tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294802376557801671.post9010298809100708952..comments2023-06-13T10:43:45.073+01:00Comments on The whole damn world: Elite: DangerousPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477727620596783913noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294802376557801671.post-54083491740822531592012-11-13T15:46:46.895+00:002012-11-13T15:46:46.895+00:00As well as The Hobbit, Melbourne House also releas...As well as The Hobbit, Melbourne House also released the excellent 'Sherlock', plus the often overlooked Lord of The Rings text adventure (which was ground-breaking at the time in that it allowed you to switch between characters).Jim Blisshttp://numero57.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294802376557801671.post-39897430544765621132012-11-13T02:00:30.743+00:002012-11-13T02:00:30.743+00:00The spectrum version had a bit of shaped plastic c...The spectrum version had a bit of shaped plastic called a lenslok, which used a pattern that, when viewed through the plastic, divulged letters that you then typed in to start the game. I don't know if the C64 used the same protection system.<br /><br />Melbourne House and Adventure could only be one thing - The Hobbit. That's still quite fun to play even now. Even if you do get killed by a vicious warg from time to time. http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/1025/Hobbit%2C+The.html<br /><br />I remember 3D ant attack too. The advertising mentioned M C Escher extensively, and at the higher levels, it was a 4 dimensional kinetic puzzle to challenge the brightest. http://sandywhite.co.uk/fun/ants/Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477727620596783913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294802376557801671.post-10896459054522613802012-11-13T00:33:27.402+00:002012-11-13T00:33:27.402+00:00I was a big fan of Elite way back when. I think I ...I was a big fan of Elite way back when. I think I played it on the Spectrum (though I upgraded to a C64 at some point and I can never remember which games I played on which system).<br /><br />Ant Attack is still my favourite (non-text adventure) game from that era. I spent far too long immersed in that world of blocks and giant ants. I've resisted all temptation to track down an emulator version as it will inevitably disappoint me.<br /><br />My favourites were the text adventures though - Infocom, Melbourne House and Scott Adams were the pantheon.<br /><br />Although thinking about it; there was a game called "Lords of Midnight" that I've not thought about in a while which probably consumed as much of my childhood as all the other games combined - I might track that one down and see how it's aged...Jim Blisshttp://numero57.net/noreply@blogger.com