Fun game. Hard! On level 4 it looks impossible to collect the block at the bottom. The solid platform above the conveyor can't allow a jump high enough as far as I can see. Am I missing a trick?
Btw I'll be reviewing this for the next issue of Break Space magazine. Is the available version the final release or are there any updates in the pipeline?
RANDOMIZE fixes what the random number sequence that RND uses will be. If you RANDOMIZE a number more than zero, it sets the same (for that number) series of 'random' numbers every time. If you RANDOMIZE 0 (or just RANDOMIZE) it sets a different series every time based on the spectrum's clock. If you try the following with RANDOMIZE number versus RANDOMIZE you'll see the difference. The former will give the same sequence every time you RUN, the latter will be different every time.
Yeah the loading POKEs can make a BASIC game go funny. It took me a few tries! In the TAP below, check out the first loader, which I restructured to just one line. The loading message POKE is 23739,111. Then in your main game, check line 3. I moved your POKEs there, and a PAUSE 0 so it waits for a keypress for all the people using turbo loaders.
The CLEAR is to reset the system variables, because the POKE 23739 can mess things up sometimes.
I put RANDOMIZE there too, because it looks like you get the same game every time in the original version.
Love this. Great backstory too. @bedroom coder, it's possible to have the loading screen not be obscured by the following load message. I've put a TAP together demonstrating this, and a randomise idea. Are you interested in seeing it?
Finished. Great stuff and looking forward to part 3.
BTW the colours of the mechanism are wrong in the solution, and I can't unzip the 'Old Envelope' file. I get a pop up for all 3 files inside and it won't do them.
Thanks for the reply and the games Luis! I went on quite a journey with 'Echoes' for about a fortnight :)
I did wonder in my review about the text area, since most GAC games do obey the same screen layout as your games. I checked before writing and saw several GAC games that allow much larger text areas, e.g. 'Play It Again Sam', 'Not The Lord Of The Rings', 'Pete Bog,' and 'Murder, Mystery'.
I'm not as familiar with GAC as you. Are these examples unusual extensions of the regular engine?
If I've made a mistake I can clarify in the next issue.
Cheers
Dave
PS - it's also a proud member of the 'Maoi cameo' group in ZXDB
Ah - the part 2 walkthrough is actually a .docx, so if you rename the file to 'ECHOES 2 - SAHARA SOLUTION.docx' it's readble. I reached the very last stage without it at least, but I missed an object very early on in the game and had to go all the way back
Great game! I really struggled initially but now I've got into it. Can I ask what do you mean by "This is the first true result of our collaboration on 'The Most Hated in Videogames'?
Hi Ruben, thanks for the game. Is it made with a tool, like MK1 or ZXGameMaker? Also - I notice there is an AY player and music at the end of the cassette, but the game does not load them. Is the music supposed to be part of the game? Ta. Dave
@Frankster - we've been playing this over on the SC forum. Any chance you could give us a bit of background on this - from original coding, attempted release (?), to recovery 37 years later?
Must be the number of turns. I just did a quick run through and scored the full 250. I love that the game starts with the classic "GET LAMP" by the way...
Great find, and a great game this, classic oldschool, and a very timely release regarding the coronation! I just completed it with 240/250. Thanks for the game. Now to get back to it and see where those 10 points went...
Congrats Roger and Sisko. Great game.