Jörg Walkowiak Adventure Books

[Strident]

Posting this here as a reference for myself of links I'm collecting following a discussion on Twitter, concerning the adventure programming book by...

Jörg Walkowiak
https://solutionarchive.com/list/author%2C708/

I will be updating the entries (and adding others) connected to this.

Jörg's (Joerg) games The Enchanted Castle and Gold Fever started out as German-language type-ins for the Commodore 64 in his book...

Adventures und wie man sie programmiert
https://archive.org/details/AdventuresU ... grammiert/
...published by Data Becker Buch in 1984.

Goldrausch, Miviversion 1.0, pp.90-95
https://archive.org/details/AdventuresU ... /page/n95/

Goldrausch, pp.172-193 ["Gold Rush"]
https://archive.org/details/AdventuresU ... page/n177/

Das Verzauverte Schloss, pp.194-207 ["The Enchanted Castle"]
https://archive.org/details/AdventuresU ... /page/n199

C64 Adventure Editor, pp 208-215
https://archive.org/details/AdventuresU ... page/n213/

Adventure Interpreter Ver 1.0, pp.216-221
https://archive.org/details/AdventuresU ... /page/n221

A Data Becker catalogue shows this original German book was also released in an edition for Atari 600 XL & 800 XL, and also for CPC...
https://archive.org/details/data-becker ... 85/page/n5

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The Spanish version, for Atari 600 XL/800 XL/130 XE* version is here...
Aventuras y como programarlas en Atari
https://archive.org/details/aventuras-y ... i/page/n1/
...published by Data Becker SA in Argentina in 1987
(it lists (c)1985 Data Becker GmbH, (c)1985 Ferre Moret S.A. of Barcelona, and (c)1987 Data Becker S.A.)
*Internally the book refers to 400 XL/800 XL/130 XE.

Fiebre del Oro (Miniversion), pp.101-105 ["Gold Fever", listing labelled "miniversion 1.0" and dated October 1984]
https://archive.org/details/aventuras-y ... /page/n53/

Castillo Encantado "Una Aventura de Ferre Moret", pp.175-194
https://archive.org/details/aventuras-y ... i/page/n93

Fiebre del Oro, ["Version 1.0 (c)1984] pp.195-217
https://archive.org/details/aventuras-y ... /page/n101

There is an additional (graphical) game...
Space Mission, pp.221-240
https://archive.org/details/aventuras-y ... page/n111/

Plus additional routines such as a graphical program and the adventure creator at the back of the book.

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The German version for Amstrad CPC is here...
https://archive.org/details/adventures- ... mmiertacme
...published by Data Becker in 1984.

Goldrausch, pp.106-110
https://archive.org/details/adventures- ... e/page/106

Das verzauberte Schloss (Schlossadventure, version 1.2), pp.197-214
https://archive.org/details/adventures- ... e/page/196

Goldrausch, pp.217-237
https://archive.org/details/adventures- ... e/page/216

This also has...
Space Mission, pp.241-264

...and the adventure editor and interpreter

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The French version for Amstrad CPC is here...
Micro Application #05, Les jeux d'aventures et comment les programmer sur cpc
https://archive.org/details/micro-appli ... er-sur-cpc
...distributed by Micro Application of France. French translation by Pascal Hausmann.

L'ivresse de l'or (miniversion), pp.69-74
https://archive.org/details/micro-appli ... pc/page/68

Le chateau enchante, pp.135-153 [version 1.2]
https://archive.org/details/micro-appli ... c/page/134

L'ivresse de l'or, pp.156-177
https://archive.org/details/micro-appli ... c/page/156

Space Mission, pp.180-203
https://archive.org/details/micro-appli ... /page/180/

Plus the adventure editor & interpreter.

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The English translation, for Commodore 64 is here...
Adventure Gamewriters Handbook for Commodore 64
https://archive.org/details/Adventure_G ... modore_64/
...published by Abacus Software in March 1985
Edited by Jim D'Hoem and Russ Taber

Mini-Gold Fever, pp.88-97
https://archive.org/details/Adventure_G ... 4/page/n97

Gold Fever, pp.177-195
https://archive.org/details/Adventure_G ... /page/n185

The Enchanted Castle, pp.196-207
https://archive.org/details/Adventure_G ... /page/n205

Followed by the Adventure Editor and Interpreter.

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Perhaps there was a second edition of the original German book for C64, as I don't see Space Mission in there, despite it being typed-in here...
http://www.gb64.com/search.php?a=5&f=3&id=414&d=18&h=0
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C18 ... ssion.html

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Some additional CPC links...

French version of Space Mission typed in...
https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/space_mission.htm

French adventure editor "Venturefix" typed in...
https://cpcrulez.fr/applications_game-venturefix.htm

Which was apparently used to help produce
https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/vol_en_pl ... ifique.htm
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C56 ... fique.html
...which is why Jorg is a credit there; I will probably remove that and add a credit to the notes instead, as it's not direct involvement. Publisher is *not* Venturefix, as that is the "adventure system".

Links at CPC-power...
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?pag ... 0WALKOWIAK

[Garry]

This is a topic close to my heart, as I've spent a lot of time with Jörg Walkowiak's games. I should warn you that they are very buggy and most of them won't run as printed in the various books. Some of them have large chunks of code missing.

I think the first one I did was an English translation of the Amstrad CPC French version of Gold Rush. I had to make extensive changes to get that one to work. It's actually not a bad game once you've fixed all the bugs.

You might also be interested in this thread: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/29245 ... grammiert/

I have more news on the German programs from Data Welt that I haven't added to that thread as yet, as I'm waiting for a guy to test the Amstrad CPC version. I'll chase him up this weekend. I've also done the Atari version and an enhanced bug-fixed English translation of the Atari version. I am yet to type the C64 version. See that thread to see what I'm talking about.

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Yes, that's a very interesting thread; especially learning about the Data Welt type-in Gefahr im Kaufhaus.

No rush for anything... Just randomly fell down yet another rabbit-hole today.

[Garry]

It's impossible to finish the Amstrad version of Gefahr im Kaufhaus due to bugs. Someone commented (in private) that this seems to be Jörg Walkowiak's trademark. I've done a bug-fixed version. This is the version that I was getting tested by a native German speaker, as I don't speak German myself. Anyway, I've done a map and solution so I'll check it on the Atari version and upload everything this weekend. I'll see if I can find time to type in the C64 version, as well.

[Garry]

There was already an entry for the plagiarised version of 'Gefahr im Kaufhaus', so I've updated that, together with map, solution, screen grabs and bug fixed versions of the Atari and Amstrad games. I haven't typed up the C64 version and don't feel particularly inspired to do so just at the moment. Maybe later.

I've done an English translation of the Atari game with more bug fixes and enhancements, but I might leave that unpublished (unless someone screams out for it), as I've also ported it to PunyInform. If I'm going to do an English version, I might as well go the whole hog and do it properly. The enhanced Inform 6 version could then be made available on many more platforms with better parser, richer descriptions, more sensible map and extra puzzles. The title translates to 'Danger in the Department Store', but I might rename it to something more dramatic like 'Department Store Bomber' or something like that. Anyway, that's just a teaser. Don't hold your breath waiting, as I have many other projects on my plate.

I have similar plans for 'Gold Rush', which is one of the other games from Walkowiak's books. I originally translated this to English from the buggy Amstrad French version. It's actually not a bad game once you fix all the bugs and add the stuff that was clearly unfinished.

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I notice we had some of the Jörg Walkowiak games under the other spelling of his name as Joerg Walkowiak, so I've retagged those temporarily to the Jörg spelling; although some of them will be being combined with other entries.