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1 z$=z$+"And there is more! How many times have you started to map an adventure only to find that the moves take you immediately off the paper?"
1 z$=z$+".":
1 z$=z$+". I know it sounds as though I'm bitching but it isn't half annoying!"
1 z$=z$+" And as for 'The Crown' I can't even get into the gate at the beginning."
1 z$="Yours faithfully "
1 z$="What is even worse, and a crime in itself, is where the text has been sacrificed for big blodgy blocks of colour. Surely the authors realise this or why else would there be quite often a graphics off facility?"
1 z$="Uxbridge"
1 z$="UB10 8EN 1 June 1988"
1 z$="Surely you must have noticed how appalling many of the graphics are in so called graphic adventures. It appears that in most cases the graphics have been stuck into whatever remains of the memory capacity"
1 z$="So here we go. I must admit to being a bit of a fan of what might be considered old fashioned adventures; ie text only. "
1 z$="My reasons are as follows:"
1 z$="Middx"
1 z$="Just a quick tip to any one new to adventures.(You old hands can skip this bit!)."
1 z$="It could be emphasised for example that there was much more value, more text, more rooms etc to visit than in a graphic adventure."
1 z$="If you are keep getting stuck in a maze try carrying as much as you can into it: then drop an article in each place. You will soon discover whenever you are doubling back on your tracks. Having mapped it out you can re-start."
1 z$="Ickenham"
1 z$="I feel sure that if marketed properly there would still be a good case for text only adventures. "
1 z$="Firstly I must pass on my grateful thanks and felicitations to Alan Davis and ZX computing Monthly for this illumination programme and the attendant fonts."
1 z$="Dear Spectrum Adventurer"
1 z$="Dave Briers"
1 z$="Anyway all the best to Spectrum Adventurer I'm stuck already in 'The Virus' - just can't find any money at all!"
1 z$="All those fans who have struggled through 'Lords of Time' by Level 9 will be in full accord with me.":
1 z$="All adventure maps should start at ay the top left hand corner of a page or should say if there is a different layout"
1 z$="5 Gibson Rd"
1 z$=" I thought I would throw a few thoughts your way on the subject of adventures both old and new"
1 rather than BUYING it is quite probable that more of you do so.
1 letter
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1 chars:b
1 capitals:b@
1 brand new (well, nearly), five pound note.
1 Zaracon Mysteries
1 Z$=" "
1 Your likes and dislikes will help us to provide YOU with whatYOU most want to see in YOUR magazine. We cannot please everybody, but we can please most of you!!
1 You need two lots of blue mush- rooms.
1 YOUR SINCLAIR 72 SINCLAIR USER 52 CRASH 44 C&VG 36 YOUR COMPUTER 8 PCW 4
1 With regard to adventure writingthere is a clear difference of opinion. Some of you want to seearticles on how to use the various utilities, and just as many of you feel that we should stick to adventure PLAYING only.
1 When in the dungeon, examine dungeon. Say Kentilla - this gets the sword back for you.
1 Velmista, small key, nasty knife and large key.
1 Urban Upstart
1 Tower of Despair
1 To get dried moss drop damp mossin scorched plains.
1 TlTlUoW|(Pb
1 Time of the End
1 This is enjoyed by 98 readers, aresult that will please Dr Goo!
1 These are the magazines that youread regularly.
1 There we have it folks, over 200adventures in the helpline! If you would like to help a fellow adventurer please send usyour name and address and the titles of the adventures you canprovide help for.
1 There is an object in the sack.
1 The numbers after each title in the Helpline correspond to the person or persons who are able to help you with your problems on that particular adventure.
1 The figures quoted are a per- centage unless otherwise stated.
1 That just about wraps it up for now. May we take this opportuni-ty to say thank you for all the kind letters we have received.
1 Temple of Terror
1 Tel: 0726 890473
1 TEXT
1 Special Operations
1 Shard of Inovar
1 Sealed City
1 Say to the Oracle ""Help"". Do this three times, twice after obtaining the staff. This will give you some clues.
1 SURVEY RESULTS
1 Rings of Merlin
1 Realm of Darkness
1 Quann Tulla
1 Please remember to include a S.A.E. when you write to a Help-line helper. If you live abroad please send an international reply coupon with your letter.
1 Picture
1 Our free map service has attracted 40 requests. Most if not all adventurers will map an adventure which explains the low percentage.
1 Our apologies to Dr Goo fans whowill by now have realised that this months tape does not have an adventure. The reason for this terrible omission is that the good Doctor has gone on holiday to far off places. The good news is that he will be back next month.
1 Orders should be sent to - Topologika FREEPOST (no stamp required) PO Box 39 Stilton Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 3BR
1 Open Door
1 On Kentilla By A MacGregorY
1 ODDS & ENDS
1 Now you can kill all the Urga- mauls you meet to get the following objects:-
1 Next month will see some more super savings for you, and we review another 128K adventure, it is tape based, and with a bitof luck, it will also be avail- able on disk!
1 Necris Dome
1 NEXT ISSUE
1 Most of you (80) read only the adventure sections. A few (9) readers told us that they read the adventure news then put the magazine back on the shelf. As the question concerned READING
1 Mike Richards 8 Victoria Road Roche St Austell
1 Madcap Manor
1 Lords of Time
1 Labours of Hercules
1 LOADER
1 Kill the large Ugra-maul and examine him three times.
1 June Rowe 46 Hurdon Way Launceston Cornwall PL15 9HX
1 Jason and the Fleece
1 Ice Station Zero
1 Hammer of Grimmold
1 HINTS: KENTILLA
1 Elva will carry objects for you when you are unable to carry anymore.
1 Each adventure will end with a special message and all you haveto do is send us the message by the closing date of the competi-tion. The winner will receive a
1 E$="
1 Dragonslayer 266 Carseview Tullibody Alloa FK10 2SU
1 Diamond Trail
1 Davy Jones Locker
1 Dave Briersg
1 Crystal Quest
1 Created with Ramsoft MakeTZX
1 Cornwall
1 Colossal Cave
1 Castle (The)
1 Carry the dead rattling Quarg inthe swamp. This scares spiders.
1 CODE
1 C$="We have lots of hints, tips and solutions for you from the quills of our intrepid adventurespecialists."
1 C$="SURVEYSURVEYSURVEYSURVEYSURVEY SURVEYSURVEYSURVEYSURVEYSURVEY SURVEYSURVEYSURVEYSURVEYSURVEY"
1 C$="Reviews will include Wizard's Warrior, Ronnie Goes To Holly- wood and A Journey One Spring - a 128K graphic adventure."
1 C$="READER'S COMMENTS"
1 C$="On Kentilla By A MacGregor"
1 C$="MONTHLY ADVENTURE"
1 C$="HINTS/SOLUTIONS"
1 C$="Dr Goo will be back in another exciting adventure."
1 C$="COMPUTER OWNERSHIP"
1 C$="COMPUTER MAGAZINES"
1 C$="COMPETITION"
1 C$="ADVENTURE WRITING UTILITIES"
1 C$="ADVENTURE REVIEWS"
1 C$=" All this and lots more in the July issue of Spectrum Adventurer. Published on the first Monday of the month."
1 C$=" SURVEY SURVEY SURVEY SURVEY SURVEY SURVEY SURVEY "
1 Buckaroo Banzai
1 Between 7pm-10pm
1 Beautiful Dreamer
1 As you will see from our survey our monthly competition is not all that popular, so from next month the competition will be based on the Dr Goo adventure.
1 Apart from wanting lots more of what we already publish each month, we have received several interesting suggestions and questions.
1 Andy MacGregor 12 Douro Close Baughurst RG26 5PG
1 A couple of readers have asked about a pen pal section - if youwould like a pen pal let us knowand we will put your name and address in the magazine.
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1 ;"Press R to re-read"
1 ;"PRESS A VOWEL"
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1 ;"P-00{00} TAPE 24
1 ;"LET TAPE RUN":
1 ;"JUNE 1988"
1 ;"IS LOADING":
1 ;" ":
1 70 want to see more reviews in the magazine and our idea of including screen shots found favour with less than 25.
1 48K owners are slightly in frontwith 52. 44 own a 128K machine and there are only 4 plus 3's. A few of you own other computerssuch as Atari ST and one TRS 80.
1 48 of you think the adventure iseasy to solve, 44 find it difficult and 8 say it is impossible to solve. These figures are only a guide as mostof you find that the difficulty of solving the game varies from month to month.
1 3 readers feel that there shouldbe more hints than solutions, but they are in the minority. The vast majority want more solutions.
1 12 readers intend to buy either a plus 3 or an Atari ST within the next six months. No one has said that they will abandon their Speccy!
1 100 of you found our reviews informative and they prompted 70to by a particular adventure. 40 did so through our discount adventure scheme and 60 usually buy their adventures by mail order.
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1 ''"You need Zelda to get into Tylons Castle."
1 ''"This isn't so popular with 35 regular entries each month. See Odds & Ends for news of our new competition."
1 ''"Our thanks to all of you who took the time and effort to return the survey forms."
1 ''"It may not be surprising that 100 readers have found our hintsand solutions helpful, and almost 100 want to see more - 1 person doesn't!"
1 ''"60 readers own an adventure writing utility. 50 of them own The Quill and 25 own GAC, the other 25 are PAW users. A much lower figure - 28 - say they intend to publish adventures."
1 '"Yellow Door
1 '"Topologika have released two more disk based adventures for plus 3 owners. They are Acheton and Kingdom of Hamil and they cost `9.95 each."
1 '"Tie rope to stalagmite, pull rope, tie rope to stalagmite (again). You can now descend."
1 '"The command to open doors is - Open door with ___ key. The sameapplies to chests."
1 '"Pirate Gold
1 '"Pawn (The)
1 '"Our thanks to Margo Porteous of Derby for pointing out an error in Castle Thade Revisited. When you get the crown in the treasu-re room, you should gain extra points. The ""bug"" doesn't affectthe completion of the game, but the less than maximum score could leave you feeling that there were still things to do."
1 '"It has been suggested that we use another format such as disk or microdrive. Well, at the moment tapes are the most commonmedium and disks are rather expensive."
1 '"Giant's Adventure
1 '"Enigma Force
1 '"A few readers feel that the Helpline takes up a lot of spaceand it could be included in every 2nd or 3rd issue thus making space for other things. Well, we have thought of doing that but in the near future we hope to increase the size of themagazine so we will have more room for other articles."
1 '"A Picture of Innocence
1 '"65 of our readers prefer text only adventures."
1 '" How to use the Helpline"
1 "capitals:b"
1 "Warlaord
1 "Mindshadow
1 "Master of Magic
1 "Galaxias
1 "Escape from Pulsar 7
1 "El Dorado
1 Secret of St Brides
1 Richard Batey 84 Sycamore Road South Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent NP4 5AW"
1 Harry Maton 2 Leslie Park Road Croydon Surrey CR0 6TN"
1 1988 S.A.E.C."
1 Key to Helpline helpers:-
1 Four Hours to Midnight
1 Questprobe 3
1 Micro Man (Project X)
1 Commando
1 Bugsy
1 Aztec Hunt For The Sun God
1 Arrow of Death (Part 2)
1 Final Mission
1 Cursed be the City
1 Brian the Bold
1 Rogue Comet
1 Robin of Sherwood
1 Prospector (The)
1 Pharoh's Tomb
1 Mindbender
1 Matt Lucas
1 Dun Darach
1 Z
1 Terrormolinos
1 Jewels of Babylon
1 Fourth Protocol (The)
1 Circus
1 A Serf's Tale
1 Worm in Paradise
1 Life Term
1 Temple Terror
1 Satcom
1 Mural (The)
1 Hollow (The) Text
1 Extricator (The)
1 Espionage Island
1 Zzzz
1 Witches Cauldron
1 Theatre of Death
1 See-Kaa of Assiah
1 Prehistoric Adventure
1 Pirate Adventure
1 Message from Andromeda
1 Magic Castle
1 Lords of Midnight
1 Lord of the Rings
1 Legend of Apache Gold
1 Inca Curse
1 Helm (The)
1 Gold Seeker
1 Bimbles (The)
1 Voodoo Castle
1 Trail
1 Time Machine
1 Star Wreck
1 Spiderman
1 Secret of Little Hodcombe
1 Rifts of Time
1 Return to Ithaca
1 Price of Magic
1 Mafia Contract II
1 Imagination
1 Hexagonal Museum
1 Hampstead
1 Feasability Experiment
1 Doomsday Papers
1 Custerd's Quest
1 Colditz
1 Castle Colditz
1 Witch Hunt (Paw'ed)
1 Velnor's Lair
1 Terrors of Trantoss
1 Shadowfire
1 Runestone
1 Robin Hood
1 Ring of Dreams
1 Rebel Planet
1 H.R.H.
1 Eye of Vartan
1 Escape
1 Double Agent
1 Demon Knight
1 Claws of Despair
1 Bulbo and the Lizard King
1 After Shock
1 Wiz Biz
1 Temple of Vran
1 Sinbad and the Golden Ship
1 Prince of Tyndal
1 Oracle's Cave
1 Kobyashi Naru
1 Jd
1 Hobbit (The)
1 Golden Baton
1 Fantastic Four
1 Eye of Bain
1 Castle Blackstar
1 Bored of the Rings
1 "
1 Wizard's Scroll (The)
1 Vera Cruz
1 Time Quest
1 Ten Little Indians
1 Swamp (The)
1 Sherlock
1 Orc Island
1 Masters of the Universe
1 Ludoids
1 Forest at World's End
1 Duke Bluebeard's Castle
1 Doomdark's Revenge
1 Cuddles
1 Colour of Magic (The)
1 Adventure Quest
1 Waxworks
1 Shipwreck
1 Red Door
1 R!
1 Mindstone
1 Mansion Quest
1 Mafia Contract I
1 Key to Time
1 Kentilla
1 Hollow (The) Graphic
1 Heroes of Karn
1 Father of Darkness
1 Erik the Viking
1 Desert Island
1 Crystal Frog
1 Castle Eerie
1 Book of the Dead
1 Adventureland
1 "
1 Urquhart Castle
1 Spoof
1 Seabase Delta
1 Rigel's Revenge
1 Planet of Death
1 Philosopher's Stone
1 Orbit of Doom
1 Murder Hunt
1 Marie Celeste
1 Karyssia
1 Golden Apple
1 Devil's Island
1 Blue Door
1 Alter Earth
1 A Tangled Tale
1 Time Quest (Central Solutions)
1 Seas of Blood
1 Perseus and Andromeda
1 Orc Slayer
1 Merlin's Apprentice
1 Magic Mountain
1 Ground Zero
1 Green Door
1 Golden Rose
1 Dragon Slayer
1 Classic Adventure
1 Castle Thade Revisited
1 Castle Adventure
1 An Everyday Tale Of A Seeker Of Gold
1 Twin Kingdom Valley
1 Staff of Zaranol
1 Secret Mission
1 Runes of Zendos
1 Quest for the Holy Grail
1 Never Ending Story
1 Mutant
1 Knight's Quest
1 In Search of Angels
1 Heavy on the Magick
1 Greedy Gulch
1 Amulet (The)
1 Winter Wonderland
1 White Door
1 Strange Odyssey
1 Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle
1 Snow Queen
1 Ship of Doom
1 Shimmerkin
1 Robin of Sherlock
1 Out of the Shadows
1 Gremlins
1 Dungeon Adventure
1 Very Big Cave Adventure (The)
1 Shrewsbury Key
1 Operation Turtle
1 Mordon's Quest
1 Mission X
1 Lifeboat (Quill'ed)
1 Emerald Island
1 Crown of Ramhotep Crystal Cavern
1 Boggit (The)
1 Valkyrie 17
1 Twice Shy
1 Redhawk
1 Red Moon
1 Red Lion
1 Keeper (The)
1 Countdown
1 Wizard of Acryz
1 Sandman Cometh (The)
1 Return to Eden
1 Mountains of Ket
1 Curse
1 Scoop
1 Hulk (The)
1 Fantasia Diamond
1 Escape from Devil's Island
1 Arrow of Death (Part 1)
1 Treasure
1 Spy Trilogy
1 Sea of Zirun
1 Curse of the Seven Faces
1 Village Underworld
1 Souls of Darkon
1 Bp
1 RESET YOUR COMPUTER AND LOAD"""" TO READ A LETTER
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