but I think we can do better... So adding it to my list of ...
by Strident
Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:34 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Let's Compute - Adventure Writing Tutorial
Replies: 2
Views: 1514

Let's Compute - Adventure Writing Tutorial

I noticed on the page for the tiny type-in adventure The Golden Crown that it made reference to a Commodore 64 version but didn't know the source, or if it was official.
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C2309/Golden+Crown%2C+The.html

I managed to track it down to an issue of Let's Compute (a ...
by Strident
Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:32 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Space Derelict! (type-in)
Replies: 18
Views: 5534

Re: Space Derelict! (type-in)


I wonder if the Apple version was less buggy?
Possibly as the author was primarily an Apple II user, from what he's said online.

The Inform Designer's manual labels the book as a "turgid work". I've not read enough of the Inform Designer's Manual to know if that's a case of pot and kettles ...
by Strident
Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:55 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Microbee Adventures
Replies: 14
Views: 18777

Re: Microbee Adventures

I think I requested access to the none EULA archive... which seems to be the wrong choice as I don't see any adventure game disks. So I guess I'll have to submit another request.

I'd quite like to have a look at the disks, given that virtually all my games are on them. I'd be happy to sanction ...
by Strident
Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:51 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Space Derelict! (type-in)
Replies: 18
Views: 5534

Re: Space Derelict! (type-in)

Thanks for the screenshots, Garry.

Just when I think I've got my head around all the various TRS-80 computers, yet another one comes along that I didn't know about. :) I hadn't realised that the listing was specifically for the TRS-80 Model 4 and there would be issues with it on some of the other ...
by Strident
Thu Feb 03, 2022 10:50 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Recovered ZX Spectrum adventures
Replies: 11
Views: 11542

Re: Recovered ZX Spectrum adventures

MIA Loony Bin and uMIA Buffer Diamond
are the latest games to be recovered...
https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/20 ... n-mia.html
...both Spectrum Quilled games from the same author, D. K. Williams.
by Strident
Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:00 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: leotrope
Replies: 39
Views: 19001

Re: leotrope

Just a note, that the full version of Leotrope is now preserved in its correct form...
https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/20 ... e-mia.html
by Strident
Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:26 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10
Replies: 210
Views: 266991

Re: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10

I don't currently see this particular "House Adventure" listed in the database. Perhaps it's under a different name. I would've thought the interaction with the leopard would make it stand out.

I guess that I'll add a new entry, unless anyone else can spot it.

Links...

The original BASIC ...
by Strident
Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:14 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Ebony Tower - BBC
Replies: 27
Views: 15697

Re: Ebony Tower - BBC

Since the original posts, a solution to this game has been added...
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C20 ... Tower.html
by Strident
Sun Jan 30, 2022 11:26 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10
Replies: 210
Views: 266991

Re: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10


Ported a game called "House Adventure" from the Club 100 Library. (House.ba).

house.png

I wonder if that's the same one from the Fourth Rainbow Book of Adventures . Unfortunately, I don't think there's a copy of that book archived online to check.

Edit: Probably not, giving it a quick play ...
by Strident
Sun Jan 30, 2022 12:50 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Microbee Adventures
Replies: 14
Views: 18777

Re: Microbee Adventures

Ah, I see what you mean re. the Microbee Technology site & forum... https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum

I see that ChickenMan is an admin there and responsible for the text adventure stuff. He's a user here and has contributed to CASA too, in the past.
by Strident
Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:34 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Microbee Adventures
Replies: 14
Views: 18777

Re: Microbee Adventures

Yeah, as well as ports from other BASICs, a lot of the content is going to be CP/M games that weren't designed for the Microbee.

I too had found the whole Microbee scene incredibly closed off and difficult to get access to, which is why I ended up using the site that I linked to and that online ...
by Strident
Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:36 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Microbee Adventures
Replies: 14
Views: 18777

Microbee Adventures

I had an interesting time poking around on the outskirts of the Microbee software library today... noticing quite a few undocumented (and unofficial) ports of old TRS-80 games that I've added to the respective pages.

The Museum Mystery
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C5396/Museum+Mystery%2C+The ...