So, checking the listings in the book and also playing through the first twenty or so turns of the Spectrum versions... both Castle and Tunnel match the book.
Which leaves ValleyMaze potentially as being an original game by Steven, inspired by and designed to follow on from Peter's Castle & Tunnel ...
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- Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:30 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Steven C. Darnold
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- Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:07 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Steven C. Darnold
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Re: Steven C. Darnold
Yeah, I'm going to look at Tunnelmaze and Castlemaze a bit closer too first, before I even think about combining the entries into the Peter Gerrard ones... Just in case they've been altered so much that they are basically new games.
Well, those two do match the solutions we have for the ...
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:40 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Steven C. Darnold
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Re: Steven C. Darnold
Yeah, I'm going to look at Tunnelmaze and Castlemaze a bit closer too first, before I even think about combining the entries into the Peter Gerrard ones... Just in case they've been altered so much that they are basically new games.
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:37 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Untangling Dog Stars...
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Re: Untangling Dog Stars...
Yeah, luckily I'm fairly familiar with the history of Dog Star, as there are several excellent articles on it and we have the details written up pretty well in the entry already.
I'm going to attempt to amalgamate the various entries and also list some of the versions that we haven't even logged ...
I'm going to attempt to amalgamate the various entries and also list some of the versions that we haven't even logged ...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 6:35 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Steven C. Darnold
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Steven C. Darnold
Given that Steven C. Darnold's...
Tunnelmaze Adventure
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C5938/Tunnelmaze+Adventure.html
seems to be a version of Peter Gerrard's Tunnel Adventure...
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C560/Tunnel+Adventure.html
...and that GB64 credits him for Castle Maze ...
Tunnelmaze Adventure
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C5938/Tunnelmaze+Adventure.html
seems to be a version of Peter Gerrard's Tunnel Adventure...
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C560/Tunnel+Adventure.html
...and that GB64 credits him for Castle Maze ...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 5:44 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Untangling Dog Stars...
- Replies: 17
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Untangling Dog Stars...
Trying to untangle some of the games that are based off the same BASIC type-in sources sometimes makes my head hurt...
I mean, you end up looking at stuff like this... which all appear to be based of Dog Star Adventure... and this is only what is on the C64... it doesn't even include any other ...
I mean, you end up looking at stuff like this... which all appear to be based of Dog Star Adventure... and this is only what is on the C64... it doesn't even include any other ...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 1:21 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
- Replies: 21
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Re: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
Excellent work, Alex. Now people can play (and finish) the game as intended on at least one platform.
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 1:05 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4688
Re: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
Yeah, I was noticing that whenever I picked up an item required for the personal escape kit, then it was basically telling me that I'd got (everything for) my personal escape kit.
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 11:32 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4688
Re: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
Thanks, Alex. That's really useful info.
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:53 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4688
Re: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
Very useful information, thanks!
Weirdly, I've just spotted a English C64 port, produced in 2017... Weird, as I don't remember seeing it the other day when I was searching! I'll give that version a go too.
Weirdly, I've just spotted a English C64 port, produced in 2017... Weird, as I don't remember seeing it the other day when I was searching! I'll give that version a go too.
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:55 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
- Replies: 21
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Re: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
I'm sure you have enough projects on the go, as it is! I was just curious if the Atari version was around and easily accessible. Definitely, too obscure a title to spend time and effort on. I've done enough digging to satisfy my curiosity about it.
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:55 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
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Re: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
Ah, that might be the one that people are mistakenly thinking is bugged then.Alex wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:04 am Still playing the game but I noticed the walkthrough has an error. While on the roof you can go north (fatal as described in the walkthrough) , but east will let you escape (not mentioned in the walkthrough).
- Wed Aug 11, 2021 8:27 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4688
Re: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
The comments about the bugs come from Gamingafter40's contributions to the database, and his related blog post. It seems like the TRS-80 "typed in" versions in circulation suffer from errors. Jason Dyer, for his All the Adventures project, seemed to encounter one of the bugged versions... https ...
- Mon Aug 09, 2021 7:46 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4688
Re: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
Interesting... I wonder what was the source; but I'm guessing that isn't recorded anywhere.
I'll add a new entry to our database for the Dutch version later. I wonder if it suffers from the same bug that affects the TRS-80 version that's in circulation.
I wonder if Hans-Peter Ponten, the author of ...
I'll add a new entry to our database for the Dutch version later. I wonder if it suffers from the same bug that affects the TRS-80 version that's in circulation.
I wonder if Hans-Peter Ponten, the author of ...
- Mon Aug 09, 2021 12:37 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
- Replies: 21
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Colditz Adventures... English and Dutch
Okay, I've disappeared down a bit of a rabbit hole again...
A day or so ago, I'd randomly decided to research Escape from Colditz, after it was mentioned on Facebook
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C2407/Escape+From+Colditz.html
Original author Stuart Wilkinson
...and managed to locate the ...
A day or so ago, I'd randomly decided to research Escape from Colditz, after it was mentioned on Facebook
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C2407/Escape+From+Colditz.html
Original author Stuart Wilkinson
...and managed to locate the ...