Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, The last version of Internet Explorer for Windows XP was version 8.0, and since XP is no longer officially supported no more Internet Explorer updates for XP shall be forth coming. That said, if you are willing to switch to Mozilla Firefox or Google' Chrome you can still maintain a

Re: [Audyssey] the blind swardsmen

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, You think so, eh? I don't remember the grue being too particular about age, but maybe after Dark is so ancient he'll be easier to catch. On 7/31/14, Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com wrote: He's going to have to beware his own Grue. --- Be positive! When it comes to being

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread Charles Rivard
Thanks. Due to political reasons that I won't go into on the list, Firefox is out. I've had problems with Google Chrome in the past. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward

Re: [Audyssey] the blind swardsmen

2014-07-31 Thread Charles Rivard
Possibly, but I'll never beware the Grue! Never!! Living risky is sometimes fun. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list

[Audyssey] i'm stuck in stem stumper; please help

2014-07-31 Thread Nicol
Hi all I'm on level7 of stem stumper and I am completely stuck. I cannot find any food on this level to give me more flower power. All there is is the bag of furtilizer which I cannot eat at this stage. If I double tap on the fertilizer, I get a sound telling me its not available. After blowing

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread Bryan Peterson
Apparently though actually reading the game's manual is too much work for people these days. Oh freddled gruntbuggly, thy micturations are to me as plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee. GroupI implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes, And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,

[Audyssey] Sound rts.

2014-07-31 Thread loriduncan
Hi everyone, I’ve just downloaded sound rts, but can only seem to access the 2 tutorial maps in single player mode. I’ve managed to complete both, but would like to keep on playing against the computer, until I get confident enough to play on line. Is there a way to have the computer pick a

Re: [Audyssey] the blind swardsmen

2014-07-31 Thread dark
Yeah, that's probably true tom. I certainly don't have the same problem when a new graphical Turrican level comes out for T2002, some of those I really have! played for hours, so likely it is mechanics as you say. All the best, Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you

Re: [Audyssey] the combo box on audiogames.net

2014-07-31 Thread dark
Hi nicol. the combo box is just a quick guide. If you go to the game list link, you can sort games by various criteria such as title or genre, and if you go onto the updates page you will see the most recently updated or added game entries. There isn't a specific way to see the newest

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread dark
To be honest John, if your thinking of making a recording there are games I'd tend to want to see before Gtc. Kelly Sepergia has a very good review, and there is raul's walkthru, and of course you can play a demo of the game while there are lots of games (especially for Ios), that could

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread dark
I will say that while I don't entirely agree with Ishen's comments, I do find Gtc my least favourite of raul's walkthrus sinse in the others for shades, lone wolf etc he chats about the game and how he's playing, and to me that is always the interesting part of listening to a walkthru not

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, You know if there is a game that you really want to do a walk through of, you could record your game play, then record a sapi5 voice saying what you want it to and then mix the speech files into the game play file. BFN Jim Half our live is spent trying to find something to do

[Audyssey] Infocom

2014-07-31 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Danielle, Yes! Leather Goddesses of Phoboes and then Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy were my favorite text adventure games as well. Zork and the spoof Pork were pretty fun even though I never finished them. Oh yeah I also never finished but very much liked Deep Space Drifter. (not an

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread tim
none, time to bite the bullet and go win7. If the box can handle it. This is what happens when software moves ahead older software gets left behind and forgotten. At 01:26 AM 7/31/2014, you wrote: Some websites are now showing a message that IE 8 will no longer be supported. To eliminate

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Tim, I tend to agree. I know some blind users fondness for XP, but the fact of the matter is the time is coming where blind users will have to upgrade or simply get left behind. This issue of Internet Explorer is merely a case in point of where sticking with XP for whatever reason is no longer

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread john
Ok, I can do that. On difficulty level 1 (presuming I don't fail horribly) should be up by tomorrow at the latest. I'll post a link when I get it done. P.S: After reading through the 30 or so emails from overnight, I do want to clarify that this is going to be a strategy/playthrough. I'm not

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread john
I'm not sure about you, but I'd sure find it hard to play through standard on hardest difficulty without ammo problems, especially with those blasted bunkers. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Thu,

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread john
Note that end of support doesn't (always) mean that you won't be able to use the site at all. My braillenote runs ie 6, and most sites still work. That said, there may not be a version of ie that works with xp above 8. Try googling ie 9-10-11 for windows xp. - Original Message - From:

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread john
Heh, imho chrome is completely inaccessible (I couldn't even use the google search box). - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:14:23 -0400 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread john
I don't have an ios device, so I can't do any of those. - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:21:03 +0100 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording To be honest John, if your thinking of making a recording

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread john
To each their own. I'm happy to make the standard game recording, though I've got to agree that (at least on the easy difficulties) ammo shouldn't be an issue, except for maybe missile interceptors. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com To: Gamers Discussion

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, That's a serious bummer. I'm afraid firefox was the one and only solution I could come up with to resolve your problem short of just upgrading the entire system to Windows 7 or later. I don't know anything about your situation, but if you need Internet Explorer 9 you'd have to upgrade

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi John, Chrome is accessible if you know how to make it accessible and set it up correctly. One way to make it accessible is to install Google's Chrome Vox which is basically a custom screen reader written by Google for Chrome. There is a Windows version of Chrome Vox as well as a Linux version.

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi John, Ahem...there is no such thing. I can assure you there is no official versions of Internet Explorer 9 or 10 for XP. There may be a hacked version out there created by a third-party, and if so you get a hack rather than an officially supported upgrade to the browser. Personally I'd

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi John, The bunkers at the beginning of level 3 are definitely a tough one. I generally try to activate my smoke and then burn rubber around them and get out of their attack range and go for the enemy tanks and choppers. That level is especially hard even with unlimited ammo on the higher

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread dark
Okay john. I was just trying to make the point that if people are considdering walkthroughs, maybe some walkthroughs of newer games that we've not had before might be nice, how about a Time of conflict 2.0 one? Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: john

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, I have actually considered something like that. I could use a nice male voice like Vocalizer Tom, and have him do the voice overs for the podcasts/walkthroughs. He would be more clear, a lot more understandable, and of course he shares my name. It is something seriously worth considering

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, Apparently so. I have never figured out why so many gamers come on a list like Audyssey, e-mail a developer, or go on the Audiogames.net Forum and ask a question like how to do something that is clearly stated in the manual. When asked if they had read it the answer is usually no. That

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, I was pretty sure that was the case. If I were in Raul's position giving a podcast or walkthrough I wouldn't spend x amount of time going over hot keys either since the commands are in the user's guide as well is in the game's help menu. If someone is too lazy or unwilling to use the

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, as far as my all time favorite Infocom game goes I think Arthur was my favorite. Not sure why, but I played that one quite a lot until I finally finished it. Unfortunately, I don't think I have a copy of the documentation any more which really bites since it is needed for specific

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread tim
Well the same happened to win95 and 98. Now xp had its run but time moves on. At 08:18 AM 7/31/2014, you wrote: Hi Tim, I tend to agree. I know some blind users fondness for XP, but the fact of the matter is the time is coming where blind users will have to upgrade or simply get left behind.

Re: [Audyssey] updating Internet Explorer for XP Pro?

2014-07-31 Thread tim
What ever version of ID9 you get it won't install to xp, because the software support is just not there. At 08:40 AM 7/31/2014, you wrote: Hi John, Ahem...there is no such thing. I can assure you there is no official versions of Internet Explorer 9 or 10 for XP. There may be a hacked version

Re: [Audyssey] the blind swardsmen

2014-07-31 Thread Teresa Cochran
That ship sailed for me twenty years ago! I'm ancient, *ancient, I tell you, young Dark the whippersnapper. Hahahahaha! I hope to be playing mindless shoot-em-ups when I'm eighty. They're my favorites. When I want a good brain-twister, I do a crossword or read a book. Teresa Winging its way

Re: [Audyssey] i'm stuck in stem stumper; please help

2014-07-31 Thread Teresa Cochran
Usually, there's one key angry acorn that you can destroy in order to get the fertilizer. Don't destroy all your angry acorns in a level, or you'll drain all your power. You'll have to experiment. Try the level with a different acorn each time, and see if you get to grab the fertilizer. No

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom

2014-07-31 Thread Danielle Antoine
Oh yeah, I used to play Hitchhiker too. I forgot about that one! On 7/31/14, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Well, as far as my all time favorite Infocom game goes I think Arthur was my favorite. Not sure why, but I played that one quite a lot until I finally finished it.

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread dark
Hi Tom. Barry ellice, from oneswitch.org.uk, the sort of physical disability version of audiogamaes.net does much the same, he even uses realspeak tom. I suspect this is because whatever condition he has comes with speech problems. I also suspect from the way his podcasts are organized he

[Audyssey] manuals was: Re: GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread dark
Funnily enough, I really enjoy reading manuals. Even if i bang a game on and know how to play, or there is enough text and instructions within the game to get me started,I still actually like going back and reading the manual just for interest's sake and to pick up on more in depth

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread Bryan Peterson
Maybe a dev ought to just forget to include docs. LOL. Oh freddled gruntbuggly, thy micturations are to me as plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee. GroupI implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes, And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles, or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread john
Don't think I haven't considered it, at least for beta versions. Writing the manual for my project is going to take a bit of time for a system that anybody with a brain should (hopefully) be able to figure out without that many headaches. - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson

[Audyssey] Looking for Troopanum 2

2014-07-31 Thread hayden presley
Hello All, So I just purchased a Mac and installed Windos 7 via bootcamp onto it. That done, I proceeded to install my games onto it, only to find that Troop 2 is for some odd reason missing. All my other BSC titles are present, but not that one. Furthermore, upon trying to open Troopanum 2 on

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, that's nice to know. Especially, since I am not able to talk very clearly do to the condition of the muscles in my face and jaw. I frequently have to repeat myself two and sometimes three times to make myself understood, and that is obviously unsuitable for podcasting, walkthroughs, etc

Re: [Audyssey] GTC recording

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, Perhaps so. Since he or she is going to get asked how to play it anyway he or she might as well just not supply a manual and tell the end users since nobody reads them from now on no manuals or other documentation will be supplied. In all seriousness this is what mainstream companies