Wiki Page for Pandora

[AMSDOS]

Ages ago I added some comments on a talk page which I was wondering if it could go into the Main Page for Pandora? The only thing missing is a brief discription of what Pandora is, merely a suite for creating games.

[steve]

That could be useful if it works, could you add a download link?

[Gryzor]

Hello mate,

Just read your comments. Why not put them in the main article, indeed? Go ahead

[AMSDOS]

Ok. I just wasn't sure about the accuracy of my comments to determine if they were suitable for that article, part is fact, though part is from AAs review of it I think. In terms of where that piece of software falls in with other Game Creators, it's kind of early-ish, though timeline wise was done after things like Laser Basic and I think GAC, though was reviewed just before Sprites Alive.


The only download link I know of for it is on NVG, unfortunately I'm not sue how reliable it is, CPC-Power also has a link to a Disk Image (not an original scan of the disk). In addition to Pandora, Swift Software had made it's own Text editor which is in the AA53 Type-ins, though this might have been added to the Disk Image as well. The only real setback to this piece of software is it seems to be missing the manual, or one hasn't been supplied. On CPC-Power there's a text document which appears to be correcting some mistakes made in the manual.

[Gryzor]

If you're not 100% sure about something as in this case, but there's no other info, you could insert it to the article with a note in parentheses, "verification needed" or something...

[AMSDOS]

If you're not 100% sure about something as in this case, but there's no other info, you could insert it to the article with a note in parentheses, "verification needed" or something...

Sadly yes unless there's a Manual out there which may eventually be subjected to the Wiki or CPC-Power, that's about as much I know about it. Using it may help, though time seems to be short on these sorts of interests! 

Anyhow I've updated it to the status in that there's a main page about it. I've used red as a form of expressing that some vertification maybe required, and I've left out the section about Stories about Pandora cause it's more of a topic of discussion rather than a write-a-long welcome to edit the main page! 

[Gryzor]

Better not use non-conventional formatting like red text. If everyone did that for whatever reasons we'd end up with chaotic pages Just put a note in italics and in parentheses to denote that

[AMSDOS]

Better not use non-conventional formatting like red text. If everyone did that for whatever reasons we'd end up with chaotic pages

That's just it, nobody else does that and I love Chaotic. Ok, I made some adjustments, though that doesn't mean I'm going to follow the parade of Zombies next time they visit! 

Just put a note in italics and in parentheses to denote that

Er? I think I have, though I'm not fully sure. 

[Gryzor]

I meant put the text in question in italics, but it's fine as it is; nevermind

[AMSDOS]

I meant put the text in question in italics, but it's fine as it is; nevermind

Oops yeah that would make sense!   

I've got a feeling that some of that article probably has a reflection from the review of it in AA47. I've just had another look at this page and will make some further adjustments to it, things like:

I only ever heard about version 1 of the program

could be worded differently so it doesn't have a personal reflection on the program. Later sentences look like they came from the AA47 review, though have worded the Pro's & Con's into sentences which are okay I think.