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Re: Geology from Outer Space
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 12 Apr 2001 02:08:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > You know, I never actually played Zork. My pastiche paid homage to Zork's
> > predecessor, ADVENT, which I *have* played on such machines as the UNIVAC
> > 1100/80, the IBM 4341, and the Commodore PET.
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> Actually it was originally called "Colossal cave" (by Willie Crowther). I only
> ever played it on a PDP 11/70 until I decided to learn Perl a couple of years
> ago - someday I'll get around to putting my Perl port of the original (350 • pts)
> game on a web-site somewhere!
OK. No time like the present. You can find it at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4049
You need advent.pl & advent.dat, which is the original data file unchanged. A
couple of differences you should know about:
1. I implemented mixed case from the original upper case data file. If you see
any strange case problems, tough.
2. Unlike most ports, I've implemented the opening hours feature. If you're
asked for the wizard password, it's DWARF (case sensitive). You then need to
answer 'n' to the next question, and then press enter again (I didn't get
around to fully implementing the wizard stuff).
3. It's only been tested using Perl 5.002 on Solaris & Perl 5.something on
Linux. If it doesn't work for you, tough.
Note that I've successfully navigated the entire cave and got maximum points,
but haven't necessarily tested every facet.
Enjoy!
ROSCO
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| (...) Actually it was originally called "Colossal cave" (by Willie Crowther). I only ever played it on a PDP 11/70 until I decided to learn Perl a couple of years ago - someday I'll get around to putting my Perl port of the original (350 pts) game (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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