You are in a maze of little twisting passages, all different

[Todd Phenneger]

Does anyone have an MS-Dos version of this game.  I'd love to
play it again.  
 thanks
   Todd

--- isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk,
quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
> 
> 
> > it was the '70s and i played a dungeon game on a Digital PDP
> 8(later on a
> > PDP 11). the game interface was verbal only. sentences
> describing where you
> > were and what was happening came up as you navigated the
> maze. left right up
> > down forward and backward were the directional
> possibilities, and you would
> > be prompted to pick up an item, or kill a dwarf, etc. i
> really don't
> > remember
> > much but the email signature on your Q list email: "You are
> in a maze of
> > little twisting passages, all different" was the first
> prompt at the
> > beginning of the game...
> 
> It started life as 'Adventure' and was at one time extremely
> popular on
> IBM VM timesharing systems - CP/67 and VM/370.  You actually
> started in
> a small valley outside a building.
> 
> There were two mazes:  "You are in a maze of twisty little
> passages,
> all different" and "You are in a maze of twisty little
> passages, all
> the same".  Somewhere in my packed rubbish I have a map of the
> cave.
> 
> "PLUGH" comes to mind, and something like "XTXXY"?
> 
> It could be a whacky game:
> 
> "THERE IS A DWARF HERE"
> 
> "kill the dwarf"
> 
> "WHAT - WITH YOUR BARE HANDS?"
> 
> "yes"
> 
> "AMAZINGLY, YOU MANAGE SOMEHOW TO STRANGLE THE DWARF"
> 
> It was famous for its devious tricks.  The treasure you found
> contained
> coins - many people left them behind, only to find the lamp
> batteries
> would start to die and the battery vending machine needed
> coins ...
> 
> If you met the snake, you had to release the parrot.  Well, it
> made
> sense to somebody.
> 
> It was also a very interesting programme.  Originally written
> in
> Fortran, it was one of the first 'table driven' programmes.
> 
> It's available in MS-DOS form.
> 
> --
>  Phil Payne
>  UK Audi quattro Owners Club
>  Phone +44 7785 302803   Fax: +44 7785 309674


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