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by jgerrie
Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:30 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 8579

Re: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)

Oops. Not a problem with "GET" as such. I had introduced a subroutine that used the same variable as the Verb list. Fixed that. Then realized it only take "TAKE". Still fiddling. Been assassinated once for treason. Oh well...
by jgerrie
Fri Feb 22, 2019 5:01 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 8579

Re: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)

Been working on Vesporian from a Spectrum version I detokenized. There seems to be something deeply wrong with it. I can't "GET" anything. It would be helpful if there was a walkthrough, but there doesn't seem to be one. Is this because there are no working versions? The same problem with "GET ...
by jgerrie
Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:48 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 8579

Re: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)

Don't worry. I managed to detokenize a Speccy version. I think it will convert easily to TRS-80 MC-10.
by jgerrie
Thu Feb 21, 2019 4:22 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 8579

Re: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)

Any chance you could shoot me any of these versions as text files? I have the scan, but some of the edges are missing in a few places. Any additional info, text strings, etc. would be really helpful.
by jgerrie
Thu Feb 21, 2019 4:11 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)
Replies: 14
Views: 8579

Re: Does anyone fancy testing The Vespozian Affair (BBC)

Does anyone know if the Dragon version exists anywhere?
by jgerrie
Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:18 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Spy from the North
Replies: 5
Views: 4733

Re: The Spy from the North

Thanks so much. It's pretty big for a type-in!
by jgerrie
Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:28 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Spy from the North
Replies: 5
Views: 4733

Re: The Spy from the North

Any chance you have the CPC source code in text format?
by jgerrie
Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:50 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Bianco Mansion
Replies: 26
Views: 13254

Re: The Bianco Mansion

Found another bug. After you get the map you see a message "The Alarm has sounded. You don't have much time!" But if you drop the map and pick it up again, it gives you the same message, which means the end timer has been reset to 25. This can happen anywhere, so you can effectively reset the map at ...
by jgerrie
Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:42 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Bianco Mansion
Replies: 26
Views: 13254

Re: The Bianco Mansion

I fixed the vault interaction in the following way in my latest: If you search in the entrance room to the vault, it tells you the vault has a time lock door and is "currently open." Hopefully enough of a warning. I also fixed the ladder/stool handling. Now you can either be holding it or have ...
by jgerrie
Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:00 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Bianco Mansion
Replies: 26
Views: 13254

Re: The Bianco Mansion

And Garry those are wicked maps. What software do you use to create them? I really like your cleaned up one. Maybe Gifford was on acid? Or it was just his way of creating a little bit more complexity. Can't really say, although as Strident mentions above, there's a link to the author's current on ...
by jgerrie
Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:53 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Bianco Mansion
Replies: 26
Views: 13254

Re: The Bianco Mansion

Garry,

Thanks for the fixes. Hadn't noticed the one about "clue" and "help."

I think the author's intention was that if you enter the vault without the key, the door shuts and you get trapped. I think this because if you type "unlock door" while in the vault without the key it displays as message ...
by jgerrie
Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:37 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Bianco Mansion
Replies: 26
Views: 13254

Re: The Bianco Mansion

In case your interested the MC-10 version I created (BIANCO) can be played on the MC-10 Javascript emulator here:
http://faculty.cbu.ca/jgerrie/MC10/JG_MC_Text_Adventures.html

Here's a screen shot of the instructions page: bianco.png


Solution, map, screen grabs etc. have been submitted ...
by jgerrie
Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:29 pm
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Bianco Mansion
Replies: 26
Views: 13254

Re: The Bianco Mansion

Thanks Gary,

I fixed many bugs too. Hard to remember them all. There was one where if you "wore" the gloves you actually got electrocuted when you cut the fence at the end with the wire cutters. You had to be just carrying the gloves. Fixed the mult-sentence input for the entrance to the map room ...
by jgerrie
Sat Feb 16, 2019 4:50 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: The Bianco Mansion
Replies: 26
Views: 13254

The Bianco Mansion

Anyone ever play "The Bianco Mansion" by Clive Gifford? Published in More Games for Your Dragon .

Here's a link:
http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Books/Dragon/More%20Games%20for%20your%20Dragon%2032%20(Clive%20Gifford).pdf

Any idea if it is any good?

I'm working on typing it ...
by jgerrie
Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:50 am
Forum: Classics
Topic: Adventures for Tangerine Microtan 65
Replies: 12
Views: 9884

Re: Adventures for Tangerine Microtan 65

You're right about there being six keys. The counter is just offset so that it included a non-key item. Had to choose between fixing the offset or simply adding a 7th key. I chose the later because I couldn't be bothered checking whether the offset would disrupt something else that was important ...