Bladedancer

AJW · Post by **AJW** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:32 pm

I remember that. The next year Acorn Computing and the BbC subscription disc were gone.

lurkio · Post by **lurkio** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:00 pm

klintworth wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:04 pm I was intrigued by BladeDancer and just found this review in Acorn Computing from April 1993 ... BladeDancer Review 1993.pdf

Interesting! Didn't realise the great Mad Hatter himself had reviewed Bladedancer! Thanks for the upload!

AJW wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:32 pm I remember that. The next year Acorn Computing and the BbC subscription disc were gone.

Yes, Bladedancer is a very intriguing game -- one of the last commerical games for the Beeb and one of the last "big" games missing from all archives.

That's why it would be great if we could get images (data-dumps) of the discs for our archives, to preserve the game and allow it to be played again. (Most of us have never even seen it before!) What a great contribution to this community that would be..!

lurkio · Post by **lurkio** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:47 am

lurkio wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:00 pm
AJW wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:17 am Hopefully when I get back home.
That would be much appreciated by all. Would it be possible to get a 600dpi scan for our preservation archives?

Any news about this (the cover scan)?

marcusjambler · Post by **marcusjambler** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:43 am

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bladedancer- ... SwvgVfMDRA

lurkio · Post by **lurkio** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:18 am

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=13839&p=283213&hil ... an#p283213

billcarr2005 · Post by **billcarr2005** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:03 pm

Uploaded here

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20262

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:29 pm

billcarr2005 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:03 pm Uploaded here

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20262

AJW · Post by **AJW** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:05 pm

lurkio wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:47 am
lurkio wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:00 pm
AJW wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:17 am Hopefully when I get back home.
That would be much appreciated by all. Would it be possible to get a 600dpi scan for our preservation archives?
Any news about this (the cover scan)?

Should be with you and Multiwizard now.

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:53 am

AJW wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:05 pm
lurkio wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:47 am
lurkio wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:00 pm

That would be much appreciated by all. Would it be possible to get a 600dpi scan for our preservation archives?
Any news about this (the cover scan)?

Should be with you and Multiwizard now.

Many thanks Adrew...

Greetings, Wim...

lurkio · Post by **lurkio** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:54 am

Just to bring the thread up to date -- a different copy of Bladedancer has now been found and archived:

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=20262&p=284167#p284167

sc2987 · Post by **sc2987** » Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:30 pm

triaxcaribdis wrote:However, Marshal Anderson contacted me after reviewing the game and offered me a job at Topologika where I worked as a contractor for MANY years. I ended up writing around 10+ titles.

I wrote for MS-DOS then various incarnations of Windows...

Tax and please (Windows update)

I remember playing Tax & Please (on Windows) at secondary school (1995-2002). Do you have a copy of it, or know where I could get one?

Cybershark · Post by **Cybershark** » Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:35 pm

Guessing you don't have enough posts to PM the guy directly?

Eitherway, thanks for resurrecting the thread, as I'd never stumbled across this gem of a game before

Was fascinating to read about the history of it - and also the trials and tribulations involved in its archival!

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