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  2. Posted

    Most arcade games up to probably the late 1980s also lost the high score when you turned them off.

     

    Interesting. How long did they usually keep these games running at a stretch? Did most arcades turn them all off at closing?

    Heck no...any arcade that did that would not even be visited by the majority of players back in the early days. In addition, anybody spotted unplugging or switching a game off would be in pretty deep sheep dip.

    Owners just left them running 24/7. If a game was popular enough, profit payed many times over to keep it (and it's neighbors) running constantly. It's not uncommon to see image burn-in on old monitors as a result.

     

    I spent most of my freshman year of high school (1984-85) playing Robotron 2084 in the bowling alley after school while waiting for the city bus. I made a bet with a friend I would get into the top 10 by the end of the school year. I was up to 14th with a week left when somebody unplugged the machine and all the scores were reset. That was really dissappointing.

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    I made some progress. I'm getting pretty good at hitting the keys in the fight sequences. I've been able to kill the Snow Dragon a few times using different weapons.

    I found a hidden room. In the room before the nest, there is a yellow ring shaped handle on the wall. Type "pull ring", and it opens a hidden room. (for a total of 20 rooms). The ring handles are also in 3 other rooms, if you "pull ring" in those rooms, the wall collapses on you.

    I still can't get the egg out of the temple without it breaking.

     

     

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    Thanks for the info about the rope. I found it in the supply room and used it to safely get to the bottom of the shaft (16). I then made it to the last 3 rooms. Now I'm running into the same situation that you did. If I pick up the Golden Sphere(Egg) and try to fight the Dragon, he knocks it from my hands and it splatters on the floor. IF I try to fight before picking up the egg, I am easily defeated. If I get the egg and leave without fighting the dragon, I am able to backtrack to room 1 and then the egg is knocked away again and splatters on the floor.

     

    I noticed that in the corridor (room 7) there is something that is "GETable." Clues to what it is could be in the room description or the graphics. (Hopefully, it's a weapon strong enough to kill the Dragon) see picture.

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    One of the messages from reading the scroll is:

    "When looking for exits you know must be there, try pulling something besides all your hair."

     

    I still haven't found that exit.

  10. Posted · Edited by ed1475

    Cosmic Avenger is one of my favorite games for the CV. Earlier this year, I was trying to see if I could get thru all the stages on skill 4. I think the best I did was getting part way thru the first underwater stage.

     

    In CV HSC earlier this year, I came in first place in Buck Rogers skill 1 with a score of 375,293. The Twin Galaxies world record is 395,082 held by Tom Duncan.

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    IF I did this right, you should be looking at one of the basic instructions pages for Temple of the Snow Dragon. The ADAM News Network has this game for sale on disk with instructions for $15 plus shipping of $5 or just the instruction book for $5 plus shipping of $2. The ADAM News Network holds the copy rights and master copies for Temple of the Snow Dragon as given from Digital Adventures. Although I would like to say that the instruction book shows you how to win the game, it does not. It gives you hints, pics of weapons, etc; but won't tell you how to win.

     

     

    I'm interested in getting the instruction book. I sent you an email at the ADAM News Network.

     

     

    OK, didn't get your email about the instruction book. Email me adamcon21 AT sbcglobal.net

     

    I sent another email.

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    IF I did this right, you should be looking at one of the basic instructions pages for Temple of the Snow Dragon. The ADAM News Network has this game for sale on disk with instructions for $15 plus shipping of $5 or just the instruction book for $5 plus shipping of $2. The ADAM News Network holds the copy rights and master copies for Temple of the Snow Dragon as given from Digital Adventures. Although I would like to say that the instruction book shows you how to win the game, it does not. It gives you hints, pics of weapons, etc; but won't tell you how to win.

     

    Thanks for posting a page from the manual. It's a little small on the computer screen but I printed it out and was able to read all of it.

  13. Posted

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    IF I did this right, you should be looking at one of the basic instructions pages for Temple of the Snow Dragon. The ADAM News Network has this game for sale on disk with instructions for $15 plus shipping of $5 or just the instruction book for $5 plus shipping of $2. The ADAM News Network holds the copy rights and master copies for Temple of the Snow Dragon as given from Digital Adventures. Although I would like to say that the instruction book shows you how to win the game, it does not. It gives you hints, pics of weapons, etc; but won't tell you how to win.

     

     

    I'm interested in getting the instruction book. I sent you an email at the ADAM News Network.

  14. Posted · Edited by ed1475

    I've pretty much come to a dead end unless I can figure out the clues mentioned below and names of some of the objects. Here's what I've put together.

     

    I’ve made it to 16 rooms so far. That’s all there is without finding hidden rooms. I’ve used all the commands so far except: pull, drink, and drop. The rooms on the map are numbered according to the order I usually enter them. In rooms 14, 15, and 16 you immediately fall to your death.

     

    Temple_of_SnowDragon_Map.doc

     

    One of the clues is:

    If your foe is in the air, find a way to fight him there.

     

    -Mondrel is floating in the air. If you try to fight him he turns you to stone. THROW the axe and he laughs and disappears.

     

    Two clues that I haven’t figured out:

    When looking for exits you know must be there, try pulling on something besides your hair.

     

    If your strength is getting low and you’re not sure where to go, before this is the end for you, look about for something blue.

     

     

    On the right hand side of the screen, there is a “power bonus” from 0 to 11.

     

    After the fight sequences, an “Earned Power Bonus” rating is given. It’s always been 0.

    Which keys should be pressed in the fights, or can they just be pressed randomly.

     

    There are some weapons/booty that I haven’t been able to pick up because I don’t know there names. See pictures:

    I know the scroll, sword and necklace but I'm not sure what the other objects under "contents" are called.

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    Humorous message: In the room of counting, type "turn around" to see the message on the wall "Kilroy was here."

     

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  21. Posted

    I like the new scoring system. It gives more of an incentive to finish higher in the rankings.

     

    I'd suggest an "Ironman" bonus of 5 or maybe even 10 points. A season is really long and if a player plays every game a 5 or 10 point reward might be enough to jump ahead in the standings. While 2 points probably wouldn't make a difference.

    Anyways, it's just a suggestion.

     

    What are some of the homebrews and which ones have rom images available?

  24. Posted

    I've heard that the ADAM version of Dam Busters prints out weather reports on the printer, is that true? I also hear the ADAM version of Grogs Revenge has a neat animated title screen that the Colecovision version doesn't.

     

     

    Tempest

     

    If my ADAM worked I could check this out for ya, as I have the floppy disk version of Dambusters

     

     

    I got Super Dam Busters in a large lot on ebay a while ago. I think I tried it once to see if it worked. I didn't know that it printed weather/intelligence reports but it does! I don't have a scanner either but below is one of the reports.

     

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    Intelligence Report from Central Bomber Command

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Clearance Code: Hof-steader

    Operator: TNT

    Date: 16 May

    Time: 15:16 hrs

     

    There are numerous flak installations in this area.

    Heavy shelling is likely. Bright moonlight makes

    excellent ground and air visibility.

     

    Koln

    Dortmund

    Paris

    *************** END TRANSMISSION ***********

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