--- Ron Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anybody remember the name of the game which people used to play
> on
> their mainframes at university in the late seventies where you
> explored
> a labyrinth of caves and tunnels interactively on a teletype machine,
> usually resulting in demise by some foul or painful process often
> involving a creature that you were certain was not around that corner
> the first time you looked ?

If you're looking for 'Colossal Cave Adventure', try here:
http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/
(And watch out for the dwarf!)

> involving a creature that you were certain was not around that corner
> the first time you looked ?

That sounds like 'hunt the wumpus' to me, a much simpler game.
As already posted, if you're a Debian user then they're in the
wonderful 'bsdgames' package.

- mark



=====
mark a. bell
http://www.users.bigpond.com/m487396

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