cs326ag@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle) (02/18/91)
I just posted this over in comp.sys.amiga.games, but then thought that there might be some `non-game players' that would be interested in this announcement as well. These aren't just games, these are pieces of computer history :-). Note: both these are multitasking friendly, HD drive installable, and run in a CLI window *or* over a serial line (via AUX:, etc). To all: I have ported two of the finer *old* adventure games to the Amiga. These are both over ten years old, but they have stood up to the test of time. These programs are so old, that they were first written in Fortran! (Adventure has been ported to C...) Adventure - this is the grand daddy of them all! This is the 550 point version (I first played the 350 point version over ten years ago)! This game is originally by William Crowther and Don Woods. The C version is by David Platt and Ken Wellsch. Lots of pieces have been added over the years by who knows who! Finally ported to the AmigaOS by me. :-) It is sometimes refered to as the `Colossal Cave' adventure. Dungeon - this is by a gang of people from MIT, most called this group Infocom! Dungeon was written while these guys were grad students at MIT in the 70's. This is the massive 585 point version (I first played the microcomputer version of Dungeon, aka Zork(tm) I - III, seven years ago)! If you have ever enjoyed an Infocom game (esp. Zork I - III), then this game is for you. Most of Zork I - III appears in Dungeon, but there are differences... I placed the games in /incoming/amiga/GAMES, under the names Adventure.lzh and Dungeon.lzh. I am appointing comp.sys.amiga.games as the place to exchange hints for these games. Bug reports can be sent to `l-rittle@uiuc.edu'. Note, I have not solved them yet, so don't bug me for hints. If anyone comes up with a walk-through, I would love to see it. Happy cave-hacking, Loren J. Rittle -- ``NewTek stated that the Toaster *would not* be made to directly support the Mac, at this point Sculley stormed out of the booth...'' -A scene at the recent MacExpo. Gee, you wouldn't think that an Apple Exec would be so worried about one little Amiga Device... Loren J. Rittle l-rittle@uiuc.edu