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Spectrum Games
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Jonathan Blake
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Aug 20, 2008 08:24 PDT
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Way back in 1984, the first two Lone Wolf gamebooks—Flight from the Dark
and Fire on the Water—were adapted for computer play. The games are a
combination of text adventure and 'combat simulator'.
Project Aon has decided to make these games available, since they are
part of the history of Lone Wolf. Each of the two games is available in
a perfect TZX file, which can be loaded into a Spectrum 48k emulator.
Also included are text files of the instructions for each game. They are
available here:
http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/SpectrumGames
We have already done a great deal of work in collecting together
previews, reviews, solutions, adverts, and competitions relating to
these games in the Lone Wolf Software Articles PDF file <http://
www.projectaon.org/en/Main/LoneWolfSoftwareArticles>, which was
recently updated with some new materials. If you happen to know of
anything we've missed, please let us know!
(Currently, we are not making the game Lone Wolf—The Mirror of Death
available for download. We are in contact with the rights holder for
that game, and we are still in discussion. More news as we receive
it.)
We are indebted to Martijn van der Heide and all who have contributed
to the wonderful World of Spectrum website for these games and the
relevant magazine articles. For information on emulating the Sinclair ZX
Spectrum 48K, this is probably the best resource on the Internet.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/
We hope these games are more than mere curiosities, but will appeal to
any fans with nostalgia for computer emulation, and perhaps even a new
generation of fans of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K. So grab your sword
and prepare for combat--just be careful not to damage your rubber
keyboard!
For Sommerlund and the Kai! (And for PEEKers and POKErs everywhere!)
--
Simon Osborne
Project Aon
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