tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post2837525073446184442..comments2024-03-28T04:29:49.778-07:00Comments on Gaming After 40: Adventure of the Week: Adventure D - Espionage Island (1982)StillGaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-65562883815466734462020-08-26T16:52:53.947-07:002020-08-26T16:52:53.947-07:00PS I had this game on my Commodore 64 growing up i...PS I had this game on my Commodore 64 growing up in Australia in the 80s! and I could never get far.. so hoping I can now<br />Atlanta Wedding Photographers Sky Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321392717961307465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-56646539370806178972020-08-26T16:48:50.322-07:002020-08-26T16:48:50.322-07:00Hey I found your walkthrough and one other but whe...Hey I found your walkthrough and one other but when I do them I still die.<br />When I get to 'get beads' I get caught and I don't know what I'm doing wrong?<br />Atlanta Wedding Photographers Sky Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321392717961307465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-3494299451943717232017-12-09T04:41:01.518-08:002017-12-09T04:41:01.518-08:00We can then OPEN CUPBOARD to obtain the recently-d...We can then OPEN CUPBOARD to obtain the recently-departed officer's jacket, the mere wearing of which allows us to get past his remarkably nearsighted staff, including a guard and a flight operator. Why we're so intent on spying on this inept and poorly-defended enemy force remains a geopolitical conundrum. <br /><br />The last sentence is priceless. I nearly fell off my chair.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648664491783253977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-13787051443346581972015-11-28T15:50:43.213-08:002015-11-28T15:50:43.213-08:00Another one done! Thanks again for your review. I ...Another one done! Thanks again for your review. I would never have got 'feel corner'. Mind you! I never used the knife or gun.<br />Spunky Trunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976833001238252569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-29180985701410389322014-02-28T13:13:30.001-08:002014-02-28T13:13:30.001-08:00I echo what others say about loving this game when...I echo what others say about loving this game when I was but approaching my teenage years.<br /><br />IF I recall correctly the swamp maze was described as a "stiched swamp" which gives you the solution to directions out ... SEWN. I never really understood that at the time but reading now that the Artic Computing adventures where full of spelling errors would suggest it should have been stitched!Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-84277025161663987772013-05-24T13:34:54.356-07:002013-05-24T13:34:54.356-07:00Add another vote for The Hobbit on the Speccy (and...Add another vote for The Hobbit on the Speccy (and when you finish it, try the C64 disk version, or the DOS CGA one, which are supposed to be enhanced in several ways, including the descriptions). <br /><br />I'd also love to see you tackle two other British companies: Level 9 and Magnetic Scrolls. Level 9 were famous for being so proud of their compression routines that most of their games announced "over 200 locations" on the box -- which is indeed quite a feat on 32-48KB machines without a disk drive. But their games *were* good, and their parser became very decent with time.<br /><br />Magnetic Scrolls were more Infocom-like, with a great parser and long, detailed descriptions. They were also known for having great (static) graphics, especially on the Amiga and Atari ST, but even the C64 and Amstrad versions are impressive. (The Spectrum versions are text-only.)<br /><br />By the way, there are interpreters available for both companies' games. But it's probably more fun to play each game on a different system, as you usually do. :)<br />Dehumanizerhttp://winterdrake.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-79550545392322629802012-03-05T08:09:22.514-08:002012-03-05T08:09:22.514-08:00Just like to say how much I'm enjoying your re...Just like to say how much I'm enjoying your reviews of these old adventure games. Very impressed that someone from the States picked up on these Artic adventures as I know the ZX Spectrum was pretty unknown there. Here in the UK these games were fairly high-profile as they were included in the line-up of Sinclair Research branded software when the Spectrum first came out. Espionage Island was always my favourite; and I find it amazing looking back now that such terse description could conjure up such a vivid world in my childhood imagination. My friends and I used to play this game regularly until we completed it, and back then once you were stuck at any point you really were stuck - no Internet or walkthroughs available. It's all too easy now to get help when you're stuck and that's kind of a double edged sword. What always makes me chuckle is that in those days, 'guessing the verb' was actually part of the fun of the game ('SWITCH SWITCH' had us stumped for ages but the sense of accomplishment when we finally figured it out was almost euphoric) whereas nowadays it's just frustrating.<br /><br />Thanks again for not taking a wholly US-centric perspective on our gaming history. Have you had a look at Melourne House's 'The Hobbit', originally for the Spectrum? That was absolutely massive over here. Again a Sinclair approved product and absolutely ground-breaking in terms of parser, NPC interaction and what nowadays is called emergent gaming. No one had heard of Infocom at the time and compared to the usual VERB NOUN parsers we were used to us Brits were blown away by it.xyzzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151120346938986826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-80795038821887274772011-12-13T06:58:31.936-08:002011-12-13T06:58:31.936-08:00Hi, I agree ZXSpin is superb & as you said you...Hi, I agree ZXSpin is superb & as you said you can save the whole snapshot which is really handy (which I didn't think of before). I can recommend Chuckie egg 2 as it was one of the most engrossing arcade adventure I ever played on the speccy. I can also recommend Murder at the Manor and Inspector Flukeit as fairly tough adventures (for me anyway) as my cousin and I never finished them and only recently did I search online and see the solution after all those years. Its good to speak to someone who remembers a time before the Console boom where video games were still 'Underground' and when coin-op arcade games were actually BETTER than the ones you can play in your own home :) Shaun.Shaunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-41032515742202453122011-12-12T12:10:23.657-08:002011-12-12T12:10:23.657-08:00Welcome! I tackle an adventure game every week, w...Welcome! I tackle an adventure game every week, with the Speccy represented mostly by the Artic Adventures at this point. Regarding the save game -- this is sort of a cheat, I suppose -- but one of the best things about playing these games today, in the age of emulation, is that most decent emulators have a save-state capability. So you can save the whole machine's state and return at any time, making these games quite a bit easier to solve than they were back in the day. I can recommend ZXSpin, that's the emulator I use.StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-11865354355980820962011-12-12T06:24:58.213-08:002011-12-12T06:24:58.213-08:00Wow I remember this, I'm 34 now and had my fat...Wow I remember this, I'm 34 now and had my father bought me a speccy around 1983. I remember being particularly stuck on Ship of Doom. Good times buddy. Have you tackled many other adventures ? (not looked around this blog much yet). p.s. How the hell do you save game on this adventure ??!Shaunnoreply@blogger.com