Expedition to Saqqara
Expedition to Saqqara
Hi there
I am trying to get my hands on documentation and software for the mid-eighties educational programme "Expedition to Saqqara" (Cambridgeshire Software House / Ginn Microcomputer Software / Queue).
Further discussion can be found on Stardot here and here.
Any other leads would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Michael
I am trying to get my hands on documentation and software for the mid-eighties educational programme "Expedition to Saqqara" (Cambridgeshire Software House / Ginn Microcomputer Software / Queue).
Further discussion can be found on Stardot here and here.
Any other leads would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Michael
Re: Expedition to Saqqara
Hi. Did you ever play the game yourself? If so, what are your memories of it?
Getting hold of a copy of Saqqara is difficult, to say the least, because CSH are still actively enforcing their copyright even though they aren't currently selling the game:
Re: Expedition to Saqqara
Yes, we did in primary school. I still have the folder of letters and notes somewhere!Did you ever play the game yourself? If so, what are your memories of it?
I remember the sound effect of pumping sand. Lots of sand! I don't recall my own team discovering much, unfortunately, just a few passages and probably some garden-variety relics.
Michael
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Folks, did you get hold of a copy of this. I know where you can get it but a bit pricey.
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Its one listing on eBay has suddenly ended, if that was the copy you were talking about..?!b_b_c_m_i_c_r_o_2 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 7:04 pm Folks, did you get hold of a copy of this. I know where you can get it but a bit pricey.
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Yeah I saw it just before tea time. £84
I didn't buy it but was tempted.
I didn't buy it but was tempted.
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Hopefully someone from the forum bought it. Do we know how good this game is? I figured it would be around for a while.
Re: Expedition to Saqqara
I think I have this in the disc box, let me take a look
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Me too. I have the disc but not the docs.
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Can't be a coincidence that the listing ended literally minutes after you posted about it here today!
EDIT: It wasn't me who bought it, just to be clear!
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so weird. I hovered over the buy it button and then thought I'll have some tea first as thought probably better not to splash the cash.
That cje micros is that the computer shop that has been selling Acorn products since back in the day and carries on selling them?
That cje micros is that the computer shop that has been selling Acorn products since back in the day and carries on selling them?
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Own up, whoever you are..!
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Finally managed to get my hands on a full copy - discs, documentation, box, the works. It looks to be virtually unused. Yeeay!
It is fully archived now but it is annoying that I cannot post it to the Educational Archive.
It came in a donation that included boxed copies of Suburban Fox and Round the World, all three titles from the publishers Ginn.
Sometimes good things do come along.
It is fully archived now but it is annoying that I cannot post it to the Educational Archive.
It came in a donation that included boxed copies of Suburban Fox and Round the World, all three titles from the publishers Ginn.
Sometimes good things do come along.
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oh thats great. I remember all that excitement last year when spotted on ebay.