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	Emerald Isle
	File:Emeraldisleds.jpg
General
Author(s)	papafuji
Type	Adventure
Version	1.0
Licence	Mixed
Links
	[Media:Emeraldisle10ds.zip Download]
	Website

Revision as of 08:29, 4 Haziran 2021

User guide

Emerald Isle. Fierce winds seize your aircraft over the Bermuda Triangle and hul it to destruction. You escape by parachute, floating downwards to the lonely atoll, the Emerald Isle, from which few escape. The only way out is to solve its challenges...

Walkthrough can be found here.

Input text

There are two ways to type words with the stylus of your Nintendo DS.
- By default, you can directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet.
- Second way is to use the mini keyboard or the numerical keyboard.

Icons

To avoid typing always the same things, the most used orders can be called via the icons.
Each icon has two or three states, for example:
- The hand means GET, DROP and GIVE.
- The N button means GO NORTH and GO UP.
Just pick an icon twice or more to select the good order.

Vocabulary

A sentence in these games is defined by a verb + a noun, such as OPEN DOOR, GO NORTH, etc.
Some sentences can have only one word, e.g. INVENTORY (to see what you're carrying) or SCORE (to see your score).
Each game has its own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games.
In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word, only the first letters are necessary. For example:
- G HELM is esquivalent to GET HELMET.
- CLIM DRAWB is equivalent to CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE.

List of the most common words:

GO - ENTER - CLIMB - SWIM - HELP
LOOK - EXAMINE - GET - DROP
THROW - CAST - WEAR - REMOVE
OPEN - CLOSE - LOCK - UNLOCK
BREAK - CUT - CHOP - SAY - KILL

Shortcuts:

N S E W - Equivalent to GO NORTH, GO SOUTH, GO EAST and GO WEST.
NE NW SE SW - In Level9 and Frotz games, this letters are equivalent to NORTH-EAST, NORTH-WEST, etc.
H - HELP.
I - INVENTORY.
X - EXAMINE (in classic games), EXITS (in Level 9 games).
G - GET (or AGAIN for Inform/Frotz games).
L - LOOK.
SV - SAVE.
LD - LOAD.
R - RESTORE.

Controls

X - Swap keyboard and grafiti input modes

Y/A - YES, Valid (v1.2 and +)

B - NO, Erase text (v1.2 and +)

L/R - Change image size (Level 9 and Magnetic games only)

Start/Select - Save, Restore, Pause, Exit the game

Credits

Author - Austin brothers

Editor - Level 9 Computing

1st release - 1985

Game engine - Level9

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-One of the 'Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series' port to NDS created in the 80's for old computer like the TRS-80, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Atari 8 bits or 16 bits machines like the Atari ST or the Amiga.
+Emerald Isle is text and graphic classic adventure games/interactive fictions written by Austin brothers, ported to the Nintendo DS, as part of the Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series.
-It contains Level 9's adventures as well as Scott Adams and Brian Howarth adventures, with Atari 8 bits graphics or brand new NDS illustrations.
+The Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series contains a range of text and graphic classic adventure games and interactive fictions ported to NDS created in the 80's for old computer like the TRS-80, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Atari 8 bits or 16 bits machines like the Atari ST or the Amiga.
+This homebrew is under the category of Classic Graphic Adventures, which you can find Level 9's adventures as well as Scott Adams and Brian Howarth adventures, with Atari 8 bits graphics or brand new NDS illustrations.
 ==User guide==
-Emerald Isle. Fierce winds seize your aircraft over the Bermuda Triangle and hul it to destruction. You escape by parachute, floating downwards to the lonely atoll, the 'Emerald Isle', from which few escape. The only way out is to solve its challenges...
+Emerald Isle. Fierce winds seize your aircraft over the Bermuda Triangle and hul it to destruction. You escape by parachute, floating downwards to the lonely atoll, the Emerald Isle, from which few escape. The only way out is to solve its challenges...
 Walkthrough can be found [http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/adventures/solutions/EmeraldIsle.html here].
-===Text input===
+===Input text===
-There are two ways to type words with stylus of Nintendo DS:
+* There are two ways to type words with the stylus of your Nintendo DS.
-:'''Grafiti mode''': directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet (cf grafiti.jpg)
+** By default, you can directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet.
-:'''Keyboard mode''': use mini keyboard (cf keyboard.jpg), choose input mode by pressing 'X' button
+** Second way is to use the mini keyboard or the numerical keyboard.
-To avoid typing always the same things, the most used orders can be called via the icons - each icon has two or three states, for example, the 'hand' icon means "GET ", "DROP " and "GIVE ", and the 'N' button means "GO NORTH" and "GO UP" - just pick an icon twice or more to select the good order.
+===Icons===
+* To avoid typing always the same things, the most used orders can be called via the icons.
+* Each icon has two or three states, for example:
+** The hand means GET, DROP and GIVE.
+** The N button means GO NORTH and GO UP.
+* Just pick an icon twice or more to select the good order.
 ===Vocabulary===
-A sentence in these games is defined by a verb + a noun, for example, "OPEN DOOR", "GO NORTH"... some sentences can have only one word, for example "INVENTORY" (to see what you're carrying), or "SCORE"
+* A sentence in these games is defined by a verb + a noun, such as OPEN DOOR, GO NORTH, etc.
+* Some sentences can have only one word, e.g. INVENTORY (to see what you're carrying) or SCORE (to see your score).
-Each game has his own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games - here's a list of the most common words :
+* Each game has its own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games.
+* In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word, only the first letters are necessary. For example:
-GO, ENTER, CLIMB, SWIM, LOOK, EXAMINE, GET, DROP, THROW, CAST, WEAR, REMOVE, OPEN, CLOSE, LOCK, UNLOCK, BREAK, CUT, CHOP, SAY, KILL, HELP...
+** G HELM is esquivalent to GET HELMET.
+** CLIM DRAWB is equivalent to CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE.
-In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word to be understand, only the first letters are necessary:
-For example, "G HELM" is equivalent to "GET HELMET", or "CLIM DRAWB" is equivalent to "CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE"
+'''List of the most common words:'''
+ GO - ENTER - CLIMB - SWIM - HELP
-===Shortcuts===
+ LOOK - EXAMINE - GET - DROP
-As many words come often in the same game, some shortcuts have been defined:
+ THROW - CAST - WEAR - REMOVE
-:N S E W - equivalent to "GO NORTH", "GO SOUTH", "GO EAST" and "GO WEST"
+ OPEN - CLOSE - LOCK - UNLOCK
-:NE NW SE SW - in Level9 and Frotz games, this letters are equivalent to  "NORTH-EAST", "NORTH-WEST".
+ BREAK - CUT - CHOP - SAY - KILL
-:L - look
-:I - inventory
+'''Shortcuts:'''
-:X - examine (classic games), exit (in Level 9 games)
+ N S E W - Equivalent to GO NORTH, GO SOUTH, GO EAST and GO WEST.
-:H - help
+ NE NW SE SW - In Level9 and Frotz games, this letters are equivalent to NORTH-EAST, NORTH-WEST, etc.
-:G - get
+ H - HELP.
-:SC - score
+ I - INVENTORY.
-:SV or SAV - save
+ X - EXAMINE (in classic games), EXITS (in Level 9 games).
-:RS or RST - restore
+ G - GET (or AGAIN for Inform/Frotz games).
-:LD or LOA - load (in Level 9 games)
+ L - LOOK.
+ SV - SAVE.
+ LD - LOAD.
+ R - RESTORE.
 ==Controls==
-X  - swap 'keyboard' and 'grafiti' input modes
+X  - Swap keyboard and grafiti input modes
-Y/A  - means 'YES'
+Y/A  - YES, Valid (v1.2 and +)
-B - means 'NO'
+B - NO, Erase text (v1.2 and +)
-L/R - in Level 9 games, size up/down the images
+L/R - Change image size (Level 9 and Magnetic games only)
-Start/Select - save, restore, pause, exit the game
+Start/Select - Save, Restore, Pause, Exit the game
 ==Credits==
 Author - Austin brothers
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 Game engine - Level9
-[[Category:Homebrew applications]]
+<br>
+[[Category:DS homebrew games]]
+[[Category:Homebrew adventure games on DS]]