Tonight, I'm Fucking Solving The Circuit's Edge

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:26 pm

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK THIS! I want to finish a video game, and tonight, one of the best games ever gets its ass SOLVED!

The Circuit's Edge! By Infocom and GAE! I'll live-blog it here!

YEEEEEEEEEEEA

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:08 pm

I put $5 on he don't finish it, just cuz I'm in a pissy fucking mood.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:40 pm

You're on. I am going to use a walkthrough if I get really stuck, but that is it.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:35 pm

Oh. I didn't know the walkthrough was in play. Well. I'll pay you the $5 in person, how 'bout that?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:13 pm

I am not feeling up for playing the game after all. Does that change anything? I'll still make the bet. I honestly don't know what will happen.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:33 pm

Vegas catching up with you, then?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:59 pm

Yeah, I don't want to leave the house for another week (but I am going to Avs vs Sabres tomorrow).

Did you catch my post from before regarding the Instruction Sheet for your pin? He did not turn out to have it at the PHOF.

gsdgsd · Post by **gsdgsd** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:07 pm

That was the fastest enthusiasm-to-disinterest transition I've ever seen.

Are you cheering for the Avs or the Sabres? Huh? Huh?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:42 pm

CON: I have not loaded it yet.

PRO: I got a new coffee pot to replace the one Frobozz broke. So I have had two cups.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:42 pm

gsdgsd wrote:That was the fastest enthusiasm-to-disinterest transition I've ever seen.

Are you cheering for the Avs or the Sabres? Huh? Huh?

I think I am hoping for a fight, a penalty shot and a shoot out. The last time I went, two years ago, there was the first two! So I am holding out hope.

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:20 am

Well, Balls! I guess its not a contender for the hall of fame.

I'll just figure it out for meself then.

If Miller is in goal then the sabers will win.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:03 am

AArdvark wrote:Well, Balls! I guess its not a contender for the hall of fame.

I'll just figure it out for meself then.

Did you catch this post about the pin? This has everything I have been able to find:

http://www.joltcountry.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5528

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:41 pm

Thank you for looking into it, tho. It's not like NOT having an instruction card is gonna keep me from maximizing my score. There is only one real goal on the table anyway; light up the letters and hit the special-when-lit target. That's about it.

I might have more fun if I write my own brand of directions

THE
INSERT COIN
AARDVARK

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:36 pm

This is kind of nice, isn't it, Vark? Just one thread with everything we might think to write? Instead of worrying about "bases" and "distribution of content" and so forth? I think it is kind of nice.

I didn't finish Circuit's Edge last night, so the safe money WAS there. I did find out that Dosbox lets you simply type:

mount c: e:\games\circuit

... where e:\games\circuit is ANY DIRECTORY ON YOUR PC. Argh! I thought I had to change text files all this time, to get it to show up. But I didn't! THANKS WORM!

And the Circuit's Edge seems to run flawlessly in DOSbox. Unless it crashes during the ending. Which I don't know, yet.

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:51 pm

Yeah and the mount command lets you mount a CD directory, like I do for that one game you sent me. I FORGET THE NAME OF IT THO >:(

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:28 pm

Pay up, sucka!

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:33 pm

Maybe we (you) should have only two bases (and the ACk bases, natch) and see what happens with all content flowing into the same river of discussions.

THE
SEA OF CONSCIOUSNESS
AARDVARK

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:05 pm

I agree with what he just said there.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:34 pm

I owe you $5 for not finishing Circuit's Edge that night, and $5 for the Redskins winning that one game. It's really starting to add up here.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:38 pm

I think the big gameplay mechanism that I like about The Circuit's Edge all involves finding the right personality chip to solve a puzzle.

I think that is brilliant.

In the books, people can throw software add-ons directly into their brain. So if they got the German language "daddy" (unfortunately named, yeah, but think a microchip) they would instantly know Swiss.

(Christ, this fucking GOogle Chrome shit is REALLY PISSING ME OFF. How the fuck have they not fixed this yet? How many months old is this thing?)