[projectaon] Re: The Tower of Fear

From: Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, pay3p@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:56:12 +0100

pamail.cgi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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   From: Stuart Bradshaw pay3p@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: The Tower of Fear
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Hi mate!

I've gone through the Lone Wolf software pdf (I have the spectrum games so that 
bought back many memories, thanks!) and have something you may be interested in.

I have a game from a company called Microdaft which was released in PC CDROM 
format (Made in USA, copyright 1993 Prism Leisure Corporation) called 'Tower of 
Fear'. It is either the same or a rendition of 'The Mirror of Death' but the 
ingame graphics show it as being 'Tower of Fear' instead. I've not played it as 
it is still shrink wrapped...

I'm sure you've heard of this before but couldn't find it in your pdf file (I 
checked most of it but the file kept on quitting out when I got 2/3 of the way 
down). If you want I can send you images of the cover and back of the cd case.
Do you know why a lot of the images have a green tint to them? Also happened in 
the LW originals pdf file you made with images of my maps. Just curious.

One last thing, ever hear of or get the transcript for the phone games you used 
to be able to play by calling numbers in the back of the book? I rememeber 
playing a few when I was a kid... My mother killed me :)

Anyway you have a great time,
Stu

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Hi Stuart!

Good to hear from you again. Our files would be less interesting if it weren't for you. ;-)

On the subject of The Tower of Fear, I believe we do mention on the first page that The Mirror of Death was re-released in 1993 as The Tower of Fear. We would certainly appreciate scans of the cover/packaging/reviews from the computer press at the time/etc. I found the rename/re-release information on the comprehensive "World of Spectrum" website, but no information about this re-release.

Microdaft, eh? Heh! I can't imagine why on earth they released it on CD-ROM format when it barely troubled a 3 1/2" floppy disc.

If you're having problems with the file, you might want to make sure you have an updated plugin (for your browser) or up-to-date PDF Reader. Currently, I am regularly optimising any PDF for use with Acrobat (Reader) 6.0+ as this reduces the size of the file considerably.

I've not noticed that the images are particularly green-tinted myself; the images look fine. I know when my monitor was failing a couple of years ago everything did look green-tinged, so I hope that's not about to happen to you! It might also be down to an out-of-date viewer. If you want a non-Adobe-affiliated PDF viewer, you might want to try FoxIt Reader, details available here: <http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/PDF>.

As for the PhoneQuest games . . . funny you should mention it! We're currently editing a Contact Message that we intend to send off to Broadsystem shortly regarding a script/transcript of the games and/or access to the original recordings. Imagine what a coup that would be if we could pull it off!

Anyway, all the best, and keep in touch.

--
Simon Osborne
(Project Aon Dogsbody #1)

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- [projectaon] The Tower of Fear
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