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by Strident
Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:52 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Replies: 77
Views: 92067

Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles

Presumably one of the early Lindasoft titles, that one, going on the date?

I notice that we don't yet have Doriano's (The/I) Beatles e il papiro della pace listed in the archive either.
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 31446.html
by Strident
Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:04 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Missing Atari 8-bit titles
Replies: 77
Views: 92067

Re: Missing Atari 8-bit titles

Well, let's take the example of Arcade Adventure again. Actually, I didn't even know the game was part of the Page 6 Library before I saw it listed under that publisher on the site. I got this file from a user in the US who decided it was time to archive his software "collection" from the mid-eight...
by Strident
Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:15 am
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: Transylvania III for MSX?
Replies: 2
Views: 1011

Re: Transylvania III for MSX?

There are quite a few instances in the database of games that were commercially ported and published, seemingly without the permission of the original creators. In many of those historic cases we have added the platform of those commercial ports (even if they were potentially unofficial) as they wer...
by Strident
Wed Dec 28, 2022 9:43 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Atzeco Adventure
Replies: 20
Views: 11710

Re: Atzeco Adventure

And BTW, if you like text adventures, there's another italian-language game that might be converted/translated. It's called "Astronave Farmer" and I typed it myself some time ago from the 1985 italian magazine "MC Microcomputer". It has been reissued on "RetroMagazine" 23 May 2020. Read the article...
by Strident
Mon Dec 26, 2022 11:03 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Atzeco Adventure
Replies: 20
Views: 11710

Re: Atzeco Adventure

It isn't one that I've come across previously, no. For others interested, the listing is here... http://vz200.org/bushy/Laser_Computer_Club_1988-04.pdf or https://archive.org/details/LCC1988-04/page/n11 and is credited to a Roberto B. Roberto B. is the author of several Laser programs, such as Nim (...
by Strident
Sun Dec 18, 2022 5:47 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill
Replies: 15
Views: 11432

Re: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill

Looks good. :)

Fergus has confirmed that he did part 3 in BASIC because he wanted to do something that he could do in the Quill. It was probably the graphics side of things; although I did suggest it might've been the wandering characters part too.
by Strident
Sun Dec 18, 2022 12:16 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill
Replies: 15
Views: 11432

Re: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill

It's a compromise either way, especially when the game is basically all map & location descriptions and not much else. You might be able to save some memory in the system messages because some of those are going to be redundant... there aren't any wearable objects, for example, so system message 29 ...
by Strident
Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:49 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill
Replies: 15
Views: 11432

Re: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill

From looking at the code (and the solution!) that part 1 is basically just 90% location descriptions. It's a fairly neatly described game world... there's just not much to do in it. It's unsatisfying now, looking at it in terms of an adventure game, but I can definitely appreciate the personal buzz ...
by Strident
Sat Dec 17, 2022 1:44 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill
Replies: 15
Views: 11432

Re: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill

I just did a very quick difference check between the two versions of Part 1... Main differences between I-DST1 and You-DST1: I-DST1 is earlier, made with version A of the Quill. You-DST1 is a version C database and also includes some Illustrator graphics. You-DST1 has additional vocabularly synonyms...
by Strident
Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:41 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill
Replies: 15
Views: 11432

Re: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill

Just looking through previous threads where I've posted about the game as I knew I'd talked to Fergus about it. Ah, yes, seems that he confirmed it was a badly worded advert and the games were never sold separately. They should really just be on entry on CASA, imo... but at least it'll allow us to t...
by Strident
Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:35 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill
Replies: 15
Views: 11432

Re: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill

Part three is "You" no matter what version you have a download for.

The GI Games/Zenobi compilation has the "You" versions for part one and two...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... ar_Trilogy
by Strident
Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:30 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill
Replies: 15
Views: 11432

Re: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill

To be fair, though... and to completely contradict that as being the reason... the "I" version is looking like the earlier one than the "You" version. This is a download of the "I" version... https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/2022/02/encontrada-variante-de-dragonstar.html The final releases (GI G...
by Strident
Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:27 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill
Replies: 15
Views: 11432

Re: Dragonstar Trilogy by Fergus McNeill

I'll have a nose through what I've researched on the "trilogy" in the past. From memory... Dragonstar was one of the very earliest releases from Delta 4. Fergus was originally selling the trilogy as three games... as quite a price per part too, iirc... until they started being sold as a trilogy. The...
by Strident
Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:37 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Castle of Terror for the ZX Spectrum
Replies: 4
Views: 2698

Re: Castle of Terror for the ZX Spectrum

This is a very old thread. ;) But even six years later there are still unresolved questions about that "part 1" of the ZX Spectrum version; which may just be a fan production. Like you, NomadColossus, I did try to track down further details... There is a font designer called Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini b...
by Strident
Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:30 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Lost in the desert
Replies: 9
Views: 6849

Re: Lost in the desert

I'll put some time aside to have a proper look later in the week, then. (You'll probably need to zip up the rzx, as it'll corrupt if attached to the submission form as it is).