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1 ware and ""things for the office""i.e. video, stereo, synthesizer,guitar, camera, etc.
1 to write for S.A.E.C. I'm sure everyone reading thiswould like to thank Jason for getting rid of the mags best tipster. I'd suggest that Jason should grow up and leave us all in peace as he prattles on all the time.
1 to increase your score.
1 status of once great software houses like Ocean and U.S. Gold.Fortunately, U.S. Gold has learned its lesson and has either cancelled most tie-ins for future release, or is spend-ing a lot more time developing the game themselves.
1 skills. This is all a very long winded way of saying that neither Judith or myself are wizard programmers. But we have been dabbling, in my case, for acouple of years and in Judith's case, just under a year.
1 set (one); Amstrad 6128 (one); Amstrad 64 (one); Spectrum 48K's(two); Spectrum 128 with Vision QL monitor (one); Interface One (two); ZX Microdrives (four); Brother HR-5 printer (only one, thank goodness!); Memotech MTX 500 (one); Prism VTX 5000 modem (one); a couple of dubious TV sets; a multiface one; a
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1 just got on with programming by ourselves. We won the bet. Hence we became involved with computers. As to your question about our favourite computers, Ilike the Spectrum best, I'm not sure about Judith, but Colin prefers things with Commodore orAcorn written on them.
1 humour range. Nodoubt, someone will produce more of the super- hero titles that I have kept away from here because I do not consider them as real hard core tie-in property, (I'm talking about comic books, not animated cartoons).
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1 from the obvious Hobbit and Lord of the Rings plus the otherbook titles like Doug Adams Hitch-hikers' there are more easily categorised games such asHe-Man.
1 famous adventures like Snowball and The Hobbit. Judith has done Robin of Sherwood, Project X andsome others that I can't recall.But really, we don't have much time to play adventures.
1 despite assurances that it was not a personal attack on his character.
1 changes at Delta 4. Also their new adventure The Big Sleaze has just been released and we will be reviewing it next month.
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1 You will find a credit card. To get objects in shops either hireitem or buy item. Be careful what you buy as your credit is limited. You can increase your credit by entering the bank or selling the egg to somebody who needs it.
1 You need the passport and tickets and make sure you don't have theshaving foam.
1 You may have to have a saved position, buy book and examine or read the book.
1 Why did you start Delta 4?
1 Why did you include a Ceefax type board at the end of Bored Of The Rings?
1 Who works at Delta 4 at present?
1 Which games have Delta 4 written for the Spectrum?
1 Which computers do you write on?
1 Where do you get the inspirat- ion for the funny bits in your games?
1 When you first arrive on the beach.
1 When we write an adventure game,it is a most complex process. First, we switch on the computerthen we load The Quill. After pressing lots of keys and fidd- ling about with databases and The Illustrator, we finally savethe game, send it off, and get paid. And that's all there is toit. (Sounds like a Micro Live explanation of a programmers task J.R.).
1 When Beryl asks at bullfight.
1 What previous work have you had?
1 What kind of hardware do you own?
1 What hardware do we own? What hardware don't we own! At the last count we had:- Commodore 64's (two); 1541 disc drive simulators (two); Commodore 128 with MPS 801 printer and cass- ette deck (one); Amstrad 8256
1 What could we see in the future, and just as important, who from? I fully expect a few more tie-ins from U.S. Gold. Hopefully this time they won't base them on under tens cartoons.
1 Well, that's four tie-in titles and only one is not totally defined as brilliant,
1 Wear sun tan lotion, wear trunks, knot hanky and wearhanky.
1 Wear snorkel and swim
1 We've only done part time work before now. I used to work in a shop and Judith used to work as an egg packer.
1 We will never abandon Gilsoft's excellent Quill system for the rather pathetic GAC! Not in a million years!
1 We put Sceptical onto Bored Of The Rings because we'd seen Design Design's Spectacle and thought it was a good idea. And yes, Sceptical II lurks at the end of The Boggit.
1 We have several idols in the computing world. I myself worship someone (who for her sake, will remain anonymous), but I also think that Margaret Austin is a bit ravaging.
1 We have already seen a few tie-ins in adventure form. Apart
1 We got involved with The Colour Of Magic through John Gilbert from Sinclair User. He asked us what book we would ideally like to turn into an adventure and, after we suggested TCOM, he put us in touch with MacMillan/ Piranha who bought the rights tothe book.
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1 Unless you are blind, or you don't actually read this mag, you will have seen on side 1 that the Balrog is leaving us. He took offence at The Gift Of The Gab article last month
1 There is a key in the hotel foyer (not your own key). Press the key into soap. This will be one of the first things to do after entering the hotel.
1 There are an indeterminate number of minions at Delta 4. The include Fergus ""The Jester"" McNeil (me), Judith Child (the co-owner of the company and my co-author), Colin ""C5"" Buckett
1 The top of the crumbling belltower.
1 The only object which is not needed in the game (with the exception of giving you a clue about what to do) is the book.
1 The island with the bomb, before you take Doreen.
1 The cleaning woman needs the vacuum cleaner.
1 The Dragonstar Trilogy Sherwood Forest Galaxias Quest For The Holy Joystick Return Of The Joystick Bored Of The Rings Robin Of Sherlock The Boggit The Colour Of Magic
1 Talking of Balrogs, I'd like to know why his bird chat last month was devoted to plugging his games!
1 Take and examine for tickets.
1 TOP 10 CHART
1 THE TROLL'S CAVERN
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1 Spectrum 128 keypad (the Spanishone!); one working joystick; countless broken joysticks; a lot of joystick interfaces; and a coffee machine. Also several miles of connecting cables.
1 So now you know the secret of Monsieur McNeil's hilarious comedy scenes. Yhanks are due toDelta 4 and especially to Judithfor not killing me after Fergus got me schtuk with a certain name problem. Anyway, good luck with the new game and don't forget to mention me in the new Sceptical.
1 SOLUTION TO TERRORMOLINOS
1 Order food, eat sludge and eat tummy pills.
1 Open to get the red hanky.
1 Open and take pills.
1 Oh no. Must go, there's a big BIRD circling above me. I'd better take cover before it.....AAARRRGGGHHH....SPLAT!!!
1 ODDS & ENDS
1 North from picture 2.
1 NEXT MONTH
1 My favourite Delta 4 game has tobe The Boggit. My favourite game of all would be a choice between The Hobbit and Zork.
1 Maybe they will start to be produced on the GAC or even the new PAW. Who knows, maybe another Creator will be written to make super-hero games exactlylike Redhawk. We shall see.
1 Lock steps, climb steps, take camera and go down the steps.
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1 Inspiration for comedy scenes comes from books like Hitch- hikers, The Colour of Magic, etc, and from TV shows like Max Headroom, Spitting Image, and generally just from the normal pointless discussion that goes on here during the day.
1 If all money is spent on licence and advert- ising for game then:
1 I've made it back alive, there was no Balrog waiting to drown me at the local swiming pool. Maybe he was too busy finally beating Terrors of Trantoss. By the way, is his new game a spoof of ol' T. of T.? Does any-one know?
1 I've completed some of the more
1 I wouldn't really say that we make a massive profit. If I did I'd be walloped for tax and havepeople coming to the door askingfor money. But we get by. Some- times it's a bit tight when people who owe us large sums of money take their time paying, but generally we're okay. Most of our money goes on new hard-
1 I won't mention that I can name the whole list of charact- ers, it would be demoralising tomyself!
1 I hope 8th Day will try and pick up the Spitting Image licence that has been fought forover the past year. This would be totally in there style and
1 I don't know how Judith got involved with Delta 4. It had something to do with a 48K Spectrum, but it's a long story.
1 How long have you been programm-ing for?
1 How do you go about writing your games?
1 How did you get the contract forwriting The Colour Of Magic?
1 How did you get involved in computing and which are your favourite computers?
1 How did Judith get involved withDelta 4?
1 Hope you enjoy the Delta 4 interview on this side. I would just like to point out that since Jason conducted the inter-view there have been some staff
1 Haven't you heard of that famous equation:-
1 Have you got any idols in the computing world?
1 Have you finished any adventuresyourself?
1 HINTS ON WINTER WONDERLANDY
1 HINTS ON WINTER WONDERLAND
1 Good grief! Another Muddle Earth game? I really don't know. If there is one, it won't be for a long time, and it WON'Tbe based on the Silmarillion!
1 Go to catacombs then NW and call Snargsby.
1 GIFT OF
1 Firstly, let me say well done toJason Roseaman who has just managed to insult the Balrog, (issue 13). The Balrog has now decided that he no longer wants
1 Fergus:- We haven't all been programmers for very long. Using adventure design systems such as The Quill, Illustrator and the Patch, programming ability must take second place to imagination and writing
1 Fergus, what are your favourite games?
1 Excursion.
1 Examine for passport.
1 Examine for bucket and spade.
1 Examine for trunks.
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1 Does Delta 4 make a big profit from its writing?
1 Do you think you will drop The Quill for the GAC?
1 Do you intend to write another game based on Tolkien's books, perhaps the Silmarillion?
1 Delta 4 do almost all their workon a freelance basis. We set it up because we wanted a company label for our games.
1 Delta 4 adventures currently run on the Spectrum, CBM 64/128,and Amstrad 464/664/6128. We stopped producing adventures forthe BBC micro due to poor sales.We hope soon to convert selectedtitles to the Spectrum 128, 520-ST and Amstrad 8256,8512.
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1 Computer Program + Tie-in Licence = Total Rip Off."
1 Colin's idol is the voluptuous, delectable, Louise Fanthorpe from Sinclair User, (if you've ever met her, you'll know why), (I have and I know why J.R.).
1 Climb steps, open hatch then go up. Switch on the light,take objects and go down the steps.
1 Call Doreen
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1 C$="Well gang, this month it's the complete guide to Terrormolinos which takes you through your summer hols."
1 C$="We review a tape from Tartan Software which is ideal for novice adventurers. We've just received The Big Sleaze, full details of it next month."
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$="The Dragonslayer speaks..."
1 C$="INTERVIEW WITH DELTA 4"
1 C$="HINTS ON WINTER WONDERLAND"
1 C$="Dragonslayer."
1 C$="Chart compiled by Steve Tait of Glasgow Charts"
1 C$="BY JASON ROSEAMAN"
1 C$=" All this and lots more in the August issue of Spectrum Adventurer."
1 But worry not, his space will betaken by
1 Brochure -
1 Board taxi.
1 Board boat,go east and call Doreen. Board boat and kill shark with harpoongun.
1 At the junction of three hotels.
1 Anyway, what's the theme this month? Tie-ins actually. Yep, I've been considering the credi-bility crash in the adventure world. Everyone in the mag worldseems to agree that most arcade tie-ins have totally wrecked the
1 Anyway, the question is, will the same kind of disaster be hitting the adventure gamer's pocket?
1 Answer yes and gonorth into bullring. Wave hanky and then go E,E,S,S,E,N,N,E, to the china shop.
1 Alright, so this one wasn't slagged off as an adventure but unless you happen to be under ten years old or a live role- player (controversial stuff, this) there is no way you can really appreciate the game.
1 After following the O Level Computer Studies course at secondary school, we had a bet that we could do infinitely better than our teacher if we
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1 Add cubes and take picture atthe night-club and remove cubes.
1 Add cubes and take picture atthe cellar when Beryl sees the spider. Kill the spider.
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1 ;"P-00{00} TAPE 14
1 ;"NEXT MONTH":
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1 ;"JULY 1987"
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1 9 Dracula
1 8) Monastery -
1 8 A Serfs Tale
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1 7 Imagination
1 6) Restaurant -
1 6 Matt Lucas
1 5) Stranded Doreen -
1 5 The Pawn
1 4) Beach -
1 4 Temple of Terror
1 3) Hotel -
1 3 Kobyashi Naru
1 2 Killed until Dead
1 10) Sea -
1 . TheTroll will bring you maps and solutions and words of wisdom.
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1 (programmer, wirer upper and software getter), Jason Somervi-lle (programmer), Andrew ""Spud"" Sprunt (conversion programmer)
1 (I'll let you decide which one, see if our opinions match next month.)
1 ''"One of the best known adventure writing software houses around at the moment has to be Delta 4,and although Fergus McNeil tendsto be the most well known of their writers, there is more going on at room 101 than you might think."
1 ''"Fire the flare gun to scare the bear (yeti)."
1 '"Once in possession of the key impression in the soap, go to the locksmiths. You will get a forged key to enable you to enter the other hotel rooms."
1 '"I managed to survive the follow-ing interview with the intrepid adventure writers. I suppose I am lucky to still be alive."
1 '"I found that I could buy or hireall the items with the exceptionof one. So when I knew the message in the book, I ignored it."
1 '"DELTA 4 INTERVIEW NEXT"
1 '"A few months ago we reviewed H.R.H. from 8th Day Software. Itwas their first release for quite some time, but now they have two releases, Four Minutes To Midnight (which is actually are-release) at `2.99 and Earth- shock at `3.99. H.R.H. has been reduced in price to `2.99, a good buy."
1 '"(Jason's article seems to have ruffled a few feathers. What didYOU, the reader, think of it? Write and let us know. - Ed.)"
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1 1987 S.A.E.C."
1 Newly released is LotR's sequel, Shadows of Mordor. Firstimpressions via reviews are favourable, making it probably the best of all mentioned here.
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