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- Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:04 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: R. D. Foord... type-in mystery
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18557
Re: R. D. Foord... type-in mystery
In the opening screen for Timeswitch, it says it is "based on Timeslide by K. Bevan on the 16K ZX-81 in 1984".
Ah, yes, according to The Type Fantastic, the Keith Bevan version (published in Sinclair Programs) was based on Colin Carruther's original.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4 ...
- Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:51 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: R. D. Foord... type-in mystery
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18557
Re: R. D. Foord... type-in mystery
Thanks, Garry. I'll follow some of those leads up and add the extra ports to the relevant pages.
Seems to be a long running mystery...
https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20119/
...that discussion seems to indicate that nobody quite knows much about the "company". Can't seem to find any ...
Seems to be a long running mystery...
https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20119/
...that discussion seems to indicate that nobody quite knows much about the "company". Can't seem to find any ...
- Fri Jun 18, 2021 5:11 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: R. D. Foord... type-in mystery
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18557
Re: R. D. Foord... type-in mystery
Hmm... According to Adventure Coder, R. D. Foord went on to write an ST adventure writing system (in BASIC)
https://archive.org/details/AdventureCo ... 5/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/AdventureCo ... 5/mode/2up
- Fri Jun 18, 2021 4:32 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: R. D. Foord... type-in mystery
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18557
R. D. Foord... type-in mystery
All the R. D. Foord Software games we have in the database were Spectrum graphical games that originally seem to have started their lives as text-only magazine type-ins.
Gravely Manor
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C966/Gravely+Manor.html
was a type-in in The Complete Spectrum (uncredited ...
Gravely Manor
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C966/Gravely+Manor.html
was a type-in in The Complete Spectrum (uncredited ...
- Fri Jun 18, 2021 4:24 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: One Step Beyond by Chiang Bros.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3850
Re: One Step Beyond by Chiang Bros.
I remember spending quite some time researching Anthony and Kenneth Chiang last year and disappearing down a bit of a rabbit hole. I don't think I spotted that game mentioned... but it's sometimes hard to spot a lot of the disk-based mentions unless you're specifically looking for them.
- Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Uploading game
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18580
Re: Uploading game
Link added.
- Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:56 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Uploading game
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18580
Re: Uploading game
Cool, I'll add that to the database as a different entry. If you have a link to where the file is hosted then that can be included as well.
- Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Uploading game
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18580
Re: Uploading game
Just noticed that the language was down as English rather than Danish. Have fixed that. It was probably my fault anyway. ;)
EDIT: Is there an English and a Danish version of the game? Switched the original entry back to English for now. If there's a Danish language version then I'll add a new entry ...
EDIT: Is there an English and a Danish version of the game? Switched the original entry back to English for now. If there's a Danish language version then I'll add a new entry ...
- Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Uploading game
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18580
Re: Uploading game
Hi P/o Prune... Kenneth/Denk already submitted an entry for your game a few days ago, http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C9149/Illumina.html
- Sun May 23, 2021 3:44 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Merge entries... Castle Adventure?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 25999
Merge entries... Castle Adventure?
The...
Castle Adventure https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C2 ... nture.html
and
Castle Adventure/Crusade https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C4 ... nture.html
...probably need merging into a single entry, in line with the normal site policy.
Castle Adventure https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C2 ... nture.html
and
Castle Adventure/Crusade https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C4 ... nture.html
...probably need merging into a single entry, in line with the normal site policy.
- Sun May 23, 2021 9:40 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: The BallPoint
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1712
Re: The BallPoint
The port of the software is fascinating... Definitely lots of references to add to various entries... Thanks for flagging it up.
(Edit: Tim Gilberts wasn't aware of the TI port, either!]
(Edit: Tim Gilberts wasn't aware of the TI port, either!]
- Sun May 23, 2021 9:32 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: The BallPoint
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1712
Re: The BallPoint
Yes, this is a known fact. My interview with Harvey Lodder confirmed that "The Ballpoint" was the Smart Egg "system". Said was Smart Egg's programmer.
http://8bitag.com/info/golden-eggcup.html
Harvey was the one who donated the existing Ballpoint files to the Spectrum archives. These files are ...
http://8bitag.com/info/golden-eggcup.html
Harvey was the one who donated the existing Ballpoint files to the Spectrum archives. These files are ...
- Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Gilsoft PAW/Quill
- Replies: 49
- Views: 64992
Re: Gilsoft PAW/Quill
Yes, that was my conclusion after investigating the database of Bugsy C64.
As it was a custom build for St. Bride's it's unlikely any games ever used it, as their later titles were all PAWed which has built-in four word support as standard.
As it was a custom build for St. Bride's it's unlikely any games ever used it, as their later titles were all PAWed which has built-in four word support as standard.
- Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:41 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Gilsoft PAW/Quill
- Replies: 49
- Views: 64992
Re: Gilsoft PAW/Quill
Are there any Quill games that use the 4-word parser feature of the extended c64 version? Bugsy doesn't seem to use it.
Yes, like you say, although it was apparently produced for Bugsy, I've not been able to find any evidence that the archived/released version of Bugsy uses it, or rather that it ...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:26 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Appleton/The Village... Original source?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2955
Re: Appleton/The Village... Original source?
Do we know if Walter Pooley also wrote the original version? It could be that it was the original Dragon version that was never released and he later Quilled his own game.
Yeah, it could've been from his own Dragon game which itself wasn't released. Or it could be from his own Dragon game and ...