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Sorry Cruelman, I didn't realise anyone would play along.

But I'm glad for the comaraderie.

Will use spoiler tags from now on.

To tell the truth you didn't spoil anything to me yet.

There doesn't seem much else to do in the arena. Maybe I'm missing something.

Erm....





That was probably the easiest adventure game I've ever played in my life...

That was fast.

WTF, I didn't even visit the fourth time zone.

Yes, it took me by surprise as well. [Edit] Oh, you did it a lot quicker!

I suppose there are actually only three time zones (as I think you start in the 4th?). And time zone B (the Roman one) seems to be basically just that one arena location, and I'm not sure what you can actually do there or if you have to go there at all..?! Who knows, maybe you do.

Right - I've just looked at the Tipshop solution (I'm allowed to as I've finished it... ). That's quite weird, it seems I missed a big chunk of the solution to the final part, but you don't appear to need to do a lot of it, and can finish the game in a simpler way. Not sure if that was the author's intention.

Overall I quite enjoyed it, despite the occasional speeeling error and the slightly basic-looking graphics. There seem to be a few random but irrelevant events occurring at certain locations, and places and people that you don't actually need to see to complete the game. The author has been nice enough to provide a decent amount of feedback for the player in the form of the EXAMine command, and hints when you die on how to avoid it next time round.

Morkin's score - a solid 4/5. One of the better Quilled adventures I've played. Mainly because it was relatively painless - didn't expect that!

I didnt' use the rope.

Me neither. I didn't even find it.

I'm trying to play Lost in the Desert, for which theare no hints or solution. Not even a review. I'm already stuck. I'm scoring 20%, but it's a pretty easy score to reach.

Anybody else wants to try.

WIWC wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:20 pm I'm trying to play Lost in the Desert, for which theare no hints or solution. Not even a review. I'm already stuck. I'm scoring 20%, but it's a pretty easy score to reach.

Anybody else wants to try.

Just got really far in 'Lost in the Desert'... then realised that what I was playing was a completely different game called 'Lost in the Desert' that has been incorrectly included on that entry in the database! Looking at WOS, the Z80 has been misfiled for a long time as it's incorrect there too!

So thanks for helping me find that mistake! I've got a new game to research now.

Edit: The game I was playing was Walter Pooley's 'The Pyramid' which refers to itself as 'Lost in the Desert' on the title screen which is probably how it ended up filed under the wrong entry.

Which begs the question - which game is WIWC playing?

Kweepa wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:36 am Which begs the question - which game is WIWC playing?

The 'correct one' as the scoring is broken in the Walter Pooley game.

8BitAG wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:17 pm So thanks for helping me find that mistake! I've got a new game to research now.

"You're welcome."

Go on then, I'm game. Though given the title I'm already anticipating the 'You are thirsty', 'You have died of thirst' messages...

Perhaps a new thread?

Oh god, this is horrendous...! It's already got multiple ticks in the "Morkin's adventure dislikes" boxes and I've only seen about 5 locations.

Not only did I get thirsty almost immediately, but I got thirsty milliseconds after quenching my thirst. Loads of objects, and an object carry limit, well that's fun. Areas of darkness and my torch runs out whilst desperately trying to shift another billion objects away from the dark room, while constantly wasting turns sipping water.



I'm giving up before I start trying to figure out which swear words it understands... Oh, too late, I've started already..

[mention]WIWC[/mention] how could you foist this pain upon us...

I'm glad you like it!

Most of the items seems to be useless, anyway.

I'm giving it a generous and solid 1/10.

Any progress?

Yes. I have stopped playing it.

Well, all's well that ends well.

I'm not sure about that, I'm still in therapy after playing it.

Your life can be divided in before and after "Lost in the Desert"