> > Hi everyone... Particularly Gremlin, I suppose? (I'm very frustrated right now).
> >
> > On another forum that Mandichaos and I frequent, I posted the following message, and much to my relief, Mandi happened to be there and suggested I repost the message here.
> >
> > So here goes: (Bear in mind, I adore this site)
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Question for Mandi, or anyone else who might know...
> >
> > I've played Camelot and Vampire's Curse, and the only other game options I got after that were a Space Game and one other one, which I can't remember....
> >
> > Anyhow, my problem is not only that I accidentally deleted ALL MY SAVED GAMES and am now no longer on the hall of fame for ANY OF THEM; that is every game on the site outside of The Early Years (yep, I thought I was deleting one saved game only - the space game, but it turns out EVERYTHING got deleted ... .... *sob* ), but before I deleted them, I didn't have a choice of 22 games. What did I do wrong, or what am I misinterpreting.
> >
> > Rinkworks has never given me the option to play Spider Attack, or Adventure... *sob*
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Do I have to play Camelot and Vamp's Curse all over again? Should I leave a message for Gremlin?
> >
> > Gah! So frustrated and upset (because I really enjoy the site)
> > -----------------------------------
> >
> > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. :)
>
> The 22 games are really "sub-games" of The Early Years of which you can only play the first two (Space-Man and Camelot's Curse) when you first start. That's why you weren't able to play Adventure or Spider Attack -- you have to "unlock" them by beating certain other sub-games first. The "Delete Saved Game" button erases data for the AGL game you're currently playing, but in the case of The Early Years, that refers to all the progress you've made on *all* of the 22 sub-games, because the whole package is in one AGL game. What this means is that when you start a certain sub-game of The Early Years, you're committed to solving it before you're allowed to switch over and try one of the other sub-games (with a few exceptions for some of the sub-games, for which you can "fail" and be sent back to the main menu without having completed them).

I'm not sure that's MarieLogan's problem; she says it caused all her saved games outside of The Early Years, not just her The Early Years game, to be deleted, which implies that the problem's not what you said.

In case gremlinn identified it correctly, though, I'll restate his point more clearly:

In the AGL engine's eyes, there's only one game in The Early Years, and that's The Early Years. You can infer this from the fact that AGL has (among other things) one hall of fame for the collective. In the engine's eyes, Space-Man (for instance) is merely one set of nine related locations within that game.

Lucky "After I typed that, I realized that's a mixed metaphor, but I like it" Wizard

PS. And yeah, Sam, being the one who maintains the site, is really the one to talk to in situations like this.