Markus

Yes there is a bit of a pun in the title

Back in the dark ages I rememebr the RM (Research Machines) machines we used to use at school, 480z's if I recall correctly. I also remember our form room having some whizzy new RM PC's (Nimbus something or others).

One of my fondest memories were two games on the 480z, both were text adventures, the first had you trying to escape from somewhere by solving mathematical problems, the other had you as a journalist for a newspaper, I think that one was called Scoop.

I don't suppose anyone else remembers these two games and if so, what their names actually were, and more specifically, I don't suppose there are any emulators out there for the 480z (or later models that'd run the games), plus, of course, I'd love to be able to play those games.

I know, things have moved on, but I've always wanted to have a go at scoop and the maze thing and see if I could solve them now

Any info greatly appreciated.

Sonic'

Sadly RM are still going strong and nick business from us quite often too

spectrum48k

If you don't get any joy on here, you'd definitely be better off asking the same question on here:
Retro Gamer forum :: Index

I'll bet you get the answers you're looking for

My school only had 380z's (sniff!)

ScoobyDoo555

K'in ell Markus!!

I'm remember what you're talking about but the phrase "rare as rocking horse ****" comes to mind!!

Dan

fast bloke

I cut my teeth on a 480z as well. We had some civilisation sim for 'fun' and the rest was about adding one mostly. Years later when i came across Age of Empires i thought it was the same game with nicer piccies

pimmo2000

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Granny's Garden

pimmo2000

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Oh and its emulated on the Speccy World of Spectrum