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by ahope1
Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:16 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10
Replies: 184
Views: 133739

Re: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10

Those addresses hold the READ/DATA pointer. The original program made heavy use of the BBC's RESTORE line-number command, but that doesn't seem to work on the MC-10, so I had to use an ugly kludge to get round it. Interesting! The only BASIC I really know is BBC BASIC, so I didn't realise that othe...
by ahope1
Sun Sep 03, 2017 4:45 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: "Using the Quill - A beginner's guide"
Replies: 3
Views: 3726

Re: "Using the Quill - A beginner's guide"

And here's a direct link to the document on the Internet Archive, so you don't have to go through Twitter's URL-shortening service (t.co)!:
:wink:
by ahope1
Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:41 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10
Replies: 184
Views: 133739

Re: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10

Funny about the improperly exited FOR/NEXT loops. MS Basic is tolerant of such. But I still often do something like the following with them: 455 IF C2$<>"" THEN TMP=I:I=L:NEXTI:I=TMP:GOTO 490 Good tip, thanks! I believe BBC Basic is definitely younger than MS Basic. MS Basic dates to at least 1977 ...
by ahope1
Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:32 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10
Replies: 184
Views: 133739

Re: Another Classic Ported to TRS-80 MC-10

jgerrie wrote:I have ported another adventure to Micro Color Basic. Tower of Mystery
Here's a port of Tower Of Mystery for the BBC Micro:
by ahope1
Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:59 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: third xanadu game
Replies: 32
Views: 18387

Re: third xanadu game

The long and increasingly tedious saga of Xanadu Adventure continues: it turns out that two different versions of the game were released. More details here:

http://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic. ... 05#p151705
by ahope1
Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:36 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: ALPS Adventure Language Programming System
Replies: 3
Views: 2737

Re: ALPS Adventure Language Programming System

The Electron version of ALPS has now been found and archived here:
I believe the Archimedes version of ALPS is still missing.
by ahope1
Sat Dec 24, 2016 1:35 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: third xanadu game
Replies: 32
Views: 18387

Re: third xanadu game

Here's a video longplay of Xanadu Adventure:
(And I do mean "long"!)

:shock:
by ahope1
Fri Jul 29, 2016 1:23 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: third xanadu game
Replies: 32
Views: 18387

Re: third xanadu game

ahahaha - I have found where the money was.... it was the other side of the trolll.... that means I should buy the postcards at the beginning in case the money is on the other side of the bridge...... Wow! I've never seen that before! That's really unfair! For me, the money was always on the wester...
by ahope1
Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:22 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: third xanadu game
Replies: 32
Views: 18387

Re: third xanadu game

Do I definitly need the money to buy the postcards to throw at the troll? Or can I throw something else at the troll? You definitely do need to throw the postcards at the troll. You can't throw anything else at the troll. (Well, you can, but it won't work! Or, to be more precise, I think you can th...
by ahope1
Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:01 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: third xanadu game
Replies: 32
Views: 18387

Re: third xanadu game

I got stuck looking for the Money..... without the Money I don't think I can get past the troll. Is the location of the Money completely random? (I mean I need the Money to buy the postcards) If I remember correctly, the location of the money is randomised, yes. But I seem to recall it's usually so...
by ahope1
Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:19 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: ALPS Adventure Language Programming System
Replies: 3
Views: 2737

Re: ALPS Adventure Language Programming System

Philip Hawthorne, author of ALPS, Cops, and Plague Planet, has posted on Stardot:

http://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewto ... 78#p129607
by ahope1
Sat Jan 09, 2016 12:58 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: ALPS Adventure Language Programming System
Replies: 3
Views: 2737

ALPS Adventure Language Programming System

ALPS , the Adventure Language (&) Programming System for the BBC Micro by Philip Hawthorne of Alpine Software (formerly Summit Software) has been found and archived here: http://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=10578 Here are a couple of games that I think were written in ALPS and com...
by ahope1
Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:41 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Games everybody should know
Replies: 17
Views: 8077

Re: Games everybody should know

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what sort of language Graham Nelson's two Galaxy's Edge games were written in? Was it more like Inform or TSAL? Or something else? (And how much is he embarrassed by that photo?) I wouldn't know... we should show it to him <g>. As for the language, certainly not I...
by ahope1
Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:08 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: third xanadu game
Replies: 32
Views: 18387

Re: third xanadu game

My solution and updated map are up on the Xanadu Adventure page.

Thanks, all.