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by darius
Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:40 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Retro Gamer: The Making of…Zork and Magnetic Scrolls feature
Replies: 5
Views: 7087

Re: Retro Gamer: The Making of…Zork and Magnetic Scrolls fea

Indeed. I have bought both these issues, have read the "Zork issue" (77?) and did find yet another adventure game article in it, namely about a Beatles game. The joy. :)
by darius
Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:01 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
Replies: 9
Views: 2773

Re: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu

Hey, guess what. I just managed to load a saved game from part 1 into part 2. As you said, there's a difference between loading snapshots and loading stuff "from tape". Thanks for the help and the encouragement.
by darius
Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:54 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
Replies: 9
Views: 2773

Re: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu

Thanks for the tips and for the link to the manual. I'll try it out next time I'm playing.
by darius
Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:08 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
Replies: 9
Views: 2773

Re: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu

I don't think it is an emulator state I'm talking about, but actually saving inside the game then loading again. Imagine entering SAVE in the game and RESTORE again. Then imagine entering SAVE in one game, starting another game and entering RESTORE to load the saved game. Some multi-part Quilled ...
by darius
Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:31 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
Replies: 9
Views: 2773

Re: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu

I have nothing against Spectemu per se and I have even enjoyed a few adventure games on it; I just cannot seem to be able to play multipart games on it. Have you managed to do that? I.e. load part one and play, save a game-state, load part two and restore the game-state from part one. Robin of ...
by darius
Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:02 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
Replies: 9
Views: 2773

Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu

I'm looking for a good Spectrum emulator to play adventure games on which runs in Ubuntu Linux. It's okay if it costs money as long as it is easy to use and everything just works. The emulator that comes with Ubuntu (xspect a.k.a. spectemu) is so-so to use as long as the game is one part only. As ...
by darius
Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:35 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
Replies: 31
Views: 8262

Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?

Mr Creosote, I'm not sure I understand what it is you are getting at. Are you saying that the authors were lazy and made it easy for them? Or perhaps that the sparing resources of the day in the form of virtually no computer memory, forced the authors to use prototypical themes to save room on text ...
by darius
Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:15 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
Replies: 31
Views: 8262

Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?

Another suggestion for overutilized themes: Time Travel
Games that comes to mind: Eureka, Lords of Time, TimeQuest...

(on a side note to time-travel; here's a nice six word story from Alan Moore:
"machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time"
see: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords ...
by darius
Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:16 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
Replies: 31
Views: 8262

Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?

One theme that I felt was overutilized for a while was the memory-loss-scenario. You wake up somewhere and don't remember who you are and how you got there. Mindshadow comes to mind. Any more games in this vein? Has this topic "cooled down" lately?
by darius
Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:29 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
Replies: 31
Views: 8262

Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?

Thanks. I'll get back with questions when I try it out.
by darius
Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:33 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
Replies: 31
Views: 8262

Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?

I will play Infocom's Sherlock one day. It is an Infocom game after all. :)

I've indeed started to play Electronic Arts' first Sherlock Holmes game some time back but I've gotten into a Catch-22 situation. (After looking in a solve I found out that apparently I did something in the wrong order and ...
by darius
Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:06 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
Replies: 31
Views: 8262

Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?

Regarding underutilized; I'd like a really good Sherlock Holmes game. Sherlock from Melbourne House was ambitious but didn't perform well on the old 8-bit machines. Not having played Sherlock from Infocom I get the impression it is a treasure hunt more than solving a (murder-)mystery.

Of course ...
by darius
Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:08 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Paranormal/Occult/Horror Themed Games
Replies: 24
Views: 8064

A long time ago I really enjoyed Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolfman by Rod Pike on the C64. The problems were so-so but the prose was excellent.
by darius
Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:36 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Terrormolinos (C64)
Replies: 4
Views: 2236

Stuck again. :)

A hint on how to get Little Doreen to follow me would be much appreciated. She is found in the bathroom.
by darius
Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:33 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Terrormolinos (C64)
Replies: 4
Views: 2236

Re: Terrormolinos (C64)


There's a walkthrough for that game in the solutions section. No need to get stuck.

Thanks for the tip. Yes, I know there is a walkthrough for the game, but I'd rather not use it because it is too easy to see solutions to other puzzles when trying to find the answer to one particular problem ...