![]() (FILL BAG just states “I don’t understand you” and other permutations don’t work, so I assumed the bag was one that wasn’t watertight.) Once the water-filled bag is obtained the thirst timer slows down considerably. Early on I kept having to send “scouting” runs to look over the map and try to get back to the trough in time to drink the water until finally realized I could PUT BAG / IN TROUGH to fill it with water. Throughout the entire game there is a very fast “thirst timer” where you die after 9 moves without drinking water. You start outside a trading post as seen above, the trough contains water, and inside there is a “revolver” and “bag”. I wouldn’t really call this a Treasure Hunt in my plot categorization (that is, Crowther/Woods Adventure gather-the-loot style), in that there is only one treasure, ivory from an elephant graveyard. In the Tarzan series it ends up being a generic term used to refer to Europeans. It sometimes gets used to refer to animals. I’d call it somewhere between “Mister” and “Sir” ( here’s a recent use). “Bwana” is a Swahili word that doesn’t have a great equivalent translation. I’d say I was consequently looking forward to his next adventure, but I still was tentative given it is set in Africa and “based on the jungle settings of the Tarzan novels”. Frankenstein fulfilling his legacy), mostly thematic puzzles, and a slight twist at the end with a satisfying puzzle to finish things off. Olsen’s previous work, Frankenstein Adventure, was one of the more solid BASIC-only games I’ve written about it had an interesting plot hook (a descendent of Dr. ![]() And although the volume of letters dwindled, I still received letters for many years after that, as copies of my program continued to be circulated. ![]() Others would simply write expressing their appreciation for the thrilling experience. Some were in foreign languages that I couldn’t read, but had to have interpreted. My first adventure! Within a matter of days I started getting letters. Several months later, it appeared in one of their issues. They had previously bought some of my other games (non-adventure games), and they snapped up Frankenstein Adventure. I submitted my first adventure to Cload, a cassette based magazine for the TRS-80. ![]()
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