Fairground Fantasy - Seriously WTF Is Going On?
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:14 pm
I have a tape called Fairground Fantasy by Abrasco. It states it is a text adventure with the graphics of a fairground.
The instructions tell you to load the game with CLOAD. You then need to type RUN to get it started. It shows a fairground, plays some god-awful music, pointlessly scrolls the screen five times then craps out with OK. You can then CLOAD some instructions which tell you some background on the game. When these finish a screen says something like Reset your Dragon, then CLOAD the final part and type RUN.
If you do this in XRoar, it doesn't seem to work very well; you get a ?OM error when you load in the final part with CLOAD "GAME". However, if you type: PCLEAR 3 (ENTER) and then CLOAD "GAME" the game at least does start.
The game can be listed and appears to be complete and not corrupted.
However, as you wander around it crashes out on almost every move. Try going on the waltzers - blue screen appears with HELP in big letters. Quite.
Say 'no' to the gypsy who wants to read your fortune, then go North. Screen crashes out immediately.
I loaded up the .CAS version from the archive and it has exactly the same errors.
Anyone got any idea of how to play this, or whether or not all original cassettes were totally unplayable?
The instructions tell you to load the game with CLOAD. You then need to type RUN to get it started. It shows a fairground, plays some god-awful music, pointlessly scrolls the screen five times then craps out with OK. You can then CLOAD some instructions which tell you some background on the game. When these finish a screen says something like Reset your Dragon, then CLOAD the final part and type RUN.
If you do this in XRoar, it doesn't seem to work very well; you get a ?OM error when you load in the final part with CLOAD "GAME". However, if you type: PCLEAR 3 (ENTER) and then CLOAD "GAME" the game at least does start.
The game can be listed and appears to be complete and not corrupted.
However, as you wander around it crashes out on almost every move. Try going on the waltzers - blue screen appears with HELP in big letters. Quite.
Say 'no' to the gypsy who wants to read your fortune, then go North. Screen crashes out immediately.
I loaded up the .CAS version from the archive and it has exactly the same errors.
Anyone got any idea of how to play this, or whether or not all original cassettes were totally unplayable?