tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post7409118718679781881..comments2024-03-29T05:52:53.051+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Missed Classic 118: Santa and the Goblins (1983)The Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-30504039657146060812022-12-28T11:35:25.679+11:002022-12-28T11:35:25.679+11:00Great article! It's awesome to have these obsc...Great article! It's awesome to have these obscure devs and games' histories not get lost to time. Excellent work, and important too!<br /><br />There's a Christmas game I sent an email about to the TAG group, but I'll share it here too with everyone. It's a 1991 adventure game called Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, based on Dickens' work. I haven't played it yet, just tested it, and it looks quite charming. Seems to have been made, or at least published, by an Irish company who released other games based on known stories, like Wind in the Willows and Robin Hood.<br /><br />Info and box scans of the Amiga version on The Hall of Light: http://hol.abime.net/5865<br />A little review with screenshots and a gameplay video of the DOS version: https://www.squakenet.com/game/scrooge<br /><br />Happy holidays everyone!Marianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06995028810014388503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-65487809503257875182022-12-28T03:32:57.473+11:002022-12-28T03:32:57.473+11:00I'm always impressed by how much some people c...I'm always impressed by how much some people can get out of a computer that doesn't have that much. In particular this system seems a weird design, a calculator company making a 16-bit computer in the '70s. The whole thing is impressive to me.<br /><br />And an early/late Happy New Year to everyone reading and blogging on our wonderful website!MorpheusKitamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591271981112642781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-52325712238743455222022-12-27T16:59:25.810+11:002022-12-27T16:59:25.810+11:00Great post, I really enjoyed reading about the Web...Great post, I really enjoyed reading about the Webbs and about this game. Good to hear they reconciled.judd9https://www.blogger.com/profile/05775399294060687430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-87471803186737242352022-12-27T12:08:58.504+11:002022-12-27T12:08:58.504+11:00Happy holidays to all the TAG community!Happy holidays to all the TAG community!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16240427925874212338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-65704317111990890242022-12-27T05:38:09.250+11:002022-12-27T05:38:09.250+11:00I'm not 100% sure what matters and what doesn&...I'm not 100% sure what matters and what doesn't. The game is cryptic and there isn't so much text, but for all I know something else breaks if we didn't use the lamp. I don't think that's good puzzle design and it could have been cleaned up. <br /><br />It's also difficult to stress just how difficult it is to code in these old BASIC variants. They are built to generate spaghetti code and excising that element from this game could be been difficult to do without breaking something else The READ/DATA statements alone and the way that TI-BASIC handled the internal stack made my brain explode. So easy to add bugs. (In fact, the "stairs" item that we can pick up late in the game is probably such a bug. Just glad I didn't make it unwinnable my mistake.) Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-39957265916886925122022-12-27T02:01:31.544+11:002022-12-27T02:01:31.544+11:00Thanks so much Joe, and happy holidays to all!Thanks so much Joe, and happy holidays to all!Mayhaymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-21916425023563095602022-12-26T17:50:44.276+11:002022-12-26T17:50:44.276+11:00Thank you Joe it certainly was interesting, the te...Thank you Joe it certainly was interesting, the technical background was a great look into past technology. I cannot help but think that they could have cut a bunch of dead-ends like the lamp to make space for other features, but I guess the deadline loomed and with only one programmer they had to make a call. Fun read though! ShaddamIVthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024540172370536692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-40835059100643209472022-12-26T06:10:35.329+11:002022-12-26T06:10:35.329+11:00I've been playing this, which is new this year...I've been playing this, which is new this year, and enjoying it: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2163620/Azazels_Christmas_Fable/" rel="nofollow">Azazel's Christmas Fable</a>arcanetriviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033767865654085177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-10802191158089325972022-12-26T00:50:26.916+11:002022-12-26T00:50:26.916+11:00Merry Christmas! I hope you are all enjoying the h...Merry Christmas! I hope you are all enjoying the holiday. I worked extra hard on this one to play the game and to tell the Webbs' story as best I could. I hope you enjoy. I am back on "Nord and Bert" now and am most of the way through the penultimate episode.<br /><br />In my rush to hit the "Publish" button before my holiday flight, I made a few typos and neglected to credit the TI Italian Users Club, among others. That has been corrected. To say that I got a lot of help getting the game working and finished is an understatement. I love that this site is a mix of popular and obscure games and Christmas always gives me the chance to really dig into the history of some of these now-obscure developers. <br /><br />I hope you enjoy! Buon Natale!Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.com