Do you remember? Ever played Trade Wars? (Was that the name of the game? Ah, the memories... http://www.textfiles.com/
Code: *************************************** * * * ADVENTURE * * * * Solving it in easy steps * * * * * *************************************** FROM: THE ROM RAIDER DR. DIGITAL CALL HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE 3 0 3 - 7 5 1 - 2 0 6 3 WARNING: THIS WALK-THRU SHOWS HOW TO SOLVE THIS ADVENTURE STEP BY STEP, THESE ARE NOT HINTS! SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ARE ENCLOSED IN QUOTES, SO TYPE WHAT YOU SEE. START OFF BY GOING "N". YOU ARE NOW STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING. THIS BUILDING IS THE WELLHOUSE, AND IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE GAME. THE OBJECT OF THIS GAME IS TO GET THE 15 TREASURES BACK TO THE WELLHOUSE. CONTINUE WITH "IN", AND YOU ARE INSIDE THE WELL HOUSE, SO "GET FOOD", "GET LAMP", "GET KEYS", "GET BOTTLE". NOW, THERE ARE THREE MAGIC WORDS YOU NEED TO USE. THEY ARE PLUGH, XYZZY AND PLOVER. TWO OF THESE WORDS ARE USED TO GET TO AND FROM THE WELLHOUSE AND PARTS OF THE CAVE. THE THIRD, PLOVER IS USED TO GET BETWEEN TWO PARTS OF THE CAVE. ANOTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT YOUR LAMP LIGHT IS LIMITED, SO TURN OFF YOUR LAMP WHEN YOU DO NOT NEED IT! NOW ON TO THE CAVE. SAY "PLUGH", THEN "LAMP ON", "S", "GET SILVER", "DROP KEYS", "DROP FOOD", "DROP BOTTLE", "N". YOU ARE NOW BACK AT Y2. HERE IS WHERE YOU USE PLOVER. SO SAY "PLOVER", THEN "NE", "GET PYRAMID", "S", "LAMP OFF", "DROP LAMP", "DROP SILVER", "DROP PYRAMID", "GET EMERALD", "W", "DROP EMERALD", "BACK". THE REASON YOU DID ALL OF THAT WAS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE EMERALD OUT OF THE PLOVER ROOM IS OUT THROUGH THE CRACK, BUT YOU CAN NOT CARRY ANYTHING ELSE WITH YOU. NOW "GET LAMP", "GET SILVER", "GET PYRAMID", THEN "PLOVER" AND "PLUGH". YOU ARE NOW BACK IN THE WELLHOUSE, SO DROP OFF YOUR TREASURES SO FAR. TYPE "DROP SILVER", "DROP PYRAMID". BACK TO THE CAVE WITH "XYZZY", AND "LAMP ON", "E", "GET CAGE", "W", "GET ROD", "W", "W","DROP ROD", "GET BIRD", "GET ROD", "W", "D","W", "WAVE ROD". THERE IS NOW A CRYSTAL BRIDGE ACROSS THE CHASM. CONTINUE WITH "DROP ROD", THEN GO "W", "GET DIAMONDS", "E", "E", "S", "GET GOLD", "N", "D". AT THIS POINT YOU WILL SEE A HUGE GREEN SNAKE BARING YOUR WAY. TO BE RID OF THE SNAKE, "DROP BIRD", AND THE SNAKE IS DRIVEN AWAY. AT THIS POINT I NEED TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING ELSE. DURING THE COURSE OF THE GAME, A DWARF WILL SEEK YOU OUT AND THROW AN AXE AT YOU. GET THE AXE. THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE THE DWARF, THROW THE AXE AT HIM TO KILL HIM. THIS MAY HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES, SO JUST KEEP KILLING THE DWARVES. ANOTHER PERSON TO WATCH OUT FOR IS THE PIRATE. HE WILL SHOW UP AT SOME POINT IN THE GAME, AND STEAL WHATEVER TREASURES YOU ARE CARRYING. IF THIS HAPPENS, YOU CAN GET THE TREASURES BACK WHEN YOU FIND HIS TREASURE CHEST. CONTINUE WITH "DROP CAGE", "SW", "W". HERE IS A DRAGON SITTING ON A PERSIAN RUG. YOU NEED TO KILL THE DRAGON TO GET THE RUG SO TYPE "KILL DRAGON". THE GAME WILL RESPOND WITH "WITH WHAT? YOUR BARE HANDS?". ANSWER "YES". CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE NOW KILLED THE DRAGON!. SO, "GET RUG", THEN "E", "E", "S", "GET JEWELRY", "N", "W", "GET COINS", "E", "N", "N", "LAMP OFF", AND "PLUGH". YOU ARE AGAIN BACK IN THE WELLHOUSE, SO DROP YOUR TREASURES WITH "DROP DIAMONDS", "DROP GOLD", "DROP RUG", "DROP JEWELRY", "DROP COINS". BACK TO THE CAVE WITH "PLUGH", THEN "LAMP ON", "S", "GET FOOD", "GET KEYS", "GET BOTTLE", "D", "W", "D", "W", "W", THEN SAY "ORIENTAL" TO GET TO THE ORIENTAL ROOM. THEN "GET VASE", "W", "DROP KEYS", "DROP FOOD", "BACK", "N", "W", AND YOU HAVE NOW FOUND THE EMERALD YOU PREVIOUSLY PLACED THERE. SO "GET EMERALD", "NW", "S", "SE", "E", "GET PILLOW". THE PILLOW IS USED TO PLACE THE VASE ON, SO YOU DON'T BREAK IT. NOW GO "BACK", "W", "W", "D", "WATER PLANT", "U". THE PLANT IS CRYING FOR MORE WATER, SO NOW YOU NEED TO GO GET IT SOME WATER. BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT DROP OFF YOUR TREASURES AT THE WELL- HOUSE BY GOING "E", "E", "NE", "E", "U", "E", "U", "N", "LAMP OFF", "PLUGH" AND YOU ARE BACK IN THE WELLHOUSE. SO "DROP PILLOW", "DROP VASE", "DROP EMERALD". BACK TO THE CAVE WITH "PLUGH", "LAMP ON", "S", "D", "E", "D", "FILL BOTTLE". YOUR BOTTLE IS NOW FILLED WITH WATER, SO GO "U", "W", "W", "D", "W", "W", "W", "W", "D", "WATER PLANT", "U", "E", "D", "GET OIL", "U", "W", "D". NOW YOU CAN CLIMB THE BEANSTALK SO, "CLIMB", "W", "GET EGGS", "N", "OIL DOOR", "DROP BOTTLE", "N", "GET TRIDENT", "W", "D", "DROP TRIDENT", "GET KEYS", "GET FOOD", "SW", "U". YOU ARE NOW IN FRONT OF A BRIDGE WITH A TROLL GUARDING IT. THE ONLY THING THAT WILL CAUSE THE TROLL TO LEAVE IS TO THROW HIM A TREASURE. THERE IS ONLY ONE TREASURE YOU CAN THROW HIM AND THAT IS THE EGGS. SO "THROW EGGS", THEN "CROSS". YOU ARE NOW ACROSS THE CHASM. CONTINUE WITH "NE", "E", "NE", "E", "GET SPICES", "W", "N", (HERE IS THE VOLCANO), "S", "S", "SE", "S", "IN". YOU ARE NOW IN A ROOM WITH A FEROCIOUS BEAR, WHO IS LOCKED UP WITH A GOLD CHAIN. YOU NEED TO GET THE CHAIN, SO "FEED BEAR", THEN "UNLOCK" THE CHAIN, "GET BEAR", "GET CHAIN", "DROP KEYS", AND "OUT". THE BEAR WILL NOW FOLLOW YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. SO GO "U", "U", "W", "W", AND "CROSS". FROM NOWHERE, THE TROLL APPEARS AGAIN. JUST "DROP BEAR", AND THE TROLL WILL DISAPPEAR. NOW "CROSS" THE BRIDGE, THEN GO "SW", "D", "GET TRIDENT", "SE", "SE", "NE", "E", "N". YOU ARE IN THE CLAM ROOM, SO NOW "OPEN CLAM". (IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE THE TRIDENT BEFORE YOU CAN OPEN THE CLAM). NOW YOU NEED TO GO AFTER THE PEARL SO GO "D", "D", "GET PEARL". THEN "U", "U", "S", "U", "E", "U", "N", "LAMP OFF", AND SAY "PLUGH". THEN "DROP CHAIN", "DROP PEARL", "DROP TRIDENT", "DROP SPICES". BACK TO THE CAVE WITH "PLUGH", THEN "LAMP ON", "S", "D", "W", "D", "W", "W", "W", "W", "D", "CLIMB", "W". YOU ARE NOW BACK AT THE SPOT WHERE YOU ORIGINALLY FOUND THE EGGS WHICH YOU THREW TO THE TROLL. THE REASON YOU THREW THE EGGS WAS BECAUSE YOU CAN GET THEM BACK AGAIN! JUST SAY "FEE", "FIE", "FOE", "FOO", AND THEY MAGICALLY APPEAR! SO "GET EGGS", THEN "N", "N", "W", "D", "SE", "SE", "NE", "E", "U", "E", "U", "N", "LAMP OFF", AND "PLUGH". THEN "DROP EGGS". NOW ON TO FIND THE LAST TREASURE, THE PIRATE'S CHEST! GO THERE WITH "PLUGH", "LAMP ON", "E", "U", "W", "W", "W", "S", "E", "S", "S", "S", "N", "E", "E", "NW", "GET CHEST", "BACK", "N", "D", "E", "E", "XYZZY". YOU ARE BACK AT THE BUILDING, SO "DROP CHEST". CONGRATULATIONS, YOU NOW HAVE ALL 15 TREASURES! AT THIS POINT YOU HAVE ONE MORE THING TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE YOU GO THE THE GRAND FINALE. SO SAY "XYZZY", THEN GO "W", "W", "W", "D", "D", "N", "D", "W", "D", "E", "GET MAGAZINES". YOUR QUEST IS TO TAKE THE MAGAZINES, AND PLACE THEM JUST INSIDE WITT'S END. THIS ACTION IS OFTEN MISSED BY PEOPLE PLAYING THIS GAME, AND AS A RESULT, THEY DO NOT FINISH THE GAME WITH ALL 350 POINTS AND THE GRAND MASTER STATUS. NOW GO "E", THEN "DROP MAGAZINES", AND "BACK". NOW COMES THE EASY PART, JUST WANDER AROUND THESE PASSAGES, AS YOU NOW HAVE SOME TIME TO KILL. THE GAME GIVES YOU A SET NUMBER A MOVES AFTER ALL THE TREASURES ARE IN THE WELLHOUSE, AND THEN YOU ARE TRANSPORTED TO THE GRAND FINALE. THE MESSAGE YOU WILL GET WILL START BY SAYING "THE CAVE IS NOW CLOSED", ECT. AT THIS POINT YOU ARE TRANSPORTED TO THE NORTHEAST END OF AN IMMENSE ROOM. DO THE FOLLOWING: "SW", "GET ROD", "NE", "DROP ROD", "SW". WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS PLACED A STICK OF DYNAMITE AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE ROOM. NOW YOU SAY THE MAGIC WORD - "BLAST". YOU HAVE NOW EXPLODED A HOLE IN THE FAR WALL, AND YOU MARCH THROUGH IT INTO THE MAIN OFFICE. YOU HAVE NOW FINISHED THE GAME OF ADVENTURE! Apparently CAPS LOCKS were broke back then? lol
I was able to dabble in BBS's and MUD's when I got my first computer, but couldn't do it much. My parents freaked when they got the long distance bill. No one ran a BBS in my area lol. I did play a number of single player text based games though. My favorites were a Zork clone, and ZZT. I eventually acquired the entire Epic Mega Games catalog from a friend, back before it was called piracy. Funnily enough, I recently started coding a browser-based text rpg engine. Similar to the types of games you mentioned, though through your browser. I've got a long ways to go, but it's brought back plenty of fun memories.
Yeah, we had Compuserve until the parents got the first bill. Heh. I was on one of the very first chat rooms. MUDs were such a time-sink in college. Cool on the RPG engine. I read somewhere the other night that there's a discord bot for RPG now. https://discorddungeons.me You're a coder too, then? I dabble. Before specialization online like we have today, I had the title webmaster and took care of everything even semi-related to the internet. Crazy times. I know enough PERL and PHP to be dangerous. Haha.
Yeah, once we moved to Montana, I finally was able to join the modern world, via AOL free trial disks, and those various services that gave you X free hours of dialup access in exchange for displaying an annoying banner thing across the top of your screen. By that time though, the late 90s, we were on the modern internet. Well, modern for the time lol. Yeah. I've been coding for years. Mostly PHP. Mostly do it as a hobby. Its actually this forum, and some of the game elements you've added to it that made me want to start this project.
There's an API, I believe, for the shop/credits add-on. As the developer is working on upgrading everything to work with Xenforo 2, I might take a peek and see what I can do.... after I finish and publish my next novel. So easy to get distracted these days. I heard someone hacked forum software to run GURPS campaigns. I haven't looked at it yet, though. The guy who runs LitRPG Reviews, I believe.
I hear you on that getting destracted thing. Right now, I'm "watching" a manga drawing how-to on youtube, writing code, and occasionally lurking on here. I'm also supposed to be prepping for tomorrows game. I'm running Fantasy Flights Star Wars table top rpg. Thankfully I'm mostly done prepping for tomorrows game, and will have plenty of time tomorrow to finish up.
Red Dragon Inn on Aol. Kaos bbs in Philadelphia. The Hub BBS. John Betancourt was a local and wrote the C-Punk book Johnny Zed, had asked a few of the BBS folks if he could use their handles in his book. He asked me to read it and give him an honest opinion. So I did. Haven't really heard anything from him since then.
Lynx browser anyone? Archie and Veronica? And USENET. That's still around, isn't it? For a while, I had a collection of AOL discs. I don't remember their names, but we had a few boards in our area code. The 'net was really taking off by the time I got around to going to college. I wish I'd bought a lot more domain names back then. I worked at a newspaper that was one of the first dozen to go online. Man, though, there's been so many changes.
