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by DanSolo
Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:36 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: Aardvark title "Quest"
Replies: 41
Views: 20612

Mayhem wrote:Yeah, that's an interesting choice. Still, you could frig it if you worked out the code. And I already found two bugs in the game just from one playthrough; I tried to open a door after listening to it and the game just immediately dropped me out to a READY prompt!
Anybody up for a little debugging?
by DanSolo
Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:22 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: WIP: Edgar Allan Poe "Tales of Mystery and Imagination&
Replies: 14
Views: 3436

English Invader wrote:I'm certainly looking forward to this one. I hope "The Masque of the Red Death" gets in there somewhere.
Great movie that too!
I'd prefer more HP Lovecraft games myself. Much creepier that EAP in my eyes.
by DanSolo
Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:19 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Newbie wants to share his creation
Replies: 54
Views: 8429

Gameplay very like the old "Lightbikes" or "Snake" I guess. I used to hate playing those on a joystick TBH!
I like it. :D
by DanSolo
Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:45 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Ghost
Replies: 47
Views: 41645

Well, eventually I did with infinite lives. It moves astoundingly fast for a BASIC game. Well done on da skillz! On the last level you basically need at least 4 of the baddies to be in the central area to have a chance. Also, the bonus key never appears in the area you can reach, so you can't even r...
by DanSolo
Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:49 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Ghost
Replies: 47
Views: 41645

Let me see, I think I'll remove that M=M-1 if that's OK with you Jeff. :wink:

EDIT: Night 16 is so unfair.
by DanSolo
Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:27 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Data Casettes?
Replies: 11
Views: 2461

It certainly has worked fine on the C64 with everything I bought up until about 2 or 3 years ago when they stopped selling them in my town. :evil:
by DanSolo
Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:08 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Texas Instruments 99/4A Computer
Replies: 14
Views: 3745

I've got one here somewhere, and I'd be surprised if there's more than a handful within 100 miles. I have the RF converter thing 8) but I don't have a power adapter for it :cry: .
by DanSolo
Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:17 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Photos of the June 12 Netherlands Commodore Show
Replies: 2
Views: 1069

I couldn't see a lot of C= in those photos at all? What were all the PCs for?
by DanSolo
Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:46 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: "Video games can never be art"
Replies: 20
Views: 3872

The three games she chooses as examples do not raise my hopes for a video game that will deserve my attention long enough to play it. The guy just doesn't like video games. He is really letting that get in the way of his conclusions on whether games are art. Jackson Pollock doesn't deserve my atten...
by DanSolo
Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:41 am
Forum: Games
Topic: WIP: Space Trader
Replies: 9
Views: 2922

Re: WIP: Space Trader

ravenxau wrote:Credit for some of the code must go to a one-line space trader game i found on a zx-spectrum website, thank you to who ever the author is.
Hi there. Great game!
Can you link me to this original one-liner?

EDIT: OK, found it.
http://reptonix.awardspace.co.uk/sincla ... trader.htm
by DanSolo
Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:09 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: DragonQuest
Replies: 16
Views: 4836

Ever heard of OCR? Might save you a few broken nails!
Thought the "special characters" can be a pain...
by DanSolo
Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:35 am
Forum: Games
Topic: ASCII Roguelikes?
Replies: 6
Views: 2287

The "Write Your Own Fantasy Games for Your Microcomputer" apparently has a VIC20 version, though I can only find the C64 one available at GB64.
http://www.btinternet.com/~pweighill/music/books/
by DanSolo
Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:59 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: [eBay] Italian madness
Replies: 7
Views: 2230

orion70 wrote:I wouldn't buy it even if it was the last VIC on Earth. :?
Maybe if it was the first VIC on Earth!
by DanSolo
Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:34 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Tribbles 2009
Replies: 2
Views: 1407

Does anybody know if the VICE "netplay" function works to help our friend?
by DanSolo
Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:09 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: History of gridrunner
Replies: 9
Views: 2831

I don't think it's a patch on Hellgate, but great nonetheless.