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by Strident
Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:53 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software
Replies: 5
Views: 14839

Re: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software

No worries. I can probably do it manually without it taking too long, as once I've worked through some of the games I'm finding the earlier publishers anyway.
by Strident
Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:51 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software
Replies: 5
Views: 14839

Re: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software

(I'm going to go through all the early "The Guild" stuff, with impossible dates... i.e. prior to it existing as a company... and try and assign the correct first publisher, where possible... It's already led to me spotting a few duplicate entries in the database)
by Strident
Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:47 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Holy Grail/Search for the Holy Grail
Replies: 2
Views: 1243

Re: Holy Grail/Search for the Holy Grail

Aha! They're probably both based on this VIC-20 type-in
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C79 ... C+The.html

(The Commodore scene is an absolute nightmare! :) )
by Strident
Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:46 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Holy Grail/Search for the Holy Grail
Replies: 2
Views: 1243

Holy Grail/Search for the Holy Grail

Adding this as a note here as i reminder to research further, but these two games...

Search for the Holy Grail
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C5281/Search+For+the+Holy+Grail%2C+The.html
Allan Grigsby - Date Unknown

and

Holy Grail
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C5057/Holy+Grail%2C+The ...
by Strident
Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:34 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software
Replies: 5
Views: 14839

The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software

We've somehow managed to end up with two different publisher entries for The Guild/The Guild Adventure Software, despite them being a single company.

I can manually change over all The Guild references to The Guild Adventure Software... but if there is a quicker, higher-level admin way to do it ...
by Strident
Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:51 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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


Tell me more. What are they doing?

I've seen Melanie mention the SC-3000 a fair bit in the past. She was involved in researching the Play It Again digital archive ( http://www.ourdigitalheritage.org/archive/playitagain/ ) iirc, has written a fair few papers on Aus/NZ gaming (such as https://www ...
by Strident
Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:19 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

Impressive work. It sounds like it's going to be an excellent, and fairly complete, archive once you've finished tinkering. It'll probably be worth flagging it up to one of the local Australian/New Zealand academics working in this area, such as Professor Melanie Swalwell at Swinburne.
by Strident
Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:59 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

I wouldn't be surprised if you were the first person to complete a SC-3000 game in 35 years. ;)
by Strident
Sat Sep 11, 2021 5:30 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Black Hole (Softside)
Replies: 2
Views: 1285

Re: The Black Hole (Softside)


So, if it wasn't written by Peter Kirsch, then who the hell wrote it?

Yeah, that's the million dollar question, I guess.

I suppose the next step would be to see if the listing structure bares any resemblance to one of the other authors style? Probably won't help much if it is the case that ...
by Strident
Sat Sep 11, 2021 3:33 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Black Hole (Softside)
Replies: 2
Views: 1285

The Black Hole (Softside)

Jason Dyer has covered The Black Hole (adventure) by Softside recently on his excellent All the Adventures blog.
https://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/10/black-hole-adventure-1981/

We currently have it listed as a Peter Kirsch game...
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C1658/Black+Hole%2C+The.html

...an ...
by Strident
Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:01 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

You have been busy. ;) It will be a great resource for everyone... including the SC-3000 community themselves, I should think.

GitHub/GitLab might be the best choice for hosting the files, as they could be accompanied by the relevant BASIC listings there.
by Strident
Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:45 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

Great stuff. I think I've added all your screenshots now.

I've noticed quite a few adventures (such as the Young 'Uns) in that Google Drive link that has just gone up on the Facebook page, so I'll check those out later.
[Edit: It includes...
The Tomb of Nozar
The Young Un's
Zivorx Adventure]

There ...
by Strident
Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:45 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

Graham posted this on the SC-3000 Survivors forums...
I was the co-author of Vortex Blaster and it is my voice in the game, along with Vortex Blaster we created a space invaders style and pac-man style game.
Trident Technological Systems was made of 2 people and we spent hours writing, marketing ...
by Strident
Sat Sep 04, 2021 4:57 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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


Not sure about the Facebook one. He sounds like a kiwi. I presume that ours is an Aussie.

They're both the same person (see the photos) and the LinkedIn says New Zealand currently. His LinkedIn profile includes his programming work for Trident Technology Services; when he was in Sydney ...
by Strident
Sat Sep 04, 2021 4:43 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

Good sleuthing.

Looks like this is him, too... https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-gaskell-86ab8880/

Edit: So this will be him on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/graham.gaskell.7