Game of the day...

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I'VE COMPLETED A TEXT ADVENTURE!!! :shock:

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Trolleymania

There aren't many screens (but still make a map) and the puzzles are all sensible. Took me 731 turns, which is probably terrible by experienced players' standards.

Recommended for people that usually struggle with this genre.
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Bugaboo the Flea

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I've always loved this simple concept, based on a physics formula.
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I'm convinced that those little spiky overhangs were carefully and specifically placed by Satan himself...
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R-Tape wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:06 pm I'VE COMPLETED A TEXT ADVENTURE!!! :shock:

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Trolleymania

There aren't many screens (but still make a map) and the puzzles are all sensible. Took me 731 turns, which is probably terrible by experienced players' standards.

Recommended for people that usually struggle with this genre.
Well done!
I managed to get 3/5 trolleys then gave up! I couldn't work out how to get the floorboards!
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RWAC wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:43 pm Well done!
I managed to get 3/5 trolleys then gave up! I couldn't work out how to get the floorboards!
Cheers!
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If I remember correctly, it's "LIFT FLOORBOARDS", or "LIFT BOARDS"
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Goblins, Dungeons, Elfs, Vampyres, trolleys at supermarkets, ...

The amazing world of text adventures! :lol:
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Ast A. Moore wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:51 pm David O’Connor also did Soldier of Fortune, which is pretty good, too.
Yes, it is very impressive, though it little bit lacks control precission. I would like to see something between Batman The Movie and Soldier od Fortune.
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Fired up the frankly amazing Bean Brothers yesterday. What a game, simple idea, incredibly addictive with superb music. Thank god for the DivMMC and SNA's :D

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Just played a bit of Urban Upstart (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=7149) one of the first text adventures by Pete Cooke.
First, the map is huge, I started with pen and paper but get tired of running out of space and decided to download the whole thing:

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The parser seems custom by Pete himself in something that feels like Basic, it allows simple commands but you have the feeling is doing many things on the background, the only problems I had are related to places, sometimes is not clear if you need to use a cardinal point or just type "go out".
Graphics look very simplistic and they use the vector technique similar to The Hobbit, but adding some UDG here and there, and can be disabled to speed up things. I like that he also use the border color on each location and time passes if you don't do anything. Yes, The Hobbit seems a like a strong influence.

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The adventure really has a nostalgic feeling for some reason. It plays like a traditional fantastic adventure, but in the city, and it is surprising how many locations Pete managed to fit in 48k.
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Urban Upstart was one of my first text adventures (and games in general). My English back then was rather basic and I could not undestand much of the British lingo but somehow sensed there is something special about this game. I haven't played for ~30 years but still remember the phrase "where people queue up to queue up for a job!".

The fact that it was a, well, urban adventure was also a welcome change from the usual fantasy/sci-fi tropes. Definitely on my high priority list to to play again soon (now with added bonus of knowing what actually is going on, and, after 15 years of UK living being able to appreciate the local nuances).
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I really like the humour, setting, originality and graphics of Urban Upstart, but I was put off by the Spectrum 2.0 reviews that said the engine was too slow. It deserves a proper go, even if it involves pressing the turbo button in the emulator a lot, or playing at a higher MHz.
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BTW another nice little adventure I decided to try is Trixie's Quest (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=10950), a charming adventure by Arthur Simmons that uses Quill with no graphics.
It is short but quite challenging, due to the use of some very specific commands. Fortunately there is a walk-though available that helps with the more obtuse ones.

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Interesting enough the game has no release year.
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Dragonfire.

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A bit of a howler this one, but there is a twinkle of a decent game here. Keys OP, A-duck, Spc-Jump. At first, it seems impossible to get into the castle (and occasionally it is), but you get used to it. Then you enter the castle and nick all the items while the dragon fires at you. Then back to screen 1.

That's it. Two screens repeated at increasing difficulty. I first hoped there were a lot more screens and was reminiscent of hunchback.

While none of the reviews are good, some of them seem generous. Your Spectrum magazine was the most honest:
Dragonfire has got about as much future as the feudal system.
A real contender for Turkey of the Year Award
How they ever managed to write this code in such a way that you need 48K to run it, I'll never know.
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R-Tape wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 4:28 pm
Dragonfire has got about as much future as the feudal system.
Lol..this is why I love the old mags :)

I think I played this recently in Atari 2600 High score club. I thought it unbelieveably tedious but it seems to be big in Atariland.

Having said that, it's still better than the pointless (albeit beautiful), 0-gameplay castle minigame from Defender Of The Crown...
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New Cylon Attack (by A'n'F software)

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An interesting 3D spaceship shooter. Simple but cool.
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Suitable game of the day: Gerry the Germ by Firebird.

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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:57 am Suitable game of the day: Gerry the Germ by Firebird.
That's a depressing omen Juan! Gerry the Germ is impossible!

Has anyone actually managed to collect the oxygen bottle on screen 1? None of the magazine reviewers seems to have managed it.

Think I'll stick to Fantastic Voyage, or maybe Hermitage.
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R-Tape wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:08 am
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:57 am Suitable game of the day: Gerry the Germ by Firebird.
Think I'll stick to Fantastic Voyage, or maybe Hermitage.
Fantastic Voyage!!! How could I forget it???
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Cannibals From Outer Space by Summit Software.

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From Charles Bystram, the author of Brian Bloodaxe, Psycho City and Wulfan the Barbarian, another cool isometric advventure.
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Escape by New Generation

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An old, cute gem from 1982. Find an axe in a 3D labyrinth and escape! Different levels of difficulty.
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With the recent discussions on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) thread, I thought this would be a good one to get playing:

Toilet Trouble from Automata UK Ltd (UK)

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I love the title of the first screen.. You can't beat the Cistern
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:25 pm Escape by New Generation

An old, cute gem from 1982. Find an axe in a 3D labyrinth and escape!
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WTF??? :lol:
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The Colditz Story by Atlantis Software.

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A funny game made up of mini-games. Some of them are rather difficult. The screen in the pic is probably the furthest I've ever gone.
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Aquarius by Bug Byte

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A crappy but funny idea behind this game: turn Scuba Dive into an horizontal shooter. Not bad.
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