…and we had to restart The Pawn. As we did not ask Kronos about THE FRIGGING WRISTBAND! Without that we don’t get the chest that we need to kill the rider with the horse with no legs. Oh how I hate such puzzle designs! Luckily this is a text adventure and we can skip all the exploring and catch up rather quickly.
#magneticscrolls #interactivefiction #commodore #c64
We are not yet continuing with Wonderland, but some days ago I upgraded the black A500 to 1MB of chip RAM by way of mainboard swap. And a quick session on one of the later savegames didn‘t reveal any crashes. Even with lovely graphics enabled! So this bodes well.
#retrogaming #commodore #amiga500 #interactivefiction #magneticscrolls
On our way to the palace we come across a hut in the palace gardens. There is a doormat in front under which there is a wooden key. If course it doesn’t fit…
In the western part of the country we find a hut with a monk inside. However he starts laughing uncontrollably… we manage to take his bowl of rice though…
Interesting enough the usual enter/leave or in/out directives don’t work in this game.
Quickly thereafter we meet Kronos the Magician. He offers us a note that we are supposed to bring to Erik the King.
We start off waking up in Kerovnia without knowing how we got here.
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#tetris #gameboy #retrogaming
Also: this is one of the few games that were actually targeted for the EGA 640x350 mode. Also supported Hercules in monochrome. I spent countless hours on the Shareware version as a kid, which had a nag screen appearing after a certain score, making it unplayable. But I loved it. It was a success to get further into the next room.
One of my favorite childhood games: The Game of Robot by TOM Productions. German shareware action adventure. Bit like Zelda meets Boulderdash and Robots (UNIX)
#shareware #gameofrobots #retrogaming #msdos
@[email protected] yes it requires a bit more advanced solder skills. If you never soldered before I would advise not to try it. But GameGears can be repaired very well. Lots of replacement parts available. And with a new TFT screen they are immense fun, I think. Pick up a cheap flash cart and go nuts! Total invest with screen and flash cart is not cheap though. Will come to about 120€. Doing only the capacitor replacements is only about 8€ in materials.
@[email protected] yes, might be the same screws. Definitely a kind of security bit. The smaller 3.8mm variant is I think also used on GameBoy cartridges.
By the way: if you want to open up a GameGear you need a 4.5mm bit that’s shaped like… a flower…? Not sure what this is called.
I just unpacked @[email protected]'s GameGear. It is dead, and most probably suffers from crappy capacitors. I already have a full replacement set here, so I will post some updates in the next days to weeks. Let's see if the LCD screen is still viable, or a TFT mod is also required.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #sega #segagamegear
Alright, here goes "Wonderland" by Magnetic Scrolls. While arguably less famous than #infocom, their titles were quite highly regarded. They came with a fancy windowing system of their own. We start off playing Alice, accompanied by her sister on a meadow.
#retrogaming #commodore #amiga500 #interactivefiction
Quick reminder: There are TWO excellent casual JRPGs on the C64: Briley Witch 1 & 2. Even for me as a newbie when it comes to CRPGs it was great fun. Lots of story, easy to get into, sane fighting mechanics.
The games are currently on sale:
https://sarahjaneavory.itch.io/briley-witch-chronicles
#retrogaming #commodore #c64
New perspective
#photography
Before we continue much further into the game we better read the backstory in the game manual! I think maybe it contains a bit of lore that will help us in puzzles that we might otherwise miss…
THIS is a useful addition to a game! Nobody needs keychains or other gimmicks. But having game relevant feelies and backstories is great. The story also doubles as copy protection as on every restore you will be asked for a certain word from a random page.