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1 typists. I would find it highly amusing, if a little surprising if a man sitting at a desk with a typewriter in front of him said something like ""can I get you any memo paper or the
1 typing WRITE ME A 200 LOCATION ADVENTURE SET IN SPECTRUM ADVEN-TURER'S HEADQUARTERS?
1 suit and tie) then go NW,W,N,N, W,N,NW.
1 reasonably intelligent way, as human beings never seem to do.
1 predicted by the experts who forget to mention that they still can't do this on the bigg-est, most expensive mainframes!
1 over many a mountain range, theyare starting to pong so much that you wouldn't even need a sword and shield to keep the dragons at bay.
1 on about anything but computers has nothing to do with it, so don't worry if I start going on"
1 her eyeballs and more front thanSam Fox. Not that many of the fellers are complaining. There they are, in a lonely bedroom with nothing to keep them company other than an overheatedSpeccy (why it's overheated I'llleave to your imagination).
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1 are either wicked old hags with more moles than Jasper Carrot, or the barmaid with thighs up to
1 appointment book"". That's anoth-er one for St Brides to use.
1 about the state of the country, schools or anything else for that matter. Anyway, on with thecolumn and this issue's subject,if any, should be women in adventures."
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1 Wouldn't it make a change if a gutsy maiden came to the rescue of the knight locked in the dungeons for chatting up the queen. I wouldn't be at all surprised if St Brides picked upon this idea and turned it into a mega-hit.
1 With the release of the Prof- essional Adventure Writer from Gilsoft, the ability to write powerful machine code adventuresis just that little bit closer. Some people are against these tools, a strong argument is thatthey stifle creativity and produce uniformly structured games
1 Witches do not like water.
1 Well that's just about it folks, this is the last article that you will read from my word-processor, I am off to pastures new after almost a year here. I will leave the moaning, comp- laining and whinging in somebodyelse's hands - I'm not quite sure who, but I'm sure they willbe very capable.
1 We have lots of hints, tips and solutions for you from the quills of our intrepid adventurespecialists.Al
1 Two or more Spectrum +7 ownerswill be able to link up their machines and play against each other. The technology is alreadyhere - but at the moment the techniques are slow and expen- sive to implement.
1 To get out of the dungeon:- Givethe money to the guard.
1 To get money from Barrowight:- Kill Barrowight with the bible.
1 To be honest I think that if yougave a leading role to a woman in any adventure the computer press would have a field day with their best ""she has to be aRussian athlete"" remarks.
1 Those of you who are also interested in Role Playing gamesand who read magazines such as WHITE DWARF and ADVENTURER will have seen a few of the female species complaining.
1 The whole object being to converse with the computer in a
1 The only thing I can add is, if you want to burn your coconutshells, you're quite welcome to attempt it. Just don't ruin the credibility of adventures that are floating around at the moment.
1 The growing interest in multi-user games should, I think, leadto a new sort of adventure game,one that is nt accessed by a modem, as is MUD, but run on a network of home micros.
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1 Strange subject you might think.Well, not really. At present there seems to be a turmoil overthe clarity of women being key figures in any kind of gaming.
1 St Brides, the authors of Bugsy will be producing Jack The Ripper for CRL using Gilsoft's PAW. Unfortunately PAW is not yet available so it could be quite a while before we see the finished product.
1 Speaking of knights, how oftenis it that we here about the gallant Sir John and his attempts to cure the woes of thedistressed maiden (groan, surgeon, cure).
1 So you can bet your Spectrum that the adventures for these machines will have rather large vocabularies, quite a bit of text and some nice graphics.
1 So when they read about the lusty barmaid offering ""her services"" (as an innkeeper that is) who are they to refuse. It certainly livens up the evening on those dark winter nights.
1 Okay, well let's see what their argument, if there is one,includes. The first thing that was mentioned was stereotyping. I suppose there are rather a lotof adventures where the females
1 Of course all these extra doobr-ies will not prevent the ludicr-ous solutions that are expected for some problems - just give you more to read while you gnashyour teeth.
1 ODDS & ENDS
1 News of a new fanzine reached usrecently. It is called EPROM andis described as being irregular and alternative - sounds fun! The Spring issue has a section on adventures and contains an interview with Tony Bridge.
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1 Many creative but computer ignorant people now have the means to write good adventures. Who knows what developments we will see here? A 200 location adventure created merely by
1 Lastly from the complaints department comes the ""why is it half the females in adventures are out to steal everything but your socks"". The only reason they won't take your socks is because after various hikes
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1 Kiss the frog to get Beren.
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1 It costs only 80p and is available from:-
1 Istar is useful with the wand.
1 In the treasury you need Haldin and a bottle full of oil.
1 Imagine yourself as an evil little dwarf, chucking axes at your friends. Who knows, you might even hit one!
1 Imagine ID crossed with The Pawn, the object of the game being to try to convince the computer to let you finish. A 2000 word vocabulary with verbs,adverbs, pronouns, adjectives and all those other funny words they tried to teach people at school!
1 I think the biggest argument for putting money into artifici-al intelligence is the desire tosee if a computer would actuallyhave something interesting and/ or worthwhile to say. Hmmmm.
1 I think I might have mentioned last month how I have been gett-ing a trifle annoyed lately with""officially licensed"" much hypeddrivel (there I go again...).
1 Hi there. I'm Jason Roseaman andI'm here to rap about various goings on in the computer indus-try. The fact that I will ramble"
1 HINTS ON HAMPSTEAD
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1 Central Solutions, the company that specialises in budget priced adventures, seems to haveceased trading. A number of people had sent CS adventures inthe hope that they would be published and have not been contacted by the company. If you are one of those unfortunatepeople who would seem to have lost their tapes then contact Adventure Probe, 78 Merton Road,WIGAN WN3 6LS. They may be able to help you.
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1 C$="We look at two new software houses first releases. One Quilled, the other GAC'd."
1 C$="We have lots of hints, tips and solutions for you from the quills of our intrepid adventurespecialists."
1 C$="There is a great adventure for you to play."
1 C$="Oops! Last month a tip for Heavyon the Magick went astray. In Wolfdorp there is a second door needing a password - LUNACY. DRAGONSLAYER"
1 C$="Hampstead has been out a couple of years now but it is proving just as popular as ever. So to save any suicide attempts etc, here's the complete guide."
1 C$="HINTS ON HEROES OF KARN"
1 C$=" All this and lots more in the next issue of Spectrum Adventurer."
1 C$=" EPROM 328 The Maltings Penwortham PRESTON Lancs PR1 9FD"
1 But need we stick to the trad-itional room to room format in an adventure game? Clever parsers seem to be in fashion atthe moment - why not do without everything else?
1 But in the near future we will all be using micros with a mini-mum of 128K memory and disc drives fitted as standard.
1 Beren has a way with birds.
1 Andrew Fitzsimmons of Armadillo-soft told us of their latest release - an icon driven advent-ure which we will be reviewing next month. They are now workingon a graphical adventure which requires the use of a micro- drive or an opus disc drive. A simplified version will be available on tape.
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1 A spokeswoman for Gilsoft told us that the printing of PAW manuals is holding up the release of PAW.
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1 (3) Before leaving house, carry UB40, wear tracksuit, wear clipsand take bike.
1 (21) - Take car, go N,W,S,S,S. Drop car, go W, remove tie and suit and wear tracksuit and clips. Take bike and enter Hamp-stead to finish game.
1 (20) Car - take car at bank and go N,N,W,S. Drop car, ring bell,see Chubby, Marry Pippa, give memo then give report.
1 (2) Kitchen - search kitchen forsandwich and key to shed.
1 (19) Party - From east of OxfordStreet go SE,S,S,S,SE. Take Pippa (make sure you have deeds,
1 (18) Estate Agents - Examine thedisplay and buy cottage with draft. Take deeds.
1 (17) Bank - carry letters then go up and translate motto. Go E,W,W. Force cabinet (with screw- driver), take and read report. Examine desk and read memo. Go to meeting and choose option 3. Take draft.
1 (16) Gentlemes club - carry tie,suit and card. When asked name give card and say yes to job. Now take letter and go to bank.
1 (15) Outfitters - buy and wear suit.
1 (14) Department store - open desk at furniture department to get the screwdriver.
1 (13) Waterloo station - board bus.
1 (12) Train - carry bracket and magazine, take card, give brack-et, take and wear tie.
1 (11) Ticket office - buy ticket,go SE and board train.
1 (10) Oxfam shop - take and wear tweed.
1 (1) Lounge - search lounge for UB40.
1 ''"The bottle must not be present when playing the flute."
1 ''"EPROM's editor Tony Worrall promises hints, maps, reviews, fantastic artwork and strips!"
1 '"To get the sword:- Beren take sword."
1 '"Last November we reviewed Jock and the Beanstalk from Armadill-osoft. The bugs we mentioned in the game have now been correctedso it should now be worth havinga look at."
1 '"Anton likes coins and mirrors."
1 '"(9) Newsagents - search news- agents for the magazine."
1 '"(8) Hampstead Heath - sit on thebench to get the credit card."
1 '"(7) Industrial estate - drop thebike, go N,E,E,NE,E,E,NE,N. Takethe bracket and go SW."
1 '"(6) Post Office - cash the giro for notes."
1 '"(5) Social Security - Carry UB40and join queue for giro."
1 '"(4) Streets - carry bike to avoid being mugged."
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1 So what can we expect in the future? More of the same or a return to the good old days of enthusiasticly and carefully written adventure games which were fun to play.
1 In many computer moderated adventures I have come across the Grace Jones lookalikes who will turn on the charm and then nick everything you've got.
1 I'm not talking about the far future but two or three years from now so I won't mention holo- graphic pictures or all the other expected developments
1 Before there are major changesin the whole concept of advent- ure games it is certain that they will continue developing asthey are now - with the same general format as they have now.
1 Another thing they complained about in White Dwarf was the waythat in any serious adventure like The Fourth Protocol, the only women in the game were the obligatory secretaries and
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