[projectaon] Re: [Fwd: Re: [WOS] Reproduction of certain data]
- From: "Jonathan Blake" <blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:18:26 -0800
On 3/1/06, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The friendly and helpful chap at World of Spectrum has got back to me (very
> quickly, I might add!).
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [WOS] Reproduction of certain data
> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 19:58:20 +0100 (CET)
> From: Martijn van der Heide <mheide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: MIA Mailing-List <mia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Finally, something of a poser: in a fanzine-type newsletter sent out to
> > fans c. 1985, Joe Dever advertised a computer game called "The Ice Halls
> > of Terror", which would have been the direct sequel to Fire on the
> > Water.
> > I have searched both this site and the entire web via Google, but there
> > appears to be no mention of it made anywhere. Would you or any experts
> > on Spectrum games happen to know if this game was ever actually
> > released?
>
> If you issue query
>
> "Ice Halls of Terror"
>
> including the quotes on Google, you get (only) this hit:
> <http://www.c64hq.com/interviews/hare_softography.html>
> which is the softography for a Jon Hare, who says he was involved in a lot
> of games, including Spectrum titles, one of which is "Lonewolf and the Ice
> Halls of Terror".
For the curious, I downloaded the zip file with John Hare's games, but
no Ice Halls of Terror. :( It might be nice to locate and contact the
guy to find out the story behind this and add an entry in the Books
list.
--
Jon
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