I'm delighted to announce the release of my new text adventure for the Amstrad CPC - Ghostship Delgado. It's a Quill based text adventure in two parts set on a mysterious location at sea.
"Take on the role of George Pike, a happy go lucky chap renting a yacht on the holiday of his lifetime in the 1960s. George is accompanied by his partner, sleeping on the lower deck, and Ruffles, George's trusty dog.
While dozing off to sleep in the sunshine of the upper deck you awake to find yourself on the quarter deck of a mysterious, seemingly abandoned historic ship.
Only Ruffles the dog and the clothes you are wearing appear to be the same. You begin to survey your surroundings you immediately notice a stillness in the air, and no-one in sight. Yet the ship appears to be far out to sea with no land in sight. You call out in hope that someone may hear you but to no avail.
Ruffles begins to sniff, circling with his nose to the deck. Has he smelt something? Can you discover why George arrived here? Can you find a way off the ship and back to your yacht and partner? And will Ruffles safely make it along with you?"
The game is free with full detailed instruction documents. There's some optional additional content available for a tiny fee on itch.io
https://loftcat.itch.io/ghostship-delgado-amstrad-cpc (https://loftcat.itch.io/ghostship-delgado-amstrad-cpc)
Enjoy!
Oh yes! Guns try it tomorrow🙂
Why not mode 2?
Quote from: Gryzor on 18:42, 31 October 24Oh yes! Guns try it tomorrow🙂
Why not mode 2?
Thanks
@Gryzor It's written with Gilsoft's The Quill, so unlike their later tool PAW it uses mode 1. On the plus side it's easier for my increasingly poor eye sight! :laugh:
I suspected something of the sort to be honest!
I've just learnt via Retro Gamer magazine, and a Facebook post from Cronosoft (https://www.facebook.com/cronosoftgames/posts/1181954993931770/), that Tony Kingsmill (Loftcat) died on 6th February 2025 from an aggressive form of cancer. Really sad news, especially so soon after he released his most recent game... :'(
Oh no... That's so sad indeed :(
I'm going to play his game in his memory... RIP and thanks, Tony...
He created several programs and games for the CPC, some of them in 1991: http://loftcatsoftware.x10host.com/archive/index.html#cpc