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by Strident
Sun Aug 29, 2021 11:16 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

It's been fascinating reading New Zealand's Computer Input magazine... I've just discovered a whole batch of previously-undocumented Spectrum/ZX81/TRS-80 games & programs, several of them which are probably text adventures. Some good features on the SC-3000 in there too.

It's a shame that there ...
by Strident
Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:33 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

More details on Forbidden Zone... The New Zealand computer magazines from this period are absolutely fascinating...
forbidden-zone-sc-3000.jpg
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by Strident
Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:28 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

Ninja , from Softgold, in our database already...
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C1496/Ninja.html

Seems to have had an SC-3000 release...
https://segaretro.org/Ninja

Forbidden Zone
(more research needed)
https://segaretro.org/The_Forbidden_Zone
Four parts... "Stranded in Space", "The City ...
by Strident
Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:21 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

Possible "proper" text adventures
john-sands-catalogue-nov-1984.jpg

Environoid
https://segaretro.org/Environoid

Heroic Quest
https://segaretro.org/Heroic_Quest
https://segaretro.org/images/thumb/6/6b/Heroic_Quest_Text_Adventure_SC3000_AU_Title_Screen.png/320px-Heroic_Quest_Text_Adventure ...
by Strident
Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:09 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

In addition to the SegaRetro website links above, there are some other nice photographs of SC-3000 text adventure packaging in this Retrowe Museum gallery...
https://get.google.com/albumarchive/100 ... ALDEKzjy_Y
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by Strident
Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:44 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Untangling Dog Stars...
Replies: 17
Views: 8659

Re: Untangling Dog Stars...

Interesting reference in the Washington Apple Pi Journal, November 1983
https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5723933/page/36/

...indicating an Apple computer port, I guess but also including the following comment...

FORT - Another name for Dog Star Adventure

(Like we need more variations ...
by Strident
Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:38 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Steven C. Darnold
Replies: 11
Views: 12714

Re: Steven C. Darnold

As I came across this, when researching Dog Star, I thought I'd post a link to an adventure column written by Steven Darnold...
https://archive.org/details/nzbitsandbytes-1-04/page/n9/

(I need to read through these at some point...
https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22steven%20darnold%22&sin=TXT ...
by Strident
Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:32 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Untangling Dog Stars...
Replies: 17
Views: 8659

Re: Untangling Dog Stars...

The Softside version was sold, by them, on disk later on.

The TRS-80 version was later republished by Misosys as part of the disk compilation Lance Micklus' Greatest Games; and also included on several similar compilations by other retailers.
by Strident
Fri Aug 27, 2021 11:58 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Untangling Dog Stars...
Replies: 17
Views: 8659

Re: Untangling Dog Stars...

I notice that our existing Dog Star entry doesn't currently specifically mention the Adventure International "Other Venture #5" commercial release.
e.g.
https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=deathplanet

Maybe that got lost/removed accidentally at some point.

My gut feeling about the Dog Star ...
by Strident
Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:03 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Untangling Dog Stars...
Replies: 17
Views: 8659

Re: Untangling Dog Stars...

I hadn't particularly started looking at Dog Star on other machines... My initial thoughts were just to sort out the C64 side... But I guess that, alongside that, documenting all the other ports would be useful.

(Although they're "unofficial", porting to other BASICs on different machines always ...
by Strident
Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:47 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Untangling Dog Stars...
Replies: 17
Views: 8659

Re: Untangling Dog Stars...

Really useful info, thanks.

I wasn't even aware of Mighty Mormar!

The David Malmbeg version originated on the Commodore PET, I believe, before it itself was ported across to the C64 (and probably initially the Vic20). At lots of those PET games, and later VIC20/C64, floated around the various US ...
by Strident
Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:41 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

I've yet to investigate the emulator side of things. I think I read that some of the MSX emulators would do. I've not yet come across an obvious repository for the games.
http://www.sc-3000.com/the-emulators-for-sega-3000-computer

If you have MAME installed already then there's apparently a package ...
by Strident
Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:10 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

I wonder if that one is a port of one of the many Egyptian/Pyramid BASIC adventures.
by Strident
Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:29 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

Ah, TTS stands for Trident Technology Systems, the publisher of some of these games and presumably that TTS Sega magazine too.

Orb of Power
https://segaretro.org/Orb_of_Power
...is a text adventure.
by Strident
Thu Aug 26, 2021 4:26 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

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

Yes, Underworld of Kragon (Super-Adventure No.2 ) by Trident
https://segaretro.org/Underworld_of_Kragon
...is certainly a text adventure.

As, is Castaway
https://segaretro.org/Castaway

I've look at The House before, but I don't think that qualifies. https://segaretro.org/The_House