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SedricAndCharlie

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Am I the only one just learning about this?

 

http://matthewsmith.elite-systems.co.uk/?p=158

 

I can't discern from the limited information given whether this is based on Matt's engine or not. I assume so, if it's really a 1985 creation. Also looks like that game that Matt was working on with Elite didn't happen

 

EDIT: this is probably the wrong forum, if someone wants to move it over to the JSW subforum

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I've been aware of the existence of the game ever since it was announced. I haven't tried to purchase it.

 

It's always seemed like a commercial gimmick to me. I find it ridiculous that suddenly there was so much fuss about a game from 1985, when other games from that year have been known for a long time, including Richard Hallas's excellent "Join The Jet-Set!", and when there are so many other games made in later years which are certainly (I'm saying it even though I haven't played "Willy's Great Adventure") not worse than this game commercialised by Elite Systems.

 

The author - Terry Lloyd - thinks "it

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  • 1 year later...

Two problems I see there:

 

- *If* the game was  originally created on the ZX Spectrum (like back in 1985 or something), it would be like re-converting something to the original platform from another one. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but you probably wouldn't end up with the original, but a variant of it :wacko: .

 

- Since it was (probably still is?) released as a commercial product, converting it to anything could mean encroaching upon the copyright and provoking the copyright's holders anger  :o .

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I've dug around in the Android (the only version?) and there's a .z80 file in there which I was hopeful would simply be a case of drag and drop onto the PC and play. Alas no. This is a shame as playing this game on mobile is a nightmare and really needs keys to work well. I was hoping of finding a way of extracting the game from the .z80 file to try but not having any luck so far. Before anyone shouts, I'm not condoning piracy, I'm just interested in playing this game the way it was really meant to be played, ie on a proper keyboard! ?

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