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Dethmunk wrote:I did an Adventure: The Darkness of Raven Wood

I really want to find the time to play this!

But in January 1987 he says

Robico's BLAZING STAR should be bulging from a few stockings. If you haven't yet got it I really must recommend it. If you have seen either GHOST TOWN or PONY EXPRESS, BLAZING STAR is in that vein but ten times better.

It was not a labour of love! Also, it's probably about 50% typed-in and 50% corrected from poor OCRd text. I think I can safely say that all my typing will prove to be correct and all of the errors were ones I missed proof-reading the OCR

From the Computer & Video Games Year Book 1984. I typed it in and the problem is that now I've no desire to actually play it - it's as if the act of inputting it has drained me of all enthusiasm! It'd therefore be great if anyone would like to play it through to the end and correct any errors. Oh, a...

Crashes at line 660, which isn't surprising...
Suggest GOTO 440.

fuzzel wrote:Does that include Wizard's Challenge ? I'll be uploading the solution to that today as well as trying to hit 50 points in Oxbridge (the half way mark).

No, not yet. Currently 127 of 480 games are without solutions.

lurkio wrote:It would be good to know if the game as uploaded is completable and if the CASA solution works for the Beeb version.

Yes it is, and yes it does. I used Dorothy Millard's solution, with the exception that dropping the lamp very near the end got me killed in the dark.

Gunness wrote:I think you mean woohoo That's 135 games waiting to be solved! That's awesome.

129 and falling...

ivor_the_injun wrote:Was it Oxbridge where one of the puzzles meant you had to move as if you were a knight in chess, so as to check off every space on a chessboard?

Yep, definitely.

It's spelled 'Dreadnaught' by the author.

CASA has 329 games listed for the BBC/Electron, of which only 166 have not got solutions. That means that 49.5% of all Text Adventures known about for the Beeb/Elk have been solved by somebody :-) Leaving 50.5% unsolved or unsolvable? Sounds like a challenge! Update: There are currently 476 games l...

Absolute long shot, but examining your pen reveals it to be unreliable.

I've been putting together a PDF of the book as I've gone though each game. It's not a complete reproduction (I've left out the listings and the glossary) but everything else is there and is searchable. It also contains maps and solutions for each game. Please will you consider submitting the maps ...

I will help too, but bit pushed for time this week, so maybe the next game.

Good work everyone!

paulv wrote:It's very relevant.

Absolutely. From my admittedly limited experience it can make a perceptible difference, especially when the paper is like Izal.

From those without solutions, the following are supposed to be very good: Cops by Alpine, Dreamtime by Heyley, It's Magic by Central Computing, Oxbridge by Tynesoft.

"Long Forgotten Arabia" and "Red Button Game" are the sample adventures from the book Adventure Design Language (1986) by A. F. de Geus, J. H. Jongejan and A. M. Koelmans. Pilgrim's Progress definitely a professional release by the Scripture Union: http://www.retrogames.co.uk/017758/Commodore/Pilgri...

Glad you're enjoying!

I've never played any of these, but Cube of Zoth is supposed to be a good one, as is Oxbridge by Tynesoft. Quest for the Holy Grail by Epic is missing a solution, which surprises me as it was very popular. Sticky Fingers has an interesting sounding storyline.

It states on 8bs.com that the archive of 10 is complete apart from issue 8, but issue 11 is on sale here: http://www.retrogamingworld.co.uk/compu ... ng-no.-11/. So at least one more is missing.

lurkio wrote:I can't answer either of your questions, unfortunately, but have you tried contacting Larry himself?

Yes. He personally has nothing.

http://www.nostalgia8.org/larry-fsf/page3.htm The five games that I know of are all extant. Are there any others? Do any of the club newsletters exist? Thanks for any information. The Axe of Kolt by Larry Horsfield Magnetic Moon by Larry Horsfield Reluctant Hero by Paul Waterman Rohak the Swordsman...

fuzzel wrote:Many thanks for the trophy Lurkio !

I'm surprised no one's asked for a walkthrough / map......

I did!

The Solution Archive version is just the raw solution without the extra FAQ stuff. Still pending.

Give me chance!

Thanks! I'm just waiting for GameFAQs to accept my submission (I included a special thanks to you in there for helping me through that nightmare, hope you don't mind). I'm a little dubious about their site since they've listed the game incorrectly as being for the ZX Spectrum. If it doesn't work ou...

Well, asked Chris at 8BS.com, and he is not allowed to distribute from his site, cause Ron (the owner) does not want them distributed. ?? Why not, aahk well, lost in time then.

11 years on, does anyone know if this is still the case?

As far as I know, no further games in the trilogy were released.

This article in Electron User 5.05 says part two was to be called 'Communion'.
http://www.acornelectron.co.uk/mags/eu/ ... pen15.html

If it's any consolation, I've sorted Rendezvous for you and will hopefully get Micro Puzzle done tomorrow.

I have a scan of the BBC listing of The Vespozian Affair if anyone fancies typing it in...