talisman

Short:        The Talisman (Graphic Adventure)
Author:       Paul Jenkinson
Uploader:     Andrew Barker <ca4aba osiris sund ac uk>
Type:         game/misc
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


Info From The Author
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This game only works on machines with 2 MB of memory or above. I apologise for
this, but this was the only way to produce the game without long loads for the
graphics. I could have loaded each location in as the game progressed, but it
would have been far too slow to be enjoyed. I tried to load chunks of about 10
locations each at varying parts of the game, but apart from being a swine to
program so it worked, it slowed the game down too much. I did manage to get it
down to 3 loads, but after much messing about with locations and characters I
still found that it needed 1.6m to run.

After a lot of thought I decided to make it the game what it should be, and is.
All locations are now loaded into ram first, so location movement is instant.
The game can be played in 1 whole part instead of the 2 or 3 required to make
it work on 1.6m. Because 2m is fast becoming the standard configuration, I
think the game will be accessible to most people.

More details can be found in the 'Instructions' text file in this archive.

The game has been tested on the following systems;

Amiga A500  with 0.5m chip ram and 2.5m fast.
Amiga A500+ with 1m chip ram and 2m fast.
Amiga A500  with GVP hard drive and 2m fast.
Amiga A500+ with GVP hard drive and 2m fast.
Amiga B2000 with 1m chip and 2m fast.
Amiga A1500 with 1m chip and 2m fast.
Amiga A1500 with GVP hard drive and 2m fast.
Amiga B2000 with GVP hard drive, GVP 40mhz accelerator, 8m Fast.
Amiga A600  with 2m chip.
KS - 1.3, 2.04 and 2.05 ROMs.

Note:  I have nothing to do with this fabulous production, it is just
       coinsidence that one of the testers has the same name as myself.


Listing of archive 'Talisman.lha':

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     628     265 57.8% 15-Feb-96 09:40:44  Talisman.info
   20566   10932 46.8% 04-May-92 01:19:18  Talisman/data1
   20566   16233 21.0% 04-May-92 01:19:36  Talisman/data10
   20566   16278 20.8% 04-May-92 01:19:38  Talisman/data11
   20566   11390 44.6% 11-Sep-92 22:13:36  Talisman/data12
   20566   13892 32.4% 04-May-92 01:19:42  Talisman/data13
   20566    8131 60.4% 26-Aug-92 21:02:22  Talisman/data14
   20566    8274 59.7% 26-Aug-92 21:02:24  Talisman/data14a
   20566    7321 64.4% 26-Aug-92 21:02:24  Talisman/data15
   20566    8975 56.3% 26-Aug-92 21:02:26  Talisman/data16
   20566    8780 57.3% 26-Aug-92 21:02:26  Talisman/data17
   20566    8886 56.7% 26-Aug-92 21:02:28  Talisman/data17a
   20566    8878 56.8% 26-Aug-92 21:02:30  Talisman/data18
   20566   13777 33.0% 26-Aug-92 21:02:32  Talisman/data19
   20566   11886 42.2% 04-May-92 01:19:20  Talisman/data2
   20566   11681 43.2% 26-Aug-92 21:02:32  Talisman/data20
   20566    8204 60.1% 26-Aug-92 21:02:34  Talisman/data21
   20566   14954 27.2% 26-Aug-92 21:02:34  Talisman/data22
   20566   14211 30.9% 26-Aug-92 21:02:36  Talisman/data23
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   20566   10066 51.0% 26-Aug-92 21:02:38  Talisman/data25
   20566    8147 60.3% 26-Aug-92 21:02:40  Talisman/data26
   20566    6257 69.5% 26-Aug-92 21:02:40  Talisman/data27
   20566   12336 40.0% 26-Aug-92 21:02:42  Talisman/data28
   20566   12181 40.7% 26-Aug-92 21:02:44  Talisman/data29
   20566   15142 26.3% 04-May-92 01:19:22  Talisman/data3
   20566   11588 43.6% 23-Sep-92 21:30:40  Talisman/data30
   20566   11230 45.3% 23-Sep-92 21:30:42  Talisman/data31
   20566   11260 45.2% 25-Oct-92 14:59:34  Talisman/data32
   20566   11422 44.4% 23-Sep-92 21:30:44  Talisman/data33
   20566   13887 32.4% 23-Sep-92 21:30:46  Talisman/data34
   20566   10032 51.2% 23-Sep-92 21:30:46  Talisman/data35
   20566   11824 42.5% 23-Sep-92 21:30:48  Talisman/data36
   20566   11745 42.8% 23-Sep-92 21:30:50  Talisman/data37
   20566   11441 44.3% 23-Sep-92 21:30:50  Talisman/data38
   20566   12637 38.5% 23-Sep-92 21:30:52  Talisman/data39
   20566    8999 56.2% 04-May-92 01:19:24  Talisman/data4
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   20566   11668 43.2% 23-Sep-92 21:30:54  Talisman/data41
   20566    9865 52.0% 23-Sep-92 21:30:56  Talisman/data42
   20566    5451 73.4% 23-Sep-92 21:30:56  Talisman/data43
   20566   10723 47.8% 23-Sep-92 21:30:58  Talisman/data44
   20566   11093 46.0% 23-Sep-92 21:30:58  Talisman/data45
   20566   10775 47.6% 23-Sep-92 21:31:00  Talisman/data46
   20566   10674 48.0% 23-Sep-92 21:31:02  Talisman/data47
   20566   12003 41.6% 17-Oct-92 20:42:20  Talisman/data48
   20566   12100 41.1% 23-Sep-92 21:31:02  Talisman/data49
   20566   12228 40.5% 04-May-92 01:19:24  Talisman/data5
   20566   13517 34.2% 23-Sep-92 21:31:04  Talisman/data50
   20566   13285 35.4% 23-Sep-92 21:31:06  Talisman/data51
   20566   13122 36.1% 23-Sep-92 21:31:06  Talisman/data52
   20566   13623 33.7% 23-Sep-92 21:31:08  Talisman/data53
   20566   12073 41.2% 23-Sep-92 21:31:08  Talisman/data54
   20566    9768 52.5% 23-Sep-92 21:31:10  Talisman/data55
   20566   12166 40.8% 23-Sep-92 21:31:10  Talisman/data56
   20566   16162 21.4% 25-Oct-92 17:19:34  Talisman/data57
   20566   15226 25.9% 04-May-92 01:19:26  Talisman/data6
   20566   14039 31.7% 04-May-92 01:19:30  Talisman/data7
     191      66 65.4% 30-Oct-92 19:17:40  Talisman/data76
       4       4  0.0% 30-Oct-92 19:17:40  Talisman/Data77
   20566   15254 25.8% 26-Aug-92 21:02:14  Talisman/data8
   20566   13504 34.3% 04-May-92 01:19:34  Talisman/data9
      82      76  7.3% 15-Feb-96 09:36:04  Talisman/Game
    1014     300 70.4% 15-Feb-96 09:40:42  Talisman/Game.info
     660     287 56.5% 26-Oct-92 20:27:02  Talisman/HDinstall
    9328    3791 59.3% 02-Nov-92 18:51:36  Talisman/Instructions
    1013     299 70.4% 15-Feb-96 09:40:42  Talisman/Instructions.info
  245828   98298 60.0% 30-Oct-92 19:18:54  Talisman/Talisman
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