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By: Jason Dyer

I think the ‘over a year’ count is for the program (the ADVENTURE version 8.2 interpreter itself) not for The Count.

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By: Realms of Quest

This was my very first foray into IF. I must have played this the first time when I was nine or ten years old on a friend’s Commodore VIC-20. Even without graphics, and Scott Adams’ trademark short,...

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By: IF only » Lesson Plan: The Count (Pre-Intermediate)

[...] Notwithstanding, The Count is often considered to be the best of the Scott Adams games (and one of the best text-adventures of the early IF era) and while it is mostly an exercise in discovering...

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By: Jonathan Abbey

The stock Model I didn’t actually lack a way to input lowercase letters. All you had to do was hold down the shift key while typing a letter to produce the lowercase version of the letter. What it was...

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By: Jonathan Abbey

That is, the 1K of dedicated video memory was missing the 6th bit. The 4K/16K RAM used for program storage and execution had all 8 bits, obviously.

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By: James

Second paragraph says: “As time when it on, it would of course only become a bigger issue, as” which I don’t think makes sense. Love the blog!

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By: Jimmy Maher

Hmm… reads okay to me…

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By: Ziusudra

I think you meant “As time went on, …”.

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By: Jimmy Maher

Ah, okay! Blinded by the light… or something. Fixed at last. Thanks to you both!

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By: Jason Dyer

I think the ‘over a year’ count is for the program (the ADVENTURE version 8.2 interpreter itself) not for The Count.

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By: Realms of Quest

This was my very first foray into IF. I must have played this the first time when I was nine or ten years old on a friend’s Commodore VIC-20. Even without graphics, and Scott Adams’ trademark short,...

View Article

By: IF only » Lesson Plan: The Count (Pre-Intermediate)

[…] Notwithstanding, The Count is often considered to be the best of the Scott Adams games (and one of the best text-adventures of the early IF era) and while it is mostly an exercise in discovering...

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By: Jonathan Abbey

The stock Model I didn’t actually lack a way to input lowercase letters. All you had to do was hold down the shift key while typing a letter to produce the lowercase version of the letter. What it was...

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By: Jonathan Abbey

That is, the 1K of dedicated video memory was missing the 6th bit. The 4K/16K RAM used for program storage and execution had all 8 bits, obviously.

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By: James

Second paragraph says: “As time when it on, it would of course only become a bigger issue, as” which I don’t think makes sense. Love the blog!

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By: Jimmy Maher

Hmm… reads okay to me…

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By: Ziusudra

I think you meant “As time went on, …”.

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By: Jimmy Maher

Ah, okay! Blinded by the light… or something. Fixed at last. Thanks to you both!

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