ScottAdams

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   by ScottAdams 5y ago

   So cool you were able to do that! Big congratulations on taking it to the next level and making your own games! Love it!
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   by ScottAdams 5y ago

   Hi! Yes I did! It was one of 3 in the greater orlando area. AI Computer Center. I have since heard from other new friends that were also kids back then dumpster diving at the store. Apparently a lof treasures found new homes in the local ar
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   by ScottAdams 5y ago

   Yes I had a version of tiny Basic I loaded from cassette for Z80. The sphere was first advertised in back of Radio Electronics in a small box ad. I think it was around June in mid 70s. It cost if I remember correctly $850 or so. For that it
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   by ScottAdams 5y ago

   Very cool! Thanks for the link.
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   by ScottAdams 5y ago

   Thanks for putting up the link! Great to make a new friend btw! Happy Adventuring!
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   by ScottAdams 5y ago

   Yes the alarm clock was basically but an annoying and hopefully rewarding puzzle. It was designed to remind you that something was still unknown and also to get a great moment of AHA when solved. Big congratulations on staying with it and s
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   by ScottAdams 5y ago

   I am so glad my classic games were such a great inspiration for you!
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   by ScottAdams 5y ago

   Just a quick note that I am off to meet family flying in for Thanksgiving. I will continue to reply to this thread later this afternoon.
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   by ScottAdams 5y ago

   Hi! Good question. My clasic games are available on a number of places on the web. You can find links to some of them on my personal web page at www.msadams.com If you want to have a really fun experience check out www.AdventurelandXL.com w
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Oh that is really cool! Thanks for sharing it. I signed up! Hey folks take a look!
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    My process has always been one of inspiration from a higher power. I would place a location, think of obvious items for the locations and then pretend I was there. What would I try to do and why? Then I would sit and think about it. I also
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Adventureland and Pirate Adventure were both originally done in BASIC and the interpreter with the compiled language (it reduced it to numbers) was on the tape. I did have some extremely clever folks reverse engineer my language and then wr
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Thank you for sharing that. It is always wonderful to know God used my gift to uplift others! Keep creating and achieving my friend!
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    I always looked at a computer issue as a challenge. How can I best handle it. My brother built a 32 bit computer from bit slice chips, my other brother made a tv typewriter IO for it. I was the one who was going to program it. So I made a g
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Hi Don! Wow, I am still reading through your amazing accomplishments. I love it! Give me a few minutes to finish reading your post! OK, I am blown away at your creativity and ideas. I am aware of Memory Palaces and you certainly make an exc
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Great to see you as well. From the short handle I suspect you are one of my long term Italian friends! Am I correct? If so cool! If not, then I am happy to make a new friend!
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Hi! I did the entire programming of obth of the TI cartrige games, the text adventure cartridge (read in the games from cassette) and the special made-for-TI graphical text adventure in a cartridge: Return to Pirates Island. My game languag
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    I am so very sorry about the chiggers. I grew up with them in Florida and they were not a fun experience for me either. I am though delighted to hear that my classic games were helpful in you understanding your own gifts! I appreciate you s
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    I did miss your first part of your questions and appologize. In most cases I have not played most IF that is out there. Though Myst stands out as an incredible exception to that. But it of course was mostly non-verbal and delight to eyes. P
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    You raise execellent questions. Thanks for asking! To me uplift means to leave the player in a better state than when they started. To bring them closer to God's Glory and plan for their life. To see the Universe and as an incredible p
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Hi! Please feel free to call me Scott! Well I am still making games and some from scratch :) See www.FinalPilot.com it is something I did for another company who had a vision and I and my team have a had a great deal of fun creating it. Sti
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    I was approached by Byte Magazine to do a feature article for them. I included my game source code in it as I wanted to share the technology I had developed with others. Sadly there were a number of typos when they transcribed it into the m
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    I do love exploration and discovery games. Especially with a good story line. Some of the games that I have greatly enjoyed are (in no particular order) Myst, Everquest (1 and 2), Dark Age of Camelot, Age of Empires, Fable, Guild Wars 2, Ba
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Which is a good point. Back when the internet was starting to bloom I got a nice email from Scott Adams of Dilbert. Seems he had gotten a number of fan mails meant for me and was trying to find who to send it to. I also had a number of fan
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Really good question! I was working on a TRS-80 Level II machine (this was a model 1 before there wer models). It was my first home appliance computer, before that I had homebrews. It came with Microsoft Basic. I had only used tiny basic up
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    by ScottAdams 5y ago

    Hi all this is Scott Adams. I am open for an AMA (Ask Me Anything), awaiting your comments!