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| Location: | 30 Hawthorn Rd, Barry, South Glamorgan CF6 8LE |
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| Titles in Database: | 4 |
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Added: 20 Jun 2017
Let’s journey back in time to the early days of home computing. The year is 1983 and Gilsoft, a small software company from Barry (Wales, UK) makes computer history by releasing The Quill, a groundbreaking editor that allows the creation of machine-code text adventures with no programming knowledge required. Initially released on Sinclair ZX Spectrum, it was ported to nearly every 8-bit platform available and it’s notably considered the de facto standard for writing 8-bit text adventures down to the present day. The Illustrator, released as an add-on in 1984, allows the creation of graphics which can then be appended to your adventure database. A successor to both tools emerged in 1986, named PAWs (Professional Adventure Writing System). It had a very advanced parser but was restricted to Sinclair ZX Spectrum and CP/M. The growing interest in retro computing made these tools relevant again. 8-bit.info’s Stefan Vogt worked closely with Tim Gilberts of Gilsoft to preserve the latest versions, including an enhanced 4-word-parser variant for the Commodore 64, which was never released before. Now you are able to create your own text adventures and share them with a scene that is more vibrant than ever these days. |
The Retro Isle team
Added: 22 May 2026
Click here to view a list of titles we have in the database here at Retro Isle. |
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