This is what I know...
It appears that the Chiang brothers (Anthony, Kenneth & Samuel) originally published under their own company (Chiang Brothers Software), then some of their games were included on Softdisk . ( Softdisk was a disk magazine for the Apple II family.) However, this is purely ...
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- Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:00 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: One Step Beyond by Chiang Bros.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3850
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 1:45 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Space Derelict! (type-in)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5534
Re: Space Derelict! (type-in)
I haven't seen the Apple II or PC books, but if someone can find a pdf of those, I can probably modify the TRS-80 listing appropriately.
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:38 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Space Derelict! (type-in)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5534
Re: Space Derelict! (type-in)
I'm pretty sure that I've typed that one in, but it was a long time ago and I haven't played it yet to check that there's no typos. Ah, yes. I see that I've got a disk image and screen grabs for the TRS-80. I seem to recall that it was for the Model 4. Give me a week or so and I'll get onto it.
- Sun Jan 23, 2022 2:39 pm
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Info for SWAN contradicts games in database
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11636
Re: Info for SWAN contradicts games in database
Ah, I see. Thanks for the info. I now see that the other three are listed as never released, yet all three have screen grabs. That tricked me.
- Sun Jan 23, 2022 1:38 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Info for SWAN contradicts games in database
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11636
Info for SWAN contradicts games in database
In the info for SWAN, it says, "Only one game written with the system, Mindfighter, was ever released", yet there are four games listed. Either the info on SWAN is incorrect or the games are attributed to the wrong development system. Could someone check this?
- Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:25 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Broken link for 'The Secret of Landusia'
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11388
Broken link for 'The Secret of Landusia'
In the notes for this game, the last sentence says "see here for details", but the link is broken. See https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C9 ... C+The.html
- Sat Jan 22, 2022 2:40 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Description of ADL is wrong
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14059
Description of ADL is wrong
There are at least two adventure authoring languages abbreviated to ADL. CASA shows these as ADL and ADL [1]. The entry for ADL is incorrect. It gives the book title as Adventure Design Language (1986) by A. F. de Geus, J. H. Jongejan and A. M. Koelmans. This should be Adventure Description Language ...
- Sat Jan 22, 2022 1:40 am
- Forum: Site feedback & announcements
- Topic: Cursed Be The City - solution removed
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11466
Re: Cursed Be The City - solution removed
There's also a solution for the C64 version by Dorothy Millard. This is different to the one on The Tipshop, so I've submitted it. I'm sure Dorothy won't mind. If possible, can you show it as being submitted by her?
- Fri Jan 07, 2022 1:05 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10
- Replies: 210
- Views: 266991
Re: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10
Holy mackeral. I started sorting through my Captain 80 notes today. The maps are dated 2015. How time flies when you're having fun!
I've been going through the notes for Arctic Adventure. There's 1 page for the map, 1 page for the solution, 3 pages for notes, 1 page for bug fixes and 70 pages of ...
I've been going through the notes for Arctic Adventure. There's 1 page for the map, 1 page for the solution, 3 pages for notes, 1 page for bug fixes and 70 pages of ...
- Fri Jan 07, 2022 4:18 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10
- Replies: 210
- Views: 266991
Re: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10
The Captain 80 book of BASIC adventures is one of my favourite series, second only to the SoftSide Adventure of the Month series. I have all the Captain 80 games, including screen grabs, maps (as Trizbort files), solutions (hand-written) and BASIC source code as plain text. Send me a PM for anything ...
- Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:46 pm
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Zodiac (Adventure) - A&F Software
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1717
Re: Zodiac (Adventure) - A&F Software
I actually have admin rights, but I couldn't update that one because the root path hadn't been set. This typically happens when two games have the same name. I've now added the cover and the Your Computer advert as well.
If you find any other Oric games that are missing, let me know and I'll add ...
If you find any other Oric games that are missing, let me know and I'll add ...
- Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:39 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: Zodiac (Adventure) - A&F Software
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1717
Re: Zodiac (Adventure) - A&F Software
Yes, I've got it. I've submitted it to oric.org. It may take a while to get it updated. I'll let you know when it's available. If you can't wait, send me a PM and I'll send it to you.
- Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:11 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: English translations of Slovakian adventures
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6834
Re: English translations of Slovakian adventures
There are over 200 Czech "adventures" for the Atari 8-bit. Of those, only 146 are currently in the database. I haven't been confident to add the others, as Czech is a complete mystery to me and I can't tell whether they're parser-based, choice-based, simulations or something completely different.
- Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:10 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: African Adventures
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2258
Re: African Adventures
No credits are given on the printed "cover" that the tape was mounted to, but the editor is Peter Gerrard, so it's probably reasonable to presume that he was the author unless further evidence to the contrary comes to light.
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 1:43 am
- Forum: Classics
- Topic: 12 Lost Souls
- Replies: 104
- Views: 35474
Re: 12 Lost Souls
Without having played the game, your logic sounds reasonable. It would allow you to at least finish the game.
Having done the hex editor thing myself on other games, I know how difficult it can be when you can't add or delete bytes. When you've got the source code, it's not a problem, because you ...
Having done the hex editor thing myself on other games, I know how difficult it can be when you can't add or delete bytes. When you've got the source code, it's not a problem, because you ...