Definitely useful to have that thread made sticky.
Although, this comment from the thread was never really addressed...
Further on the subject, what us the policy concerning those thousands of hypertext and multiple choice "games" being made these days?
...and that's basically Twine games.
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- Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:27 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Twine games?
- Replies: 15
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- Sat Feb 06, 2021 2:35 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Twine games?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 34953
Re: Twine games?
For me, CASA is invaluable *both* as a database of solutions and as a reference source for information about old text adventures. I use it daily. It is far more accurate, and comprehensive, than the IFDB when it comes to the old pre-2000 games that are often ignored, and to be honest often poorly ...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:45 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Twine games?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 34953
Twine games?
I've noticed a few modern Twine games have been added to the site recently.
Are they considered part of the scope of the CASA? I'm sure they're enjoyable but I wouldn't personally think of them as parser games and they are not, unlike some of the multiple-choice games that also stretch the ...
Are they considered part of the scope of the CASA? I'm sure they're enjoyable but I wouldn't personally think of them as parser games and they are not, unlike some of the multiple-choice games that also stretch the ...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:38 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Steve W. Lucas games
- Replies: 49
- Views: 345737
Re: Steve W. Lucas games
Given how little seemed to work, it sounds like it would've needed an errata book rather than an errata sheet.
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 2:55 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Steve W. Lucas games
- Replies: 49
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Re: Steve W. Lucas games
I have searched quite extensively online but I've not found any trace of him so far. I don't have any biographic details for him which makes things trickier.
The Amstrad version of the book seems very rare. I've found references that a copy went for £113 on ebay about ten years ago. That's a lot to ...
The Amstrad version of the book seems very rare. I've found references that a copy went for £113 on ebay about ten years ago. That's a lot to ...
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:47 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Steve W. Lucas games
- Replies: 49
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Re: Steve W. Lucas games
Yes, that book might be useful as it has the same games in it according to the index.
http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Adventu ... 64_%26_664
http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Adventu ... 64_%26_664
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 8:44 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Toot 'n' Come In -zx spectrum
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3529
Re: Toot 'n' Come In -zx spectrum
I think I played Jim's Peneless back in the day but not Toot.
The most up-to-date version of Toot will be the one that Jim put out on the B-side of Peneless...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13167/ZX-Spectrum/Peneless_Toot_n_Come_in
That should technically be the least bug-free version of ...
The most up-to-date version of Toot will be the one that Jim put out on the B-side of Peneless...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/13167/ZX-Spectrum/Peneless_Toot_n_Come_in
That should technically be the least bug-free version of ...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Steve W. Lucas games
- Replies: 49
- Views: 345737
Re: Steve W. Lucas games
A Journey Through Space sounds like it'll be a variation of one of the existing games; probably the Journey of a Space Traveller/A Visitor from Space one. I'm guessing Wizard's Quest will have familiar elements too. Snow White, at least, has the chance of being something new.
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:33 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Steve W. Lucas games
- Replies: 49
- Views: 345737
Re: Steve W. Lucas games
With the MSX version you do not start at the pyramid, but in a village and you first have to go through a desert maze to reach the entrance. See my map.
Yeah, it still seems to be the same basic game, though. Definitely seems like a stretch for Tony to claim it as original! Mind you, as Steve ...
- Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:10 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Land of Adventure? Adventureland?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12382
Re: Land of Adventure? Adventureland?
Cool. Unless there are any objections, I will delete Land of Adventure as a standalone entry and just add a note about it (with the release date, "publisher", system etc) to the bottom of the Adventureland entry.
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:56 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Juleadventurespil type-in from 'Hjemmedata'
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15334
Re: Juleadventurespil type-in from 'Hjemmedata'
There's a reference to that short-lived Danish magazine in this article...
https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2020/01/22/how-one-guy-sort-of-invented-mobile-gaming/
The Color Genie’s library was slim in Denmark, and with so little at Kraft’s hand, he began to experiment. With his previous ...
https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2020/01/22/how-one-guy-sort-of-invented-mobile-gaming/
The Color Genie’s library was slim in Denmark, and with so little at Kraft’s hand, he began to experiment. With his previous ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:50 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Juleadventurespil type-in from 'Hjemmedata'
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15334
Re: Juleadventurespil type-in from 'Hjemmedata'
The author's other entry in the database is Danish, so I think the language will be correct.
There appears to also have been a short-lived (six issue) Danish publication with the same title as the Norwegian magazine, given it's entry in the Royal Danish Library archives...
https://soeg.kb.dk ...
There appears to also have been a short-lived (six issue) Danish publication with the same title as the Norwegian magazine, given it's entry in the Royal Danish Library archives...
https://soeg.kb.dk ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:56 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Land of Adventure? Adventureland?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12382
Land of Adventure? Adventureland?
Given the title (Land of Adventure) and "author" (Adam Scott), and the fact that "Closer to Home" seem to have ported a lot of old game to Inform...
Is...
Land of Adventure...
https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C1784/Land+of+Adventure.html
Just a version of...
Adventureland by Scott Adams?
Is...
Land of Adventure...
https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C1784/Land+of+Adventure.html
Just a version of...
Adventureland by Scott Adams?
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:13 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Steve W. Lucas games
- Replies: 49
- Views: 345737
Re: Steve W. Lucas games
Ah yes, the code for both are on Tony's website...
https://www.electricadventures.net/Pages/Article/58
https://www.electricadventures.net/Pages/Article/40
They were originally Spectravideo games, before making their way to the MSX.
Tony seems to still be active on both Twitter and You Tube, where ...
https://www.electricadventures.net/Pages/Article/58
https://www.electricadventures.net/Pages/Article/40
They were originally Spectravideo games, before making their way to the MSX.
Tony seems to still be active on both Twitter and You Tube, where ...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 12:41 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Steve W. Lucas games
- Replies: 49
- Views: 345737
Re: Steve W. Lucas games
I see that Alex has found another version of "Pharaoh's Curse", this time for the MSX...
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C9019/Pyramid.html
It's very similar to the C64 version, with the minor changes such as the same plaque/scroll swap.
The usual procedure would be to combine all these ...
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C9019/Pyramid.html
It's very similar to the C64 version, with the minor changes such as the same plaque/scroll swap.
The usual procedure would be to combine all these ...