# Mystery of the Dark Manor, a 1992 Amstrad text adventure, released to Android **URL:** \ **Category:** Other Interactive Fiction\ **Created:** [February 15, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/mystery-of-the-dark-manor-a-1992-amstrad-text-adventure-released-to-android/349 "2012-02-15T15:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarkEaton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@MarkEaton](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MarkEaton)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/mystery-of-the-dark-manor-a-1992-amstrad-text-adventure-released-to-android/349/1 "2012-02-15T15:59:50Z")
Hi all I just wanted to let people know that I have ported another one of my father’s games, Mystery of the Dark Manor, to Android devices. This uses the same engine that was programmed for Moonbase 3 so should provide a consistent user experience. Mystery of the Dark Manor was originally released in the UK in 1992. Its features include: \* Different font sizes \* Text to speech \* Speech input \* Android gestures to swipe the screen when moving in the different compass directions Based on feedback from people I have made some updates to Moonbase 3. As such both games now include: \* more helpful information when starting \* training video (more for those not overly familiar with text adventure games) \* autosave \* save/load game lists are timestamped and sorted by most recent saved first \* bug fixes The demo for both games link here: > > > Please note: This demo has all the features of the full version so you can test it out. The only limit is that you are only able to complete about 20% of the game. > > This text adventure game (interactive fiction) was originally written by Barrie Eaton on the Amstrad back in 1992. > > YOUR OBJECTIVE: Rumours have spread about an ecentric professor discovering lost treasure not from this world. A dark manor holds the secret! > > This Android edition tries hard to keep the original quality of that game, b... > > > Please note: This demo has all the features of the full version so you can test it out. The only limit is that you are only able to complete about 20% of the game. > > This text adventure game (interactive fiction) was originally written by Barrie Eaton on the Amstrad back in 1991. > > YOUR OBJECTIVE: The moonbase is under threat from the incoming comet. Find a way to stop it before the moonbase is destroyed! > > This game has a similar skill level to 'Mystery of the Dark Manor'. > > This Android edition tr... The full versions link here: > > > This text adventure game (interactive fiction) was originally written by Barrie Eaton on the Amstrad back in 1992. > > YOUR OBJECTIVE: Rumours have spread about an ecentric professor discovering lost treasure not from this world. A dark manor holds the secret! > > This Android edition tries hard to keep the original quality of that game, but at the same time provide features available from Android. > > Hyperlink assist provides smart context menus as an alternative to using the keyboard. > > A graphical inv... > > > This text adventure game (interactive fiction) was originally written by Barrie Eaton on the Amstrad back in 1991. > > YOUR OBJECTIVE: The moonbase is under threat from the incoming comet. Find a way to stop it before the moonbase is destroyed! > > This game has a similar skill level to 'Mystery of the Dark Manor'. > > This Android edition tries hard to keep the original quality of that game, but at the same time provide features available from Android. > > Hyperlink assist provides smart context menus as a... I appreciate the feedback people give to me on these games, it has helped make them better. Kind regards Mark Eaton ---
**Author:** ![Jacobself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/jacobself/32/618_2.png) [@Jacobself](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Jacobself)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/mystery-of-the-dark-manor-a-1992-amstrad-text-adventure-released-to-android/349/2 "2012-03-06T19:38:34Z")
Please put wizards online free please 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MarkEaton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@MarkEaton](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MarkEaton)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/mystery-of-the-dark-manor-a-1992-amstrad-text-adventure-released-to-android/349/3 "2012-03-21T16:56:51Z")
Sorry Jacobself, never heard of that one 🙂 Generally to port a game we would need the source code. I still have the source code for the games my dad created so that’s why I’m able to port them to Android. I’ve still got a few of his games left to port over so I’ll be busy for a while (plus I do this part time outside of my fulltime job). Hopefully another programmer can do it for you 🙂