Birmingham IV
Peter Emery 1988
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Peter Emery
- Platforms:
- BBC/Electron
, Glulx - Genres:
- IF Comp 2018
- Entered by:
- iamaran, Strident
- Added:
- 19-09-2020
- Edited:
- 27-02-2022
Synopsis
Plot
Birmingham 1988. A postgraduate student falls asleep in rented accommodation. Or does he?Notes
Originally written with the Quill for the BBC Micro in about 1988.According to the author: "This game is based on a true story. The protagonist is a real person and lived in Birmingham for several years."
The game was expanded and ported to Inform 7 in 2014-16. It was entered into IF Comp 2018 where it placed 69th.
Resources (Upload file)
- Review
- by Canalboy
- Further Info:
- Search at Complete BBC Games Archive
- Search at IFDB
- Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History
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I presume the BBC Micro version is lost?
I did email the author a while ago to commend him on the game. If I can find his email address again I will try contacting him. Unfortunately my old pc crashed recently so I am having issues with getting everything back in apple pie order.
There is an email address for the author, in the game itself, but I don't know if that one still works. The domain is still active.
I am astounded that this wonderful game finished 69th in that competition. It seems like any old school text adventure however meritorious is disdained by the neophytes.
Too many games, not enough voters perhaps. Even the winning game had less votes than the number of entries in the actual competition!