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by Strident
Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:50 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Zodiac (Adventure) - A&F Software
Replies: 3
Views: 1717

Re: Zodiac (Adventure) - A&F Software

Excellent news, thanks. Just checked orig.org too and as they've just added a screenshot I guess your file will be added soon.

Edit: in fact the file is up there too.
by Strident
Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:03 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Zodiac (Adventure) - A&F Software
Replies: 3
Views: 1717

Zodiac (Adventure) - A&F Software

Jason Dyer recently covered the A&F Atom & Oric game Zodiac adventure for his "All the Adventures" project...
https://bluerenga.blog/tag/zodiac/?order=ASC

This led to Voltgloss solving and submitting a solution for it...
https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C1945/Zodiac.html

However, I've noticed ...
by Strident
Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:10 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Nuke
Replies: 3
Views: 1889

Re: Nuke

Oh, I know why they are labelled as The Guild. I was around at the time and I knew Tony at The Guild, as we were working on a game together at one point. I've spent a lot of time documenting the history of The Guild and associated labels, like the Adventure Workshop!

However, a large chunk of The ...
by Strident
Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Nuke
Replies: 3
Views: 1889

Nuke

That feeling when you know that this game...
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C6032/Nuke.html

...is just another version of something already in the database because you've looked at it recently... you just can't remember which of the hundreds of BASIC adventures it actually is...

nuke2.PNG ...
by Strident
Wed Dec 29, 2021 5:02 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: English translations of Slovakian adventures
Replies: 5
Views: 6834

Re: English translations of Slovakian adventures

I notice that on Podraz III that Jacob did write:
However, the next games (Podraz 4, 5 and 6) are not "pure" text adventures and hence fall outside the scope of CASA.
However, several of the other Podraz games were also in the database.
by Strident
Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:19 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: English translations of Slovakian adventures
Replies: 5
Views: 6834

Re: English translations of Slovakian adventures

Yeah, I think there are probably a lot more Spectrum titles that aren't even documented on the usual sites, but I'm not going out of my way to research and add them. It needs someone more familiar with that scene. I've only added these ones because there were existing matching Slovak entries. I don ...
by Strident
Tue Dec 28, 2021 4:14 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software
Replies: 5
Views: 14839

Re: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software

In reality, I don't think The Guild started distributing Commodore 64 titles much before the start of 1993... This is a mention from the April 1993 issue of Adventure Probe, where it's also included in the news section...
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by Strident
Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:43 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: 12 Lost Souls
Replies: 104
Views: 35474

Re: 12 Lost Souls

I'm amazed at how much you've been able to sort out using a hex editor!
by Strident
Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:51 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: English translations of Slovakian adventures
Replies: 5
Views: 6834

Re: English translations of Slovakian adventures

I've added most of these now, except Kewin II which didn't have an original entry in our database.

Several of them aren't traditional text adventures... two of them are hacking/phone games and at least one of them is a menu-driven experience. As they already had Slovakian entries, I added an ...
by Strident
Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:45 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software
Replies: 5
Views: 14839

Re: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software

I've now amalgamated The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software publisher.

More work is needed on identifying the original publication source of many of these games (a lot of them were released either via the authors and/or as public domain/shareware) before they became part of the Guild's library ...
by Strident
Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:35 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: African Adventures
Replies: 6
Views: 2258

Re: African Adventures

I wonder if the other 64 Tape Computing adventures are by Pete as well...

True Spit
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C5250/True+Spit.html

Spaced Out
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C5970/Spaced+Out.html

Arctic Wastes
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C3786/Arctic+Wastes%21.html

Spaced ...
by Strident
Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:24 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: African Adventures
Replies: 6
Views: 2258

Re: African Adventures

Good spot. In that case, I'm pretty sure that it's by Pete Gerrard then; although I'll add the reasons to the entry when I merge them.
by Strident
Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:40 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: African Adventures
Replies: 6
Views: 2258

African Adventures

We've got plenty of "African Adventures" in the database... but I reckon that this one for PC...

Jungle Bunny
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C4794/Jungle+Bunny.html

is just a port of the old C64 adventure
Jungle Bunny/African Adventure
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C6112/Jungle+Bunny ...
by Strident
Sun Dec 19, 2021 11:05 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: 12 Lost Souls
Replies: 104
Views: 35474

Re: 12 Lost Souls

A lot of these games, such as Len's, were distributed for free on the Public Domain circuit.

The Amstrad CPC online archives, in particular, are very (very) far from being complete... so sometimes it's the case that we don't actually have the final versions of these games.

Unlike mass-produced ...
by Strident
Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:12 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: English translations of Slovakian adventures
Replies: 5
Views: 6834

English translations of Slovakian adventures

Flagging these up as they will be of interest to some here, but also to remind us to add English-language entries.

English translations of Slovakian adventures from the late 1980s and early 1990s.
https://scd.sk/clanky/playable-english-localizations-of-slovak-digital-games-from-the-late-80s-period ...