<Jake_Featherston@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> schreef in bericht
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> Thanks for your help. I downloaded Grabit, was having a hard time
> figuring out how to use it, so I would up downloading about 150 MBs of
> Apple ][-series games via Bit Torrent. I now have about 2,000 or so
> Apple ][-series games, all on the .DSK format, yet still no "Valley of
> the Minotaur," alas. I hate to think this game has been forever lost
> in the ether, but I suspect it may well be. But I got some of my
> other all-time favorites, such as Time Tunnels, Lode Runner, Dino
> Eggs, The Standing Stones, and Oil Barons, so I'm still very pleased.
That's great, I am sure You'll have much fun with all these nostalgic
games!
Perhaps, if You would be able to find "Valley of the Minotaur", it
wouldn't
be as much fun as You remember it (trying to give You some comfort ;-)).
As
it is a text adventure, You might still try rec.games.int-fiction, that
group is about that kind of games.
> As an aside, the PC DOS version of Oil Barons at Home of the Underdogs
> doesn't work (I spent like six hours the other day changing the BASIC
> code so that it would work, yet still hit an inexplicable error I
> couldn't fix), so if there are any Oil Barons fans out there (an
> admittedly somewhat unlikely contingency), go ahead and grab the
> Apple ][-series compatible version and a suitable emulator, as it
> works just fine.
Did You use an emulator like DOSbox (highly recommended download by the
way)
or did You try to run the program in a "DOS-window" of Windows? In the
latter case, I am not surprised, in modern Windows the terminal window has
not much to do with a real dos window anymore and programs in there are
not
allowed to much.
Well, in any case I wish You many good times with the games You _did_ find
and I wish You good luck in the other news group, hopefully someone over
there can help You (sorry that I did not point You in that direction
sooner,
I did not realize that it was a text adventure, although You had mentioned
in Your post).
Have You already tried forums about Apple II, I am sure that there are
some.
Yours sincerely,
Rene
P.S. I know back in the days of the 8 bit home computer the one one owned
was the best one but have You ever downloaded an MSX emulator with games?
Those were great computers as well and many nice games were written for
them
so if You ever feel bored, try it (off course only if You feel like it).
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