Good idea.
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What is a Portke?
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Hi! It's Janet From Texas. I've tried to download Freedom Millionaire
several times, but I always get a Not found message. I don't know if I'm
doing something wrong or not. Help please!
Happy gaming everyone
Janet
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I downloaded freedom millionaire successfully at
www.themillionweb.net.
Its either .net or .com.
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Montezuma's Revenge News
3/22/2007
by Thomas Ward
Hello gamers,
A couple of weeks ago we mentioned that we would be putting out a demo
sometime in the month of April. However, some very recent discussions
with the test team have revealed a desire to make Montezuma's Revenge as
close as
Hello,
As some of you know, I've developed a number of games and sell them as
collections on CD. They are self-voiced and run from the CD so they are
ideal for beginners - just pop the disk in and let the games begin.
Anyway, I am thinking of putting together another volume of games that
Hello Janet.
the direct link to download the Freedom milionaire game is:
http://www.talkingirc.net/games/millionaire.exe
However, I'd personally recommend you go to the game's homepage at:
http://www.themillionweb.net/games/millionaire.html
Sinse there's a lot of information about the game,
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So what did sarah and her parents used as a portke when they traveled
for her birthday to diagon?
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Hi Nicol,
In the HP books, large groups of people and families used,
1. invisible flying cars.
2 Flying carpets, but are banned in the UK.
3. Flying horse drawn carriages.
4. Teleporting underwater ships.
5. brooms
6. Flying motorcycles.
Sarah and her parents, traveling from Massachusetts to
Who knows? Gues we're just meant to imagine that. It didn't say what they
used in the manual, although in the Harry Potter books it generally did say
what the object was. For instance, they once used an old boot to go to a
sporting event. I would imagine Sarah and her family used something
Hello tom.
I certainly appreciate having the original game recreated as exactly as
possible in audio. Thus far, though many audio games have been based on
classic games, I don't think they've been exact replications with the same
layout, physics etc. For example, the maze in Packman talks I
We agree on this. Even before people buy a game, they want spoilers that
pertain to things you can only do if you have the game unlocked. If I
already knew how to defeat a game before I bought it, what would be the fun
in playing it? Going through the playing of the game might be fun, but no
An object that has been bewitched so that it is now a teleportation device.
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From: Nicol Oosthuizen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:45 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] hp question
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But those aren't necessarily Portkeys. In the manual it said she used a
Portkey, so I think he was wondering what sort of object they would have
used, whether it be an old Potion bottle or something of that nature.
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go.
J.D. Fortune,
Watch your inbox. Here it comes, if it isn't already there.
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:33 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] freedom millionaire
Hi! It's Janet From Texas. I've tried to download Freedom Millionaire
Hi Bryan,
I do not remember writing that they used a Portkey.
Phil
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] hp question
But those aren't necessarily
Hi Thomas.
Thanks for the update on Monty. While I am very excited to get a
working version of this game at last, I am in complete agreement with
this approach.
Thanks to you and to the test team for all their hard work. Without you
guys this game would probably not be a reality.
Best
Hi Tom,
From this I assume you have a description of the layout of the original
levels of MR.
Did you get them off the Internet or do you have the game?
Will there be a change in how many levels you will produce?
I think the actual maps will make the game more interesting for those who
have
Hi Bryan,
Well, I did write that they used a Portkey but I forgot I did.
So they used an old boot!
Never mind.
smiles
Phil
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From: Phil Vlasak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:18 PM
Subject: Re:
Hi phil
When I listened to your sneek previews I immediately recognized the song
that was playing once the main menu is presented.
It's a song by a group called fleet whit mac; the song is called sarah.
Why did you choose this song? I'm just fascinated! Does fleet whit mac sing
about wizardry in
Oh yeah, I was right there in my last e-mail!
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From: Phil Vlasak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:33 PM
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Hi Bryan,
Well, I did write that they used a Portkey but I
I kind of figured that maybe, just maybe, the name had something to do with
it. What do you think?
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Could be an old shoe, nobody knows (so I don't know it as well).
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From: Phil Vlasak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:18 PM
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Hi Bryan,
I do not remember writing that
Please tell me: does sarah really exist? I know sarah alawami is doing the
voice overs but the story line of sarah who was aparated when she was 3 and
a half years old and she went to diagon when she was 18, was it a real
story like harry potter is a real story?
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Harry Potter is not a real story. All this is make believe. Therefore, the
story of Sarah is also make believe.
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007
HI folks
I enjoy playhing around with words in the English language. I want to take
the initiative to discuss certain words in the English language; their
connotation to accessible gaming.I don't hope anyone minds.
The word happen is very interesting. Let me tell you why the word happen is
so
Oh, so if I'm right that's also the reason why the owner of www.marrie.org
is called Sarah?
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From: Raul A. Gallegos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] sarah music
I kind of
So they make use of a normal car, but by means of casting spells they
change the normal car into a flying car and thus it becomes a portke to
them?
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Behalf Of Phil Vlasak
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:19 PM
To: Gamers
*sigh*. Of course she doesn't. It's a game man.
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For an amazing video gaming site containing original soundtracks, game art,
etc, go here.
http://gh.ffshrine.org?r=16426
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From: nicol [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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No. a portkey and a flying car are two different things. You should read the
HP books more closely.
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http://gh.ffshrine.org?r=16426
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From: nicol [EMAIL
Ok folks
Here's another word that fascinates me. Game controls. Its really
interesting. Devs, correct me on this one if I'm wrong.
Folks, can you compare dialogue box controls with game controls? A control
in a dialogue box is anything you can tab to in that dialogue box, well a
static box is
You put it together. The name Sarah Marie sounds very good together. I
always thought anyway.
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From: Davy Kager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:34 PM
No no, a Portkey is different. Portkeys can only be used once or maybe a few
times depending on the intent of the one who creates it. A flying car,
although that's against Wizard law, could conceivably be used as much as you
wanted.
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to
Well, that's the same with regular gaming as well.
For example: you're in battlefield II, you don't know what to do. So you just
walk around, throwing grenades everyware, until a squad of plane bombers drops
balms from a carrier plane/unit, and you're like Wo! Didn't see that! I think
my head
Um, no. I don't know if Sarah (the actor), could cast spells like stupefy. If
she could, she'd probably be stunning real people by now, and we'd be living in
an HP universe.
That'd be really funny to live in...
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the concept of sarah I believe comes from a jim hensen production. but I'm
going off of what Phil wrote. I haven't bothered to research.
but of course as we all know, everything you read in storys are true.
including harry potter. right guys?
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From: Orin [EMAIL
Hello
A portkey, usually a small object, is a thing which if you touch, it transports
you to another location. They're quite fast, you need to spend seconds to
travel.
Other things, which you can travel with, but takes up more time to do so, are
for example the ones which Phil mentioned before,
Hi folks
Please could you direct me how to use the draconis shop?
I went to
www.draconisentertainment.com
then I clicked on draconis shop.
Then I clicked on sarah and the castle of witchcraft and wizardry.
Then I clicked on the add to shopping card button.
I don't know from there, I'm stuck
ah thom,
Sorry about the thing with Packman talks, I will admit I wasn't the greatest
packman player, in or out of audio, so might well have miss-understodd the
maze layout.
Well, the situation with the levels doesn't sound like quite as major a
redesign as I initially thought, though
This is a sort of gray area as far as the list goes. Technically, yes, this
email is regarding games, but also, technically, this email is regarding
words. The bottom line is I don't want any flaming to start on the list.
Nicol, I'm not saying to not post on this type of topic, but do remember
I had mentiond a few weeks ago that we were doing fantasy baseball. I didn't
have anything defined, but we've been working on getting teams together for a
league on mlb.com.
Fantasy baseball takes real players and let's you make a team of them.
Depending on how well or poorly your players do
Do you actually know how many times I yelled Stupefy!? It's amazing...
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] where does sarah come from? RE: hp question
Um, no. I
Dear audeasy list.
It has come to our attention that at 29 minutes past 6 on the 23rd of March,
the possibility of the actual, real or otherwise tangible existance of
wizards and the wizarding comunity has been discussed on this mailing list.
Such behaviour on the part of muggles, is in
No I'm not discussing word games.
I feel this is on topic. I discussed game controls in this post. I was just
making a comparison with dialogue box controls.
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:26 PM
A port key is an object that someone puts a spell on. It then becomes a
device for transporting people from where they currently are to where the
witch or wizard who put the spell on the object wishes them to be taken. It
can then be used to transport people back to where they first grabbed
This is a test.
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The Harry Potter books are real stories. They are, however, fiction. The
people in them, as is Sarah in Sarah and the Castle of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, do not exist in real life.
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You passed with a 98%. smile
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:06 PM
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Subject: (blindtrek) test
This is a test.
--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~
You
Exactly. We don't know, for instance, whether a certain cup remained a
Portkey after it conveyed its users back to Hogwarts.
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go.
J.D. Fortune, Pretty Vegas
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Hi nicol,
When most game developers start a game they usually write up a story of what
they expect in the game.
It does not have to be something others will read but it can help in coming
up with details that will make the story more believable.
I started the Sarah game based on the movie
Hi Nicol,
Technically speaking this message is in the gray area between on and off
topic, but I will answer your questions as best I can.
Why the word control is used to describe Window eleiments weather they
be edit boxes, buttons, labels, listviews, etc is simpely because one of
the
Sorting out the Sarahs,
Sarah in the game is fictitious.
A Sarah was also the fictitious main character of the book and movie,
Labyrinth.
Sarah Goode, was a real person convicted of witchcraft in Salem
Massachusetts in the eighteenth century.
Sarah was the name of a song from Fleetwood Mac and I
Hi Phil,
Yeah, I have a written description of the Monty level maps, but I still
may have to improvise in a few places. For example, the sighted folks
that wrote them up were mainly concerned in directing new players where
to pick up keys, gems, and other items, where to avoid skulls, and
And if your description confuses anyone, let's put an AllaWhammy on them!
(grin)
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From: Phil Vlasak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] where does sarah come from? RE: hp
Hi Nicol,
Actually, the band in question is called Fleetwood Mac not Fleet Whit
Mac. Just for your info the lead singer on that song was Stevie Nicks
before she went solo.
Anyway, the song is named Sarah and the game is named Sarah. Even though
Fleetwood Mac was not singing about magic the name
i would say most likely portkey caus flying cars can be seen smile
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:12 PM
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Who knows? Gues we're just meant to
Hi Dark,
Yes, the save feature is a major part of the game core, and has been for
quite a long time. I have no intention of taking it out, and it has
aided in the resolution of many bugs.
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Lol! I am laughing my rear off. Dark, that was a good one.
Dark wrote:
Dear audeasy list.
It has come to our attention that at 29 minutes past 6 on the 23rd of March,
the possibility of the actual, real or otherwise tangible existance of
wizards and the wizarding comunity has been
I am disappointed Thomas you have chosen to go to a old game instead of
making a game modern.
If I wanted to play a game from the 70's I would have kept the game from
back then. We have so many old fashioned games already and now I feel in my
own personal opinion is taking 200 steps backwards.
Here we go again. Do you see the point that a game is new to the blind
gaming community if that blind community hasn't ever played it before? Why
care if the game is out of the fifteen hundreds? Chess is, and it's still
being played worldwide. This puts a flaw in your reasoning, doesn't it?
I actually understand what Michael means. I think it would be really cool
to see the game released as close to the original as possible, but I can
understand the frustation with having the game's release date pushed farther
and farther back. remember that this game has been promised for two
He's complaining that the game is old, though. And for the blind gaming
community, it is not. I don't like the setbacks, either, as I am one of
those early purchasers of games that I have not received, but I'm willing to
wait, because I know what the setbacks are, thanks to Thomas Ward's
Michael. May I suggest you please take the following points under
considderation:
1: For many blind people, the option simply does not exist to go and play
the original game because it is a completely graphical game. For this
reason alone, making an audio version which will be accessible to
Maybe he can see this flaw: The Bible should not be reproduced in braille
or in audio format. Why? Well, heck, the King James Bible has a copyright
of, I think, 1611. Dang, that's an old book, so why should we take such a
step backward by making it available to the blind?
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in all fairness, I'm extremely apreciative of the fact that Tom constantly
keeps us updated.
The game is old, but I suppose anything is new for the blind community.
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I don't think anybody's more eager to get the game than I am but I'm willing
to wait to have it done right. This is going to be a terrific game and
terrific for showing sighted people who can actually compare it to the
original and gain an understanding of how we can play games. It could be
I agree Liam.
I'm slightly disappointed myself about monti's release date being pushed
back (and I've only been expecting the game for about a year and haven't
payed any money for it), but as you say, Thom's certainly doing his best and
I'm sure it'll be a fantastic game when it does appear.
Actually charles, I can see the point of the claime that resources focused
on producing adaptations of things for the visually impared community should
be focused on newer, more relevant material.
I have a constant battle with the various charities in England who focus so
much time and
I have to respond here. For one thing There's nothing wrong with bringing
an older game to the accessible market for those who may have never played
it.
Your opinion of being up-to-date isn't wrong but devs have only had a few
years compared to the sighted market which is ongoing and has
We know it was a Portkey. He just wanted to know what sort.
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go.
J.D. Fortune, Pretty Vegas
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:04 PM
Not this old argument again! This isn't even the first time we've had it,
and about the same game! If you don't like what he's doing, then for Bob's
sake don't play it when it comes out. I'm sorry if I seem irritable but as I
said this is not the first time this argument's been had.
It ain't
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