Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?

[Thomas Ward]

Hello Ishan,


No, this last three years have not been good ones and you are right
the hardest part is mental endurance:  finding a way to mentally
endure the tribulations in my life.
On 1/29/16, ishan dhami <ishan1dha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi thomas sir!
> This is the most stupid guy who gave you a lot of trouble in audyssey
> Believe me I was also thinking about you and missed you personally.
> So sir I wanna hear cheers! from you
> The most difficult situation is the mental indurance.
> I know that these 3 years are not favourable for you but you shouldnot
> lose your hope
> We all are your friends and we hope the speedy recovery and don't
> forget the USA raceway! haha
>
> On 1/28/16, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I haveno idea what they are called where you live. Essentially, they
>> are generally called slushes.  They are a frozen slusgy=hy ddrink that
>> comes in avariety of flavors such as grape, cherry , strawberry, etdc.
>> They  also haveve soda slurpies such as 7 up, Pepsi, etc.
>>
>> On 1/27/16, loriduncan <lori_dunca...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, what is a slurpy, is it like a slush puppy or smoothy?  I mis-read
>>> that
>>> thomas, and thought my jaws said a slow pea lol.  Guess it's the way
>>> scansoft Karon pronounced it there.
>>>
>>> Hugs, hope you get out soon.  From Lori.
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Thomas Ward
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 7:51 PM
>>> To: Gamers Discussion list
>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?
>>>
>>> So do I.. You have no idea how munch I wanna get out of here and have
>>> a tall glass of soda or a slurpy.
>>>
>>> On 1/25/16, joseph weakland <josephweakl...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> Glad to hear you are doing good hope you get well asap
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Cara
>>>> Quinn
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 6:16 PM
>>>> To: Gamers Discussion list
>>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?
>>>>
>>>> OMG! Thomas, so very good to hear from you! :)
>>>>
>>>> Very sorry you are having to deal with such a bad complication but very
>>>> happy that the surgery went well and that you are recovering well and in
>>>> a
>>>> good place where you can have the care that you need right now.
>>>>
>>>> we’re all thinking of you and sending you prayers / good thoughts…
>>>>
>>>> So wonderful to see you back here! *big smile*
>>>>
>>>> Hugs,
>>>>
>>>> Cara
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>>>>
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>>>> On Jan 24, 2016, at 3:36 AM, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Lisa and all,
>>>>
>>>> I have been in the hospital for the last two months and am currently on
>>>> various antibbiotics for a serious infection. The surgery went well
>>>> though
>>>> and the large tumor in my brain was removed successfully. I am
>>>> ccurrently
>>>> in
>>>> a nursing home and am recovering.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/16/16, Lisa Hayes <lhay...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>>>>> HI all, just wondering how Thomas is doing.
>>>>> Lisa Hayes
>>>>> www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
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Re: [Audyssey] Bavisoft games.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi,




No neither of the Bavisoft games have shareware versions. There is
also no way to order them any more.

On 1/27/16, Lisa Hayes  wrote:
> Are the games available as sharewear? or if not where can i order them
> thanks.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: goshawk on horseback
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 1:20 PM
> To: Gamers Discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Bavisoft games.
>
> I still play both of those games, but haven't got that far yet, so can't
> help with the snake issue, sorry.
>
> Simon
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "loriduncan" 
> To: 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 10:09 PM
> Subject: [Audyssey] Bavisoft games.
>
>
> Hi everyone, I'm just curious to know if anyone still plays any of the
> games
> from Bavisoft?  I know they've gone bust, but I must confess to still
> liking
> the silune in Grisley Gultch, and I actually think that game has more
> replay
> value than Chillingham did.  There is a problem though, I always manage to
> get to the final job the Marshal has for me no problem, but I just can't
> for
> the life of me get passed the rattle snake attacks, no matter how hard I
> try.  I used the f12 key and set it to 7, which does me find for the
> robbers
> coming at me, but the snakes seem to come much faster for some reason.
> There's also a really interesting bug on the slot machine, I only had $20
> left, and when I placed my bet for the whole 20, I won 40, but then Dug
> told
> me I was broke and I got kicked out lol.  That's never happened before, and
> I don't think running win7 would have caused it to crop up.
>
> I'd just love a cheat to get passed those darned rattle snakes, they're so
> time consuming, and if you fail you've to start the whole darned mission
> over again.  Thank god for recent games which allow you to save on the
> spot!
> :)
> From Lori.
>
>
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Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Lori,

a slurpyis an  icy drink they usually come in a variety of flavors
such as cherry, lemon, orange, grape, and so on.


Some of them come  in soda flavors like   Pepsi, Dr Pepper,  root
beer, and just about any soda mixture they can freeze into an icy
slushy form.

On 1/27/16, loriduncan <lori_dunca...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, what is a slurpy, is it like a slush puppy or smoothy?  I mis-read that
> thomas, and thought my jaws said a slow pea lol.  Guess it's the way
> scansoft Karon pronounced it there.
>
> Hugs, hope you get out soon.  From Lori.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Thomas Ward
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 7:51 PM
> To: Gamers Discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?
>
> So do I.. You have no idea how munch I wanna get out of here and have
> a tall glass of soda or a slurpy.
>
> On 1/25/16, joseph weakland <josephweakl...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> Glad to hear you are doing good hope you get well asap
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Cara Quinn
>> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 6:16 PM
>> To: Gamers Discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?
>>
>> OMG! Thomas, so very good to hear from you! :)
>>
>> Very sorry you are having to deal with such a bad complication but very
>> happy that the surgery went well and that you are recovering well and in a
>> good place where you can have the care that you need right now.
>>
>> we’re all thinking of you and sending you prayers / good thoughts…
>>
>> So wonderful to see you back here! *big smile*
>>
>> Hugs,
>>
>> Cara
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>>
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>>
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>> On Jan 24, 2016, at 3:36 AM, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Lisa and all,
>>
>> I have been in the hospital for the last two months and am currently on
>> various antibbiotics for a serious infection. The surgery went well though
>> and the large tumor in my brain was removed successfully. I am ccurrently
>> in
>> a nursing home and am recovering.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/16/16, Lisa Hayes <lhay...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>>> HI all, just wondering how Thomas is doing.
>>> Lisa Hayes
>>> www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
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Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?

[Thomas Ward]

Hi,

I haveno idea what they are called where you live. Essentially, they
are generally called slushes.  They are a frozen slusgy=hy ddrink that
comes in avariety of flavors such as grape, cherry , strawberry, etdc.
They  also haveve soda slurpies such as 7 up, Pepsi, etc.

On 1/27/16, loriduncan <lori_dunca...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, what is a slurpy, is it like a slush puppy or smoothy?  I mis-read that
> thomas, and thought my jaws said a slow pea lol.  Guess it's the way
> scansoft Karon pronounced it there.
>
> Hugs, hope you get out soon.  From Lori.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Thomas Ward
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 7:51 PM
> To: Gamers Discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?
>
> So do I.. You have no idea how munch I wanna get out of here and have
> a tall glass of soda or a slurpy.
>
> On 1/25/16, joseph weakland <josephweakl...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> Glad to hear you are doing good hope you get well asap
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Cara Quinn
>> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 6:16 PM
>> To: Gamers Discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?
>>
>> OMG! Thomas, so very good to hear from you! :)
>>
>> Very sorry you are having to deal with such a bad complication but very
>> happy that the surgery went well and that you are recovering well and in a
>> good place where you can have the care that you need right now.
>>
>> we’re all thinking of you and sending you prayers / good thoughts…
>>
>> So wonderful to see you back here! *big smile*
>>
>> Hugs,
>>
>> Cara
>> ---
>> iOS design and development - LookTel.com
>> ---
>> View my Online Portfolio at:
>>
>> http://www.onemodelplace.com/models/Cara-Quinn
>>
>> Follow me on Twitter!
>>
>> https://twitter.com/ModelCara
>>
>> On Jan 24, 2016, at 3:36 AM, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Lisa and all,
>>
>> I have been in the hospital for the last two months and am currently on
>> various antibbiotics for a serious infection. The surgery went well though
>> and the large tumor in my brain was removed successfully. I am ccurrently
>> in
>> a nursing home and am recovering.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/16/16, Lisa Hayes <lhay...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>>> HI all, just wondering how Thomas is doing.
>>> Lisa Hayes
>>> www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
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Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?

[Thomas Ward]

So do I.. You have no idea how munch I wanna get out of here and have
a tall glass of soda or a slurpy.

On 1/25/16, joseph weakland <josephweakl...@icloud.com> wrote:
> Glad to hear you are doing good hope you get well asap
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Cara Quinn
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 6:16 PM
> To: Gamers Discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?
>
> OMG! Thomas, so very good to hear from you! :)
>
> Very sorry you are having to deal with such a bad complication but very
> happy that the surgery went well and that you are recovering well and in a
> good place where you can have the care that you need right now.
>
> we’re all thinking of you and sending you prayers / good thoughts…
>
> So wonderful to see you back here! *big smile*
>
> Hugs,
>
> Cara
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> On Jan 24, 2016, at 3:36 AM, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Lisa and all,
>
> I have been in the hospital for the last two months and am currently on
> various antibbiotics for a serious infection. The surgery went well though
> and the large tumor in my brain was removed successfully. I am ccurrently in
> a nursing home and am recovering.
>
>
>
> On 1/16/16, Lisa Hayes <lhay...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>> HI all, just wondering how Thomas is doing.
>> Lisa Hayes
>> www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
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Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?

[Thomas Ward]

oh, you bet. It certainly hasn't been a lot of fun  for me.

On 1/24/16, Ron hopkins  wrote:
> I'm glad to see that thomas is recovering.  Damn infections.  that
> bites the big one.
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Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Lisa and all,

I have been in the hospital for the last two months and am currently
on various antibbiotics for a serious infection. The surgery went well
though and the large tumor in my brain was removed successfully. I am
ccurrently in a nursing home and am recovering.



On 1/16/16, Lisa Hayes  wrote:
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Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?

[Thomas Ward]

Charles,

Better is a relative term. I still  feel terrible and am not doing well enough.

On 1/24/16, maureen McEntee  wrote:
> So glad that you're feeling a bit better Thomas, Take it one day at a time
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Re: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Dark,

You did not get a response because I have been unable to respond to my
messages until now. I underwent a brains surgery on Nov. 17 to have a
tumor removed and then ended up with an infection in my lungs.
Believed e, this has not been a very goods last couple of months. I
actually came very close to dying on a couple of occasions.

On 1/17/16, dark  wrote:
> I'd be interested to know myself. I'm a little worried sinse he said he'd be
>
> back  earlier than this.
>
> I did send a mail to his  personal address asking if he was okay and giving
>
> my best wishes but worryingly enough, I didn't get a reply.  Can someone who
>
> is in a similar part of the states to Thomas see if they could find out?
>
> All the best,
>
> Dark.
> - Original Message -
> From: "Lisa Hayes" 
> To: "Gamers Discussion list" 
> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 3:35 AM
> Subject: [Audyssey] Any news on Thomas?
>
>
>> HI all, just wondering how Thomas is doing.
>> Lisa Hayes
>> www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
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Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Josh,

I am well aware of Android and its games. In fact, was considering one
for a very long time. Thing is while Android has a fair selection it
isn't the same selection so user preference would have a lot to do
with the purchasing process here. So while I haven't forgotten about
Android I'm uncertain myself if that is the way I personally want to
go for my phone purchase.


On 11/15/15, Josh K <joshknnd1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> don't forget about android. they have lots of games also.
>
> follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
>
> On 11/15/2015 8:03 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:
>> Hi Dark,
>>
>> Oh, I know. An iPhone is becoming quite the handy little device. I'd
>> really like to get one, but my funds being what they are it is still
>> something off in the future for me. Although, it is definitely on my
>> list of things to do when time and money permits.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/14/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
>>> Hi Tom.
>>>
>>> Well, I won't deny the expense, indeed this is why I have not upgraded
>>> from
>>>
>>> an Iphone 5 sinse I looked at the 6 series and there just wasn't enough
>>> by
>>> way of advantage to justify the expense (whether the 7 series will be is
>>> something I'll wait and see).
>>>
>>> However, on the positive side we are now getting to the point in game
>>> development terms where Ios has a really good selection of stuff
>>> available,
>>>
>>> everything from traditional games to trivia, interactive fiction or
>>> arcade
>>> and action titles.
>>>
>>> There was a time when the choice was more limited, but that's not the
>>> case
>>> anymore, and of course that's not counting arious other useful little
>>> programs, functions and applications that just happen to come in handy.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Dark.
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
>>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:44 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
>>> device/unit
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Dark,
>>>>
>>>> Oh, I don't doubt that. Unfortunately, I am extremely cash strapped
>>>> right now so haven't had the funds or means available to purchase a
>>>> new iPhone so have had to do without that advantage myself. Still, I
>>>> do have it on the things to do once those funds become available to
>>>> me. I just looked at phone plans the other day and it might be
>>>> feasible in the next few months or so once I see my way through my
>>>> medical issues.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/14/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Tom.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is one thing I like my Iphone for it is true, particularly
>>>>> because
>>>>> these days there are a number of games available on it from the
>>>>> Choiceofgames titles and other complex rpgs like King of Dragon pass
>>>>> and
>>>>> Silver sword, to very simple arcade affairs like catch 52 not to
>>>>> mention
>>>>>
>>>>> all
>>>>>
>>>>> the blindfold card, board and puzzle games, actually I find it really
>>>>> handy
>>>>>
>>>>> for long train journies when I am tired of reading and want something
>>>>> else
>>>>> to do.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dark.
>>>>> - Original Message -
>>>>> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:56 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
>>>>> device/unit
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jacob,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cool. Sounds like a nifty little gaming device you got there. The
>>>>>> only
>>>>>> thing is while I do like interactive fiction games I'm not sure I'd
>>>>>> want to pay out the investment for something like this myself since I
>>>>>> only play interactive fiction  games occasionally. If the /Ra

Re: [Audyssey] got my new solid state drive in

[Thomas Ward]

Hi,

I have similar experiences. I now avoid HP like the plague myself
because their systems tend to be very below the par on average, and I
know others with similar experiences. My dad, for instance, had a HP
laptop for about six months, very barely used, and it died. So I don't
generally buy HP anything if I can help it these days.


On 11/16/15, englishride...@gmail.com  wrote:
> Ah. I avoid HP like the plague now. The first and only laptop I got from
> them kept having issue after issue, where both of my Dells, except for one
> problem, have run for years before giving up the ghost. One lasted for six
> years, and The other lasted for five years and seven months. Technically the
> one that lasted for six years still works, since I put Vinux onto it after I
> couldn't find my XP disc's after reformatting the system after I got a
> rather nasty virus that I was having a ton of trouble removing.
>
> I can't wait to have a solid-state drive in the new laptop that I'm getting
> soon. It's going to be awesome! It'll be my first system with eight gigs of
> RAM and a 2.9 Core i5 processor; it's the architecture that's one generation
> behind the new Skylake processors, but that's fine for me. The model I'll be
> getting is a Lenovo ThinkPad T450S.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ari

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Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Cara,

That's just it though. I happen to live in an extremely rural area and
thus there is no Apple stores near me within a hundred miles or so of
me. If I really want an iPhone I'd pretty much have to buy direct from
the carrier which do have payment plans. Just none of them currently
affordable for me given my limited funds right now.


On 11/15/15, Cara Quinn <caraqu...@caraquinn.com> wrote:
> Also, on the Apple side, there is now a program where you can purchase an
> iPhone on a monthly plan.
>
> This way you would not need to spend a larger amount up front to get your
> phone.
>
> I believe this needs to be done at an Apple Store and then goes through your
> carrier.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Cara
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> On Nov 14, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Josh K <joshknnd1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hey thomas, you can also get an unlocked accessible blu android phone
> running 5.0 lollypop for $99 from amazon with talkback on it. I plan on
> getting the blu super camera phone and it has gps on it and pretty much
> everything you'd expect from a modern android phone.
>
> follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
>
> On 11/14/2015 9:44 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:
>> Hi Dark,
>>
>> Oh, I don't doubt that. Unfortunately, I am extremely cash strapped
>> right now so haven't had the funds or means available to purchase a
>> new iPhone so have had to do without that advantage myself. Still, I
>> do have it on the things to do once those funds become available to
>> me. I just looked at phone plans the other day and it might be
>> feasible in the next few months or so once I see my way through my
>> medical issues.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/14/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
>>> Hi Tom.
>>>
>>> This is one thing I like my Iphone for it is true, particularly because
>>> these days there are a number of games available on it from the
>>> Choiceofgames titles and other complex rpgs like King of Dragon pass and
>>> Silver sword, to very simple arcade affairs like catch 52 not to mention
>>> all
>>>
>>> the blindfold card, board and puzzle games, actually I find it really
>>> handy
>>>
>>> for long train journies when I am tired of reading and want something
>>> else
>>> to do.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Dark.
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
>>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:56 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
>>> device/unit
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Jacob,
>>>>
>>>> Cool. Sounds like a nifty little gaming device you got there. The only
>>>> thing is while I do like interactive fiction games I'm not sure I'd
>>>> want to pay out the investment for something like this myself since I
>>>> only play interactive fiction  games occasionally. If the /Raspberry
>>>> device had a broader spectrum of games I might actually consider the
>>>> investment in something like it since it would come in handy in times
>>>> like now when I may be in the hospital for an extended amount of time
>>>> with little to nothing to do. Dragging around a laptop isn't really an
>>>> option in my case and I don't have a smartphone so I could see
>>>> something like your Raspberry Pie being a nice little device between
>>>> those extremes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/12/15, Jacob Kruger <ja...@blindza.co.za> wrote:
>>>>> Am currently playing around with a raspberry pi unit/device, which is
>>>>> effectively a low-level full linux/debian operating system PC
>>>>> implemented
>>>>>
>>>>> on
>>>>> a piece of hardware roundabout the size of a box of cigarettes.
>>>>>
>>>>> It took a little bit of effort to get it up and running/cooperating,
>>>>> and
>>>>> don't seem to be able to use orca screen reader with it's version of a
>>>>> GUI,
>>>>> which is x-windows, but, after installing speakUp console screen
>>>>> reader,
>>>>>
>>>>> you
>>>>> ca

Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Dark,

Oh, I know. An iPhone is becoming quite the handy little device. I'd
really like to get one, but my funds being what they are it is still
something off in the future for me. Although, it is definitely on my
list of things to do when time and money permits.



On 11/14/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
> Hi Tom.
>
> Well, I won't deny the expense, indeed this is why I have not upgraded from
>
> an Iphone 5 sinse I looked at the 6 series and there just wasn't enough by
> way of advantage to justify the expense (whether the 7 series will be is
> something I'll wait and see).
>
> However, on the positive side we are now getting to the point in game
> development terms where Ios has a really good selection of stuff available,
>
> everything from traditional games to trivia, interactive fiction or arcade
> and action titles.
>
> There was a time when the choice was more limited, but that's not the case
> anymore, and of course that's not counting arious other useful little
> programs, functions and applications that just happen to come in handy.
>
> All the best,
>
> Dark.
> - Original Message -
> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
> device/unit
>
>
>> Hi Dark,
>>
>> Oh, I don't doubt that. Unfortunately, I am extremely cash strapped
>> right now so haven't had the funds or means available to purchase a
>> new iPhone so have had to do without that advantage myself. Still, I
>> do have it on the things to do once those funds become available to
>> me. I just looked at phone plans the other day and it might be
>> feasible in the next few months or so once I see my way through my
>> medical issues.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/14/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
>>> Hi Tom.
>>>
>>> This is one thing I like my Iphone for it is true, particularly because
>>> these days there are a number of games available on it from the
>>> Choiceofgames titles and other complex rpgs like King of Dragon pass and
>>> Silver sword, to very simple arcade affairs like catch 52 not to mention
>>>
>>> all
>>>
>>> the blindfold card, board and puzzle games, actually I find it really
>>> handy
>>>
>>> for long train journies when I am tired of reading and want something
>>> else
>>> to do.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Dark.
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
>>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:56 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
>>> device/unit
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Jacob,
>>>>
>>>> Cool. Sounds like a nifty little gaming device you got there. The only
>>>> thing is while I do like interactive fiction games I'm not sure I'd
>>>> want to pay out the investment for something like this myself since I
>>>> only play interactive fiction  games occasionally. If the /Raspberry
>>>> device had a broader spectrum of games I might actually consider the
>>>> investment in something like it since it would come in handy in times
>>>> like now when I may be in the hospital for an extended amount of time
>>>> with little to nothing to do. Dragging around a laptop isn't really an
>>>> option in my case and I don't have a smartphone so I could see
>>>> something like your Raspberry Pie being a nice little device between
>>>> those extremes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/12/15, Jacob Kruger <ja...@blindza.co.za> wrote:
>>>>> Am currently playing around with a raspberry pi unit/device, which is
>>>>> effectively a low-level full linux/debian operating system PC
>>>>> implemented
>>>>>
>>>>> on
>>>>> a piece of hardware roundabout the size of a box of cigarettes.
>>>>>
>>>>> It took a little bit of effort to get it up and running/cooperating,
>>>>> and
>>>>> don't seem to be able to use orca screen reader with it's version of a
>>>>> GUI,
>>>>> which is x-windows, but, after installing speakUp console screen
>>>>> reader,
>>>>>
>>>>> you
>&g

Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Jacob,

Oh, cool. That puts things in an entirely new light. I can see where
you are coming from with this, and admit it would be something worth
looking into. I'd love to have a handheld Linux device like that I
could take around with me with an external keyboard. It sure would
make life much simpler. Keep us posted on how this project goes.


On 11/13/15, Jacob Kruger <ja...@blindza.co.za> wrote:
> Thomas, it's way more than just an interactive fiction gaming unit, but that
>
> was my sort of context-specific posting to this list.
>
> It's a full debian linux PC that literally fits in the palm of your hand,
> and in terms of portability, biggest issue would be needing to use it with
> an external keyboard.
>
> My primary reason for actually getting hold of one was since want to try
> using it as a small, portable, low-end web server, and have got 80% of that
>
> process sorted - apache is installed, along with PHP script processing, and
>
> now just need to still get MySQL support installed, and good to go.
>
> Check out the mainstream documentation page:
> http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianDocumentation
>
> And, the less than complete VI specific usage website:
> http://www.raspberryvi.org/
>
> Did also try out frotz interpreter, with wumpus.z5 yesterday, via SSH
> terminal, working on unit, and worked pretty much perfectly though.
>
> Stay well
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 3:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
> device/unit
>
>
>> Hi Jacob,
>>
>> Cool. Sounds like a nifty little gaming device you got there. The only
>> thing is while I do like interactive fiction games I'm not sure I'd
>> want to pay out the investment for something like this myself since I
>> only play interactive fiction  games occasionally. If the /Raspberry
>> device had a broader spectrum of games I might actually consider the
>> investment in something like it since it would come in handy in times
>> like now when I may be in the hospital for an extended amount of time
>> with little to nothing to do. Dragging around a laptop isn't really an
>> option in my case and I don't have a smartphone so I could see
>> something like your Raspberry Pie being a nice little device between
>> those extremes.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/15, Jacob Kruger <ja...@blindza.co.za> wrote:
>>> Am currently playing around with a raspberry pi unit/device, which is
>>> effectively a low-level full linux/debian operating system PC implemented
>>>
>>> on
>>> a piece of hardware roundabout the size of a box of cigarettes.
>>>
>>> It took a little bit of effort to get it up and running/cooperating, and
>>> don't seem to be able to use orca screen reader with it's version of a
>>> GUI,
>>> which is x-windows, but, after installing speakUp console screen reader,
>>>
>>> you
>>> can switch between the multiple console windows, and thanks to Thomas
>>> having
>>> helped me out with the relevant commands a while ago, to install frotz
>>> interpreter on a linux system - sudo apt-get install frotz - I now have
>>> the
>>> frotz interpreter installed on this unit, and since it runs off
>>> micro-USB
>>> cable for power - the same thing most modern smart phones use for
>>> charging
>>> their batteries - if I plug it into the portable cellphone charging unit
>>> have here, and plug in my earphones, then I could literally play most IF
>>> games anywhere/everywhere, without having to drain my phone's battery,
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> Does require connecting a USB keyboard, but, still - besides full-size
>>> keyboard, it's a PC-in-your-pocket.
>>>
>>> There's also at least one other raspberry-specific game I know of, but,
>>> am
>>> also planning to play around with python code on this unit, etc. etc.,
>>> so
>>> let's see...
>>>
>>> Overall, while it wasn't all that simple to get it up and running,
>>> accessibly on my own, the total cost of what have here now is roundabout
>>> ZAR700 = +-$55, or thereabouts, but anyway.
>>>
>>> Stay well
>>>
>>> Jacob Kruger
>>> Blind Biker
>>> Skype: BlindZA
>>> "Roger Wilco want

Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Dark,

Oh, I don't doubt that. Unfortunately, I am extremely cash strapped
right now so haven't had the funds or means available to purchase a
new iPhone so have had to do without that advantage myself. Still, I
do have it on the things to do once those funds become available to
me. I just looked at phone plans the other day and it might be
feasible in the next few months or so once I see my way through my
medical issues.



On 11/14/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
> Hi Tom.
>
> This is one thing I like my Iphone for it is true, particularly because
> these days there are a number of games available on it from the
> Choiceofgames titles and other complex rpgs like King of Dragon pass and
> Silver sword, to very simple arcade affairs like catch 52 not to mention all
>
> the blindfold card, board and puzzle games, actually I find it really handy
>
> for long train journies when I am tired of reading and want something else
> to do.
>
> All the best,
>
> Dark.
> - Original Message -
> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 1:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing
> device/unit
>
>
>> Hi Jacob,
>>
>> Cool. Sounds like a nifty little gaming device you got there. The only
>> thing is while I do like interactive fiction games I'm not sure I'd
>> want to pay out the investment for something like this myself since I
>> only play interactive fiction  games occasionally. If the /Raspberry
>> device had a broader spectrum of games I might actually consider the
>> investment in something like it since it would come in handy in times
>> like now when I may be in the hospital for an extended amount of time
>> with little to nothing to do. Dragging around a laptop isn't really an
>> option in my case and I don't have a smartphone so I could see
>> something like your Raspberry Pie being a nice little device between
>> those extremes.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/15, Jacob Kruger <ja...@blindza.co.za> wrote:
>>> Am currently playing around with a raspberry pi unit/device, which is
>>> effectively a low-level full linux/debian operating system PC implemented
>>>
>>> on
>>> a piece of hardware roundabout the size of a box of cigarettes.
>>>
>>> It took a little bit of effort to get it up and running/cooperating, and
>>> don't seem to be able to use orca screen reader with it's version of a
>>> GUI,
>>> which is x-windows, but, after installing speakUp console screen reader,
>>>
>>> you
>>> can switch between the multiple console windows, and thanks to Thomas
>>> having
>>> helped me out with the relevant commands a while ago, to install frotz
>>> interpreter on a linux system - sudo apt-get install frotz - I now have
>>> the
>>> frotz interpreter installed on this unit, and since it runs off
>>> micro-USB
>>> cable for power - the same thing most modern smart phones use for
>>> charging
>>> their batteries - if I plug it into the portable cellphone charging unit
>>> have here, and plug in my earphones, then I could literally play most IF
>>> games anywhere/everywhere, without having to drain my phone's battery,
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> Does require connecting a USB keyboard, but, still - besides full-size
>>> keyboard, it's a PC-in-your-pocket.
>>>
>>> There's also at least one other raspberry-specific game I know of, but,
>>> am
>>> also planning to play around with python code on this unit, etc. etc.,
>>> so
>>> let's see...
>>>
>>> Overall, while it wasn't all that simple to get it up and running,
>>> accessibly on my own, the total cost of what have here now is roundabout
>>> ZAR700 = +-$55, or thereabouts, but anyway.
>>>
>>> Stay well
>>>
>>> Jacob Kruger
>>> Blind Biker
>>> Skype: BlindZA
>>> "Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
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Re: [Audyssey] audio rain maker.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Ishan,

All subject to opinion of course, but what exactly do you have in mind
for this rain game?

 I haven't heard a lot of details on what exactly what you want in
terms of a game. I have only the vaguest idea what you are talking
about here. I have no idea how it would work, how the game would be
played, how one would score, what one would have to do, and about all
I gather is you make rain. So weather or not it would be fun is wide
open to interpretation at this point.



On 11/14/15, ishan dhami  wrote:
> I think if a developer starts it will be a good concept for fun.

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Re: [Audyssey] Portable interactive fiction game playing device/unit

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Jacob,

Cool. Sounds like a nifty little gaming device you got there. The only
thing is while I do like interactive fiction games I'm not sure I'd
want to pay out the investment for something like this myself since I
only play interactive fiction  games occasionally. If the /Raspberry
device had a broader spectrum of games I might actually consider the
investment in something like it since it would come in handy in times
like now when I may be in the hospital for an extended amount of time
with little to nothing to do. Dragging around a laptop isn't really an
option in my case and I don't have a smartphone so I could see
something like your Raspberry Pie being a nice little device between
those extremes.



On 11/12/15, Jacob Kruger  wrote:
> Am currently playing around with a raspberry pi unit/device, which is
> effectively a low-level full linux/debian operating system PC implemented on
> a piece of hardware roundabout the size of a box of cigarettes.
>
> It took a little bit of effort to get it up and running/cooperating, and
> don't seem to be able to use orca screen reader with it's version of a GUI,
> which is x-windows, but, after installing speakUp console screen reader, you
> can switch between the multiple console windows, and thanks to Thomas having
> helped me out with the relevant commands a while ago, to install frotz
> interpreter on a linux system - sudo apt-get install frotz - I now have the
> frotz interpreter installed on this unit, and since it runs off micro-USB
> cable for power - the same thing most modern smart phones use for charging
> their batteries - if I plug it into the portable cellphone charging unit
> have here, and plug in my earphones, then I could literally play most IF
> games anywhere/everywhere, without having to drain my phone's battery, etc.
>
> Does require connecting a USB keyboard, but, still - besides full-size
> keyboard, it's a PC-in-your-pocket.
>
> There's also at least one other raspberry-specific game I know of, but, am
> also planning to play around with python code on this unit, etc. etc., so
> let's see...
>
> Overall, while it wasn't all that simple to get it up and running,
> accessibly on my own, the total cost of what have here now is roundabout
> ZAR700 = +-$55, or thereabouts, but anyway.
>
> Stay well
>
> Jacob Kruger
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> Skype: BlindZA
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Re: [Audyssey] Tom, your medical problems are worse than mine are.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Ron,

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. As for being able to
remove the entire tumor they aren't really sure yet. It happens to be
on a part of the brain where they might not be able to take it all
without suffering adverse brain damage. So Tuesday they are going to
take all they can safely take and hopefully try and treat the rest
with radiation or some other means. So sad to say this surgery is
really only the beginning of treatment and not the cure. I just have
to take it one day at a time.



On 11/10/15, Ron Kolesar <kolesar16...@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Hello my long long time friend.
> I wish you all the best because your health is more inportant.
> With medical technology the way it is today, I know they'll be able to
> remove the entire tumor.
> My step dad went through colon cancer and it looks like they got it all.
> But not to scare you off, my biological father died of a brain tumer.
> But he never really was a dad. If you know what I mean.
> I pretty much was raised by a single parent and that parent was my loving
> mother and my loving grandmother.
> My step dad, he had to ware a bag for awhile, but we're hoping he can get
> that removed soon for the last time.
> So, you have more friends then you know you have.
> Here's wishing you all the best.
> Here's hoping you can get well soon so that you can quickly get back to what
>
> you enjoy doing which is designing and playing games.
> Your lon long time friend.
>
> Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states
> "that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week."
> -Original Message-
> From: Thomas Ward
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:20 PM
> To: Gamers Discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Supporting you Tom.
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> Thanks for the support. Yeah, I definitely do not envy you your health
> concerns as they sound even worse than mine in retrospect.
>
> Tuesday morning I will be going into the hospital to have a massive
> brain tumor removed. It is currently the size of a small lemon and has
> to be either removed or reduced in size as soon as humanly possible so
> it is not going to be some minor procedure. All the same once it is
> gone it should hopefully be the beginning of my recovery process, and
> I won't have severe headaches like I have been having for the last few
> months.
>
>
>
> On 11/10/15, Ron Kolesar <kolesar16...@roadrunner.com> wrote:
>> Hi Tom.
>> Your health should come first.
>> I too have been a medical gunnie pig myself.
>> My asid reflux problems I'm constantly beltching and or coughly.
>> So, about the only way I've been talking to anyone is via e-mail.
>> Unless I have to answer questions or what not.
>> My second series of problems is this.
>> We who have R.P. have a new nightmare to deal with.
>> It is neuropathy ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa or NARP for short.
>> In a nutshell, it pretty much robs one from their independent mobility.
>> I have to be puched in a stupid wheelchair for any long distances.
>> There is no way I can even think of filling out the paperwork for another
>> dog.
>> So my prayers are with you my long time friend.
>>
>> Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states
>> "that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week."
>>
>>
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Re: [Audyssey] games and where to get them.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Charles,

As far as I know yes it should. I have never actually tried it myself
though since I already had most if not all of Jim's games on my
laptops before that installer came out so never had a fresh system to
try it on.



On 11/11/15, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote:
> What about the program that installs all of Jim Kitchen's games in one
> whack?  That will install them onto a Windows 7 machine, right?
>
> ---
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> you! really! are! finished!
> - Original Message -
> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 6:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] games and where to get them.
>
>
>> Hi Lisa,
>>
>> Fortunately, most games except for some very old 8-bit and 16-bit Dos
>> games will run fine under Windows 7 provided all the dependencies are
>> met. A case in point is the Kitchens Inc games.  Since they were all
>> written in VB 6 which is no longer officially supported by Windows 7
>> and above you need to install Jim's Winkit file found on his site
>> which adds the necessary files and components you need for his games.
>>
>> As for if there is a Dos box I am assuming you are talking about the
>> Windows Command Prompt. Yes, Windows 7 still has it, but it will only
>> work with 32-bit and 64-bit Dos applications. It will not work with
>> anything 8-bit or 16-bit do to changes in the Windows architecture and
>> the new 64-bit processors. That said, there is an alternative. There
>> is a talking Dosbox floating around that you can install that still
>> plays old Dos games, but it leaves a lot to be desired. Still, barring
>> anything else it really is the only thing available currently for very
>> old Dos games on modern Windows.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>>
>> On 11/6/15, Lisa Hayes <lhay...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Just wondering if their is a list of windows seven compatible games
>>> and
>>> where they are to be found thanks.  And what do i need to do to play Jim
>>> kitchen’s games i lost the message in an email crash that Thomas kindly
>>> sent
>>> me and is their a dos box in win seven please thanks.
>>> Lisa Hayes
>>> www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
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Re: [Audyssey] How To Find a Specific Sound Effect

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Gavin,

Honestly I'm not sure what advice if any I can give. Especially, if
you are looking for a specific sound like that. I just generally
examine all the sound libraries and look for sounds I want, but if you
are looking for something specific I don't know if there is any way
without checking each and every sound and sound library to hunt down a
specific sound. It is definitely a case of the proverbial needle in a
haystack as there is usually little if any info on what sounds were
used in any specific show or TV series.



On 11/11/15, Gavin Grundlingh  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently in the process of developing an audio game, and am looking
> for very specific robot sound effects. These effects can be heard in the
> 2003 Ninja Turtles TV series that was done by Marage Studios and
> released by 4 Kids Entertainment, as well as the two Cartoon Network
> classics Samurai Jack and Powerpuff Girls.
>
> I know a few of them come from the Series 6000 General library by Sound
> Ideas, and, obviously, they're not all labelled as sounds that can be
> used for robots. All kinds of things are used, including servo motors,
> forklifts, printers, automatic doors, etcetera.
>
> What I want to know is, is there a way for me to find out which library
> a particular sound effect is from? I tried listening to the audio
> previews of many libraries online, but I can't seem to find what I'm
> looking for. The shows I mentioned above are the only ones I've heard
> that use these sounds, so either they're pretty rare, or they're just
> not used quite as often.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gavin
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Re: [Audyssey] Supporting you Tom.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Ron,

Thanks for the support. Yeah, I definitely do not envy you your health
concerns as they sound even worse than mine in retrospect.

Tuesday morning I will be going into the hospital to have a massive
brain tumor removed. It is currently the size of a small lemon and has
to be either removed or reduced in size as soon as humanly possible so
it is not going to be some minor procedure. All the same once it is
gone it should hopefully be the beginning of my recovery process, and
I won't have severe headaches like I have been having for the last few
months.



On 11/10/15, Ron Kolesar  wrote:
> Hi Tom.
> Your health should come first.
> I too have been a medical gunnie pig myself.
> My asid reflux problems I'm constantly beltching and or coughly.
> So, about the only way I've been talking to anyone is via e-mail.
> Unless I have to answer questions or what not.
> My second series of problems is this.
> We who have R.P. have a new nightmare to deal with.
> It is neuropathy ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa or NARP for short.
> In a nutshell, it pretty much robs one from their independent mobility.
> I have to be puched in a stupid wheelchair for any long distances.
> There is no way I can even think of filling out the paperwork for another
> dog.
> So my prayers are with you my long time friend.
>
> Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states
> "that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week."
>
>
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Re: [Audyssey] Important Message About Me and the List

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Ishan,

Sure thing. The temporary moderator of the list will be Shane Davidson
the same person who runs the list behind the scenes. So it should be a
fairly seamless transition for all involved.

As for your kind words they are greatly appreciated. Thanks for the
encouragement, thoughts, prayers, etc.




On 11/10/15, ishan dhami <ishan1dha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi Thomas sir!
> oho! it is a sad news
> well I hope everything will be fine.
> I will advice you  to prepared for your mental health. you should not
> be depress at this time.
>
> it is the time of Deepawali in our country a full of enjoyment and I
> will pray for your health.
> you are a gem in audiogames industry and also for audyssey mailing list.
> well can you give me the name of our temprorary moderator?
> Thanks
> Ishan
>
> On 11/10/15, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Christina and all,
>>
>> Thanks. That will be greatly appreciated. These last few months have
>> certainly been trying ones for me not knowing from one day to the next
>> what my future holds so any thoughts, prayers, and anything else
>> anyone wants to send my way are certainly welcome.
>>
>> As you said my health and well being is the most important thing right
>> now, and that is what I have to focus on right now. While I'd
>> certainly love doing other things like writing and playing games, for
>> example, it just isn't that feasible given my medical problems at the
>> moment. So I have been taking things one day at a time living minute
>> to minute the best way that I can.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/10/15, Christina Stolze <christinasto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Thomas,
>>> I am sad to hear about your health. I will keep you in my prayers. Your
>>> health and well-being is the most important thing.
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Christina
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas
>>> Ward
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 5:52 AM
>>> To: Gamers Discussion list
>>> Subject: [Audyssey] Important Message About Me and the List
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> This is a very important message from your friendly neighborhood
>>> moderator and list owner to let you know what to expect over the next
>>> few weeks. Unfortunately, I have some very bad news to share, and to
>>> be frank about it I have held off way too long without saying
>>> anything. The news essentially is this.
>>>
>>> For quite some time my health has been in serious decline. I've been
>>> tied up with medical tests, doctor appointments, and other things
>>> dealing with my medical situation thus have virtually no time to
>>> attend to the Audyssey List, working on writing games, or about
>>> anything else outside of my day to day situation. I had intended to
>>> promote one or two moderators in my place to look after the list, but
>>> unfortunately my life has been so utterly crazy of late I have not
>>> even managed to do that. So I hope that all of you can get along and
>>> bare with me as it is likely or even possible over the next few weeks
>>> this list will not have any hands on moderation or oversight as I go
>>> into and out of the hospital for various operations, testing, and so
>>> on. If I can I will try and assign a moderator before I go into the
>>> hospital, but given the time frame I'm thinking that is doubtful. Plus
>>> I would hate to just dump the list on him or her and leave for x
>>> amount of time anyway.
>>>
>>> In any case here is the scoop. Thursday I'll be going into the
>>> hospital all day for various tests. The following Tuesday I will be
>>> going into the hospital for an operation, and will probably not have
>>> internet access for a few days as I recover So I do expect at least a
>>> week or so in mid November without a list moderator to look after
>>> things here. I Can see that probably won't be a problem, nor am I
>>> expecting one, but I thought you all should know Justin case you try
>>> to reach me and I am totally unreachable over the next two or three
>>> weeks.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Thomas Ward
>>> Owner-Moderator of the Audyssey Mailing List
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Re: [Audyssey] games and where to get them.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Lisa,

Fortunately, most games except for some very old 8-bit and 16-bit Dos
games will run fine under Windows 7 provided all the dependencies are
met. A case in point is the Kitchens Inc games.  Since they were all
written in VB 6 which is no longer officially supported by Windows 7
and above you need to install Jim's Winkit file found on his site
which adds the necessary files and components you need for his games.

As for if there is a Dos box I am assuming you are talking about the
Windows Command Prompt. Yes, Windows 7 still has it, but it will only
work with 32-bit and 64-bit Dos applications. It will not work with
anything 8-bit or 16-bit do to changes in the Windows architecture and
the new 64-bit processors. That said, there is an alternative. There
is a talking Dosbox floating around that you can install that still
plays old Dos games, but it leaves a lot to be desired. Still, barring
anything else it really is the only thing available currently for very
old Dos games on modern Windows.

HTH


On 11/6/15, Lisa Hayes  wrote:
> Hi Just wondering if their is a list of windows seven compatible games and
> where they are to be found thanks.  And what do i need to do to play Jim
> kitchen’s games i lost the message in an email crash that Thomas kindly sent
> me and is their a dos box in win seven please thanks.
> Lisa Hayes
> www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
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Re: [Audyssey] Important Message About Me and the List

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Dallas,

Well, the good news is I may have found a temporary moderator to take
over the day to day list management for me in my absence so I don't
think the list will implode. If it does the temporary moderator will
be able to handle it. However, assuming people behave themselves
things will go smoothly for everyone. :D



On 11/10/15, Dallas O'Brien <dallas.r.obr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> good luck with it all Thomas. hopefully the list won't implode while you're
> gone. :P
>
>
> On 10 November 2015 at 20:51, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> This is a very important message from your friendly neighborhood
>> moderator and list owner to let you know what to expect over the next
>> few weeks. Unfortunately, I have some very bad news to share, and to
>> be frank about it I have held off way too long without saying
>> anything. The news essentially is this.
>>
>> For quite some time my health has been in serious decline. I've been
>> tied up with medical tests, doctor appointments, and other things
>> dealing with my medical situation thus have virtually no time to
>> attend to the Audyssey List, working on writing games, or about
>> anything else outside of my day to day situation. I had intended to
>> promote one or two moderators in my place to look after the list, but
>> unfortunately my life has been so utterly crazy of late I have not
>> even managed to do that. So I hope that all of you can get along and
>> bare with me as it is likely or even possible over the next few weeks
>> this list will not have any hands on moderation or oversight as I go
>> into and out of the hospital for various operations, testing, and so
>> on. If I can I will try and assign a moderator before I go into the
>> hospital, but given the time frame I'm thinking that is doubtful. Plus
>> I would hate to just dump the list on him or her and leave for x
>> amount of time anyway.
>>
>> In any case here is the scoop. Thursday I'll be going into the
>> hospital all day for various tests. The following Tuesday I will be
>> going into the hospital for an operation, and will probably not have
>> internet access for a few days as I recover So I do expect at least a
>> week or so in mid November without a list moderator to look after
>> things here. I Can see that probably won't be a problem, nor am I
>> expecting one, but I thought you all should know Justin case you try
>> to reach me and I am totally unreachable over the next two or three
>> weeks.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Thomas Ward
>> Owner-Moderator of the Audyssey Mailing List
>>
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[Audyssey] Important Message About Me and the List

[Thomas Ward]

Hello everyone,

This is a very important message from your friendly neighborhood
moderator and list owner to let you know what to expect over the next
few weeks. Unfortunately, I have some very bad news to share, and to
be frank about it I have held off way too long without saying
anything. The news essentially is this.

For quite some time my health has been in serious decline. I've been
tied up with medical tests, doctor appointments, and other things
dealing with my medical situation thus have virtually no time to
attend to the Audyssey List, working on writing games, or about
anything else outside of my day to day situation. I had intended to
promote one or two moderators in my place to look after the list, but
unfortunately my life has been so utterly crazy of late I have not
even managed to do that. So I hope that all of you can get along and
bare with me as it is likely or even possible over the next few weeks
this list will not have any hands on moderation or oversight as I go
into and out of the hospital for various operations, testing, and so
on. If I can I will try and assign a moderator before I go into the
hospital, but given the time frame I'm thinking that is doubtful. Plus
I would hate to just dump the list on him or her and leave for x
amount of time anyway.

In any case here is the scoop. Thursday I'll be going into the
hospital all day for various tests. The following Tuesday I will be
going into the hospital for an operation, and will probably not have
internet access for a few days as I recover So I do expect at least a
week or so in mid November without a list moderator to look after
things here. I Can see that probably won't be a problem, nor am I
expecting one, but I thought you all should know Justin case you try
to reach me and I am totally unreachable over the next two or three
weeks.

Thanks.

Sincerely,
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Re: [Audyssey] Important Message About Me and the List

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Christina and all,

Thanks. That will be greatly appreciated. These last few months have
certainly been trying ones for me not knowing from one day to the next
what my future holds so any thoughts, prayers, and anything else
anyone wants to send my way are certainly welcome.

As you said my health and well being is the most important thing right
now, and that is what I have to focus on right now. While I'd
certainly love doing other things like writing and playing games, for
example, it just isn't that feasible given my medical problems at the
moment. So I have been taking things one day at a time living minute
to minute the best way that I can.



On 11/10/15, Christina Stolze <christinasto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thomas,
> I am sad to hear about your health. I will keep you in my prayers. Your
> health and well-being is the most important thing.
> Best Regards,
> Christina
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 5:52 AM
> To: Gamers Discussion list
> Subject: [Audyssey] Important Message About Me and the List
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> This is a very important message from your friendly neighborhood
> moderator and list owner to let you know what to expect over the next
> few weeks. Unfortunately, I have some very bad news to share, and to
> be frank about it I have held off way too long without saying
> anything. The news essentially is this.
>
> For quite some time my health has been in serious decline. I've been
> tied up with medical tests, doctor appointments, and other things
> dealing with my medical situation thus have virtually no time to
> attend to the Audyssey List, working on writing games, or about
> anything else outside of my day to day situation. I had intended to
> promote one or two moderators in my place to look after the list, but
> unfortunately my life has been so utterly crazy of late I have not
> even managed to do that. So I hope that all of you can get along and
> bare with me as it is likely or even possible over the next few weeks
> this list will not have any hands on moderation or oversight as I go
> into and out of the hospital for various operations, testing, and so
> on. If I can I will try and assign a moderator before I go into the
> hospital, but given the time frame I'm thinking that is doubtful. Plus
> I would hate to just dump the list on him or her and leave for x
> amount of time anyway.
>
> In any case here is the scoop. Thursday I'll be going into the
> hospital all day for various tests. The following Tuesday I will be
> going into the hospital for an operation, and will probably not have
> internet access for a few days as I recover So I do expect at least a
> week or so in mid November without a list moderator to look after
> things here. I Can see that probably won't be a problem, nor am I
> expecting one, but I thought you all should know Justin case you try
> to reach me and I am totally unreachable over the next two or three
> weeks.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
> Thomas Ward
> Owner-Moderator of the Audyssey Mailing List
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Re: [Audyssey] looking for another game please.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Dark,

Actually, I believe the ICANN shut the Bavisoft site down last year
not 2012. In any case it makes little difference because as you say
they were long since not a going concern by then. They wouldn't answer
their e-mails, couldn't be contacted by phone, and were notoriously
bad about not shipping orders for their games. So regardless of when
they were shutdown they were pretty much done anyway.

Cheers!


On 10/22/15, dark  wrote:
> I think that was in 2012 or so, but as I said they were long sinse dead
> before that, indeed to be honest I always wonder why there's so much
> discussion of bavisoft. The games are available for whoever wants to play
> them, and as I said they're probably worth at least one run for amusement
> value, however once you've played them there's not a lot else to say.
>
> Even as far as the audio adventures genre goes much bigger and better things
>
> have been done sinse and will likely continue to be done in the future.
>
> Beware the Grue!
>
> Dark.

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Re: [Audyssey] looking for another game please.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Jody,

Unfortunately, that is true. There is a lot of things the developer of
Bavisoft could have and probably should have done, but he strikes me
as not really giving a care. He wrote Chillingham and Grizzly Gulch
and after that pretty much let things go without too much in the way
of technical support, follow ups, and insuring people can legally
obtain his products once Bavisoft closed its doors for good. Its sad,
but in my opinion the games weren't that good to begin with so aren't
that much of a loss to the community in my opinion.

Cheers!


On 10/21/15, Jody McKinniss <jlove42...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What displeases me is that the developer didn't make arrangements for
> his games to be found after development ended.  At least BSC games
> could be found even when development had ended.
>
> On 10/21/15, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> I understand your position and why you disagree. However, as the
>> legality of sharing the Bavisoft games are in doubt we still consider
>> sharing them on list piracy. At least officially. What you and others
>> do off list is none of our concern and why I mentioned if anyone
>> wishes to share to please do so off list. Understand for legal reasons
>> we can not in good conscience allow the sharing of games in which the
>> developer/author has not expressly given us permission to share them.
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/21/15, goshawk on horseback <goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> not meaning to sound like I am trying to start any trouble, but baring
>>> in
>>> mind that the developer seems to have vanished with out a trace, I have
>>> to
>>> say, that I would beg to disagree.
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
>>> To: "goshawk on horseback" <goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk>;
>>> "Gamers
>>> Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 12:16 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for another game please.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just a note to the list. As Grizzly Gulch is still technically a
>>> commercial game and was never officially abandoned by the developer if
>>> you so wish to share the game with Simon please do so off list.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
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Re: [Audyssey] looking for another game please.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Simon,

I understand your position and why you disagree. However, as the
legality of sharing the Bavisoft games are in doubt we still consider
sharing them on list piracy. At least officially. What you and others
do off list is none of our concern and why I mentioned if anyone
wishes to share to please do so off list. Understand for legal reasons
we can not in good conscience allow the sharing of games in which the
developer/author has not expressly given us permission to share them.


Cheers!



On 10/21/15, goshawk on horseback <goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
> not meaning to sound like I am trying to start any trouble, but baring in
> mind that the developer seems to have vanished with out a trace, I have to
> say, that I would beg to disagree.
>
> Simon
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
> To: "goshawk on horseback" <goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk>; "Gamers
> Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for another game please.
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just a note to the list. As Grizzly Gulch is still technically a
> commercial game and was never officially abandoned by the developer if
> you so wish to share the game with Simon please do so off list.
>
> Thanks.

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Re: [Audyssey] looking for another game please.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Simon,

I take it by your comments that you have never played any of the
Bavisoft games completely through. It is for that reason I think your
opinion might be a bit premature. Weather the games are good or bad or
not is of course highly subjective, but the thing that really turned
me off those games is once you solve all the puzzles there is no
longer any replay value in the games. The second time you play the
game will be nearly the same as the first time you play the game. Thus
I found them boring and uninteresting the second time through since
there isn't a lot of change from game to game.

Cheers!


On 10/21/15, goshawk on horseback  wrote:
> I haven't really gone in to them properly yet, but from what I have heard,
> when I ran them briefly to make sure that they ran on my win7 64bit machine,
>
> they seem rather good.
>
> Simon
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Re: [Audyssey] 7-128 games

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Maureen,

Yes, the 7-128 games will work with Windows 7 64-bit. They are
compatible with most versions of Windows as far as I am aware of.

As far as the games go yes you need to buy the Perceptions Gamebook
from 7-128 in order to play their games. Most of their games require
the Gamebook to play. Unfortunately, the Perceptions Gamebook no
longer has a demo and is not free which is likely the reason the
Audiogames.net links do not work.

Cheers!




On 10/21/15, maureen McEntee  wrote:
> Hi, does anyone know if the 7-128 games are compatible with windows 7
> 64 bit? and also do you have to download the perceptions game book
> first to make them work? I tried to download the game book from
> audiogames.net but the links don't work. I wrote to 7-128, to ask these
> quesstions, but no one answered. Thanks for all your help.
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Re: [Audyssey] looking for another game please.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi all,

Just a note to the list. As Grizzly Gulch is still technically a
commercial game and was never officially abandoned by the developer if
you so wish to share the game with Simon please do so off list.

Thanks.


On 10/20/15, goshawk on horseback  wrote:
> hello all,
> am also now trying to track down the game, Grizzly Gulch please. I thought I
> had it, but have just been checking my files, and it looks like I don't.
>
> thanks in advance for help received.
>
> Simon
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Re: [Audyssey] free windows based word games

[Thomas Ward]

Hi John,

No need. Just go to Daniel Zingaro's website and download them.

While I won't prevent you from uploading and sharing the files I will
say it would be further ahead if you just give out the actual websites
where said games can be found so people can bookmark them for future
reference rather than relying on Sendspace, Dropbox, or some other
method which is only temporary.

On 10/16/15, john  wrote:
> I've got a copy of the dan z games, and can post them on dropbox if
> requested.
>

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Re: [Audyssey] free windows based word games

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Dark and all,

Daniel Zingaro's games such as Chainlink, and Search Party can be
found on Daniel Zingaro's personal website
http://www.danielzingaro.com
where they have been for the last several years. So if you don't know
about Daniel Zingaro's site I'd suggest updating the Audiogames.net
database to reflect that as it is the official site where all of the
old DanZ Games can be downloaded from.

HTH


On 10/16/15, dark  wrote:
> Hi.
>
> You can search the audiogames.net database by  genre, including word games
> and trivia games.
> Off the top of my head, the blind gamers spoonbill games which include
> boggle, scrabble and crosswords over at
> http://www.omninet.net.au/~irhumph/blindgamers.htm might do.
>
>
> There are also the games by the late great Jim Kitchin over at
> http://www.kitchensinc.net/ which include once again a trivia game and a
> very funny hangman.
>
> Also  if you go to 7-128.com there are several definition based games such
> as synonyms and antonyms.
>
> There were also a couple of games by Daniel Zingaro which at one point were
>
> commercial but have sinse been made freeware, these include chainlink and
> search party. I'm unfortunately not sure where these are at the moment or
> who is hosting them.
>
> hth.
>
> this is probably only a selection of the games I happen to remember, your
> probably best off searching audiogames.net as I said for a more complete
> list.
>
> All the best,
>
> Dark.

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Re: [Audyssey] daniel z's games

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Maureen,

Sure. The site is
http://www.danielzingaro.com
and contains all of his games as well as research papers and other
stuff he has worked on over the years.

HTH


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> so much in advance
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Re: [Audyssey] free windows based word games

[Thomas Ward]

Hi John,

Glad to hear of your progress with the audio games archive. That said,
I sincerely hope it does not become a replacement for the developer's
own sites as those are usually preferable in a lot of cases than
downloading the games from a third-party site. However, I can
understand your desire to use this method instead of advertising a
developer's own site since you have put a lot of work into your game
archive.



On 10/20/15, john  wrote:
> Fortunately, at this point the audiogames archive is far enough along that
> I'd be able to upload any games directly to that, and give out download
> links.
> Its very much my intent to make the site permanent, so  - barring developers
>
> directly requesting the removal of their titles - I don't see the links
> breaking any time in the near future.
> All this said, I appear to have lost the original message, so if I haven't
> already sent out download links, I've no clue which games to be uploading.
> *embarrassed*

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Re: [Audyssey] Test Letter.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Ron,
]
Glad to see your message went through with no problems. Welcome back
to the list.

Cheers!


On 10/17/15, Ron Kolesar  wrote:
> I am finally back.
> Hi Chrinsina.
> Thanks to your letter that you shipped to me I too am on this list.
> You'll enjoy this list.
> It is the largest for finding blind friendly games.
> Ron who's glad that he finally loooks like he solved his problems and is
> finally back on the gaming list.
>
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Re: [Audyssey] BGT and windows 10

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Hello Paul,

As far as I am aware BGT should work fine on Windows 10. It was
written in C++ and was designed for a modern Windows environment so
wouldn't for see any major issues with Windows 10.



On 10/15/15, Paul Lemm  wrote:
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>
>
>
> I was thinking of upgrading my laptop to windows 10 and was wondering if
> anyone knows if BGT will work on windows 10?
>
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>
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> Sorry by the way if I've sent this twice,  I did try to send it this
> morning
> but I don't think the  email sent properly
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Re: [Audyssey] Fw: [aon-announce] California Countdown Published!

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Hi Will,

Essentially the way these gamebooks work is you load them up in your
favorite web browser and follow the story. Along with it you will need
a dice rolling program such as GMA Dice and a text editor like notepad
to keep track of your stats.


As you move through the gamebook's story you will need to roll the
dice and compare it to various stats to figure out if you succeeded or
failed to perform a task. It is a lot more manual than a traditional
game, but quite a lot like traditional D except for the fact you are
playing by yourself rather than with a group.



On 10/13/15, william Lomas  wrote:
> how do we play these?they are all e-books, i thought they were like choose
> your own adventures?never played game-books before.Will
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Re: [Audyssey] subscription links to other english speaking gaming mailing lists

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Hi,

If you are talking about general purpose blind gaming lists I am
unaware of any others. Audyssey has been the primary gaming list for
the blind for close to 20-years now, and there really aren't any other
mailing lists with the same kind of community or support. The only
other primary resource is the Audiogames.net Forum which has a larger
community, but is a forum not a mailing list.

There are other blind gaming lists, but all of those are run by the
developers themselves in order to discuss their particular products.
For instance, the GMA Talk list is specifically there for discussing
GMA's titles like Lone Wolf, Time of Conflict, Tank Commander,but is
not there for discussing other companies games. If you would like a
list of subscription information for private mailing lists I may be
able to help with that although all of the gaming lists are restricted
to specific games.



On 10/11/15, Mario Lemieux  wrote:
> Hi, guys. Would like to ask you fro some subscription links to some
> other gaming mailing lists for the blind.\Nail Alimzhanov, Moscow Russia.
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Re: [Audyssey] New member looking for where to go to play games

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Hello Christina,

Off the top of my head you may want to try Audiogames.net which has a
huge database of games you can download and play including developer,
website, and other information. That would be the easiest way to find
out what you are looking for.
Cheers!


On 10/16/15, Christina Stolze  wrote:
> Good afternoon,
>
> I am a new member and I am looking for game sites like rs game client and
> Quinten c game which I already am a member of I would like to find some
> where to play games like Atari type games like bowling and Othello I would
> also like to find a game place to play games like hangman, word searches,
> crossword puzzles and any and all types of games along those lines. Thank
> you in advance for any and all suggestions and or help.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Christina Stolze
>
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> "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing".
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Re: [Audyssey] New horror and adventure sidescroller, The gate!

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Hi David,

No. It is written with BGT thus is a Windows only title.



On 10/16/15, Appleman  wrote:
> Hi,
>   Is this game available for Mac as well as for Windows?
> David
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Re: [Audyssey] sports games

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Hi,

A friend of Jim's apparently is taking over his projects, maintaining
them, and will be working on bug fixes etc. I do not know however if
he plans to add new features or what his long term plans regarding
those games will be.

I will say though that while a full 162 game season for Baseball would
be nice it is quite a lot of work. Not impossible, but a lot of work
for one developer. I've considered writing such a game myself, but my
health has taken a dramatic turn for the worse over the last couple of
years so I'm not physically up to creating anything that complex at
the moment. Still, it seems to me that someone in this community
should be able to do it.

Cheers!


On 10/16/15, Nail Alimzhanov  wrote:
> Hi guys. Would anybody please tell me about some sports games for the
> blind? I know well about ten pin alley, super tennis, crazy tennis,
> beach volleyball. And sure I know about Jim Kitchen's games. They are
> actualy my favorites. By the way another question i had. When Jim was
> with us i sometimes shared my ideas on sports games with him. He never
> really waned to change anything n his baseball game, though i was
> suggesting him to make a possibility of playing a long 162 games regular
> season with an ability of picking up your favorite team and taking it
> through the season. I also had some ideas about making his football game
> more interesting to be played and he told me that he might take the
> ideas in consideration, but unfortunately he passed away. So i was
> thinkingsince i have no idea at all about programming and writing games
> maybe there is someone who could take over and continue Jim's great
> work. I am pretty sure he would be happy to see his games get improved.
> Thanks. Nail Alimzhanov. Moscow, Russia.
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Re: [Audyssey] looks like i've finally subscribed.

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Hi,

There was nothing wrong with your previous subscription. The only
reason your messages did not appear to go through to the list is you
were impatient and did not wait on the moderator, me, to approve your
subscription.

Unlike other mailing lists you may be familiar with we have a strict
security policy regarding new membership. As was stated in the welcome
message, which I'm suspecting you did not read, it states that you
have to be approved by a list moderator before you can post messages.
You can't just subscribe and start sending a million messages without
the moderator first clearing you for posting status.

Unfortunately, I myself am having a lot of medical issues right now.
Tuesday I was in the hospital for tests, I had some doctor
appointments yesterday, and earlier this morning so I have not been
around to do much list management of late. My other moderator quit
some months ago and has not been replaced. So I apologize for the
unusual delay.

The main reason I am explaining all this is you are making a false
assumption about your previous subscription, and just wanted you to
know that your subscription was perfectly fine before you killed
it.The only problem was you were impatient and did not give me enough
time to get to it and update your status. So when I finally had time
to take care of the matter you had already killed the subscription.

Cheers!


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> ago. And i did receive all the messages, now the only thing i couldn't
> do is post to the list or write to the list owners. I've done it a few
> times and there was no reaction. Anyway very glad to be on the list and
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Re: [Audyssey] gmagames and windows seven

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Hi Lisa,

Yes, the GMA games will work with Windows 7. Although, I would
recommend installing Jim Kitchen's Winkit installer to get the DirectX
8 and VB 6 libraries you need as they do not come with Windows 7. Also
the games work better if you disable User Account Control.

HTH


On 10/10/15, Lisa Hayes  wrote:
> Hi just wondering if i can play sod and loanwolf with windows seven and if i
> need to install anything to make this possible thanks.
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Re: [Audyssey] games turning against me

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Hi Devin,

It is true that the language Aprone uses, VB 6, is getting a bit old
and has some problems but that wasn't the root of Lori's problem. All
that she had to do was delete an ini file and that solved her problem
with Castaways.

So, yeah, Shaun's advice was major overkill and in my opinion
superfluous. He has a tendency to exaggerate and go to extremes when
it comes to fixing small problems. I can not tell you how many times I
have read posts similar to the one below where the problem was easy to
solve but Sean's solution was reformat and reinstall everything from
scratch plus one or two other pieces of technical advice that has
nothing to do with the situation at hand he pulls out of his rear.


On 10/3/15, Devin Prater  wrote:
> Wow, all that for a game. Useful, but not exactly for this situation. I've
> heard that the language Aprone programs in is a bit old, and that causes
> problems with newer systems.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Shaun Everiss  wrote:
>>
>> Well yeah if you do have a powercut most likely you may have fried
>> something.
>> if things do not work maybe a good reformat will work.
>> Seriously if you can afford it especially if you have a desktop get a
>> ups.
>> I have a couple.
>> if you are a laptop user try to cycle your battery every couple months and
>> buy an extra.
>> To be honest, having a ups even though that cost me 70 bucks each has
>> saved my ass many times.
>> Another thing I'd get is a serge board that can fit 6 units in, and get as
>> many as there are electronic devices in them.
>> Yes they are 30 bucks or so, yes they cost but again they will save your
>> ass and I can vouch for  both bits of kit.
>> Remember to change your ups battery every couple years or so and to have a
>> spare just in case you forget else things will not work well for you.
>> I had a cheap powerstrip bust on me all of a sudden once.
>> and I have friends in lightning strike zones.
>> If the power goes off, if the thing powers up it may be corrupted and we
>> would reformat, works every time.
>> However more than not, you wouldn't get anything and have to replace the
>> power supply and ram chips or worse.
>> This would probably be a good time to tell all well remind all to have
>> good serge protection tech.
>> An ups or 2 a serge box and a power board or 2 would be ideal.
>> Failing that, at minimum, a serge board that allows 2 plugs for the power
>> strips and or plugs with auto powercut offs for each unit.
>> And if not, make sure you have 2 backup hdds at least and make sure one of
>> them is always as updated as it can be and keep it offline maybe stored
>> away but close enough for you to get it.
>>

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Re: [Audyssey] games turning against me

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Shaun,

Honestly, can you please stop dispensing tech advice on this list. The
reason being often your advice is overkill, doesn't address the
specific problem the person has, and sometimes makes you look and
sound like a fool at the same time.

Reason being is Lori had a simple question about Swamp and Castaways
that Aprone thankfully answered promptly. However, your advice was to
get a serge protector and a UPS unit, which is good general advice,
but has nothing to do with answering Lori's question. In the previous
message before that you suggested maybe a reformat would work. That's
just poor tech advice and if you do not have any other advice other
than someone should "reformat their computer" it really says how
clueless you really are.

Point being as a moderator and a fairly technically minded person I'm
putting you on notice if you continue to freely dispense poor and
superfluous tech advice you pull out of your backside I'm strongly
considering booting you from the list.

Cheers!


On 10/2/15, Shaun Everiss  wrote:
> Well I still recomend you get a searge box or 2 and at least one ups unitt.
> Also with electronics please stay away from the cheap 10 dollar chinese
> boards they may have protection but they can blow at any time.
> I was doodling round ages before I got the current power box though I
> had the rest of the units, both were old ones dad was given at a course.
> However I was working not backing up, and the entire system died thank
> god I had a laptop.
> shaking the board heard it rattle and it was dead.
> The only thing you may have some issue and the need of sight for will be
> the initial configuration of the ups system, I have a couple eatons and
> they need updates and such its quite visual to install, uninstall and
> configure the interfaces though thank god that its semi hit and miss.
> once the interfaces are configured and things work then it is not a big
> issue just leave them running and they in theory should work.
> Though the notifications for both units do not previde access the tray
> notifications do read with normal text messages.
> Even if you don't plug the units in, they should just run fine.
>

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Re: [Audyssey] flash games

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Hello Marvin,

Yes, it is possible to make a Flash game accessible, but the only way
I know of to accomplish that is by making the game self-voicing. As
how to accomplish that I'd say the easiest method would be by using
prerecorded voice clips which wouldn't necessarily work for a browser
based game. You'll likely have to use some text to speech engine
instead.

As to the issue of a universal speech engine for the browser there
isn't any that I know of. You are talking about something that simply
does not exist. Every platform in existence has a totally different
way of handling text to speech and therefore to be totally universal
you are going to have to take the time and effort to support them all
or give up on universal speech output.

To be blunt I don't think what you want to do is technically possible,
and it might help if you can focus on one platform for the time being.
I'm not sure exactly which platforms do and do not support Flash, but
I do know there are some that don't. For that reason alone using Flash
probably isn't going to work for what you intend. You might be better
off with a language like Javascript if you are looking for more
universal/cross-platform support. I can't help but think you are
accelerating full force into a block wall because you don't know what
you are doing and are trying hard to fit a square peg into a round
hole which ultimately will lead to failure.

Cheers!


On 9/29/15, Marvin Hunkin  wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Can flash games be made accessible.
>
> If so, how to.
>
> And also is there a universal speech engine, for the browser.
>
> Which os, does not support flash, I know apple or ios does, so how do they
> get around that.
>
> And will search for a accessible text to speech engine for a browser or
> maybe accessible flash games.
>
> And then how to then extend to multi player and then play over the
> internet.
>
> They will be the last two sections of this game.
>
> So, will download and use how to build this game, tutorial.
>
> Maybe built by a visually impaired or blind person.
>
> Has left and right arrow keys to arrow across and the space bar to shoot.
>
> Marvin.
>
> Ps: pasting this below.
>
>
>
> http://www.makeflashgames.com/tutorials/tut3.php
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Re: [Audyssey] Happy Eid

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Shaun and all,

Putting on my moderator hat for a moment. As far as the list rules are
concerned we have never had any prohibitions against holiday well
wishes, but however do discourage religious proselytizing. To clarify
it is okay to wish someone a happy holiday, insert holiday name here,
but it is not okay to preach sermons or share religious material with
the list as we feel there are better places for that sort of thing.
Hope that makes our stance on the subject clear.

As far as talking about holiday events and cut-off periods I think
that all depends on the topic at hand. If it is gaming related, has
some aspect of gaming involved, of course I think it should last as
long as necessary. However, if it is holiday well wishes etc those
should be on or as near to the day in question and not begin too far
or last too long after the holiday. We have better things to do than
send and receive lots of happy holiday messages.

Cheers!


On 9/24/15, Shaun Everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To be honest I don't mind if for whatever religious etc holiday islamic
> christian holiday etc if the list or lists are flooded with traffic a
> week before and maybe a week after for timezones and the like.
> Only so many well wishes can ever bee sent  at one time anyway and when
> busy I often forget a major holiday with the acception of christmas
> especially if I am busy or tired.
> And in the case of the us zone, boxing day may as well be another
> christmas for me as it can vary from parties to nothing doing so I can
> listen to more christmas later so I don't care.
> As long as the messages are generic that is.
> What I can't stand is people imposing their beliefs etc on list in
> general, I have family that are like this and while I respect them there
> is a limit on how many times I will be able to hear sertain words and
> accept them with the grace they deserve, ie the words are constantly in
> every sentence.
> I will leave it at that.
> My point is, if someone wants to start chatting about events 3 or so
> days before and 3 or so days after thats fine and in the case of
> christmas I am already listening to adds on radio for it.
> Heloeen is up soon.
> Heck with all the game sales going round all the events like thanks
> giving etc and stores its not out of place to start.
> I do recieve about 200 or so messages a day, I only ask that if there
> will be traffic on list for said events especially since they are
> celebrated for a major part off the world that while I accept a cut off
> for new threads will have to come in at some point shortly afterr the
> event end, I do think people will need time based on timezone to respond
> as long as they change subject after that and don't go on.
> The only other thing I can fairly say is if a message about something
> comes out of place when there is not an event or its like a few months
> away from it or whatever well.
> Its coming up to the end of the month of september now, so I guess mid
> october or for the month its heloeen bits and bobs after that I guess we
> can start talking about christmas eventts and ofcause on december well
> its all on.
> The only acceptions to all this should be if you have a set of events
> that are happening online you may want to announce them before the event
> so people can put it in their diaries if they want to attend.
> I do try to put the entire christmas eve/ day period off from training
> though to be honest I do try hard to be out by the pool or not online.
> This is mainly why I am really evaluating my online activities including
> testing online games during weekends though I will try to if I am not
> doing anything go online.
> There is a lot of family preasure to gget me out of the net collective
> though.
>
>
>
>
> On 25/09/2015 8:55 a.m., Thomas Ward wrote:
>> Hi Dark,
>>
>> Good point. While I'd prefer the list not get cluttered with holiday
>> well wishes for every holiday of the year I do agree that since we
>> often observe Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter it is only
>> fair to include other holidays in turn.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/24/15, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
>>> Happy Eid and God's blessings to any muslims on list celibrating today.
>>>
>>> Well why should we only ever remember Christian holidays? :D.
>>>
>>> All the best,
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Re: [Audyssey] Happy Eid

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Hi Dark,

Good point. While I'd prefer the list not get cluttered with holiday
well wishes for every holiday of the year I do agree that since we
often observe Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter it is only
fair to include other holidays in turn.



On 9/24/15, dark  wrote:
> Happy Eid and God's blessings to any muslims on list celibrating today.
>
> Well why should we only ever remember Christian holidays? :D.
>
> All the best,
>
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Re: [Audyssey] any cheets for the game blood shed?

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Hi Desiree ,

I think that was well said. I by no means use cheats very often, and
when I do it is usually just to play the game in a different way. More
in cases of when I am angry or just want to vent steam by going
through hoards of enemies and mowing them down like weeds. I don't
cheat for cheating sake so much as I just want to experience playing
the game once and a while with invincibility enabled or be able to do
something else not possible during a normal game.

Cheers!


On 9/8/15, Desiree Oudinot  wrote:
> This is definitely a sweeping generalization. On the rare occasions when
> I use cheat codes, I do it to experience playing in a different way.
> Sometimes it's fun to feel invincible. It does cheapen the experience,
> but so what? As long as you don't do it all the time, to me it's just
> another way of getting from point A to point B, as it were.
>
> I would also not cheat in order to get a place on online scoreboards, or
> to beat real opponents, whether that's in person or over the internet.
> That, to me, is wrong, because it makes all the hard work and effort of
> those who tried to win by genuine means null and void. But I see
> absolutely no harm in using cheats for games like Battle Zone and Q9, or
> other single-player games, every once in awhile.

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Re: [Audyssey] any cheets for the game blood shed?

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Hi Charles,

Maybe so, but there is more to cheating than just completing or
winning a game. I do not usually use cheat codes when they are
available, but when I do it is  usually because I have already
completed a game and want to play the game differently. Think of it as
a way to unlock new and interesting content.

For example, take the game Shades of Doom. There are many cheat codes
available such as the ability to walk through walls, fast walking,
invincible armor, unlimited ammo, and other nifty cheats. While that
is indeed cheating winning the game isn't usually the point for me
when I'm using those cheats. I merely want the experience and
enjoyment of walking around the lab killing various monsters without
them being able to harm my character. I'm just blowing off steam,
going on a rampage, and winning the game is secondary to just
splattering all the enemies on mass.

Another case in point is a Star Wars game from the early 90's called
Dark Forces. I use to play that game all the time, I actually beat it
many times without cheats, so eventually I began using various cheat
codes for the game. What made using cheats in that game so appealing
was the funny things I could do. I could walk into a guard room, all
the storm troopers would open fire, and the blaster bolts would just
bounce off my character. I could then whip out a thermal detonator and
blow up the entire room and not get damaged. Meanwhile all the poor
storm troopers are laying dead everywhere. That kind of cheating is
called god moding because it gives a player godlike powers, and it is
simply a different way to experience the game than is usual.

Cheers!


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> To me, the challenge is the fun.  Being able to win by cheating is boring.
>
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Re: [Audyssey] any cheets for the game blood shed?

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Hi Charles,

If you have never experienced playing certain games with cheat codes
then you will probably never understand the appeal of why people use
cheats.

As I attempted to get across in a prior post for many it is not about
competition, winning, or even playing the game per se. It is about
exploring, perhaps being able to do things not ordinarily allowed by
the game, and some people just get off in killing enemies for fun.

For instance, take a simple unlimited ammo cheat. In most games you
have a limited amount of ammo so can't just walk into a room and spray
everyone and everything recklessly. You have to conserve ammo so have
to take careful aim at what you are trying to kill or destroy. With an
endless ammo cheat someone can walk into a room with many enemy
targets and just hose everyone and everything down with fire and have
fun shooting everything in sight just because they can.

Now, if you are a person who doesn't like blowing lots of stuff up,
killing unlimited numbers of enemy targets, or just taking out your
built up emotions on a game then chances are you won't see the appeal
of cheat codes. Since a lot of them are there for people who want to
blow things up, shoot everything in sight, and do crazy stuff then you
can't understand the attraction of cheat codes.

Cheers!


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> I can see this for testing a game, but not when actually playing.
>
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Re: [Audyssey] any cheets for the game blood shed?

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Hi Charles,

It seems to me you have missed the point. The point is not always to
win so to speak but to experience the game in a different way from the
usual one.
As it so happens comparing a game like Chess to say Shades of Doom is
like comparing apples and oranges. There would be no fun or point in
cheating at Chess unless someone was absolutely determined to win the
game without putting the effort into it. However, with Shades of Doom
I can imagine several cases where cheating would offer a number of
motives above and beyond merely winning.

Perhaps someone gets stuck on a certain area or level and wants to see
the next one. Using a cheat code to get passed a difficult area of the
game to get to the next level seems to me to be an acceptable use of a
cheat since it allows him/her to move on without getting stuck.

Another possible good use for a cheat is that certain enemies such as
the blobs are often hard to get passed on certain difficulty settings.
All one has to do is load his/her weapon with unlimited ammo and blow
the blob away and then turn the cheat off.  Yes, someone is cheating
but they are doing so judiciously.

The point here you are thinking very black and white about this issue
looking at this as a what if situation where you enter a Chess
competition with cheating on your mind where as I doubt most people
who use cheat codes think of using them in that way. I'd say most
would use cheats to get passed a difficult level or difficult enemy
and only use them in certain types of games and circumstances. Not in
every case is winning the objective or ultimate goal. For most having
a good time or just having fun is paramount.


On 9/8/15, Charles Rivard  wrote:
> What's the fun of always winning by cheating?  If I were to enter an online
> chess tournament and used a computer to win every game against people,
> claiming that I was winning the games, would that be fun?  Not only would it
> be dishonest, but my game would not improve.  If you cheat at games, you
> won't be a good gamer.  If you have to cheat to win, you have been defeated
> by the game.
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Re: [Audyssey] any cheets for the game blood shed?

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Hi John,

Exactly. Sometimes cheat codes lets you have fun without offering a
lot of unnecessary restrictions.

For example, if anyone remembers the game Jedi Knight from the early
to mid 90's it was a case in point. In order to get and use Jedi
powers you had to complete certain quests, certain levels, and after
each one you could add stars to a selection of Force powers such as:
Force jump, push, pull, lightning,etc. There were of course cheat
codes that would give you every Force power and max them out so you
could essentially start the game as a full fledged Jedi master rather
than a Jedi apprentice.  While it made the game easier to play it
allowed you to make different choices and to do things that just
weren't possible without the cheats. It was fun and rewarding in a
different way.

Cheers!


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> Sometimes you enjoy cheat codes because they let you just have fun as
> opposed to having a challenge.

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Re: [Audyssey] audiogames.net

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Hi Corey,

I'm not sure why there is such a delay, but it is important to note
that none of the games are actually stored on Audiogames.net's
servers. All links point back to the developer's site so any delay
would have to be between you and the developer rather than
Audiogames.net since Audiogames.net is just an index and not the host
of the files.

HTH

On 8/31/15, corey overton  wrote:
> Hello I’m a new member my name is corey I’ve noticed that on audiogames.net
> when you click on a game and hit the button that says go it takes the page a
> while to load. why is this?
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Re: [Audyssey] errors when playing games

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Hi Dacia,

As for Freedom Wheel of Fortune there is really nothing you can do to
fix that runtime error. A lot of people get that error and it is
something wrong with the program itself. So nothing can be done.  I
suggest if you like Wheel of Fortune games try X-Wheel by X-Sight
Entertainment which is a much better game.


As for your problem with the Kitchen's Inc games that is because you
installed the game to the wrong directory. On Windows 8.1 there are
two Program Files directories. One for 64-bit programs, C:\Program
files, and one for older 32-bit programs, C:\Program Files (x86). To
fix the problem simply cut and paste the files in C:\Program
Files\Kitchensinc into C:\Program Files (x86)\Kitchensinc and the
problem will be fixed.

Cheers!


On 9/1/15, Dacia Cole  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've downloaded several games over the last couple of days and have
> been getting the following errors.  When I download freedom Wheel of
> Fortune which I found on www.audiogames.net it lets me play a turn or
> two then it says runtime error 13 type mismatched.  How can I fix
> that?
>
> When I downloaded one of the kitchens inc games and I installed it it
> didn't show up in the menu with the life game that I got when I
> downloaded the winkit program I was told to download first.  Finaly I
> tried todownload the apron tower of war game it let me download it and
> when I opened it and clicked on the towers of war file in the folder
> it asked me to extract all the files so I did but when I clicked on
> them in the extracted folder it said a file was missing or a part of
> file was missing.  Is there a settting I need to change or should I do
> something different?  I have windows 8.1 and am using JAWS 16. I'm the
> only one who is on my computer so it's not like I have multiple
> accounts.
>
> thanks,
>
> Dacia
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Re: [Audyssey] new free windows based games

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Hello Maureen,

To my knowledge the two Spoonbill games you mentioned are the newest
audio games out there right now. I can not think of any others that
came out recently and are free.

On 8/26/15, maureen McEntee mau...@samobile.net wrote:
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 windows based games out their. I have the new spoonbill software draw
 dominos and the fives dominos. I love all kinds of games. Any
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Re: [Audyssey] Park Boss what is it and where can I find it?

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Hello Dacia,

Park Boss is an amusement park management type sim sort of like Roller
Coaster Tycoon etc. It is completely free and I believe can be found
at www.ndadamson.com.

HTH


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 I've seen a lot about Park Boss lately.  What is it, where can I get
 it, and does it cost?

 thanks,

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Re: [Audyssey] park boss:

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Hi Kenny,

When you create a new park you actually begin with an empty pitch.
There are no rides etc by default.

As for how many rides etc to add that is entirely personal. There is
no right or wrong answer how many rides to add the first couple of
weeks of production. I generally go to the bank multiple times to take
out lone's, and build as much stuff as I can in order to get the park
up and operational as soon as possible. Of course, that means I have
to spend several weeks of game time to pay off those lone's.

Cheers!


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 attractions should you first start out with?
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Re: [Audyssey] park boss another bug

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Hi Ishan,

That is strange. I have played Park Boss many times and while rides do
tend to break down once and a while it is nowhere to the extent you
are talking about here. So I'm truly puzzled why you are having so
many problems with the game, and why rides are repeatedly breaking
down on you.



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 Hi desiree exactly you understand my point.
 the another logic is that why is these rides are breaking repeatedly
 are my visitors are so uncivilised so that they don't know how to use
 and enjoy the rides carefully?
 even the customer services are also breaking and my customers are
 saying that we couldn't get any assistance.
 Mr nick I have already a good maintainance staff and I am giving them
 a required vage.
 Why is this happening?
 Thanks
 Ishan


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Re: [Audyssey] Help needed with Castaways

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Hi Lori,

Well, I generally place my garde towers pretty far away from my
settlement that way if goblins come all the fighting is as far away
from my settlement as possible. I generally place my settlement in the
center of the map, or as centered as possible, and then my guard
towers are at least four or five squares away from my nearest building
that way it gives me a bit of open area for fighting and to use as a
buffer between my settlement and the goblin raiders.

Cheers!


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 Hi Thomas, I thought placing guard towers near my buildings would stop the
 goblins from coming too close.  They seem to keep returning to the same
 squares, but so far I've only lost a fordge and a few houses which are now
 re-built.  Where do you normally place your towers?  I find it hard to judge

 how far from my settlement to put them.

 Thanks from Lori.

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Re: [Audyssey] Help needed with Castaways

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Hi,

I totally agree with what Dark is saying here. A lot of problems with
Castaways can be solved by not being too static. As he says a lot of
times you don't need a doctor so rather than have him or her standing
around get the doctor out to do food deliveries, go hunting, chop
lumber, or something else useful. Thinking that this person only has
one job can get your entire settlement killed because you aren't
making use of all of your human resources. A lot of what makes you an
effective Castaways player is being able to assign and reassign people
to different tasks as needed rather than just giving each person a
task and letting them stand around waiting for work.

Cheers!


On 8/22/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 Hi Lori.

 On the first couple of maps, goblins will always come from the top and
 sides, so it's better to place your buildings at the middle bottom and if
 you want to use towers, put them towards the edges, walls aren't needed just

 for goblins they come into play later on.
 To be honest though if your stratogy of making soldiers and knights is good

 enough you shouldn't need towers.

 Myself, the stratogy I always play to is to start with a view to creating
 knights. So I first build the tavern and storehouse next to each other, the

 lumber yard on the closest bit of forest and the stone quarry on the nearest

 bit of stone.

 I usually begin with meat and vegitable production and houses, and don't
 worry about bread until I've got more population, and because mining takes
 time I build the mine and smithy early so that I can start making knights.
 the important thing with castaways however I've found is not to be static.
 You want to build a building? wEll reassign all your people (bar the cook),

 to builder. You only need a doctor when someone is actually injured, and
 sinse the doctor's secondary job of tailer isn't useful until you have yarn

 to weave into cloth, there is no point having her/him stand around idle.

 You don't need a miner metalergist and a smith, just two out of three
 usually will do sinse the smith can smelt and the metaligerist can mine.
 Unless you need wood in a hurry, a carpenter can moonlight as a lumberjack.

 This is one reason I love castaways, it's all about changing your stratogy
 and assignments according to what your doing, and if you can do this to
 maximize your population you can hae more than enough soldiers and knights
 to keep the goblins in check, so long as your not building really close to
 the edge of the map.

 hth.

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Re: [Audyssey] Help needed with Castaways

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Hi Lori,

It sounds to me as though your principle problem with the goblins is
poor judgment. Generally speaking you want to mount your defenses far
away from your store houses, and other production facilities so that
your fighters can attend to the goblins outside of your town proper.
If you are building your towers, walls, etc inside your town its too
close as the goblins can storm and over run your defenses and do
serious damage before they can be stopped. Think of walls, towers, etc
as your first line of defense, a shield as it were, and you want to
put that on your outer perimeter of your territory to keep the goblins
as far away from your buildings for as long as possible.

HTH


On 8/20/15, loriduncan lori_dunca...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Hi Dark, I'm playing in the sandbox, because I can't seem to deal with the
 goblin population, when they come onto my land.  I've tried building towers

 and walls, but walls seem to take a while, and most of my people are tied up

 in producing food and making buildings in the beginning.  Do you know where

 I should place towers and walls?  I've tried placing a wall next to the
 store house, but it still got destroyed.  I wish there was a way to set
 traps for goblins.
 From Lori.

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Re: [Audyssey] PARK BOSS FOOD POISONING

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Hi Josh,

No, I don't believe it is a bug in the game. That is just what happens
some times. You run into really bad luck, and while the amount of
money seems a bit excessive I'd just say it is a case of the luck of
the draw rather than any technical bugs per se.




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 HI
 I HAD A GREAT PARK GOING, AND THEN I GOT FOOD POISONING IN THE PARK AND
 right away i had about 90 pounds and the food poisoning made me
 immediately overdraft or overdraw to minus 90 or so and ultimately i
 could not get out from that overdraw and went bankrupt. is this a bug in
 the game? its disappointing my park was doing great then food poisoning
 closed it down. maybe i should have sold the park for 300 or so?

 Josh

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Re: [Audyssey] Help needed with Castaways

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Hi Lori,

There are a number of things that could be wrong here since Castaways
is pretty dependant on several factors. However, the first one that
comes to mind is to make sure you have plenty of peasants to do menial
labor.  The peasants are important because they will go out and
harvest your fields, deliver bread from your bakeries, go get meat
from the butcher's shop,  and other things so your cook can actually
cook it. If you don't have enough peasants  your people will starve
just because nobody is delivering food to the tavern.

Cheers!


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 Hi everyone, I'm playing Castaways at the moment, and although I have all my

 buildings established, like my farms, as well as 2 fisherman and 1 hunter, a

 cook and bar tender and a baker, I'm being told some of my people are
 starving.  I checked the cook, and he's prepairing food, so I'm not sure
 what I'm doing wrong?  I've tried to keep all my farms in the same place,
 close to the tavern and my storehouse, so it's not like people have to
 travle a great way to reach them.  I wish I could send my game file to
 someone who could perhaps take a look and tell me where I'm going wrong.  I

 don't know whether to keep on playing or whether to start over?

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Re: [Audyssey] Quick question regarding KitchenSinc games on Windows10.

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…
Hi Gary,

The error message you are getting has nothing to do with Windows 10.
You most likely are getting that error because the games can't find
the main menu program that comes with Winkit.

Cheers!


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 Evening everyone!

 I'm now on Windows10. I love it! Upgraded from 8.1
 Just a quick question regarding Jim Kitchen's games.

 I can get them to run fine, but when I exit them I'm getting a strange
 error message.
 Error 53: File not found. OK button.

 Please if anyone else is on Windows10 and can duplicate this, can you
 let me know? Thanks!
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Re: [Audyssey] game archive project?

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Hi John,

That's a good idea, and I agree. The key generator is out there on the
web if someone Googles for it. That said, there is no need to put
yourself at risk by offering it yourself.

Cheers!


On 8/12/15, john jpcarnemo...@gmail.com wrote:
 I figure its probably a good idea to say this flat out:
 I've no intent of offering the bsc code generator via the games archive, or

 any other keygens with an uncertain legal background.
 I'm absolutely certain that anybody who felt like dedicating half an hour of

 their time could find a copy of it, if not multiple.
 Therefore, while I  will offer the demo installers of the games through the

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Re: [Audyssey] support status of some games

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Hello John,

Yes, I am actively supporting Final Conflict. There is even a new
version in development although like all the USA Games titles
development has been slowed due to events going on in my personal
life.

I'll also add I am pretty sure Draconis Entertainment is still
supporting their older games such as Alien Outback, Pinball Classic,
Dynaman, etc. I'm not sure to what level of support they have for
those games, but I don't think they are abandoned by any stretch of
the imagination.

Cheers!


On 8/12/15, john jpcarnemo...@gmail.com wrote:
 Does anybody know if the following games are being supported anymore
 (supported means I can contact the developer about the game and get a likely
 and at least somewhat helpful response):
 *blastbay titles
 *old bpc titles (treasure hunt 3, tournament)
 *Older draconis titles (alien outback, pinball, etc)
 *entombed
 *all titles from lighttech interactive
 *titles from l works (I know Liam's been almost unreachable)
 *final conflict
 *rail racer

 If the devs of any of these games see this message, I'd really appreciate it
 if you could get in touch with me, especially if you fall somewhere in the
 middle between yes and no for support. Please note that if your games
 show up on this list its not me trying to be offensive - its because I'm
 uncertain of your status and would like to clarify if you're still actively
 developing, on the sidelines or completely uninvolved with the community.
 Also, support does not mean you're updating your games or that you're even
 planning to - but it does mean you'd tell somebody something like you're
 running a 64-bit os, you're out of luck if they contacted you about it.

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Re: [Audyssey] game archive project?

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Hi Damien,

I see where you are going with this, but unfortunately the terms of
the license agreement really prohibits free redistribution of the key
generator for the BSC titles. While I'd like to agree with you on a
personal level as a gamer, but as a list administrator I can't legally
allow people to redistribute that key generator given its legal
status. So My suggestion is to simply ignore all of the paid BSC
titles given their legally in limbo.

There are however some BSC titles I think can be freely redistributed
like the original Deekout and Bobby's Revenge since they were free to
begin with.

Cheers!



On 8/10/15, Damien Sykes-Pendleton dam...@dcpendleton.plus.com wrote:
 Hi John,
 I would certainly like to see something like that, and I would certainly be

 willing to contribute what I have.
 One thing I would say though, is that since the BSC software is abandoned,
 and the key generator was once sold, couldn't we get access to that
 alongside the other stuff? I say we either give full availability to the
 product where such availability has been granted, or don't host any kind of

 paid material at all if it can no longer be purchased. I say this because I

 know how I would feel, both emotionally as a potential customer and
 conscientiously as a developer, having a game which I know has more
 functionality than the demo allows and not being able to play it. I can
 understand it from both points of view.
 Cheers.
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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Josh,

You are comparing apples to oranges here. The Vocalizer Add-on and
Leasey are completely two different types of programs, are supported
differently by NVDA, thus is a poor comparison. Let me explain.

With Leasey it is written to be a screen reader add-on. It directly
interfaces with the screen reader, and is written in the screen
reader's own scripting language. Thus it is subject to the same type
of license of the screen reader it is written for. In the case of NVDA
that would be the GPL which means it couldn't be closed source.

The Vocalizer voices are not a part of NVDA. They are a completely
separate entity legally and technically so of course can be closed
source. The only connection they have to NVDA is the Vocalizer
drivers, which by the way are open source, and are in keeping with the
NVDA license agreement.

So you see if the add-on is a module for NVDA it has to be open
source. If it is a separate program that works independent of NVDA it
can be closed source.

HTH


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 that can't be because we have vocalizer addon for NVDA and vocalizer is
 not open source.

 follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982

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Re: [Audyssey] jim's nfl football - Josh K

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Hi Rajmund,

The message sent was not 400 MB.. The confusion here is because when
it opened up in someone's e-mail client it used 400 MB of ram on that
person's computer but the message itself was not that big.

Cheers!


On 8/10/15, Rajmund brajmund2...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello,
 Was it actually 400 mb?

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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hello Ari,

Agreed. Here in the States at least Jaws is generally purchased by
agencies for clients and I can see in certain cases Leasey being
purchased along side Jaws for JSay and other stuff that comes  bundled
with it. So in those circumstances yes Q9 might spread further than
one might assume by being bundled with Leasey.


On 8/10/15, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
 Let's be honest, though. Rehab is probably going to be getting JAWS for
 clients, and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for them to get Leasey as
 an add-on, especially for their clients who don't know anything about
 computers. I'm not saying that what he's doing is fair at all, but I think
 that Q9 might spread further than we otherwise think.


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Re: [Audyssey] jim's nfl football - Josh K

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Hi Rajmund,

Yes, Josh's last name is Kennedy.

Cheers!


On 8/10/15, Rajmund brajmund2...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello John,
 New buy here, by the way, it certainly sent the braille sense into hell. I
 had to reset. After 3 crashes, I just deleted the 1.1 mb EML file. Glad it
 was the file, not the sense, though.
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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hello Ari,

Correct. Leasey is completely closed source and NVDA is licence under
the GPL which requires most things to be open source and to really do
what Leasey does it would have to be open source. Therefore since
Leasey is a commercial project the GPL type license wouldn't allow
them to support NVDA the same way they support Jaws without also
essentially giving it away for free. At least is how I take the
situation.

Cheers!




On 8/10/15, Gmail englishride...@gmail.com wrote:
 From what I heard, the developers of Leaseyo did actually approach the
 developers of NVDA about supporting it; things fell through, though, because
 NVDA requires that all their code be open source, which makes sense, and it
 seemed like the developers of Leasey either weren't willing or weren't able
 to do that.


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Re: [Audyssey] jim's nfl football - Josh K

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Hi Shaun,

I suspect the statement the e-mail was 400 MB of text was exaggerated.
Try about 4 MB from what I saw.

Cheers!


On 8/10/15, Shaun Everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote:
 well I found the mail in gmail and deleted it before it downloaded, it,
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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi John,

That sounds about right. Although, the pricing for Windows depends on
the retailer the person buys it from. It can be slightly higher or
cheaper depending on where one buys it.

Cheers!


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 $119 for home, $199 for pro

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[Audyssey] Fwd: Jim Kitchens games

[Thomas Ward]

Hello all,

Here is a message from Joshua Griffith regarding Jim's site and games.
I thought any interested parties should read this.


-- Forwarded message --
From: Joshua Griffith webmas...@jgriffith.com
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 06:21:26 -0500
Subject: Jim Kitchens games
To: gamers-ow...@audyssey.org

Just wanted to drop you a note regarding Kitchensinc.net.



I've noticed a spike in the download usage on the Kitchensinc.net website,
so just to clarify this for those downloading his games with the expectation
that they will no longer be available to download.



I will not be removing Jims site from my hosting package. His site will
remain intact and his games will remain available, and free to download for
many years to come.



Sincerely,



Joshua Griffith.

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Re: [Audyssey] Fwd: Jim Kitchens games

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Hi Dark,

I would suppose submissions could be sent to the webmaster, Joshua
Griffith, and he could add them to the Kitchensinc.net site.



On 8/10/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 That is extremely good to know and I'm very glad of that fact.
 As I said on audiogames.net, With the amount of people grabbing up jim's
 games ad wanting to host them, it is more likely they will be seen
 everywhere! than not available anywhere, however I do like the thought of
 people not just being able to play jim's games but reading the descriptions

 of them that he wrote before they download them.

 Just one question. It is possible that people will create more golf courses,

 trivia question files or monopoly board configurations in the future, (off
 and on I've been working on a Doctor Who trivia set). It'd be nice if these

 could also be added to Jim's site, though if not they could of course be
 hosted elsewhere.

 Beware the grue!

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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Dark,

I believe your Windows analogy is pretty close a comparison as we can
get. Not exactly the same situation, but close enough for comparison
that the concepts carry over.

As you said Leasy costs no more than it ever has and I believe Brian
has purchased Q9 to include in Leasey as a sort of freebie the way the
Windows games are for Windows users. Although, I believe a standard
Windows DVD costs like $125 nobody can accuse Microsoft of essentially
charging $125 for Solitaire, Hearts, Minesweeper, and their other
games simply because they are considered by Microsoft as add-ons or
freebies included with the Windows package as a whole. From their
perspective you are not so much buying those games as you are buying
an operating system complete with multiple programs such as media
players, text editors, games, web browsers, etc. To accuse them of
selling games for $125 wouldn't make sense from their point of view.

Leasey seems to be a similar situation. Brian sees, rightly or
wrongly, Q9 as being another nifty add-on to Leasey. He does not see
it as selling a game since he is selling a bunch of scripts as well as
a package or suite of programs to the end user. You buy one you get
all, and thus he sees it as a package deal even though the majority of
gamers just want the game itself.

The only thing I can think of that is sort of similar to this
situation is Internet Explorer. Long ago, we are talking the early
1990's, Internet Explorer use to be a stand alone program. A person
went out and purchased a computer with say MS Dos 6.2 and Windows 3.1
on it, and had to buy Internet Explorer separate if they wanted it.
When Windows 95 came out Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer as part
of the Windows 95 release, and stopped selling Internet Explorer to
Windows 3.1 customers. Unfair some might say, but from Microsoft's
point of view they were giving it away for free now that it was
bundled in their latest operating system rather than sold separately.
Some 20 years later nobody cares because it has for the most part all
been forgotten about, and I suspect there are many on this very list
that have never used anything prior to Windows 95 so don't know or
remember the days when Internet Explorer was not a freebie.

I said all that to make the point that Brian is undoubtedly viewing Q9
as some freebie, an add-on, to his Leasey package and does not
consider the money he is losing by not selling it separately. I
suspect that he purchased it with the soul aim of boosting sales of
Leasey, of having exclusive content, that can only be gotten by
getting Leasey. While that is rotten, unfair, sucks, I can remember
similar cases where companies like Microsoft have done the same sort
of thing but people have forgotten about it. Leasey customers are
unlikely to know or care that Q9 was once sold separately and over
time the people who know and remember that will slowly fade. Even if
they don't they have no control over the situation so at this point I
consider the matter a mute point since nobody here can make a
difference.


Cheers!


On 8/10/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 Hi Josh.
 I've heard this arguement that the game is now worth 200 usd before, but
 that is just looking at it from one perspective.
 From Brian Hartgen's point of view he has bought Q9 to essentially be a
 bonus.
 It's like the solitare and other games that comes with windows. It would be

 foolish to say that microsoft are selling a solitare game for $300 (or
 however much a windows install costs these days), it's that microsoft are
 selling windows as the main operating system and solitare, pinball, spades
 etc come as a freee extra.

 That is how I believe Brian Hartgen is viewing Q9. he sells Leasy for 200
 usd which is the same price he's always sold it for, and people get a fun
 little game as a look at this freebee! item.

 The problem though is Q9 is not like solitare. it's not just a fun little
 time waster, it is a well crafted game that has had significant work put
 into it, which is exactly why I accuse Brian of devaluing what he has
 bought, indeed while I hold Philip generally blaimeless in the matter, I am

 extremely sorry that Philip didn't sell the rights to the game to another,
 more responsable person who recognized the worth of what they had rather
 than thinking oh game, worth not much,  I'll throw it in for free

 I'm also dissappointed that this moron Brian, even though he clearly did not

 know the value of what he had didn't change his thinking once he recieved so

 many complaints. Whether he is hoping people will buy leasy just for the
 game, or whether (as I personally believe is more likely), he is sticking to

 his guns just to be bloody minded after recieving lots of cryticism becuase

 he assumes he knows best I can't say. Either way it clearly shows me that
 he's not just ignorant of games but ignorant of good business if once he
 gets something which people planely want to buy, he refuses to sell it
 individually.

 As 

Re: [Audyssey] jim's nfl football - Josh K

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Rajmund,

The message Josh sent contained the logs for 20 football games. Every
play was recorded and logged by the game which is what he attempted to
forward onto the list, but apparently failed because a lot of e-mail
clients couldn't open it.
\


On 8/10/15, Rajmund brajmund2...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello Thomas,
 Strangely, I actually managed to open my EML file with file manager (since
 it killed email) and I found nothing meaningful through a basic word pad
 kind of thing. So wonder what it really contained?

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Re: [Audyssey] anyone plays either text adventure, or online text games?

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Hello Rajmund,

Yes, I still play a number of text based games. Although, admittedly
it has been a few weeks since I played any recently. However, there
are people here including myself that still play the old Inform based
zcode games you speak of. I also occasionally play mud's like Alter
Aeon and some browser based games like Sryth.

Cheers!


On 8/10/15, Rajmund brajmund2...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi all,

 Well, the subject pretty much says it. Anyone still plays the old games,
 that have extentions like z5? Or am I looking at the wrong place? I'm stuck
 in a few games, and wonder whether anyone plays/played them and could help?
 Also, anyone into online text based role playing online games?


 Many thanks!!

 PS. I only have note takers to play, that's why I only play text based
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Re: [Audyssey] jim's nfl football - Josh K

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Hi Josh,

Well, please don't do it again. That caused a lot of grief for some
list members and I had strongly considered blocking that message
because it was extremely huge. However, being nice I let it through
and regretted it afterwards.



On 8/10/15, Josh K joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote:
 yes its like 20 or so nfl games.

 follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982

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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Josh,

I don't think anyone will disagree with that. It is bad marketing, but
I don't think we need to continue to belabor the point. What is done
is done and continuing to moan and groan about it isn't going to
change things. So if there is nothing more constructive to say on the
issue I think we should close this topic down as we are simply
repeating ourselves over and over.

Cheers!!


On 8/10/15, Josh K joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote:
 well its bad marketing. Q9 is not worth $200.

 follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982

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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Bryan,

I agree. This topic has gone about as far as it can go, and at some
point people are just spinning their wheels repeating the same old
arguments. We should begin wrapping it up and moving on to something
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Re: [Audyssey] jim kitchen passes away:

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Hi Darren,

I had not heard this. Can you give me more details on this installer
project? I'm interested to know if the person is using a qualified
installation tool like Inno Setup, Microsoft Setup Installer, or just
repacking the games using Winzip Self-Extractor like Jim did.

Moreover I'm not sure creating a single mega installer is a good idea.
I can understand why someone might want all the games to get installed
at once, but I do think it should be broken down into individual games
or perhaps separate packages such as the sports pack containing sports
games, the board game pack containing board games, etc. There are ways
of making the installation process more selective than just making
everyone install everything at one go.

Cheers!


On 8/9/15, Darren Duff duff...@gmail.com wrote:
 Someone is making a mega installer for all of his games. It should be
 out tomorrow. will keep the list updated.

 Darren Duff.
 amateur radio station KK4AHX.

 Follow me on twitter @darren_duff
 friend me on face book http://www.facebook.com/DarrenLDuff.

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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Mattias,

While Philip may be a Jaws user I don't think this situation with Q9
has arisen because he is a Jaws lover. I don't think that had
anything to do with it. As Philip explained on the Audiogames.net
Forum it was a simple business arrangement where Brian Hartgen offered
him an unspecified amount of money to buy the rights to Q9 and Philip
sold the game to him. Being a Jaws lover had nothing to do with it. If
you had said Brian Hartgen was a Jaws lover I might have agreed with
you.

Cheers!


On 8/9/15, mattias mjonsson1...@icloud.com wrote:
 Because philip are a jaws lover

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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Matthias,

True, but that is not directly Philip's fault. He sold it to Brian
Hartgen who is the one that has locked Q9 to Jaws and Leasey. There is
a difference here in who is to blame for the unfortunate state of
affairs. I'm puzzled as to why you continue to blame Philip when he no
longer owns the game any more and all this grief is being caused by
the new owner.



On 8/9/15, mattias mjonsson1...@icloud.com wrote:
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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Shaun,

That's a bit obvious. No one is complaining about Q9 but the way the
transfer was handled and the way Brian Hartgen has decided to
distribute the game now that he has it.

The point in my message you responded to is that if people don't like
the new distribution policy that the game could be cloned, a new
version developed, without the Leasey and Jaws restrictions. Obviously
the clone would not be the same as the original due to copyrights
but something very similar could be developed if that were something
someone wanted to do. I'm not sure I like the game quite that much to
rewrite it myself though.

A lot of the elements in Q9 are pretty generic. We have a forest
level, cave level, mountain level, and so forth. The enemies are
gorillas, bats, rhinos, leopards, and wolves. Weapons are mainly a
club and a slingshot. Point being that stuff is so common and generic
that it is not copyrightable. The only things that are copyrightable
is the sounds, music, and the little alien Q9 himself. If we created a
game using a caveman doing the same things the game play could be
identical to Q9 and not be considered copyright infringement. Make
sense?



On 8/8/15, Shaun Everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote:
 Heck I don't think q9 was the issue.
 for its time q9 rocked.
 I don't know if I'd buy q9 again or a game like it.
 I think the issue tom was more how it was sold and who got it.
 In this case a restricted platform which is what is getting people in a
 hustle about is the big thing.
 I don't think people care that its sold but to someone that needs jaws
 and well has a package which is quite expensive and way over the
 origional game price is the problem and that it happened in a sudden
 fashion.
 I think I have covered all bases.
 oh the archive for kitchensinc is now up and ready to rock.

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Re: [Audyssey] jim kitchen passes away:

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Hi Shaun,

That hardly seems necessary, but you can do whatever you think is
right. I have a feeling Jeremy is correct when he said there is no
danger of Jim's games becoming unavailable because very quickly there
will be 40 different sites where one can download his stuff from
because everyone seems to have the same idea and is sharing them on
Dropbox, Sendspace, and on private sites. While that is not a bad idea
in of itself I do have some reservation about no organization or
central control over the games and that means people will only offer
what they want to offer and may leave out whatever they feel is not
necessary or change things without the others knowing about it.


On 8/8/15, Shaun Everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote:
 I'll go and pull everything down then sort it then dropbox it, I can at
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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Bryan,

True. Not every developer does use the same programming language
and/or platform. That said, there are ways around that problem if the
developers really and truly want to work together to develop something
decent.

As with every collaboration project there would be a bit of give and
take, and some developers would have to bone up on another language
and tools which isn't that bad all things considered. An experienced
developer such as myself can grab a Teach Yourself X in 24-Hours type
book, read it, and be up and running in a new language in a week or
so. The reason being after one gets passed the unique syntax and
specific language fundamentals its the same as everything else. A
variable is a variable, a class is a class, a function is a function,
and if one knows how to program in one or more languages already
learning a new one is a piece of cake. So a collaboration isn't
totally out of the question. It is just that someone might have to be
willing to give up on one language and tools to use whatever the group
is using.

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Re: [Audyssey] jim's nfl football - Josh K

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Hi John,

the message in question seems to be virus and malware free. It appears
to be just a huge log file of Jim's NFL from what I can tell.



On 8/9/15, john jpcarnemo...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi list,
 I just received an email from Josh Kennedy (not Josh k - this may be
 important), with a listed size of about 1100 kb, and subject something to do
 with jim's nfl football (I deleted the message, and don't have the exact
 line anymore).
 As soon as I tried to read the message my mail client went ballistic; fully
 loading up my processor and sending memory usage through the roof (fellow
 nerds that's 400mb). I'm not sure if this was just the world's largest game
 log file, or if it was something more sinister, but I'd advise anybody who
 got the message to avoid opening it.

 I'm hoping that this really was just a bad decision to send an ungodly large
 log through email and not some kind of virus on list, but given the way my
 machine reacted I figured it'd probably be best to post an alert about it
 just in case (if you do open the message, killing my mail client seems to
 have fixed the issue).
 I'd also note that I'm not trying to accuse anybody here - rather to offer a
 note of caution and a request that we try not to post logs that're larger
 than a bunch of novels put together.
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Re: [Audyssey] jim's nfl football - Josh K

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Hi Dark,

I feel pretty confident your AVG scan won't find anything because when
I scanned that message it came up clean but then again MSE isn't the
world's best virus scanner either. All the same in hindsight I wish I
had just rejected that post for being over the message limit rather
than passing it through the system seeing as how many people had
problems with it. I do believe in the future I shall just reject any
more messages like it since that log file was unbelievably huge.

Cheers!


On 8/10/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 Glad it didn't have a virus, I had the same issue and am currently running
 an avg scan just in case.

 Beware the grue!

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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Dark,

Oh, definitely agree. I've actually been doing some thinking and I
think what would be cool is a modern remake or clone of Tarzan Junior
since presumably Philip still holds the rights and it would be easy to
get permission to rewrite TJ. Reason being it could be designed to use
similar elements of Q9 but have a much more indepth and better
side-scroller of Tarzan Junior. A lot of the elements that made Q9 as
good as it was could be carried over to the new side-scroller and
Brian Fartgen would have nothing to say about it.

Cheers!




On 8/10/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 Hi Tom.

 Well yes Q9 has the fairly standard environments, weapons and gameplay, but

 as I said it's the design here that matters. This is actually why I'd be
 interested if one of our more established and experienced developers worked

 on some sort of side scroller sinse funnily enough while a few have been
 developed I've not seen any quite as well put together as Q9 for quite some

 time.

 Adventure at C: for example has a lot of good points, the rpg stats system
 and mod creation of new levels not the leased, not to mention challenges
 etc, but there are still portions that turn into a button masher.

 About Psycho strike I don't know, though various other attempts like
 Battlezone or scrolling battles have been rather rough around the edges I
 think mostly because people assume that creating enemies everywhere and
 having the player hammer the buttons is what makes a good game rather than
 messing with the enemy properties.

 Adventure to fate Project Alpha is extremely atmospheric and has some
 interesting challenges, but is fundamentally a very different game from
 something like Q9, closer to a side scroller adventure title, and while
 combat is very very quick in the birsts it occurs, it's the story and
 obstacles that make the difference.

 Angel gift is nothing short of amazing! from it's sound design to it's
 intelligent enemies, but it's fundamentally a short game, and given the
 massive and epic amount of sound work I'm not really surprised.

 So, oddly enough generic as Q9 is, it's been a hell of a long time sinse
 someone made something like it,  much less something very very well
 designed, indeed the only game we've had that I can really compare it to is

 Superliam, and of course a game that has maze elements with going up and
 down on ladders etc the way Deathmatch project alpha currently does and the

 way   the various montizuma games did is still in short supply side scroller

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 All the best,

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Re: [Audyssey] Jim kitchen obituary

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Hi Lisa,

Certainly not from me. I understood what you meant and agreed with it
for the most part.



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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

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Hi Shaun,

I'm all for the idea of a Q9 clone. A developer, whoever that would
be, could create something like Q9 and either sell it or give it away
legally. It isn't like such things haven't been done before, and the
game is generic enough that something similar can be created without
much of a dispute over copyrights.



On 7/29/15, Shaun Everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote:
 I think everyone has shown themselves.
 And I don't care to pirate either even though I was one a long time ago.
 Fact is all other avenues were sorted and no one is shifting.
 I won't publish my info on here or on the net or on the forum or put it
 out for everyone to use but if someone requests this off list as a gamer
 I will send it in protest because of things being unfair.

 And look at what tom ward posted in the ag.net thread, unless mr ward
 has changed his stance on the issue.
 I do understand both sides, however with no warning well.
 it doesn't matter in the long run anyway.
 We will just have to create something else based on this or whatever its
 not like clones havn't been done before we can do it again.

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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Charles,

A comment about your comment. There is a lot more to the legalization
of illegal drugs than just everyone is doing it. Some studies have
shown that countries like Portugal which have relaxed their drug
policies have a less of a drug problem per person than countries that
have really strict drug policies. I know that sounds contrary, but
relaxing drug policies, legalizing drugs, has had the opposite effect
than that which people usually think.

Cheers!


On 7/29/15, Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com wrote:
 One of the problems with today's society is that because everyone does it,
 it's OK.  It's no big deal because, what the heck, everyone does it.  Make
 illegal drugs legal because everyone's using them anyway, so why bother?
 Just because theft is common practice, it should not be OK to steal.

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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Shaun,

We have a strict no piracy rule here on Audyssey so yes the mods do
mind. While I am upset with how Q9 was handled that doesn't mean I'll
relax the rule about sharing the keys on this or any other list I run
because it is piracy. Just because I think Mr. Hartgen is being a bit
of a jerk doesn't mean I would publicly disrespect his right to sell
the game by allowing people to share keys etc on list. Of course, what
people do off the list is none of my business and while I can't
legally encourage people to crack the game I am in no position to
discourage it either.

P.S.

Please, stop referring people to my comments on Audiogames.net. Much
of what I said there was heat of the moment and while not anything I
can't live with I don't appreciate being referred to as though those
comments are representative of how I feel now.



On 7/28/15, Shaun Everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote:
 Well strictly speaking probably not but read tward on the ag forum.
 I don't think the mods will mind if people start sharing keys though I'd
 probably hasard a guess you would have to do it off list.



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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Dark,

I agree with all your points. Although, Q9 is a simple side-scroller
it was well thought out and well designed from a development
standpoint. It had good game mechanics, good music, good sounds, a bit
of light humor, and a lot of beginners just aren't quite able to
deliver that quality. The reason it was such a good game is that
Philip wasn't a newbie, had in fact developed other games before, and
thus had more skill and experience than your average newbie. Plus he
was willing to put more money into the project thus was able to buy
high quality sounds and music. Q9 is an example of what can be done
with experience and a bit of money on a developer's side.

As for my surprise when it was released that was because I have played
all kinds of arcade games from the 80's and Q9 reminded me a lot of
what was available 30 years ago, and that is not a bad thing. Although
simple Q9 played quite a bit like classic arcade games such as
Pitfall, and that made it special and unique since I have not found
many audio games that reminds me so much of mainstream games. It is
not easy to capture that nostalgia and exact feeling of yesteryear and
Q9 did it for me.


On 8/8/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
 Hi Tom.

 In light of this debate, I did go and play Q9, and one thing struck me. Lots

 of people have tried! to develop games like Q9 but not many have been as
 successful, look at games like Battle Zone, indeed I would say that these
 are probably the most common type of audiogames people first try to make
 with Bgt and I've seen plenty of practice games and works in progress over
 on the audiogames.net forum that have employed the same idea. Yes, the 1D
 side scroller concept is very simple, but Q9 executed it particularly well,

 with the properties of how the attacks and enemies worked, the great sound
 and music, and Philip's extremely funny acting.

 Could someone create a similar game in the future? very probably, however
 the number of people who have tried and not quite succeeded makes me think
 that there was a lot more care and craftsmanship in Q9 than the phrase
 simple side scroller would imply, which is precisely why it's sad that in

 future the game's availability will be so restricted thanks to one person's

 greed.

 As I said previously, it's the very disrespect to Philip's great work on Q9

 essentially turning a stand alone game into just an extra freeby for people

 who buy a very specific software package that gets up my nose, and I'm sorry

 that Philip didn't sell the rights to his game to someone more perceptive.

 There really isn't much else to add to the hating on Greasy and it's
 developer that has not been said, my point however is that even a simple
 side scroller like Q9 requires quite some design, and Q9 had that design.

 ?

 For example, enemy movement speed. I loved the points in Q9 when you'd be
 fighting wolves in the cave but then have a bear coming to get you. The bear

 moved slowly, but you couldn't generally inflict damage on it without it
 damaging you first, you thus had to coordinate your quick attacks against
 the wolves, the encroaching bear, and any bats in the area. Thus, even
 though Q9 was a side scroller with not much by way of enemey attack
 properties to play with, it still required you to judge a number of factors

 together, not just hear, react and hit as quickly as possible, not to
 mention preserving amo.

 Whether the most recent entry in the side scroller category, Psycho strike
 has this level of design I don't know sinse I'm still waiting for the Xp
 issue to be fixed with the game in order to try it, but undoubtedly it's the

 design that went into Q9 that made it such a major release.

 Indeed I remember at the time it was released five years ago that you
 yourself Tom said well it's surprising how many people are enjoying such a

 simple arcade style game

 All the best,

 Dark.


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Re: [Audyssey] Q9 Has a New Home

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Bryan,

Maybe so but the fact of the matter is I get the feeling this deal
went down rather suddenly. I don't know what if any influence Philip
had over distribution of Q9 when Brian Hartgen took control of the
product, and I'm not sure he really cared about new sales that much.
The only condition I know of is that Hartgen support those who already
have keys which makes sense. As far as new sales goes I think Philip
was thinking that well had run dry as he hadn't gotten any sales for a
long time before this deal went down so probably wasn't thinking there
would be an angry mob of people wanting to buy the game on mass.

Cheers!


On 8/8/15, Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net wrote:
 Correction. It's Brian Hartgen. Personally if it had been my product I would

 have set certain conditions before agreeing to the sale. Well one at any
 rate, and that would have been that the game also needed to be available as

 a standalone for those who couldn't or didn't want to spend a hundred or
 more dollars for the entire package.



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