This issue of C&VG 01-1982, page 40 contains an Apple II game (Treasure Hunt by Lance Micklus (ported to Apple II by Murray Summers)) that I was never able to type in and play, because I never had an Apple II – I was more of a Sinclair man, and all of that code would never fit into a 1k ZX81..
However, today, with an emulator such as Virtual ][, I can type it in and play it.
Continue reading Apple II adventure game from Computer and Video Games (Jan 1982)
Running Syndicate on DOSBox on OS X… which key on the keyboard is the fire key? I had an old EA Games CD set, which ran (natively) on System 7, and the fire key was space.
After playing syndicate (download here – the right mouse is used for fire, space does not work), I thought I’d try Theme Park (also from Abandonware), but unlike syndicate which just unzipped, Theme Park is the installer and it throws a wobbly if not installed from a floppy – having the installer in the DOSGAMES directory (or folder) does not work…
A retro game moment… and maybe a deja vu…
The idea of building a Kossel came to me after:
However, as I have stated above, the main reason was that I had the idea of sourcing the aluminium for the Kossel, whilst I was in Bangkok, as aluminium is relatively cheap in Bangkok, when compared to Europe.
After having finished Syndicate, I decided to give Warcraft a revisit. Continue reading Warcraft 2 on DOSBox
I thought I would like to play Syndicate again. Big mistake! Wasted a lot of time trying to get it up and running for free. See way down at the bottom, for How not to do it. Continue reading Syndicate on DOSBox
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