Can't say I know much about this game, although the reference to the camera sorta rings of the Spiderman adventure (Peter Parker being a photographer and all).
As for the general idea of text adventures in the UK back in the early to mid 80's, yes they were VERY popular. Mainly because they were super cheap to produce and you could advertise them as having some level of an educational value (something that probably came to an end with the censured classic Dracula). Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pedro Quaresma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:49 AM Subject: [SWCollect] What's the name of this game? > > Hello. I hope you all can help me again remembering the name of this game. > > It was a text adventure for the Sinclair Spectrum. The screen was divided > in upper (images) and lower (text/parser) halves. The graphics were > monochromatic (either b&w or light green and black) and several images were > shown each time, as if it were a cartoon. Every time you did something, the > images moved left. > > About the game itself, the hero was a journalist that looked a lot like > Clark Kent with a camera. He had some power to transform in a super-hero > (not Superman though). You had a camera around your neck. > > Other details I remember: > You started in a Zoo. > The camera had no film. Every time I tried to take a pic the hero'd say > "Rats! No film!" > There were other superheroes in the game. No "famous" ones though. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > P. > > PS: This reminded me of something: I've recently been reading my old "Your > Sinclair" mags and I've noticed it had a section dedicated to text > adventures. Heaps of games mentioned there I had never heard before in my > life (yeah, right, as if I were a reference or something! ;) ). Maybe the > UK had a big production of "small" adventures back then? > > > > > Novos Serviços Após-Venda Toyota > http://www.toyota.pt > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
