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S A N T A C L U E S
Program by Ian Adam
Text by Fender Tucker
Picture this. You're enjoying the
crackling fire in your fireplace and
looking forward to a peaceful winter
in the comfort of your 78 degree home
when there comes a tapping at your
front door. It's the last thing you
want -- a telegram!
According to the message, Santa
Claus has disappeared and, thanks to
your assistance to La Mort in the
Museum fiasco, you are needed to
investigate. What would you do? What
WOULD you do?
Well, unless you are more of a
Scrooge than you appear, you'll put
out your fire and lend a hand. But
what if you don't? Don't worry, Ian
Adams' SANTA CLUES has an answer for
this cowardly response, as well as any
other bumbling action you may take as
you search high and low for the famous
fat man.
This ingenious program has an
answer for everything, and I'm afraid
you won't like most of them. Some of
them are downright insulting! This
shows how far computers have come in
the past few years -- first, they are
man's humble servant, then they give
him a digital raspberry.
You don't have to type in anything
for this mys-adventure; just press a
function key (or often, any key) and
your action will be registered.
Everything you need to know is on the
screen, which is usually a clever
mixture of text and graphics. F8 will
quit the game, but I don't think
you'll want to quit once you leave
your cozy house and begin your search.
It's too much fun.
Usually we have a hint or answer
file for adventure games, but this one
is mainly for fun and I don't think
you'll need one. In any case, there
isn't one, so don't bother looking.
I'd like to thank Ian for getting
this very clever program to us in time
for the Christmas issue. I hope he
comes up with similar mys- adventures
for other occasions. I sure wouldn't
mind seeing the Easter Bunny in hot
water.
FT