Missing Atari 8-bit titles
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Thanks, Alex. I'm at work now, so will take a look tonight.
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Oh, that was a bit easier than the first one. I added a GRAPHICS 0 to line 20 to reset the graphics mode and clear the screen. Other than that, everything is as per your listing and I can play it through to the end using your solution. I haven't tested all the branches, though, so no guarantees that it's bug free. Here's an autobooting disk image:
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I'll try to do the last one this week. That one is a bit more work.
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Sydney could be tough, maybe Australia? Completely understand you're a bit reluctant to post them, I pray that nothing bad happens every single time I send something. I'll get back to you and let you know...
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My apologies, definitely guilty of not getting back to you, the least I could've done is reply so I understand you. I'll send you a PM with what we're interested in.Garry wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:53 pmAnd I'd love you to add them! I've had trouble submitting things in the past, so I got a bit disillusioned and didn't bother any more. Send me a PM with the best way to send them and I'll make sure you get them. Can you also tell me the best way to send updates/corrections to the database entries?
Many entries in our database are in dire need of an update. Thing is we usually concentrate on adding previously unarchived material so some older pages are really lacking in information, better screenshots... We'll eventually get to them. This being said, if you find something completely out of place or weird, you can juste write a comment on the game page - on the left hand side - so we can see it. Chances are it'll be corrected a bit more quickly that way.
Thanks!
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The last game from the book Adventures!
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Thanks, Alex. There were three typos, easily fixed:
Line 5490: Delete trailing colon
Line 6200: Delete trailing colon
Line 8070: T4 should be T$
Here is the bug-fixed version on an auto-booting disk image. I was able to play it to completion using your solution.
Line 5490: Delete trailing colon
Line 6200: Delete trailing colon
Line 8070: T4 should be T$
Here is the bug-fixed version on an auto-booting disk image. I was able to play it to completion using your solution.
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Thanks for the images. Glad I at last was able to use the Atari version of the book. The books are not entirely without errors. The colons were in the msx version, but obviously had no use. The atari version of the book had 8 double lines in the book between lines 3000-3460.
This book was my introduction on how to write a text adventure. I used it to write my game The Inheritance.
This book was my introduction on how to write a text adventure. I used it to write my game The Inheritance.
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Resurrected from the dead and freshly dumped:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 29015.html
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I'm really glad that one was found. It's the Italian game 2030 Radio Killers. This is an illustrated adventure, but the graphics load really slowly (by design) with a background jingle and the background sound does not turn off after the jingle. This becomes very annoying very quickly. As it's written in BASIC, I see an English translation (without those annoyances) on the horizon.
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Just added the joystick-driven Moon Quest which took part in the ABBUC Software Contest this year:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 40898.html
I'm 99.99% sure these two games are the same (I changed the title in our database to the latter):
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C94 ... nture.html
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C94 ... nture.html
On a side note, I find it weird that Page 6 is listed as a company for the non-magazine stuff. I don't believe a single non-type-in adventure was ever distributed exclusively through the PD library and most of the titles were just picked up from various sources. For example, Arcade Adventure was written in the US and already circulating on disks in the mid-eighties. I think this is giving Page 6 way more importance than it deserves. Just my two cents...
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http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... 40898.html
I'm 99.99% sure these two games are the same (I changed the title in our database to the latter):
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C94 ... nture.html
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C94 ... nture.html
On a side note, I find it weird that Page 6 is listed as a company for the non-magazine stuff. I don't believe a single non-type-in adventure was ever distributed exclusively through the PD library and most of the titles were just picked up from various sources. For example, Arcade Adventure was written in the US and already circulating on disks in the mid-eighties. I think this is giving Page 6 way more importance than it deserves. Just my two cents...
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Simple Adventure and Mini Adventure have different authors and different descriptions. I think both were advertised at the same time. One has graphics, the other makes no mention of graphics. We won't know for sure until they are both found.
Page 6 had a lot of exclusive titles, but being public domain, they made their way into other PD libraries. As you noted, the reverse also happened. The Page 6 library is available online, but none of the other PD libraries are available as a coherent whole as far as I know. If you have any further info on origins or availability, feel free to add it as a note. Every little bit helps.
Page 6 had a lot of exclusive titles, but being public domain, they made their way into other PD libraries. As you noted, the reverse also happened. The Page 6 library is available online, but none of the other PD libraries are available as a coherent whole as far as I know. If you have any further info on origins or availability, feel free to add it as a note. Every little bit helps.
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Public domain content (or content that later gets considered as public domain!) is always tricky when it comes to assigning a publisher.www.atarimania.com wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:15 amOn a side note, I find it weird that Page 6 is listed as a company for the non-magazine stuff. I don't believe a single non-type-in adventure was ever distributed exclusively through the PD library and most of the titles were just picked up from various sources. For example, Arcade Adventure was written in the US and already circulating on disks in the mid-eighties. I think this is giving Page 6 way more importance than it deserves. Just my two cents...
Personally, if I can find an earlier example of the game being circulated (through a verifiable source, such as a contemporary library catalogue or magazine source) then I'll remove references like those Page 6 ones and resort to using the author as a fallback publisher. So, as Garry says, if you have any specific information and references to share then I can look at entries on a case-by-case basis. We do want the archive to be accurate and earlier publication should, at the very least, be mentioned in the notes section.
The C64 archives suffer from a similar issue where "The Guild" is basically credited for half of the general public domain library of the 1980s, despite it not existing as a company until 1991, simply because in the UK Binary Zone (who later distributed The Guild's collection) were the major PD library.
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That may indeed turn out to be the case, but with different titles, different synopses and completely different authors listed, some sort of verifiable contemporary sources, or the games themselves, would need to be offered as evidence.www.atarimania.com wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:15 amI'm 99.99% sure these two games are the same (I changed the title in our database to the latter):
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C94 ... nture.html
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C94 ... nture.html
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Going on the list on the Page 6 site...
https://www.page6.org/ukacoc/library/lib-adventure.htm ...they certainly don't seem like the same game; especially with completely different system requirements.
I'd be interested in why you decided to merge "Mini Adventure" and "Simple Adventure".
https://www.page6.org/ukacoc/library/lib-adventure.htm ...they certainly don't seem like the same game; especially with completely different system requirements.
I'd be interested in why you decided to merge "Mini Adventure" and "Simple Adventure".