Please find a link to a .zip file which contains seven of the programs that featured in the 1983 Interface Publications book 'Creating Adventure Programs on the ZX Spectrum' by Peter Shaw and James Mortleman.
The current archive link to the book is here...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... id=2000098
All credit to the programs go to Garry Francis who typed them up, from scans of the original book provided by text adventure archivist Anthony Hope.
The games are...
Caverns of Jupiter by James R Mortleman.
Draculax by James R Mortleman.
Elsie the Aardvark goes Lunar Surveying by Peter Shaw
Fantasy Mansion by Peter Shaw
The House that James Built by Peter Shaw
Loves Sweet Garden by Peter Shaw
Shoddy in Funland by Peter Shaw
Garry has included a TAP file for each game and a .bas file of the program.
Link: http://8bitAG.com/temp/Creating-adventu ... ectrum.zip
Creating Adventure Programs on the ZX Spectrum
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Draculax is a cracking game. I just typed it in as I like typing them in and I own the book. My viewers were really impressed by Mr Mortleman's work as well!
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Re: Creating Adventure Programs on the ZX Spectrum
Awesome. I think I remember these, though in no way I could have had this book in behind the Iron Curtain in the Eighties. Maybe it's a false memory or maybe there was a partial translation in some magazine.
In any case, I might try and type one myself too. Haven't done it in decades.
EDIT: Jeez, I've just had a look at the link and the cover, and I'm now convinced I actually did have this book! What a blast from the past. Wish I could remember how did this happen...there were one or two kids in my area whose parents traveled abroad and brought them outlandish trinkets such as a copy of YS or even an original game. Maybe that's the connection
In any case, I might try and type one myself too. Haven't done it in decades.
EDIT: Jeez, I've just had a look at the link and the cover, and I'm now convinced I actually did have this book! What a blast from the past. Wish I could remember how did this happen...there were one or two kids in my area whose parents traveled abroad and brought them outlandish trinkets such as a copy of YS or even an original game. Maybe that's the connection
Re: Creating Adventure Programs on the ZX Spectrum
The cover is the same Susan Rowe illustration as for the Quicksilva release of Velnor's Lair, so it's one that a lot of people will have seen over the years anyway...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=7157
Re: Creating Adventure Programs on the ZX Spectrum
Ok, but I'm pretty sure it's the book I had access too (I only saw like 5 original games at the time for ZX and I would remember this one). I did learn to write this kind of simple adventures at some point and I'm now convinced it must've been from that book.
Just wish the book scans were available somewhere too...
Just wish the book scans were available somewhere too...
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All bug reports in this thread have now been applied to the ZXDB database, therefore I'm now locking this thread for convenience.
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