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A snapshot of the text only version of TAB.

The TAB for Windows adventure creator program was updated on 21 Aug 2023.
Here is a visual of the 3 graphicbox version:

Just keeping things up to date. The current/latest version of the TAB Retro Text Adventure System for Windows was posted on 02 Oct 2022.
(Works on Windows XP and above; 16/32bit)

http://tab.thinbasic.com/

Regards,
catventure.

Hi,

A quick announce that the 'TAB for Windows' text adventure creator system was updated to Version 70 on 24 May 2022.
http://tab.thinbasic.com/

Regards,
catventure.

I totally enjoyed this. The author has made an interesting text adventure using The Quill by Gilsoft.

I'm pretty sure the answer's "no", but is it possible to convert TAB games to the Speccy? (or could it be made possible?) Hi R-Tape, Alas, you cannot make a TAB game that will run on Spectrum. (unless you completely rewrote it using a Spectrum authoring tool) I believe though that "A...

Thanks for the update. I spent a day messing about with TAB in February and found it very easy to get into, especially with the tutorial. R-Tape I'm pleased you found the tutorial helpful and easy to understand :) I posted a minor update to the TAB Adventure System Editor (PAW/Quill/GAC variant) on...

Hi,

I recently moved the TAB text adventures games to:

https://catventure.itch.io/

Regards,
catventure.

Hi druellan, Thanks for your reply. I have found nothing also using their search facility. Someday I hope to re-find it though. All I can remember is that it was in a supplemental or extra adventure ads section for the New Year near the end of the mag - but cannot remember the mag title or year. Siz...

Great stuff! Thanks for update and the solution to the mystery.

Hi, I'm a big fan of text adventures and Quill/PAW games. Agreed - it is Interesting about the "ballpoint"- so thanks for this topic. I'm still occasionally searching to locate the advert I discovered and copied from some old text adventure magazine for a Quill add-on called "The Enha...

"Sands of Egypt" is an offline, parser-based interactive text adventure retrogame for Windows XP and above. Game author: Ambrosine (c)2000. TAB version by catventure. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHLJ5BMRdq4[/media] This adventure game is text only and of the traditional sort. It...

A recent game I remade was "PiggeryJokery" text adventure. This adventure game is text only and of the traditional sort. It is similar to the old Infocom/Magnetic Scrolls/Level 9 type which were popular in the mid 1980`s. It is also similar to popular 80's 8-bit text adventures created wit...

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catventure.

Thank you for trying to locate it anyway. I'm not giving up on it just yet. If I ever discover it I will return and let you know the details. :) Yes- could make a great story/quest for a new text adventure, I agree ;) There seems to have been a new version of the original book by John Crowley in 201...

Stefan plays a classic software 8bit text adventure in his man-cave den!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-CtvpkOoBQM

Hi, Probably not the mag you discuss above but I seem to remember playing an old quilled text adventure from the 80's (think it was on a Spectrum magazine coverdisk) text only and based on the "Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz"?? (an allegorical manuscript published in 1616) I don...

I just re-coded "SANDS OF EGYPT" 2001 free text adventure by Ambrosine in my Windows T.A.B. (retro text adventure maker for Windows) Is currently being playtested; but if anyone interested would like to check it out or take a peek you can download here: http://tab.thinbasic.com/sands.zip C...