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- Wed May 19, 2010 11:40 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Scope of the site
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6752
Scope of the site
Where does it end? Do games like Citadel of Chaos (or more generally: CYOA) qualify?
- Tue May 18, 2010 8:33 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: New site - bug reports
- Replies: 45
- Views: 15299
Re: New site - bug reports
Reviews, style sheet and comment field fixed.
- Tue May 18, 2010 8:12 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: New site launched
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2790
Re: New site launched
Haha - excellent! You've already uncovered two organisational problems/weaknesses with your submissions, Mark :D
Jacob, the "comment" field he used is ambigously named. It's only meant for "internal comments" which the admins can read, but we were too near-sighted to notice normal users will think ...
Jacob, the "comment" field he used is ambigously named. It's only meant for "internal comments" which the admins can read, but we were too near-sighted to notice normal users will think ...
- Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:40 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2775
Re: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
Glad you got it working!
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:57 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2775
Re: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
Yes, that's definitely "saving to a tape file". The tricky part, I think, is that you need to tell the emulator to start recording at the right point of time. Just like you'd press the appropriate buttons on a physical tape drive.
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:52 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2775
Re: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
No, didn't need to do that so far. Do you need to save the emulator state or something on a virtual tape file to continue the game? Both is supported by the emulator in theory (I'm saying "in theory" because I haven't really tried it myself). Saving a snapshot is 6.3, saving to a tape file is ...
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:17 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2775
Re: Recommendations of Spectrum emulator for Ubuntu
I use SPECTEMU all the time. It follows the KISS principle which makes it very easy to use for me. Of course, if you're used to wasting your time with a mouse, it can be quite daunting 
A commercial emulator (which I haven't used, so I can't say how good it is) is XZX.
A commercial emulator (which I haven't used, so I can't say how good it is) is XZX.
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:56 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8268
Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
I'm ambivalent about it :D
Disregarding technical limitations (because, as we all seem to agree, most of these overused themes are timeless), I do think it's often laziness which lets authors choose such standard themes (so far for the criticism). On the other hand, if someone just wants to write ...
Disregarding technical limitations (because, as we all seem to agree, most of these overused themes are timeless), I do think it's often laziness which lets authors choose such standard themes (so far for the criticism). On the other hand, if someone just wants to write ...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:21 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8268
Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
Many of these themes which have been listed in this thread as overused, I think, fall into the category of convenient plot devices. Memory loss is an excuse for lots of exposition (which always seems forced otherwise). Time travel, "lazy medieval" and bog-standard science fiction basically set most ...
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:38 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8268
Re: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
Oh, yes - I don't think the memory loss thing has ever cooled down. Just from the top of my head: Deja Vu (by ICOM), Amnesia (by EA), Crime Time (by Starbyte), Babel (by Ian Finley)... In last year's IF Comp, there were three games which had the protagonist waking up after a night of drinking, a ...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:21 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Reviews - your input needed!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3959
Re: Reviews - your input needed!
I thought the main reason against using the cruelty scale was that it might not be suited too well for classic games. Though does the winnable/unwinnable scale solve this? As I see it, "unwinnable with no indication" is "cruel", "unwinnable after little or no warning" is "nasty", "unwinnable after ...
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:51 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Reviews - your input needed!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3959
Re: Reviews - your input needed!
Are "winnable" and "frustration" distinct proposals or are those two facets of the same fairness model?
- Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:21 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8268
Good point about the narrowness of the mystery genre. I'm a big Chandler fan (yes, I know, he didn't write the Maltese Falcon; the basic style is the same), but I also enjoyed Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Josephine Tey and other British authors. So I don't mind more 'hard-boiled' detective games ...
- Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:16 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Most overutilized/underutilized themes?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8268
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:23 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Paranormal/Occult/Horror Themed Games
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8068