On Tuesday 26 December 2006 14:26, James Knott wrote: > ... > > > PS: I used to stay after work to play Dungeon on the company DEC > > PDP11/70 on a character mode terminal. Maybe it wasn't called > > Dungeon.. "You are in a maze of twisty passages, all the same" was > > a key line where I frequently got stuck.
We had it, too. I can't remember if it was on the systems at the University of Wisconsin or at Locus Computing Corp where I first used it, but that was it. And definitely it was the "all alike" maze that was the problem. I seem to recall something about dropping objects to distinguish which passage or junction you were in at any point that allowed you to get out. > The game is called "Adventure" and comes with SUSE. You have to > install bsd-games IIRC. Oh, my god! That's it!! It's actually there!!! > "Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions? ... > - > This program was originally developed by Will Crowther. And written in FORTRAN, if I'm not mistaken. > ... To quote C. Montgomery Burns: "Yes, I'm old." RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
