tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post5018834694784210716..comments2024-03-24T16:26:37.755-07:00Comments on Gaming After 40: The Great Scott Project - Adventure #10StillGaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-16753299380118601252010-02-07T19:00:57.897-08:002010-02-07T19:00:57.897-08:00I'm very glad this little blog has allowed ano...I'm very glad this little blog has allowed another connection to be made. I very much appreciate Scott's reading and commenting here.<br /><br />Earthquake San Francisco 1906 is definitely on my list to play at some point -- there are still plenty of adventures I haven't tackled; even tackling one a week, I have a long way to go before I exhaust the rich vein of microcomputer adventure games inspired by Scott's pioneering work.StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-33441014666199341592010-02-07T15:56:42.354-08:002010-02-07T15:56:42.354-08:00Thanks Scott and StillGaming, that's lovely.
...Thanks Scott and StillGaming, that's lovely.<br /><br />And it's certainly an honour to communicate with the master himself Scott! When's this religious adventure I read about on your site going to emerge from your imagination and onto a computer then? I would like to experience what you see in the milleniums to come! Sounds like you want to develop another new textual genre, that of "interactive textual faith". But be careful not to step on anyone's religious inflexibilities with your razor-sharp wit!<br /><br />I will get round to remaking my interpretation of Savage Island in Inform 7 at some point, and I am determined that one will be able to talk with the stone head about all manner of philosophical subjects, from Plato to Theology to Logical Empiricism. And no, you won't be able to cut the damn coconut with the knife, and yes, you will be able to make a raft out of a giant TRS80 model III powered by a cassette motor. And of course you shall get drunk with the neanderthal to relax after all that hard work.<br /><br />Thanks again, and lets keep Informed eh?<br /><br />Alex<br /><br />PS StillGaming .. take a look at the TRS80 adventure game "San Franscisco 1906" .. now thats a game I haven't thought about for ages. It was every bit as good as Scott's games I think.Alex Thirlwallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-58598462626942208332010-02-06T15:12:29.336-08:002010-02-06T15:12:29.336-08:00I am so humbled when I hear of how my games effect...I am so humbled when I hear of how my games effected those who played them. It was never my intent to do that, I just wanted to share my passion with others and wanted them to have fun!<br /><br />Fiend and Friend. LOL I like the synergy there!<br /><br />BTW I would be remiss if I did not mention there is one more adventure I discovered and how important that it is. I refer to my friend Jesus and what he has taught me and what I see in the milleniums to come. <br /><br />Its truly the ultimate.<br /><br />I really hope to see all of you there.<br /><br />Happy Adventuring!Scott Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181674638039148658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-84211039836703441482010-02-06T13:31:03.312-08:002010-02-06T13:31:03.312-08:00Alex,
Thanks very much for the comment. I had a...Alex, <br /><br />Thanks very much for the comment. I had a very similar experience -- Scott's games showed me that there was, not a middle ground between art and science, but a synthesis that computers were just then beginning to facilitate. I too was inspired to become a programmer by the classic Scott Adams adventures, and that's why I celebrate them and their descendants here.StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-46550280049472098702010-02-06T12:06:29.174-08:002010-02-06T12:06:29.174-08:00When I was 12 years old I ended up playing Savage ...When I was 12 years old I ended up playing Savage Island Part 1 on a TRS-80. I found Ghost Town fiendishly difficult, but this is the one that really broke me, I remember clearly .. in fact it took over eight months to complete (without a hint book). <br /><br />It was difficult enough (at least two months) getting to the stalactite cave for all the reasons in this article, but becuase I had mishandled the coconut earlier on, I could not progress any further, and I did not think to restart the game WITHOUT doing the embladed deed. I eventually restarted the whole game, luckily, I left the coconut be this time and stumbled on the solution by accident. I literally SCREAMED when this happened, my mother and father were petrified.<br /><br />I shall always remember Savage Island being one of the first serious intellectual challenges of my life, and I still have a very clear image of the island in my mind 28 years later. But Scott .. you really are a fiend for putting me through all that - but also a friend - it made me intellectually stronger, I say that with utter clarity.<br /><br />I also have to say that this is the game that made me a programmer. After finishing this, programming problems were child's play (as, unfortunately, were most other text adventures until I encountered the mighty Infocom experience).<br /><br />Thanks Scott - it sounds really corny I know, but to me, you WERE a teacher.<br /><br />And thanks for the Retro-Review experience, StillGaming - I love it!!!<br />:)<br />AlexAlexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-5546181909788898002009-10-05T07:36:40.547-07:002009-10-05T07:36:40.547-07:00I played the ADV10.DAT version downloaded from you...I played the ADV10.DAT version downloaded from your website, via ScottFree. I did play part of the way through using the TRS-80 Model I version, but ScottFree allowed me to save at any point (even when the game itself was refusing to do so during the hurricane) so I ended up using that version.StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-37501602844868253392009-10-05T04:47:22.979-07:002009-10-05T04:47:22.979-07:00Which version where you playing of this? Someone m...Which version where you playing of this? Someone mentioned they are having problems on one of the conversions.Scott Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181674638039148658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-26631559282563683922009-09-01T11:53:03.186-07:002009-09-01T11:53:03.186-07:00I did indeed discover that - while playing #11! D...I did indeed discover that - while playing #11! Diabolical, Mr. Adams. Diabolical, I say! :)StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-61728262645608892372009-09-01T10:09:55.418-07:002009-09-01T10:09:55.418-07:00All I will mention is when ending the game #10 you...All I will mention is when ending the game #10 you can receive one of two possible passwords, depending on what you did in the game.<br /><br />Do you want to know more? Or should I leave it at that?<br /><br />;)Scott Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181674638039148658noreply@blogger.com