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GA-02: Text-Based Adventure Games
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7830/0087 Adventure Games #1 Small Programs Disk
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NOTE - Most of the games on this disk are relatively simple, but they are
still interesting and serve as a good introduction to adventure games. Also,
if you are interested in programming in BASIC, the fact that most of them are
in BASIC will be an advantage to you.
Castle (CASTLKB)
Bales, Kevin
$?
is an adventure game with graphics. Charles Romer reports that this game will
not run properly on a Leading Edge Model D.
CIA
You are a CIA agent with a dim-witted partner, trying to recover a ruby
stolen by C.H.A.O.S.
Desert
You are stranded in the desert.
Dogstar
You are a space warrior.
Hobbit
You are a Hobbit thief, trying to steal the Orb of Zot from the castle of
the evil wizard.
King
You have just been made premier of a small communist country. Your goal is
to successfully complete your 8-year term of office.
LostGold
You search for the Dutchman's gold.
Secret
Snyder, Don
$0
is a simple Adventure game, but the author has commented the code and shows
you how to write your own adventure game.
Soviet
Meny, David
$0
You are a government agent captured by the Russians and taken to a secret base
hidden somewhere in the United States. While you are there you learn of the
Soviet's plans to fire nuclear missiles from inside the US and make it look
like an inside job, thus making the Soviets safe from counter attack. You
must save the US from nuclear attack by getting out of your cell, finding
proof about the missiles and escape the Top-Secret base. If you succeed you
will be a national hero; if you fail the US is doomed.
Sumer
You are head of a small country that has fallen on hard times.
Survival
Stafford, Mike
$0
You are lost on the moon.
Vampire
puts you in a vampire's castle, but doesn't tell you what your goal is.
You have to learn that during the course of the game.
Wumpus2
hunt the Wumpus in the caves.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0087
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7830/1109 Adventure Games #2 Small Programs Disk
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Crime
You solve a crime that starts in a video arcade.
Forest
Yim, Stephen
$0
is a logic game for masochists. You are in a remote forest with both fires and
floods raging around you. The only way out is to figure out the right
three-digit code for using the satellite to call for help. Even if you survive
long enough to do that, there is a strong probability that the rescue team
will get wiped out by the flood/fire on the way in or out.
Haunted
You search the neighborhood for the kidnapped Pumpkin Man and rid the
neighborhood of ghosts and other nasties.
Island
You are stranded on an island.
Submarine (SUBMARI)
You are a crewman on a nuclear submarine. It's up to you to make the
mission a successful one.
Terror
The government has sent you to Antarctica where the enemy has a secret weapon
hidden in an ice cavern. You must get in, steal the plans, and get back out.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1109
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7830/1608 Adventure Games #3 Small Programs Disk
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AdvComp
is an adventure game compiler that lets you create your own simple
adventure games. Also see Adventure Game Toolkit (disk #102 in GA-02). BASIC
is required.
BigRig
is a well-done game in which you drive a big truck of freight across
country. You decide what type of freight to carry, whether to spend money on
maintenance, whether to exceed the speed limit, etc.
Boris
Targonski, Anthony
$20
In this game you try to get all the necessary items you will need to take on a
one-way trip to America without being spotted by the KGB.
Combat
starts as an adventure game but when you encounter monsters, it switches to
graphics for the sword fighting. Unfortunately, we were not able to make much
sense of the graphics, but we are not expert game players either.
Crypt 2.0 (CRYPTHS)
Herringbone Software
$12
is an all-text adventure involving the exploration of an English church,
churchyard, and underground vaults where great treasures from British history
may be found. These treasures are protected by devious traps and creatures
both natural and supernatural.
Droganya (DROGANY)
Chodes, Steve
$5
is a bi-active adventure game. The course of the game is dictated by your
response to the situation. The goal is to free the souls of the townspeople
which have been trapped by the evil Lord Droganya.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1608
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7830/1609 Adventure Games #4 Small Programs Disk
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Enchanted Castle (EC)
Wilk, Michael
$10
is a very well written adventure in an old castle. No graphics required.
KILLADV lets you try to survive as a tourist lost in some burnt-out, deserted
buildings in New York City. BASIC required.
Lovefire 1.1 (LOVEFIR)
Pinnacle Software
$?
is a branching story program. You get to make decisions about the way the
story develops. It's a cross between a novel and an adventure game. Oh yeah,
and it's for women only! Female chauvinist programmer...
Lucifer
is a real-time adventure game. Real-time means that unlike other adventure
games where you can take your time entering commands, you have to be fast on
the keyboard. An additional program lets you create your own dungeons. A CPU
slow-down utility (such as on 1-UT-270) may be required.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1609
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7831/1610 Adventure Games #5 Small Programs Disk
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Empire 5.0
is a simulation of a full-scale war between two emperors, the computer and
you.
Red Planet (REDPLAN)
Button, Conrad
$20
You go to Mars to secure the lost treasures of Aukbaa. Upon achieving planetary
orbit you find that your fuel is depleted. Can you acquire the Lost Treasures
of Aukbaa and return home? This is an advanced level game.
SamSpade (SAMSPAD)
is an adventure that lets you solve a mystery a la Sam Spade.
SkullDuggery 3.1 (SKULL)
Jewett, David
$12
is a classic text adventure, set on the southeast coast of eighteenth-century
England.
Zoarre
is an adventure game.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1610
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7831/1898 Adventure Games #6 Small Programs Disk
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Adventurer's Museum (AMUSEUM)
Chapel, Lee
$15-$45
requires you to search a cave for stolen museum treasures, avoiding traps and
obstacles - an interesting text-only adventure.
D.R.E.D. Attack (DRED)
McWilliams, Wayne
$?
is a text adventure game where you are one of the top agents and your job is
to keep peace and stop all disturbances. Sound effects are used effectively,
but are optional. CGA and color monitor required.
MadMaze 1.0
Soleau, William
$10-$15
is another maze/adventure game. In fact, the play of the game is nearly
identical to PodWares (or vice versa), but this version has clearer
instructions for getting started and is less cumbersome when it comes to
blasting through walls, so we found it a little more fun to play.
However, it's possible that PodWars, which has more features, might have more
staying power, so we think that it is worth having both in the library.
MadMaze has features such as cave-in's and gas leaks, but they occur randomly,
so you have no control over them. In fact, the maze is so large and supplies
so limited that there appears to be much more luck involved than sk