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In Halifax there used to be at least 4-5 used games places that had huge libraries of the old games, but one by one they have gone out of business. Right now there is only one left that I know of, and while the Play n Trade does have a few older games the prices are just insane. There is no way I am going to pay $20-25 for a simple Intellivision cartridge, or $49 for some dirty old XBox360 controller. Especially since I can get the same things at the local yard sales for a fraction of the price.

I was extremely excited at Christmas two years ago when I finally got my Wii, but I have to admit that I have not found much compelling content on the system. The only two games I played through were Force Unleashed and Mad World. The Wii was my wife's compromise when compared to buying an XBox360. At first we had a bunch of fun going to a friends place (or having them over), and playing Wii Play or Wii Sports but after awhile that shine kind of wore off. I will probably try it again after Christmas, but my games backlog on the computer is huge and at this time more interesting than anything I have (or could buy) for the Wii.

Any progress? I wish I could still play this game, but the disk drive at my parent's is definitely dead.

Anything new to report?

I wish I could help. I do not think I ever found the hidden room. You are exactly at the point I remember being.

Dam Busters for the Coleco. What a frustrating game! I cannot remember exactly how long it took to get to the Dam, but it took a Dam (ha!) long time. Only to be foiled by a near miss, and game over! I must have spent at least two months of my life on that darn game, and I still never busted the Dam.

I wonder what would happen if you tried to pull on one of those braces. I cannot remember if I spent much time in that room.

In the spoiler I think is a way to get to a room that seems to be missing on your map. The power meter is increased by alternating the clicking on two keys on the keyboard. If I remember correctly I think they were clear/delete or backspace/undo. I know they were isolated enough that if you ran a spoon up/down those keys you could peg the power meter pretty easily, but I believe it should be just as easy to do it by typing fast enough at the right pace. There are some fights that you cannot win unless the power meter is pretty high. Man, I cannot believe that finally after all these years I will finally find out how to finish this game.

I did a quick run through of my parents storage room (I am here for the weekend only), but could not find the manual. Matter of fact I could not find my stack of ADAM disks. I will be back in August for a couple of weeks so will have another search in case anyone is still looking for the manual. Theoretically I still have the disk too, but it is not stored in anything approaching optimal conditions, and if it is still around and I doubt it would still work.

Hah, I forgot about how many ways there were to die in that game! It is possible the manual for this game is at my parents.

I would literally be willing to pay for a completed walkthrough.

Here is the basic overview: This was an independent game for the ADAM that I believe was put out by the same crew that put together GoDOS. You basically solved puzzles in each room, and had fights over some of the puzzles in each which allowed you to collect items (keys, etc). The end goal was to steal the Snow Dragon's egg, and get it out of the dungeon. The view was 2d, but within the 19 rooms you could view 4 walls, the floor, the ceiling, and sometimes a 'secret' viewing angle (ie: in one room I recall being able to look behind a throne). I basically hit every room (to my knowledge), and was able to sneak into the nest of the Snow Dragon. The problem is once you picked up it's egg you could not put it down (it would break), and if you stood to fight the Snow Dragon the egg would randomly break as well. If you tried to exit with the egg the Snow Dragon would surprise you, and the egg would drop on the floor and break. I could be completely wrong about the exact events, but all I know is the darn egg would break if you sneezed the wrong way. I think the most frustrating was the fight mechanic. You either had to mash a button on the keyboard, or click one of the controller buttons. My brothers and I eventually figured out that the fast way to fight was to take a spoon, and run it over the two buttons on the keyboard very quickly. With small hands there was no way we had the dexterity to click the controller buttons fast enough to win a fight.

Wow, I cannot believe that I found this game mentioned on this site. This is my "game that got away". Of course there are games that I have not finished, but nothing that I cannot finish right now. I need to know, how in the world do you either kill the Snow Dragon, or get the egg out of the cave? I probably spent several months picking away at this game, and never did finish it (keep in mind I was around 10 or 11 at the time). Can someone let me know how the game finishes? Thanks!