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ScottAdams

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About ScottAdams

Www.clopas.net or personal www.msadams.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #29373545

    Now I know who you are! You gave some excellent advice on a project I was working on! Nice to see you here as well!

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    Comment #29340510

    He will be missed. I still remember fondly he would fly around the floor of the West Coast Computer Faire on rollerskates, going everywhere to make sure it was running smoothly.

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    Comment #29340484

    It can end up being a lifetime of work :)

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    Comment #29340445

    Please let me know what you think about them feedback@clopas.net

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    Comment #29340440

    Yes the Bob Lidil book was very special. I also saw the conversation on Harry's old game. That was a fascinating story. Amazing after all these years.

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    Comment #29340427

    Sorry you didn't get to finish it. I had a lot of fun writing that one and working with the incredible folks at Marvel!

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    Comment #29340415

    It is possible. Adventureland was available for the Pet as was Pirate Adventure.

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    Comment #29340407

    I did indeed. I had one of the earliest expansion interfaces and disk drive. It had severe noise on the bus cable which caused no end of problems! They finally came out with a fiel…

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    Comment #29340376

    It's been interesting. I have a personal sig that reads: Not Dilbert, Adventure! Say yoho and everything spins around and suddenly I'm elsewhere...

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    Comment #29337328

    Hi check out the downloads and links section of my personal site www.msadams.com for the classic games or www.clopas.net for new ones.

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    Comment #29337309

    I could indeed been on the cover. I hope he was a good teacher. I loved geometry and it was my first exposure to solving things logical. I remember it came naturally and I aced the…

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    Comment #29337291

    Lol yes I chatted today with him :) Cool!

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    Comment #29336510

    Best one I did in that area was The Inheritance. It requires you to read and show you understand some bible verses. You don't have to agree with them but you do need to comprehend …

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    Comment #29336477

    That is so neat. Ruby running IF is very special! Wonderful to hear you using your gift that way!

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    Comment #29335724

    1) yes this has always been an issue. My early Marvel games had to deal with this as there were numerous characters to interact with. In Escape the Gloomer I mostly avoided it as G…

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    Comment #29335670

    I am so excited that my games were such an inspiration to you! Have you tried any of my newer ones at all? www.Clopas.net see if anything strikes your fancy now?

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    Comment #29335657

    All my games used either my original engine or my later SAGA engine. I have since built on that engine and created CLO+# (pronounced Clopas Sharp) The reason the later games may no…

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    Comment #29335631

    Very neat indeed but I am partial to my own engine as I know it so well and can tweak it to do exactly what I need :)

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    Comment #29335627

    My Return To Pirate Island 2 (turn of the century), the Inheritance (2013) were blind compatable. I also released Escape The Gloomer on Alexa (fully audio only) Currently working o…

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    Comment #29335602

    Here lies Scott, bitten to death by chiggers :) LOL!

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    Comment #29335593

    It does sound like he had an amazing gift. I am so glad you were able to hear him live!

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    Comment #29335578

    Hi! Happy to make a new friend. My classic games were fun but tiny due to the 16k limits I had to work with. Be sure and check out some of my newer games as well www.clopas.net I d…

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    Comment #29335549

    HI! I don't have any plans of putting my classic (or new adventure games) on XBox as they don't really lend themselves to console play. You really need a keyboard to enjoy them. Th…

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    Comment #29335523

    Oh you are an excellent interviewer! No one has ever asked that one of me. Probably thing I love the share the most is how amazed I was to find out the Creator of the Universe and …

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    Comment #29335505

    Sorry to say other than the original Zork etc I have not. In general I have stayed away from other text based adventures so as not to accidentally copy some one else's puzzle or id…