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From: iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: B. Howarth adventure games?
Message-ID: <1993Nov25.200552.15951@swan.pyr>
Keywords: adventures, Howarth
Organization: Swansea University College
References: <CH0Lvt.2D6@massey.ac.nz> <CH1rLD.IDw@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 20:05:52 GMT
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There were I believe 12 Brian Howarth games altogether. They were initially
released for the TRS80 through Molimerx and then as 'Digital Fantasia',
'Channel 8' and finally via Adventure Soft UK (aka Adventure International UK).
Brian used a basic game design tool for writing Scott Adams databases and wrote
his own TRS80 driver so he could then ship and sell them. This driver became
the Adventure International spectrum driver for all games including Scott's
and Brian did a lot of the code used for the graphics system in the later
spectrum games. The spectrum versions had graphics drawn by a guy whose name
I can nenver remember.
After all these games Brian was involved in the Dungeons & Dragons game stuff
although as to what happened to him after that I know not.

As an aside the ScottFree interpreter will play the Brian Howarth databases
so long as you get the latest debugged one, if someone has uploaded it - I
keep meaning to but haven't had time.

Alan
iiitac@pyr.swan.ac.uk
