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

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> How about a CP/M version for the ever so quick 2.4 mhz Kaypro II? In that
> case it was called "Adventure".

We had the maintenance contract for Kaypro in West Germany as was - we
installed the CP/M chip in a National Semiconductor Starplex (the only
PC ever to use 1/4" steel for the housing) and ran both Adventure and
Space Invaders.  The Starplex had 64KB of memory and came apart into
three pieces, two of which needed two people to shift them.

> Required audi content: will be replacing radiator thermo switch this
> weekend.

Radiators have been my bane this week.  A member came in with one that
wasn't leaking but also wasn't fastened to the car - all of the bushes
were sheared off.  So we found a secondhand one with good bushes, but
it leaked.  So we got a reconditioned one that didn't leak and had no
bushes at all - then we found the captive nut was missing from the
bottom bush mount ...



> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Todd Phenneger wrote:

>> 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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