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by Strident
Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:25 pm
Forum: Site feedback & announcements
Topic: CPCwiki Forum Links
Replies: 0
Views: 24861

CPCwiki Forum Links

Just a note to say that any CPCwiki forum links, of which there are several in entries in the database, are likely not to work for a little while. CPCwiki have been having some issues (see link below if you're interested) and the mod that enables the "pretty" (human readable) links still needs to be ...
by Strident
Sun Sep 26, 2021 9:05 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Phoenix Software...softwares....
Replies: 6
Views: 2449

Re: Phoenix Software...softwares....


Is it coincidence that both publishers are named after mythical beasts?

Well, Greek and other myths were popular inspirations for software house names. There are several Griffin (and Gryphon) Softwares out there too... that also get confused with each other, despite them operating in very ...
by Strident
Sat Sep 25, 2021 10:20 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Phoenix Software...softwares....
Replies: 6
Views: 2449

Re: Phoenix Software...softwares....

I'm guessing that the Griffin Software "Time Slip" is by G. Saunders...
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(Possibly Graham John Saunders)

Edit: Yes, the G is for Graham Saunders as the Northumberland computer club he ran is mentioned in several Personal Computer News issues, with that address.
by Strident
Sat Sep 25, 2021 10:14 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Phoenix Software...softwares....
Replies: 6
Views: 2449

Re: Phoenix Software...softwares....

One game that I found that didn't seem to fit was this one...

Time Slip, for the Vic-20
https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C7987/Time+Slip.html
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There's not really any details in the database, but it looks/sounds/feels vaguely familiar as though I've played ...
by Strident
Sat Sep 25, 2021 10:11 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Phoenix Software...softwares....
Replies: 6
Views: 2449

Phoenix Software...softwares....

As you might expect, there was more than one company called Phoenix Software and we'd got everything listed under a single "publisher" so I've just been detangling everything.

I've split the US publisher Phoenix Software...
https://solutionarchive.com/list/company%2C577/

...from the Middlesex, UK ...
by Strident
Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:49 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

Re: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures

I'm just adding your Death Satellite updates now... Regarding your comment on the "broken screenshot" on that page... we are aware of that... it's part of an ongoing issue with screenshots. In the past, I've been flagging these up so they could be fixed but they're being left as they are at the ...
by Strident
Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:15 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

Re: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures

It seems fairly unlikely that Danny, in New Zealand, would've had access to (a fairly obscure) Atom/Oric game. He could've been influenced by the adverts for the game, though, as it was well promoted in British magazines back then.

Yeah, there seems to be a shocking number of bugs and mistakes in ...
by Strident
Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:28 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland
Replies: 5
Views: 2069

Re: Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland


However, there is another Atari 8-bit 'Alice in Wonderland' published by Continental Software in 1983. It might be a text adventure, but I haven't seen it.

That's the one I'd be looking for, if it exists. I've not spotted it anywhere yet. That'll be the one that matches with the Memotech entry ...
by Strident
Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:51 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland
Replies: 5
Views: 2069

Re: Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland

Ah, that Steve Lashower "Alice" isn't a game at all. It's a text version of the Disney movie, interspersed with the songs. Very cute, but nothing to do with text adventures, so I'll remove the Atari references from that entry. :)
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by Strident
Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:14 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Catacombs
Replies: 103
Views: 108544

Catacombs

Anyone up for a real challenge?

The DOS versions of the long-lost games Catacombs and Cornucopia have been finally been found and archived. These games, in the Classic Quests series, were based on some of the very first UK-authored adventure games, originally produced for Commodore PET.

The ...
by Strident
Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:10 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland
Replies: 5
Views: 2069

Re: Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland

Aha!

Here's the "Steve Lashower" Atari "Alice in Wonderland"
https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=3802

Is it even the same game, I wonder?
by Strident
Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:58 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland
Replies: 5
Views: 2069

Alice and the March Hare/Alice in Wonderland

This game for the Einstein...

Alice and the March Hare
https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C3697/Alice+and+the+March+Hare.html

Appears to be the same game as, this one for the Memotech...

Alice in Wonderland
https://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C1512/Alice+in+Wonderland.html

Looking at the ...
by Strident
Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:26 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures
Replies: 93
Views: 192859

Re: SC-3000 Rabbit Hole... Unlisted Adventures

Shame that the games aren't, on the whole, quite as impressive as the amount of work that's going in to resurrecting them. :(
by Strident
Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:30 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Tim Hartnell and Clive Gifford's Mysterious Adventures
Replies: 12
Views: 6080

Re: Tim Hartnell and Clive Gifford's Mysterious Adventures


I got side-tracked on some other new discoveries, but eventually got back to 'Golden Nugget'.

Interestingly, whilst researching a Dragon 32 adventure, I came across the Dragon's Teeth fanzine that Clive Gifford used to write the adventure column for. In one of his columns from 1983, he mentions ...
by Strident
Fri Sep 17, 2021 2:44 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Holy Grail/Search for the Holy Grail
Replies: 2
Views: 1243

Re: Holy Grail/Search for the Holy Grail

The two C64 entries have been deleted and combined into the master Vic-20 one. All content, including the two C64 solutions, have been migrated over.