An adventure in the classic style by none other than
Les Ellingham! This was written back in 1982, at the time when
adventures were quite new on the Atari and was intended for commercial
release. It never quite made it because I ran out of time to do a few
refinements and Page 6 took over. Those who tested it at the time
thought it was quite good and trying to play it today I find it
extremely difficult! The story is that you are desperately in need of
some money (nothing changes!) and the only thing you can think of is to
pinch some from your Uncle Henry while he is away for a while. Once you
can get in the house there comes the task of finding out where he hides
the dosh. There are a good few puzzles to solve before you can get near
the cash. All of the usual commands are available but there are one or
two peculiarities (this was written at the birth of adventuring). The
only clues you get are that you cannot use abbreviations for directions,
you must type GO NORTH etc., and you have to figure out exits from
locations yourself. There was going to be a prize for the first person
to finish the adventure and discover the amount of cash but I can't
remember how much it was? In fact I can't even remember how to play it,
so how about someone providing a solution for the Tipster page? There is
also a bonus of a version of the Tunnels and Trolls role playing
adventure which I never completed. Perhaps someone would like to finish
it off?
Boot with Basic.
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