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by Blerkotron
Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:10 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Morpheus wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2019 1:19 pm Mine arrived yesterday, very nice package :D
It's a beautiful thing, for sure! I'm glad you like it - thank you for your support! :D
by Blerkotron
Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:58 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Pre-orders are now open!

https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/product/un ... order-now/

Thanks to everyone who's played and supported the game over the last year, it's been far more popular than I ever imagined!
by Blerkotron
Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:31 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Anyone interested in the physical tape release can take a look at it here:

https://twitter.com/8bit_era/status/119 ... 13888?s=19

:D
by Blerkotron
Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:14 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with #: discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5166

Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with #: discussion

3D Seiddab Attack an obvious missing classic there?

I'd also add 3D Painter to the list. It wouldn't win in a million years, but it was one of the games I got with my 16K Speccy so I have a soft spot for it. :)

180 is the obvious standout for me here - best darts game ever!
by Blerkotron
Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:42 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Wednesday Evening Music Quiz
Replies: 10
Views: 2423

Re: Wednesday Evening Music Quiz

Game D - Starquake. :-)
by Blerkotron
Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:11 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Amazing! Thank you for your kind words, it makes me really happy to see people enjoying the game! :) Game of the Year for Planeta Sinclair and special mention at the free 2018 annual... 😉 https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/2019/01/jogo-do-ano-para-planeta-sinclair.html Gosh, I really don't know w...
by Blerkotron
Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:50 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with V: discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 2875

Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with V: discussion

Virus would seem like an obvious candidate. Although I was always awful at it.
by Blerkotron
Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:02 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Spectrum Basic:putting random numbers in an array
Replies: 5
Views: 1561

Re: Spectrum Basic:putting random numbers in an array

Try something like this: 10 randomize: dim a(10) 20 for n = 1 to 10: let a(n) = int(rnd*10)+1: next n 30 for n = 1 to 10: print a(n): next n Explanations: 10: initialise the random number generator and dimension your array of numbers, a, to hold ten numbers. 20: loop ten times, assigning a random nu...
by Blerkotron
Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:55 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with T: vote
Replies: 18
Views: 3930

Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with T: vote

So torn between Target Renegade and Trashman! Two of my all-time Speccy faves. In the end I went with Trashman, although I expect TR will most likely win out in the end. Honorary mention to Trapdoor, which is also absolutely superb!
by Blerkotron
Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:06 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Andre Leao wrote: Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:50 pm Review's released...

https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/20 ... lowed.html
Amazing! Thank you for your kind words, it makes me really happy to see people enjoying the game! :)
by Blerkotron
Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:04 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Quick update: I've released 1.02, which fixes the "getting stuck" problem described by André, plus a few other niggles. More info and downloads available here: https://blerkotron.itch.io/unhallowed/devlog/55694/unhallowed-v102-released Fantastic, thanks :) Tomorrow will release the review...
by Blerkotron
Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:14 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Quick update:
I've released 1.02, which fixes the "getting stuck" problem described by André, plus a few other niggles.

More info and downloads available here:
https://blerkotron.itch.io/unhallowed/d ... 2-released
by Blerkotron
Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:51 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

At last completed this brilliant adventure, one of the best I have ever tried. Superb in all aspects, and, as an animal lover and owning 9 cats, I particulary enjoyed Shadow :) Just one small note, if you go to save Shadow without the knife, you get stuck on that room... Review soon at the blog, bu...
by Blerkotron
Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:33 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Not silly, it's a beautiful font! http://www.type-invaders.com/sinclair/clairsys/ Thank you! It gives me great joy to see Clairsys being used. And congrats: very nice work on the adventure! -Paul I spent so long staring at it in the PAW editor it seemed weird to go back to the standard ROM font whe...
by Blerkotron
Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:31 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Hi @Blerkotron, here's an update to the fix. This should work under all circumstances (tested by myself with ESXDOS 0.8.6). 1. Download Velesoft's .Z80 snapshot pack from the above link and copy them to your CF/SD card. 2. Press the NMI button on your interface, then select the UNHALLOWED.TAP file ...
by Blerkotron
Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:39 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

I just posted a quick update (1.01) which fixes a few typos and adds some new messages based on difficulties I saw people having with a few of the puzzles. There is also an updated HTML version which uses some of the more advanced features of Adventuron! More details here: https://blerkotron.itch.io...
by Blerkotron
Tue Nov 06, 2018 4:28 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Thank you, Alessandro - would you mind if I adapted your post into a section in the documentation? With credit given, of course. :)
by Blerkotron
Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:23 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

I've seen another DivMMC user complaining of the same thing, but I'm not sure why this would be because I'm not familiar with the hardware. It sounds like it's loading in 48K mode for some reason (you can get the same effect in an emulator by selecting a 128K machine but going to 48K before loading)...
by Blerkotron
Sat Nov 03, 2018 4:38 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

It's what I like to call my "Sigourney Weaver moment".
Spoiler
Ripley does exactly this in the final stages of Alien. It makes no sense for her to risk her life to save the cat, but she does it anyway. :-)
by Blerkotron
Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:29 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Thanks for the kind words, Alessandro - I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)
by Blerkotron
Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:08 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Alessandro wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:59 pm Another dead end...
Spoiler
I managed to spill some of the monster's blood on the floor, but I cannot pick it up. I tried with the bottle but I cannot make any use of it.
Spoiler
Something from one of the kitchens will help you here. You may have seen it already but had no use for it until now.
by Blerkotron
Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:06 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Thanks! It's always hard to know how an adventure will be received so it's great to see so many people playing and enjoying it! :)
by Blerkotron
Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:49 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Did you check the bath? Perhaps something to help you go fishing would help? I suspected that too. I guess I have to use the hook to get the item out of the bath, but the hook won't come away, and nothing in my possession seems to help. There's something in the bathroom itself that'll help you with...
by Blerkotron
Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:45 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

I am blocked a bit later in the adventure :) I have a disturbing photo and a very scared cat under a sofa. Could you give me a hint? P.S.: By the way, I am enjoying it a lot so far. If this is going to be the quality of the story in the new zx spectrum adventures, I am very keen on their revival! P...
by Blerkotron
Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:40 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween
Replies: 50
Views: 11990

Re: Unhallowed - a spooky text adventure for Halloween

Cryptic clue:
Spoiler
Torches are so old-fashioned, nobody needs one in this day and age.