Anyone know what this book was called?

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 3:53 pm

Hi, 
 
I remember reading a book at school (some 14-15 years ago!) but can't 
remember the title of it. 
I'm fairly sure it was aimed at the Acorn Electron (rather than BBC) and 
it contained BASIC game listings. 
I seem to recall it was split into various parts, ie: Arcade, Puzzle, 
Adventure etc.. 
 
The Adventure section (I think!) consisted of just one game that was 
built up in stages throughout the chapter. 
The code was very 'spread out' with lots of REM statements to explain 
what each section did. 
 
Thats probably a tad vague, but does it ring any bells with anyone? 
Cheers!

Retroman · Post by **Retroman** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 1:08 pm

Hi Doc, aint been here 4 a while so I didn't see your posting. Regarding the book, 2 possible titles spring to mind-both of which are likely to NOT be the ones your after LOL<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"> . 
Anyway,they are both listing books for all computer formats-not just the Electron. 
They are;- 
(1)Write your own Fantasy Games for your microcomputer-Les Howarth and Cheryl Evans 
(2)Weird computer games-Jenny Tyler and Chris Oxlade 
 
The first is concerned with creating a single game- it lets you plan out the characters ,settings etc ,and there are plenty of explanations abouts what the different codes do. 
The second book has listings for 6 different games-the first 5 are smaller games,with there being listings for a much bigger adventure game at the back of the book. The games are- Tower of Terror,Skulls of the pyramid,Monster Wrestling,Jaws, Flying witches and the 'biggie'- Micropuzzle 
This second book was a book specially produced for schools( I think) and is dated 1984- aah the memories. 
 
Let me know if either ring a bell and I will perhaps send you a scan of them- I could scan all of the second book as it is pretty thin! LOL<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/eyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes">

David Boddie · Post by **David Boddie** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 9:01 pm

Have you tried looking through the following list? 
 
<a href="http://8bs.com/scansbook.htm">8bs.com/s ...  
 
Alternatively, your description of REM statements matches the description given in this review: 
 
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/electron_user_ ...  
 
However, the format of the book sounds familiar and I thought it might have been mentioned in the Inform Designer's Manual by Graham Nelson, but I can't find a reference. It sounds like a <number> Games for the 
<machine name> type of book, like one of these "hard to find" titles: 
 
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ...  
 
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ...

The Doctor · Post by **The Doctor** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 11:58 pm

(I've tried to post this twice now. Third time lucky) 
 
Thanks for replying guys. 
Unfortunately none of these has lead to the book I'm after. 
One of Davids links (8bs.com) lead me to another book I've been looking for (The WHICH? Software guide) though, so thanks for that one. 
Cheers!

David Boddie · Post by **David Boddie** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 12:28 am

The book you described sounds like it was in the same style as many of the Usbourne books, so perhaps using Google to search along those lines might yield results.

Retroman · Post by **Retroman** » Sat Jan 18, 2003 8:14 pm

Maybe this is the book you're after (The games collection)? 
 
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Anyone know what this book was called?

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