Marvin has made a tetrous guide as well as some more stuff that will run in keyweb.
On 3/4/12, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > Listers, I apologize if you saw any strange encoding issues in my > message. Something strange seems to have happened to it on its way > from my Apex. Below is the message again, with proper formatting. > Ruchi and all, >> >> Another resource to download interactive fiction games, with a >> little more guidance, is called Baf's Guide to the Interactive >> Fiction Archive. The address is as >> follows: http://www.wurb.com/if/ >> >> There are also two titles included with every BrailleNote, Winter >> Wonderland and Dragon Adventure, that are designed especially for >> children. Games are simply files, so you can easily transfer >> titles to the BrailleNote by copying the appropriate files to the >> 'My Games' folder of the Flash Disk through any normal means. >> The BrailleNote will only play text adventure games written in >> z-code, and the game files will have a .z5 or .z8 extension. I'm >> not sure really how engaging young children would find these >> games as they are completely text based and involve a lot of >> reading, but it never hurts to give it a go. To play a game, >> simply open the 'Games' application from the main menu, and press >> SPACE to browse through the files in the 'My Games' folder. The >> games I mentioned will be called winter.z5 and dragon.z5. >> >> Apart from the text adventures, there aren't huge numbers of >> games that can be played on BrailleNotes. Another gentleman on >> this list, Alex Hall, has written a few accessible games that can >> be played in the BrailleNote's web browser. I am sure he will >> jump in and tell you where you might be able to get those games. >> >> Finally, there's a hidden Tetris game included on BrailleNotes. >> Bizarrely, it's under Utilities, Key Management. To play it, >> select "Enter a new product key" and type the word playtime >> followed by ENTER. The game then comes up and there's a help >> menu to walk you through the user interface, but I'm not familiar >> enough with Tetris to tell you how to play it. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Grant >> > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > -- sent from my BrailleNote ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
