https://bluerenga.blog/2026/04/02/skull-cave-the-mystery-of-the-mazes/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/chrome_tg9epptu9g.pngchrome_TG9epPtU9gThe part of impomatic's map with the link to Maze 2. There is no map of the maze because a.) there aren't even any "rooms" in the normal sense and b.) benkid99 hadn't done his hacking yet to find out how to get through.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/chrome_obzqoh1tif.pngchrome_OBzQoH1TifMap from impomatic.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tombtext2.jpgTombTEXT2If touched (or struck) the lich targets the strongest character and instantly sucks their soul. It can do this eight times.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/skull3.jpgSKULL3Lesch's illustration of the lich at the end.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/chrome_gqe69ephcj.jpgchrome_gQe69EPhCjThe sphere later got moved to a devil face at the end of the starting hallway. <a href="https://archive.org/details/tsr01162returntothetombofhorrors/page/n3/mode/2up">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/jetanchess.jpgjetanCHESShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/wote-secmap.jpgwote-secmapFrom <a href="https://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2018/01/war-of-empires-1969-gygaxs-space.html">Jon Peterson's blog</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/solpic4.jpgSOLPIC4From <a href="https://bonuslifecomputers.com/products/sol-20-2">Bonus Life Computers</a>, $1999.99.2026-04-03T18:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/04/01/epic-hero-2-dungeon-of-derojhen-final-judgement/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a64.gifa64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a63.gifa63https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a65.gifa65https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a57.gifa57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a56.gifa56https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a55.gifa55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a54.gifa54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a50.gifa50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tombofhorrorschest3.jpgtombofhorrorsCHEST3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a53.gifa532026-04-03T16:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/30/epic-hero-2-dungeon-of-derojhen-experiments-in-death/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a50.gifa50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a36.gifa36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a35.gifa35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a33.gifa33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a27.gifa27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a21.gifa21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a20.gifa20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a17.gifa17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a30.gifa30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a29.gifa292026-03-31T14:55:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/22/the-missing-people-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_3yv5ukofix.pngTrizbort_3YV5uKoFIxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/miss14.gifmiss14If you haven't energized yourself the game says you are too slow and you die.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/miss13.gifmiss13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_bqzrizj2vc.pngTrizbort_BQzRiZJ2vChttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/miss12.gifmiss12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_wikx4qoecx.pngTrizbort_wiKX4qoeCxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_28lfjbert3.pngTrizbort_28LFJBert3The regular map of the starting area.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_nuqjk4kylz.pngTrizbort_NUQjK4kyLzhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/starsshot.gifSTARSshotScreenshot from Stars. This is essentially a port of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eBUoY6W8BY">Atari's Space Race</a> from 1973, their arcade game follow-up to Pong. Alex did not know the game but rather it was described to him by the editor Dave Lagerquist.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/miss3.gifmiss32026-03-30T20:03:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/23/cauchemard-house-1982-1983/2026-03-30T15:15:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/all-the-adventures/2026-03-27T18:15:18+00:00weekly0.6https://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/27/epic-hero-2-dungeon-of-derojhen-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a14.gifa14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a13.gifa13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/chrome_bookpuwg3z.pngchrome_BOOkpuWg3zhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a10.gifa10Pray a fourth time and "Lightning strikes you for being so greedy!" There's not really a way to know what the limit is until you find it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a8.gifa8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a6.gifa6This is the same "ambiguous control" issue we just saw in Seiko's Adventure. Rather than specifying a set of micro-actions (open, put chalk inside, close, turn a knob) you just specify the whole result in one go. It can be tough to come up with a verb in this case, although the screenshot above represents my first try.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/a5.gifa5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_45igtnvowo.pngTrizbort_45IGTnvOwOhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/group-1-33.pngGroup 1 (33)From both the Centre for Computing History and the Museum of Computer Adventure Game History.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/gumbootbio.jpggumbootBIO2026-03-28T18:15:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/25/seikos-adventure-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/seiko23.pngseiko23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/walk6.pngwalk6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/walk5.pngwalk5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/walk4.pngwalk4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/walk3.pngwalk3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/walk2.pngwalk2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/walk1.pngwalk1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/seiko22.pngseiko22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/keyboardcount.jpgkeyboardCOUNTFrom <a href="https://necretro.org/File:PC8001.jpg">NEC Retro</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/seiko21.pngseiko21"You have done well to make it this far." I have?2026-03-26T19:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/24/the-missing-people-violence-is-the-answer-to-this-one/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/chaserobot.gifchaserobotEscape from the Robots, another Kreis game from CLOAD.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_9668.jpegThe author's own hand-drawn map of the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_t9ljlmnwa7.pngTrizbort_t9lJLmnWa7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/sunsshot.gifsunsSHOTPicture from Suns, another game from CLOAD.2026-03-25T20:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/20/the-lazurite-factor-the-repaired-version/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_9657.jpgIMG_9657Just a reminder that for any UK-based author, "TRS-80" may actually mean a Video Genie instead.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/group-3-13.pngGroup 3 (13)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/group-1-31.pngGroup 1 (31)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_xbokgogt0n.pngdosbox-x_XbOKGoGt0Nhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_nfxjlmjw3c.pngTrizbort_NfxjlmJW3chttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/microsoft-gw-basic-interpreter_0000.jpgMicrosoft GW-BASIC Interpreter_0000Technically GW-BASIC had an Atari port, although it almost universally is associated with DOS.2026-03-21T21:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/17/mystery-house-the-french-version-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000108_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000108_thumbxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000104_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000104_thumbFinding the treasure in the basement. The BRIQUE is exposed by removing the algae. Note that you're supposed to GET BRICK after but the English has been removed entirely, only BRIQUE works.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000098_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000098_thumbDAISYhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000089_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000089_thumbYOU ARE LOOKING THROUGH THE ATTIC WINDOW. YOU SEE A TRAPDOOR IN THE ATTIC CEILINGhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000077_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000077_thumbYou're supposed to USE BUTTERKNIFE in English but that got removed, I used WITH BUTTERKNIFE instead.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000072_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000072_thumbIn English, this needs to be a TRUNK rather than a CHEST (which is allowed in the original).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000067_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000067_thumbThis needs to be referred to as a "SLEDGEHAMMER" if you're using English, "HAMMER" doesn't work for some reason even though it does in the original.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000065_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000065_thumbOne of the bodies scattered through the house. Roberta Williams clearly had the most fun drawing these. I wish there was a better plot moment where the player is away for long enough for the bodies to all "teleport" in place.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000056_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000056_thumbNote in the library, again with the mixed English/French.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mystery-house-in-french_000000052_thumb.pngMystery House in French_000000052_thumbYOU ARE IN A SMALL FENCED CEMETARY. THERE ARE SIX NEWLY DUG GRAVES.2026-03-22T02:56:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/16/intercept-excessive-difficulty/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/disk0147.jpgDISK0147One of the PC-SIG disks. <a href="https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2023/04/06/">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_ujhl1qn8cc.pngdosbox-x_uJhL1Qn8CChttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_tbn6uvelyr.pngdosbox-x_TBn6uvELyrhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_8wd9v5kmt4.pngdosbox-x_8Wd9V5KMT4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_6pajiaaxgi.pngdosbox-x_6pajiAAXgihttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_kvhvmhh1n7.pngdosbox-x_Kvhvmhh1N7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_aletjh2rcm.pngdosbox-x_aletjh2RCmhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_vmkcqllrdq.pngdosbox-x_vmKCQlLrDqhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_wyfvpuasfg.pngdosbox-x_wYfvPuASfghttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_g2k2v4dxfj.pngTrizbort_G2k2V4DxfJ2026-03-17T20:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/12/intercept-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_stup0fkszb.pngdosbox-x_sTUP0FKsZBhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pmihhdhd2b.pngpmIHhDHD2bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_b6fz50dhhz.pngdosbox-x_B6Fz50DHhzhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_hgv6qzkh2w.pngdosbox-x_Hgv6QZKh2Whttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_fxvgmxevct.pngdosbox-x_FXVGmXEvcthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trizbort_6hjrwxkwxi.pngTrizbort_6HjrWxkWxihttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_rxaj1zmoql.pngdosbox-x_Rxaj1zmOqlhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_kozoea6tzo.pngdosbox-x_kozOeA6TzOhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_mek3qysp4q.pngdosbox-x_mek3QySp4qhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dosbox-x_nts4npvkgi.pngdosbox-x_nts4NpvKGIThe game gets confused with the "car" and "id card" both in the same room.2026-03-13T16:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/25/death-star-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022512175256_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022512175256_thumbIt doesn't prevent LIST altogether, but it causes lines to get drawn on top of each other and line numbers to be jumbled.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022510515523_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022510515523_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022419391763_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022419391763_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022419384023_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022419384023_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022419371966_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022419371966_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022419365769_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022419365769_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022419362131_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022419362131_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/trizbort_jdyq3ijt34.pngTrizbort_JDYQ3Ijt34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022507141071_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022507141071_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022419320985_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022419320985_thumb2026-03-11T16:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/09/misadventure-6-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s51.gifs51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s49.gifs49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s46.gifs46https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s48.gifs48It wasn't clear until this point super vision included eye lasers, because it gets used earlier just to see more clearly.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/chrome_ad4eblrxnn.pngchrome_AD4ebLRXnNhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s40.gifs40This lets you find a bomb you can disarm and a worm you can stomp.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s47.gifs47Despite the "rapid falling", you can do many things and come back here later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s35.gifs35You would think this encounter would involve climbing, but instead you want to levitate your enemy instead.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s32.gifs32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s41.gifs412026-03-13T00:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/12/madhouse-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/chrome_ka4fw5m3og.pngchrome_KA4fw5m3OG2026-03-09T14:01:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/16/zeno-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rexx8.pngrexx8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rexx7.pngrexx7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rexx5.pngrexx5Screenshot from last time.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rexx4.pngrexx4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rexx3.pngrexx3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rexx2.pngrexx2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rexx1.pngrexx1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/portsmouth.jpgportsmouthhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/zorkmap2.webpzorkMAP2<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/zork/comments/10tlxfd/new_zork_map/">Via ion_bond on Reddit</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/zork2map.jpgzork2MAPIn the commercial version, the robot landed in Zork 2. Zork User Group map, via the Gallery of Undiscovered Entities.2026-03-07T17:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/13/the-picture-you-probably-saw-of-the-first-videogame-is-wrong/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/flipboard.pngflipboardhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/chrome_rrovz9owqd.pngchrome_RrOvz9OwqDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/chrome_7fte9a2omv.pngchrome_7ftE9A2OmVhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/chrome_fhkx5vf5ib.pngchrome_fHKx5Vf5ibhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/chrome_wynevaz3uq.pngchrome_WyNeVAZ3uqhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/strachey_draughts_ferranti.jpgStrachey_draughts_ferrantihttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/pianos.jpgpianoSStrachey at the piano2026-03-07T17:27:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/03/02/misadventure-5-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/n58.gifn58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/n56.gifn56https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/n55.gifn55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/n49.gifn49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/n47.gifn47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/n46.gifn46https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/n43.gifn43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/n40.gifn40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/n38.gifn38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/chrome_j5r2bzyrml.pngchrome_j5r2BzyrMl2026-03-03T17:13:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/02/microworld-finshed/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/microworldad2.jpgMicroworldAD2Via <a href="https://archive.org/details/1982-01-compute-magazine/page/120/mode/2up">Compute! January 1982</a>.2026-03-01T14:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/28/death-star-the-view-from-outer-space-is-breathless/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022716434493_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022716434493_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022716432002_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022716432002_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022716422344_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022716422344_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022716421417_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022716421417_thumbAlthough this appears to repeat the content of earlier, going west or east now has the game respond SORRY TROOPERS ARE EVERYWHERE.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022716413805_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022716413805_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022809421012_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022809421012_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022716375458_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022716375458_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022716360552_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022716360552_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022716350230_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022716350230_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/vice-screen-2026022716340214_thumb.pngvice-screen-2026022716340214_thumb2026-03-01T21:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/23/zeno-program-your-way-out-of-trouble/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/programmitchell.webpprogramMITCHELLCourtesy Gunther Schmidl.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_sp8u7uhq93.pngwx3270_sp8U7uhq93https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_rg8data4aq.pngwx3270_Rg8dAtA4Aqhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_ntho57zlte.pngwx3270_ntHO57ZLtehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_qocq6z453o.pngwx3270_qOCq6Z453oDue to confusing wording in the instructions, I hit this a few times. You need to apply a number to WAIT, it does not default to 1.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_hoguifangh.pngwx3270_hOgUIfANGHhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_s4rzpu1azz.pngwx3270_s4rzPu1AZzhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_tiiml5apwk.pngwx3270_tIIML5APwKhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_6bxcws7xgk.pngwx3270_6BXCWs7XGkhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_aauyz2m6r9.pngwx3270_aAUyz2M6r9It turns out you don't really want the shields on -- the alien can bust through anyway, and it just drains energy.2026-02-24T07:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/29/cains-jawbone-two-pages/2026-02-23T17:11:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/17/demons-forge-finished/2026-02-20T13:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/15/demons-forge-omni-carni/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/demonforgesaber-disk.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFrom the <a href="https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=demonforgesaber">Museum of Computer Adventure Game History</a>.2026-02-20T13:48:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/14/hitch-hiker-petunias-in-space/2026-02-19T16:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/08/cosmo-cross-it-goes-on-forever/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/group-12-6.pngGroup 12 (6)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/io_dec82.webpIO_dec82https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0153_thumb.pngsave0153_thumbMoving forward here crashes into apparently nothing.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0150_thumb.pngsave0150_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0146_thumb.pngsave0146_thumbMy spaceship being destroyed because it collided with one of the monoliths.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0144_thumb.pngsave0144_thumbMidway filling a "charge" that will turn us a step to the left.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0143_thumb.pngsave0143_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0139_thumb.pngsave0139_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0137_thumb.pngsave0137_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0136_thumb.pngsave0136_thumb2026-02-18T16:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/17/zeno-powerful-and-potentially-dangerous-devices/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_2qylslmucl.pngwx3270_2QylsLmuClhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_qxzv0pqs1n.pngwx3270_qxZv0PQs1Nhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_tqy3auz1vu.pngwx3270_tQY3auZ1VUhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_zmntni3dgv.pngwx3270_ZMNtni3Dgvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_9pmrlb5rtp.pngwx3270_9pMRlB5rTphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_h8wnmhshrp.pngwx3270_h8WNMhSHrphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_e88bqoovar.pngwx3270_E88BQOoVArI was actually intending to look more closely at the robot; this is one of the problems with an object-only interface.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/trizbort_vbgscqho3r.pngTrizbort_vbgsCqHo3rhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_ldjubmtlyh.pngwx3270_lDjuBmtlyhhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wx3270_1ejkyzrzon.pngwx3270_1EjKYZrZoN2026-02-19T20:46:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/09/epic-hero-1-ocean-hunt-1982-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e33.gife33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e32.gife32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e28.gife28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e26.gife26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e25.gife25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e24.gife24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e31.gife31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/trizbort_mqvq8tfxok.pngTrizbort_MqVQ8tFXOkhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e23.gife23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e30.gife302026-02-13T14:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/12/epic-hero-1-ocean-hunt-winning/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e87.gife87https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e85.gife85https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e84.gife84https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e82.gife82https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e49-1.gife49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/epichero.jpgepicHEROFrom a Molimerx ad</a> for the Epic Hero series, Computing Today January 1983. The magazine <em>does</em> have a month-delay so I'm officially slotting the game into 1982.2026-03-09T05:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/11/epic-hero-1-ocean-hunt-welcome-to-killedsville/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/product-94204.jpgproduct-94204One of the more amusing tape covers from Gumboot. That's "Jet Set Billy", not "Jet Set Willy". Legally distinct!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e67.gife67https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e66.gife66https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e65.gife65https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e64.gife64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e61.gife61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e60.gife60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/trizbort_xjn15pykmv.pngTrizbort_xjn15PYKMVhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e58.gife58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/e57.gife572026-02-12T04:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/07/cosmo-cross-dont-look-behind-you/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0037_thumb.pngsave0037_thumbSent to another dimension!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0035_thumb.pngsave0035_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0039_thumb.pngsave0039_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0045_thumb.pngsave0045_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0054_thumb.pngsave0054_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0053_thumb.pngsave0053_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0044_thumb.pngsave0044_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/group-8-7.pngGroup 8 (7)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0047_thumb.pngsave0047_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/save0042_thumb.pngsave0042_thumb2026-02-08T13:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/06/cosmo-cross-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cosmo7.pngcosmo7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cosmobattle.gifcosmoBATTLEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cosmo6.pngcosmo6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cosmo5.pngcosmo5Closer to the planets. The blue one is in the lower right. It's not true 3D space and you're essentially on a "track" like the one in Red Alarm or Star Fox, just the way you point your ship matters when you get up to the <2000 parsec range.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/group-4-9.pngGroup 4 (9)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cosmo4.pngcosmo4Suffering a little damage. Notice that the laser crosshairs no longer show on the right and left side; this is one of the results of the damage.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cosmo3.pngcosmo3Facing a Zagros ship.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cosmocross3.jpgcosmocross3The game came with "instruction cards" showing each of the scenes.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cosmo2.pngcosmo2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dendentown.jpgdendenTOWNVia @carllin117464 on <a href="https://x.com/carllin117464/status/2001511309364597117">Twitter</a>.2026-02-10T00:39:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/02/03/university-adventure-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/group-67-1.pngGroup 67 (1)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ua26.pngua26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ua24.pngua24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ua18.pngua18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ua23.pngua23Scooping up the pencil too, because why not.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ua28.pngua28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ua27.pngua27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ua15.pngua15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ua14.pngua14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ua11.pngua112026-02-04T19:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/04/krakit-self-confirming-puzzles/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/proverb2.jpgproverb2The Illustrated Book of Puzzles, 1890, Don Lemon2026-02-02T13:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/30/house-adventure-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot_3460.pngscreenshot_3460https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot_3460_thumb.pngscreenshot_3460_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot_3457_thumb.pngscreenshot_3457_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot_3454_thumb.pngscreenshot_3454_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot_3450_thumb.pngscreenshot_3450_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot_3449_thumb.pngscreenshot_3449_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot_3446_thumb.pngscreenshot_3446_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot_3444_thumb.pngscreenshot_3444_thumbxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot_3443_thumb.pngscreenshot_3443_thumbxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_214hehvmnt.pngTrizbort_214hehvMnt2026-02-02T21:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/28/prism-the-atari-version/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari044_thumb.pngatari044_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari041_thumb.pngatari041_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari039_thumb.pngatari039_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari034_thumb.pngatari034_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari031_thumb.pngatari031_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari027_thumb.pngatari027_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari024_thumb.pngatari024_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari021_thumb.pngatari021_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari018_thumb.pngatari018_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/atari016_thumb.pngatari016_thumb2026-02-13T16:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/27/prism-the-clinging/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trigrams.jpgtrigramsFrom <a href="https://archive.org/details/iching00john/page/218/mode/2up">Blofeld</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/hexa30.jpghexa30From John Blofeld's <a href="https://archive.org/details/iching00john/page/144/mode/2up">I Ching (The Book of Changes).</a>https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-25-184717.pngScreenshot 2026-01-25 184717https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/secrets_i_ching_murphy.jpgsecrets_i_ching_murphyFrom the 1970 book <a href="https://archive.org/details/secretsofiching00murp/mode/2up">Secrets of the I Ching</a>by Joseph Murphy, "one of the world's best known authorities on helping people with mystic methods."2026-01-29T00:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/03/diamond-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/diamondadventurebettercover2.jpgdiamondADVENTUREBETTERCOVER2From Yahoo! Auctions.2026-01-26T16:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/25/prism-how-to-hide-something-so-almost-nobody-finds-it/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-25-110755.pngScreenshot 2026-01-25 110755Even the "mystery anagram" page which is fairly sparse has part of a mountain in the picture.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-25-105310.pngScreenshot 2026-01-25 105310https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/iching.pngIchinghttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-25-104636.pngScreenshot 2026-01-25 104636https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-25-103725.pngScreenshot 2026-01-25 103725https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000035_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000035_thumbOr it could be the puzzle is broken by unclear directions, like the stereotypical pirate map "forward 50 paces, the right 60 paces" which isn't very exact at all. Worryingly, this page seems near to that, but it might be referring to times instead.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/masqbury.jpgmasqBURY2026-01-27T19:09:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/22/prism-unspeakable-forms/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000053_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000053_thumbWith a little animating on the letters.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000052_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000052_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000048_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000048_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000046_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000046_thumbLIFEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000044_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000044_thumbRUNNERS?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000041_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000041_thumbI still find interesting the notable lack of yellow.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000038_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000038_thumbXXXVI, that is, the number 36.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000034_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000034_thumbAgain the text is more irregular than normal.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000031_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000031_thumbshamhat pointed out in the comments the end of the tree next to the double-fire symbol looks like a phoenix.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000028_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000028_thumbYOLSVA.2026-01-25T20:09:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/21/prism-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000014_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000014_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000012_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000012_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000009_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000009_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000004_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000004_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000003_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000003_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000001_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000001_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-manual_0000b.jpgprism-manual_0000Bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/chrome_xnagwbv4ro.jpgchrome_XNAGWBv4Rohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mathemagicc.jpgmathemagicC<a href="https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerWorld1982-05/page/114/mode/2up">Personal Computer World, May 1982</a>.2026-01-25T20:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/22/prism-colorless-as-a-tear/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000050_thumb-1.pngPrism-S2_000000050_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000050_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000050_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/group-3-12.pngGroup 3 (12)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000026_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000026_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000025_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000025_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000024_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000024_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000022_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000022_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000021_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000021_thumbRed, White, and Blue are the colors mentioned here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000018_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000018_thumbAnimated rays like the sun was animated.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/prism-s2_000000017_thumb.pngPrism-S2_000000017_thumb2026-01-22T23:48:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/20/the-colonels-house-interview-with-the-author/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/daggers_of_megiddo.webpDaggers_of_MegiddoFrom <a href="https://headhuntersholosuite.fandom.com/wiki/Daggers_of_Megiddo?file=Daggers_of_Megiddo.jpg">Headhunter's Holosuite</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/colonels-house-000.jpgColonels-House-000Via <a href="https://www.everygamegoing.com/litem/Colonels-House/63995/">Everygamegoing</a>.2026-01-20T13:39:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/19/sword-of-raschkil-supermoon-logic/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s81.gifs81https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_tm5pb89n79.pngTrizbort_TM5pb89N79https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s70.gifs70https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s38.gifs38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s61.gifs61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s60.gifs60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_2dt5epf2rb.pngTrizbort_2DT5Epf2rbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/group-68-c.jpgGroup 68 CCovers of the last three issues of the magazine (ending in August 1983).2026-01-21T14:24:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/18/sword-of-raschkil-1981-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_88gdo0xlro.pngTrizbort_88gDo0xlrohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s35.gifs35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s34.gifs34Inside joke, maybe?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s33.gifs33Dropping the staff is accounted for.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s22.gifs22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s32.gifs32I was expecting the water to be toxic and kill you. I've been in too many death-every-corner games lately, I suppose. You can also POUR WATER in any room where it "makes a puddle on the floor."https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s31.gifs31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/s30.gifs30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_8ek1ids6ib.pngTrizbort_8EK1iDs6ibhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_oxc9mcapwl.pngTrizbort_OXc9mcaPwl2026-01-19T14:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/15/haunted-house-pray-hard-with-a-vengeance/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/group-64-2.pngGroup 64 (2)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/finalhour.jpgfinalHOUR<a href="https://archive.org/details/amstrad-computer-cpc-464-user-magazine/AmstradComputerUser05-0485.pdf">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/group-64-1.pngGroup 64 (1)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h73.pngh73https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h65.pngh65https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h64.pngh64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h63.pngh63https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h60.pngh60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h59.pngh59https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h58.pngh58Coventry Live has a recent story about <a href="https://i2-prod.coventrytelegraph.net/article20659646.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200e/0_JS235560813.jpg">a dog who loves Quavers Crisps</a>.2026-01-16T14:36:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/07/adventure-751-ersatz-materials/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/group-4-8.pngGroup 4 (8)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_jkrwhrksii.pngPhotos_JkrWhrksiIENEMY NUMBER ONE.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_xkumxjsfqn.pngPhotos_XKUMxJsfQnhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/plattmapadv.gifplattMAPadvFrom a totally different version of Adventure, Platt's Adventure 551, which includes a new area past the Breathtaking View.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_wh0pmdjrbr.pngPhotos_Wh0PmDjrbRhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_wimnfwi6az.pngPhotos_WImnfWI6aZhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/todayad_1981c.jpgtodayAD_1981CAd from the first issue of CompuServe's TODAY magazine, <a href="https://archive.org/details/TODAYV01N01/page/n15/mode/2up">July 1981</a>, offering the maps for both Adventure 350 and Adventure 751 for sale.2026-01-16T00:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/14/haunted-house-pray-harder/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h44.pngh44The wolf <em>really</em> doesn't like crisps.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h43.pngh43Maybe you'd prefer some Crispy Bacon Frazzles?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h42.pngh42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h40.pngh40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h39.pngh39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h38.pngh38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h37.pngh37"But they're Monster Munch! You don't like them?"https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/group-62-1.pngGroup 62 (1)2026-01-15T14:25:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/13/countdown-to-doom-skyward/2026-01-14T16:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/03/26/frankenstein-adventure-below-the-surface/2026-01-13T13:30:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/12/haunted-house-lucas-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h36.pngh36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h24.pngh24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h35.pngh35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h23.pngh23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h34.pngh3435% chance this is a red herring, 30% chance I need an item, 30% chance I need to bring the magazine somewhere else, 5% chance this is a bug.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_97ylxecryg.pngTrizbort_97YlxEcrYGhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h27.pngh27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h28.pngh28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h33.pngh33Reading the book only works in this room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/h32.pngh322026-01-14T14:08:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/10/adventure-751-into-the-sunset/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_htvrezb37g.pngPhotos_hTvrezb37gDonovan fit almost everything into the art, but I'm not seeing which spot in the swamp would be the rat nest.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_ccdpdrplkc.pngPhotos_cCdPdRPLKChttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_7uazx23ffn.pngPhotos_7uAzx23ffNhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_dttat5tco4.pngPhotos_dTTaT5tCo4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/group-1-27.pngGroup 1 (27)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/new-adventure-map-full-2.jpgNew-Adventure-Map-FULL-2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/compupic.webpcompuPICCompuServe in 1995, via <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2024/01/29/compuserve-history-in-pictures/72368251007/">The Columbus Dispatch</a>. They had 3.6 million customers, but four years later they would be bought out by AOL. When moving to a new interface, their text-based games shut down.2026-01-11T06:49:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/08/adventure-751-a-section-of-the-castle-in-which-you-have-no-business/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mudlet_0vqc3mcx1j.pngMudlet_0VqC3MCX1jhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_hhxfef2dpv.pngTrizbort_hhXFEF2dPvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_jh3oosdjxr.pngPhotos_JH3oOsDjXRhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_5m80ygy243.pngTrizbort_5M80YgY243Six rooms otherwise not used. Crowther would be fine with a section like this, but not Long.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_euwtblpqok.pngPhotos_EUWtbLpQOkhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_ltvbect3oz.pngPhotos_LTVbEct3ozhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/today_v02n04_0042-d.jpgTODAY_V02N04_0042-DTODAY, <a href="https://archive.org/details/TODAYV02N04/page/n41/mode/2up">March 1983</a>.2026-01-10T20:34:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/08/04/mission-asteroid-1980/2026-01-08T20:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/04/adventure-751-the-footsteps-of-a-thousand-fairies/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/winerymap.pngwineryMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_gbafsdcqg7.pngPhotos_gBAFsdCQg7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_pvswmfz6iu.pngPhotos_PVSwmfZ6iuhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_rggar9er1j.pngTrizbort_rggaR9ER1jhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_5p8fhzgxlb.pngPhotos_5P8FhZgxlbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_jpro63zrew.pngPhotos_JpRO63zREWhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_ftyrs5k6st.pngTrizbort_Ftyrs5k6sThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/chrome_4obx5etexa.pngchrome_4ObX5EteXAhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/group-3-9.pngGroup 3 (9)From <a href="https://github.com/Quuxplusone/Advent/tree/master/adventure-family-tree">Arthur O'Dwyer's family tree</a> of variations of Adventure.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_9m6lqkchml.pngPhotos_9m6lqKcHMl2026-01-07T10:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/02/prisoner-2-a-wolf-in-the-fold/2026-01-05T13:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/03/adventure-751-all-hope-abandon/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_bhdeg7evuj.pngPhotos_bHdeg7EVujManifested!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_o59ea6voc2.pngPhotos_O59ea6vOC2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-03-143930.pngScreenshot 2026-01-03 143930https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_bbvr2acxkd.pngPhotos_bbvr2acxKdhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-03-141512.pngScreenshot 2026-01-03 141512https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_e3baq9yrao.pngPhotos_E3BAq9yrAohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-03-140248.pngScreenshot 2026-01-03 140248The Conservatory is marked green because it's in 751 only.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_uix2agdoe3.pngPhotos_uiX2AgdOE3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-03-134516.pngScreenshot 2026-01-03 134516Normal map, not meta-map.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/photos_yzzsrgc5gc.pngPhotos_yzzsRgC5gc2026-01-05T13:19:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/09/adventure-501-finished/2026-01-03T14:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/08/adventure-501-outdoors/2026-01-03T14:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/07/adventure-501-wrong-number/2026-01-03T14:47:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/05/adventure-501-1978/2026-01-03T14:47:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2026/01/01/adventure-751-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-01-104350.pngScreenshot 2026-01-01 104350https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-01-104106.pngScreenshot 2026-01-01 104106https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_2p2se4dpe6.pngTrizbort_2P2SE4dpE6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-01-102804.pngScreenshot 2026-01-01 102804https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trizbort_17dj1yi2ut.pngTrizbort_17Dj1Yi2uthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-01-090708.pngScreenshot 2026-01-01 090708https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/analogcompute3.jpganalogCOMPUTE3ASTRAC II. <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19660001640/downloads/19660001640.pdf">Source</a>: "All analog computing elements other than coefficient potentiometers plug directly into the rear of the shielded analog patchbay."https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/dillinger_society_card_2.jpgdillinger_society_card_2The John Dillinger Died For You Society was <a href="http://historiadiscordia.com/the-bizarre-origins-but-otherwise-true-history-of-the-john-dillinger-died-for-you-society/">a spoof group</a> made in 1966 at the University of Texas meant to parody Elvis fan groups and “Jesus Died For You” signs.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-30-081609.pngScreenshot 2025-12-30 081609https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/newadvshot.jpegnewADVshot2026-01-14T14:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2018/04/20/quarterstaff-the-infamous-puzzle/2026-01-02T17:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/31/all-the-adventures-all-of-2025/2026-01-03T08:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/27/secret-mission-misdirection/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sumlock2.pngsumlock2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025122114173998_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025122114173998_thumbBased on how hard I had to push to reach this screen, I was hoping for at least a laser show.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025122114170197_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025122114170197_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025122114173597_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025122114173597_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025122114173121_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025122114173121_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-21-113637.pngScreenshot 2025-12-21 113637https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025122114173043_thumb-1.pngvice-screen-2025122114173043_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025122114172619_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025122114172619_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-27-192736.pngScreenshot 2025-12-27 192736https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025121921202924_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025121921202924_thumb2025-12-29T18:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/23/secret-mission-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025121917485371_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025121917485371_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025121917484892_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025121917484892_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025121915101107_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025121915101107_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025121915061745_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025121915061745_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025121915061558_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025121915061558_thumbThis is animated.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025121915060977_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025121915060977_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/vice-screen-2025121915053111_thumb.pngvice-screen-2025121915053111_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/group-5-7.pngGroup 5 (7)<a href="https://archive.org/details/NH2021_Popular_Computing_Weekly_Issue831124.pdf/page/68/mode/2up">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/group-4.jpgGroup 4I'm unclear the date on these; according to the <a href="https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/12675/Space-Rescue/">Centre for Computing History</a> where I got the pictures they are from 1981, but Mobygames lists them as later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/kewcover3.jpgkewcover3From Everygamegoing.2025-12-26T15:08:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/10/countdown-to-doom-exogeologists-baffled/2025-12-22T16:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/04/over-the-spectrum-adventure-1982/2025-12-22T16:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/05/engine-failure-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/group-3-7.pngGroup 3 (7)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/group-1-26.pngGroup 1 (26)2025-12-19T16:52:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/09/15/svha-adventure-1979/2025-12-19T12:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/10/pillage-village-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000167_thumb.pngpvill1_000000167_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000189_thumb.pngpvill1_000000189_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000187_thumb.pngpvill1_000000187_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000183_thumb.pngpvill1_000000183_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000182_thumb.pngpvill1_000000182_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000180_thumb.pngpvill1_000000180_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill2_000000019_thumb.pngpvill2_000000019_thumbA low point in a game with already awful parser moments.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill2_000000000_thumb-1.pngpvill2_000000000_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill2_000000027_thumb.pngpvill2_000000027_thumbNo way in.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-10-132146.pngScreenshot 2025-12-10 1321462025-12-18T15:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/16/old-father-time-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/stopcity.jpgstopCITYFrom one of the "Stop the City" demonstrations <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Eintx8HETI">in 1984</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f72.pngf72https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f71.pngf71https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f69.pngf69https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f68.pngf68https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f67.pngf67https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f66.pngf66https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f65.pngf65https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f60.pngf60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/f59.pngf592025-12-18T03:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/14/valley-of-the-kings-dazzling-of-face/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/isishorus.jpgisisHORUSIris nursing Horus, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/546229">from The Met</a>, Ptolemaic period.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-14-172202.pngScreenshot 2025-12-14 172202https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/7387303128_f29e70b115_k.jpg7387303128_f29e70b115_k“<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/djmccrady/7387303128" title="Pyramid of Userkaf at Saqqara.">Pyramid of Userkaf at Saqqara.</a>” by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/djmccrady/">Don McCrady</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en" rel="license noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0</a>https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/trizbort_9ydqd36myt.pngTrizbort_9ydQD36mYThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/trizbort_vyjsmnhbe4.pngTrizbort_vYJsMnhBE4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/maat3.jpgmaat3Statue of Maat, by Rama, via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maat-E_4436-IMG_7942-white.jpg">Wikimedia Commons.</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/fr/deed.en">CC BY-SA 3.0 FR</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/trizbort_aqrbclvl9j.pngTrizbort_aqRBClvL9jhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/trizbort_rlostah91f.pngTrizbort_RlOStAH91fhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/trizbort_odumvwigee.pngTrizbort_OdUmvwIgEeThere's a "star ruby" treasure along the way. The green-marked room will come back later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/maatfigure.jpgmaatFIGUREFigurine of Maat, Third Intermediate Period, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/552741">via the Met</a>.2025-12-15T19:04:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/13/valley-of-the-kings-live-forever/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-13-181648.pngScreenshot 2025-12-13 181648https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-13-175138.pngScreenshot 2025-12-13 175138https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-13-175011.pngScreenshot 2025-12-13 175011https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-13-174016.pngScreenshot 2025-12-13 174016xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sphinx2.jpgsphinx2<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/5221153409">Via kairoinfo4u</a>, “<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/5221153409" title="Giza-003 The Great Sphinx">Giza-003 The Great Sphinx</a>” by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/">kairoinfo4u</a>. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en" rel="license noopener noreferrer">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0</a>https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-13-172555.pngScreenshot 2025-12-13 172555https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-13-171800.pngScreenshot 2025-12-13 171800I am now marking rooms with treasures in blue.2025-12-14T23:52:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/12/valley-of-the-kings-lion-of-the-sun-hear-my-prayer/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sungod.jpgsungodClose-up of the Egyptian Sun God, <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/973486001">via the British Museum</a>. <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>. https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-12-140447.pngScreenshot 2025-12-12 140447https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-12-135533.pngScreenshot 2025-12-12 135533https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/anubis2.jpgAnubis, from The Met. I don't think this is necessarily the dog meant here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-12-134105.pngScreenshot 2025-12-12 134105https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-12-133929.pngScreenshot 2025-12-12 133929https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-12-132908.pngScreenshot 2025-12-12 132908https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ineni004.jpgIneni004Ineni's Tomb. By unbekannt, Maler im Alten Ägypten - Eberhard Dziobek: Das Grab des Ineni. Theben Nr. 81, Tafel 13, FAL, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11159154">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-12-104349.pngScreenshot 2025-12-12 104349<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ancient_Records_of_Egypt_The_eighteenth/bT0q7nt1-gUC?hl=en&gbpv=0">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/shabti2.jpgshabti2Shabti of Seti I, via <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544763">The Met</a>. These would be inscribed with a spell to bring them up in the afterlife in order to do the work for the ruler.2025-12-13T16:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/11/valley-of-the-kings-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/trizbort_gv00yfldrd.pngTrizbort_gv00YfLdrdhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ostracon.jpgostracon<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544076">Ostracon with Pharaoh Spearing a Lion and a Royal Hymn on its Back</a>, New Kingdom, Ramesside period, found in the Valley of the Kings in 1920 during the Carnarvon/Carter excavations.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-10-190826.pngScreenshot 2025-12-10 190826<a href="https://archive.org/details/198312SoftalkIBMV2N7/page/174/mode/2up">Softalk, December 1983</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-10-190609.pngScreenshot 2025-12-10 190609<a href="https://archive.org/details/pcworld13unse/page/318/mode/1up">PC World, April 1983</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-10-181026.pngScreenshot 2025-12-10 1810262025-12-13T16:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/05/27/adventure-430-points-unfinished-business/2025-12-12T14:11:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/12/20/all-the-adventures-up-to-1981-in-review/2025-12-12T14:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/07/ferret-this-building-has-a-grade-5-security-rating/2025-12-12T14:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/01/the-sands-of-egypt-1982/2025-12-12T14:09:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/24/star-trek-adventure-won/2025-12-12T14:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/11/killer-mansion-1982/2025-12-12T14:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/30/caveman-adventure-1983/2025-12-12T14:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/09/herrick-venture-1-escape-1983/2025-12-12T14:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/11/probe-one-the-transmitter-1982/2025-12-12T14:03:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/08/pillage-village-do-not-touch-power/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000116_thumb.pngpvill1_000000116_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000098_thumb.pngpvill1_000000098_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000115_thumb.pngpvill1_000000115_thumbDespite the "knocking down" message you don't have to worry about breaking it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000097_thumb.pngpvill1_000000097_thumbEveryone seems to struggle with syntax for launching water craft, including Sierra.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000094_thumb.pngpvill1_000000094_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-08-161638.pngScreenshot 2025-12-08 161638https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000093_thumb.pngpvill1_000000093_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000082_thumb.pngpvill1_000000082_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000081_thumb.pngpvill1_000000081_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000084_thumb.pngpvill1_000000084_thumb2026-02-07T23:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/06/pillage-village-desperate-times/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000077_thumb.pngpvill1_000000077_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000069_thumb.pngpvill1_000000069_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000068_thumb.pngpvill1_000000068_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000066_thumb.pngpvill1_000000066_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000075_thumb.pngpvill1_000000075_thumbAs there's the lake mentioned to the south, it may be the trailer is a fake-out and you somehow need to move the boat to where you need it. DRIVE BOAT mentions you need keys.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000074_thumb.pngpvill1_000000074_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000052_thumb.pngpvill1_000000052_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000051_thumb.pngpvill1_000000051_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/trizbort_oijjvfjfb7.pngTrizbort_oiJjVFJfB7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000073_thumb.pngpvill1_000000073_thumbHuzzah for more janky-looking people, though!2025-12-07T22:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/05/pillage-village-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000025_thumb.pngpvill1_000000025_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000020_thumb.pngpvill1_000000020_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000019_thumb.pngpvill1_000000019_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000017_thumb.pngpvill1_000000017_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/trizbort_e8kdo4tprr.pngTrizbort_E8kdO4tpRrhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000016_thumb.pngpvill1_000000016_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000015_thumb.pngpvill1_000000015_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000014_thumb.pngpvill1_000000014_thumbThere's a *Corvette* here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000027_thumb.pngpvill1_000000027_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/pvill1_000000026_thumb.pngpvill1_000000026_thumb2025-12-08T01:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/04/puzzle-adventure-hapax-legomenon/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/frame-4-2.pngFrame 4 (2)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/advtimelinejp-1.pngADVtimelineJP (1)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/group-11-7.pngGroup 11 (7)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/frame-4-1.pngFrame 4 (1)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/advtimelinejp.pngADVtimelineJPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0032_thumb.pngsave0032_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0031_thumb.pngsave0031_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0030_thumb.pngsave0030_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/japankeyboard2.jpgjapankeyboard2<a>Via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0028_thumb.pngsave0028_thumb2025-12-14T01:39:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/03/puzzle-adventure-to-one-whose-heart-openeth-not/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0026_thumb.pngsave0026_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0025_thumb.pngsave0025_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0024_thumb.pngsave0024_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-03-170710.pngScreenshot 2025-12-03 170710https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0022_thumb.pngsave0022_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0021_thumb.pngsave0021_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0020_thumb.pngsave0020_thumbI put the pictures for sage 3 and sage 4 (this one) next to each other as image files in a directory, then rapidly went back and forth between them. The image did not change at all.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/flowerspoem.jpgflowersPOEM<a href="https://www.thegardenofzen.com/2018/05/hime-utsugi-deutzia-gracilis-flowers.html">Source</a>. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-03-095204.pngScreenshot 2025-12-03 095204https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-03-093422.pngScreenshot 2025-12-03 0934222025-12-04T17:03:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/02/puzzle-adventure-love-unknown-and-unrequited/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-02-195405.pngScreenshot 2025-12-02 195405https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/frame-2-3.pngFrame 2 (3)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puzadvpuzzle2ans-1.pngpuzADVpuzzle2ANS (1)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/coolblock.jpgcoolBLOCKI don't think the game means this kind of block, but I still like doing image-searches for vocabulary. <a href="https://cocreco.kodansha.co.jp/cocreco/general/life/CSE/4Whpm">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0017_thumb.pngsave0017_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0016_thumb.pngsave0016_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0015_thumb.pngsave0015_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-12-02-161854.pngScreenshot 2025-12-02 161854From <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Manyosu_Book_Viii/m28eAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0">Pierson's version of the Manyosu</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puzadvpuzzle2ans.pngpuzADVpuzzle2ANShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puzzadvbox2.jpgpuzzadvBOX2As found by Rob on Yahoo Auctions. The back cover's general sentiment is that by the author's choice "no explanatory text is included", and there are "tricks" for "those who are not satisfied with unconventional games".2025-12-03T21:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/12/01/puzzle-adventure-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puz100.pngpuz100https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puz99.pngpuz99https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0014_thumb.pngsave0014_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/save0016.pngsave0016https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/screenshot-2025-11-30-190444.pngScreenshot 2025-11-30 190444From A Warbler's Song in the Dusk: The Life and Work of Otomo Yakamochi by Paula Doe.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puzscreen4.pngpuzSCREEN4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puzscreen3.pngpuzSCREEN3"Fool! You aren't ready to talk to me yet! Start oevr and come back when you're ready!"https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puzzleadvmap2.pngpuzzleadvMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puzzleimg2.pngpuzzleIMG2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/puzzletitle.pngpuzzleTITLEOfficially, the title is パズル アドベンチャー.2026-02-09T22:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/30/the-gingerbread-caper-treasure-trove-wonderland-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a21.gifa21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/jumpdisk.jpgjumpDISKSeptember 1986 issue, <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/274200261963">via eBay</a>. Includes "Where's Tom", an "electronic time map" game of Tom Sawyer.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a20.gifa20Two Queen's Throne rooms. I guess she has a backup.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a24.gifa24Although you are also welcome to guess right the place with the answer.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a16.gifa16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-30-082913.pngScreenshot 2025-11-30 082913https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a15.gifa15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-29-211639.pngScreenshot 2025-11-29 211639https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a14.gifa14Commands need to be typed in lowercase for the version I played; the original is all uppercase and doesn't need to account for that.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a13.gifa132025-12-01T22:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/25/time-line-1983/2025-11-30T14:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/28/diamond-trail-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/diamondtrail_front_2-1.jpgDiamondTrail_Front_2 (1)Via Spectrum Computing.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a72.pnga72I have no interest in optimizing.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a57.pnga57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a56.pnga56https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a53.pnga53Random cheeky red herring, just like Time-Line.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a51.pnga51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a50.pnga50You don't ever apprehend them; you're just trying to get the diamond back.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/trizbort_umx57mqmgb.pngTrizbort_UMX57mQMgb2025-11-29T21:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/26/time-line-the-clock-which-is-really-a-time-machine/2025-11-26T22:09:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/23/terror-from-the-deep-scuttle-the-ship/2025-11-25T14:07:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/01/29/time-zone-the-other-ages/2025-11-25T04:05:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/26/hobbit-1975-1979/2026-01-01T17:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/17/madhouse-you-could-be-happy-here/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh105.gifmh105The bottle doesn't get used, except I think the implication is that the gunpowder was in the bottle to begin with, so you just get the empty one back?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-16-073323.pngScreenshot 2025-11-16 073323https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh101.gifmh101https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh100.gifmh100https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh98.gifmh98You know how I gave some latitude for Fairytale given the conditions it was written in, and even the baseball puzzle in Zork II gets a pass due to an alternate solution? Yeah, no such defense here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/etspell.jpgetSPELLhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh97.gifmh97https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh96.gifmh96Using their aggression as a weakness.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh110.gifmh110https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-16-073301.pngScreenshot 2025-11-16 0733012025-11-22T14:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/21/terror-from-the-deep-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/t19.pngt19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/t18.pngt18Do we need to blow up the ship to escape, or is this optional?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/t17.pngt17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/t16.pngt16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/t14.pngt14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/t22.pngt22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-21-133848.pngScreenshot 2025-11-21 133848https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/t21.pngt21The stern has what the game just describes is a SAILOR. I thought briefly (since it isn't a BODY) the sailor might be alive, but I can't interact in any way.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/t20.pngt20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/t9.pngt9I assume I'm supposed to visualize the Zorgian as a smaller version of what's on the tape cover.2025-11-24T19:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/15/madhouse-trolls/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-15-120008.pngScreenshot 2025-11-15 120008COME BACK ALI. COME BACK ALI'S SISTER.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh86.gifmh86After THROW TRUNCHEON.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh84.gifmh84After throwing the contact mine to be next to the guard.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh83.gifmh83Guard #2.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh76.gifmh76This would be after he made The Thing, but I don't know what that means for the game. I tried GIVE for every item I had and got no reaction.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh73.gifmh73https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh68.gifmh68https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/fixroute.pngfixROUTEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh67.gifmh67https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-15-113306.pngScreenshot 2025-11-15 1133062025-11-17T16:35:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/14/madhouse-little-red-nothing-looking-very-sad/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh51.gifmh51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh49.gifmh49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh42.gifmh42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh47.gifmh47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh41.gifmh41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh40.gifmh40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/flying2.gifflying2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh38.gifmh38None of the Corr games had this kind of softlock; one reason why this one is more unfair.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-14-080542.pngScreenshot 2025-11-14 080542https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mh46.gifmh46Arriving in the elevator to level 1 and turning "north".2025-11-14T23:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/11/ringen-under-the-low-morning-sun/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/margarethenazgul.jpgMargaretheNazgulNazgul illustrated by Margrethe II of Denmark for a Danish edition of Lord of the Rings.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-11-083710.pngScreenshot 2025-11-11 083710Original notes for translating the room descriptions to MUD form.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/group-1-22.pngGroup 1 (22)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/arwenjoins.jpgarwenJOINSArwen Joins the Quest. From <a href="https://scontent-phx1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/471290827_10236563570650783_3226966694356517326_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=bd9a62&_nc_ohc=YtK2iUMDJwYQ7kNvwGJ6ZCP&_nc_oc=AdkA34w8EN5zhJrHLVIdOanadROFVBPh-c-f48b9o2y5DtNBaF0bYyDkLbyJO9EWwZQUhwaE2-M8sOvb_sgaQzqq&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-phx1-1.xx&_nc_gid=46Nq_hTyEg2xONIrAr1RzQ&oh=00_AfiRSUiGJoslW2bZdWjboOi9l6BvvtRn9ZK0yXJ2fFJgfg&oe=69191A15">the Hildebrandt brothers in 2000</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-11-071239.pngScreenshot 2025-11-11 071239https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/balrogweta.jpgbalrogWETAVia <a href="https://www.wetanz.com/us/balrog-in-moria">WETA</a>.2025-11-14T22:25:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/10/ringen-he-must-be-a-wizard/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bridge.jpgbridgeLike this, but the sides are reversed, and also it's just Frodo. Via <a href="https://www.coolminiornot.com/467352">coolminiornot</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-10-103016.pngScreenshot 2025-11-10 103016https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/durins-axe-card-2.jpgDurin's-Axe-Card-2From the LOTR card game, <a href="https://hallofbeorn.com/LotR/Details/Durin%27s-Axe-WaR">art by Nino Vecia</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-10-094330.pngScreenshot 2025-11-10 094330https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-10-074643.pngScreenshot 2025-11-10 074643You may notice a very important item mentioned on the map. I'll get back to it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hornart.jpghornARTFrom art <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1268312437588907&id=100032304897074&set=a.645378476548976">by Donato Giancola</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ringenherre2.jpgringenHerre2The 80s Norwegian translation of Lord of the Rings, considered the superior version. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tolkienbooks/comments/mw9qzz/norwegian_edition_of_the_lord_of_the_rings/">Via Reddit</a>.2025-11-11T15:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/07/ringen-in-the-darkness/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-07-195629.pngScreenshot 2025-11-07 195629https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-07-194548.pngScreenshot 2025-11-07 194548https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-07-193144.pngScreenshot 2025-11-07 193144https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/narvipic.jpgnarviPICHe's in the Rings of Power television show. (I like the dwarf parts, not wild about anything else.)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/norwaystamp.pngnorwaySTAMPActual stamp from Norway, 2022. Via <a href="https://europa-stamps.blogspot.com/2022/04/norway-2022.html">europa-stamps</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-07-170546.pngScreenshot 2025-11-07 170546https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-07-142112.pngScreenshot 2025-11-07 142112https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-07-141100.pngScreenshot 2025-11-07 141100https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/danmumfordmoria.webpdanMUMFORDmoriaMoria, as shown in a movie poster by Dan Mumford. <a href="https://frenchpaperartclub.com/collections/cinema/products/la-communaute-de-lanneau?shpxid=5f0a2ade-0f0e-48f6-a003-60e52bb109af">Source</a>.2025-11-08T15:05:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/28/fairytale-bane-of-giants/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-28-123316.pngScreenshot 2025-10-28 123316https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5v50hogblk.png5v50hogblKhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bef5imwag8.pngBef5imWAg8The moment before I realized the ruby had moved from the candy-house to the place where the pedlar had been.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/fgbgtkbuhh.pngfgbGTkbUhhhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rgvuuackpk.pngrGVuuAcKpKhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rknwzsydlt.pngRKnwZSydlThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/q4mfr7nlyw.pngQ4MfR7nlYWhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/twcftcj1ot.pngtWcftcj1OTDrawn here as a literal padlock.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3hw1hhjjl0.png3hw1HHJjl0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/v3yjnyyrgl.pngV3yjnyyrGlOr as I've typed here, MAKE PORR, as the game only looks at the first three letters of each word.2025-11-06T18:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/02/polynesian-adventure-virtual-vacation/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa45.pngpa45https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa44.pngpa44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa43.pngpa43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa35.pngpa35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa37.pngpa37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa36.pngpa36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa34.pngpa34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa33.pngpa33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/orchidpic.jpgorchidPIC<a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g294352-i1789506-Papeete_Tahiti_Society_Islands.html">Via Tripadvisor</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa29.pngpa292025-11-06T01:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/02/14/ringen-1979/2025-11-06T01:31:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/05/ringen-return-of-the/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/shadow24.jpgshadow24<a href="https://pixabay.com/da/photos/skygge-lang-skygge-interessant-6896082/">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mountwall.jpgmountWALLStill checking vocabulary with image searches. <a href="https://digitaltmuseum.no/021015802436/veg-til-bergsdalen-i-vaksdal-bygd-pa-1890-tallet">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/norace.jpgNORACE<a href="https://spillhistorie.no/2018/10/01/den-norske-versjonen-av-the-quill-er-reddet/">From spillhistorie.no</a>, and we'll get here in 1984.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/numblocks3.jpgnumBLOCKS3Letter blocks <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/262326310/29-danish-and-norwegian-alphabet-wooden">from Etsy</a> including the three Danish/Norwegian characters.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-04-202354.webpScreenshot 2025-11-04 202354Via the mainframe Ringen source code.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/tandberg2.jpgtandberg2<a href="https://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/images/1/1f/Tandberg_TDV_2115_and_TDV_2116_terminals.pdf">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-04-140438.pngScreenshot 2025-11-04 140438https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/oldnorwaytranslationtolkien2.jpgoldNORWAYtranslationtolkien2From <a href="https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3654&start=1060">TolkeinGuide</a>, the trilogy without their dust jackets.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-03-142648.pngScreenshot 2025-11-03 1426482025-11-06T07:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/03/search-for-the-ruby-chalice-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a9.pnga9There's a tree you can climb purely for the scenery.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-03-125920.pngScreenshot 2025-11-03 125920From the Falsoft book, an image printed with the source code.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a28.pnga28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a27.pnga27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a26.pnga26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a29.pnga29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a25.pnga25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a18.pnga18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/a17.pnga17The "written recently" aspect is interesting and puts more credence that the voice recognition was high tech rather than "magic".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-03-132620.pngScreenshot 2025-11-03 1326202025-11-04T17:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/16/land-of-odysseys-last-stand-of-medusa/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-16-072805.pngScreenshot 2025-10-16 072805https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a54.gifa54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a53.gifa53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a51.gifa51Now the golden idol can be taken without complaint.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/oracle3.jpgoracle3From the official comic of the movie.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a50.gifa50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a49.gifa49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a48.gifa48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a47.gifa47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a38.gifa38The falling down while wrangling is reminiscent of the movie. The bridle doesn't appear until after you've tried the spurs.2025-11-02T13:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/11/01/polynesian-adventure-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa17.pngpa17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-01-085603.pngScreenshot 2025-11-01 085603https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa12.pngpa12Love, exciting and new / Come aboard, we're expecting youhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa14.pngpa14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-01-084741.pngScreenshot 2025-11-01 084741Incredibly small, and I'll go into SNIFF and PICK in a moment.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pa4.pngpa4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-01-085554.pngScreenshot 2025-11-01 085554https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pa3.pngpa3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pa2.pngpa2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/detritus.jpgdetritusCongrats to Ben Jackson who wrote the IFComp 2025 winner, Detritus, which has the highest voting average of any game entered in any of the years of the competition.2025-11-02T00:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/15/the-maze-1981/2025-10-31T13:13:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/takara-building-adventure-part-1-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_15-08-42_thumb.png2025-10-29_15-08-42_thumbTo the far right it's something about being sad only the hand of the octopus appeared, except I don't remember seeing one? I'm likely missing some deaths.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_15-04-14_thumb.png2025-10-29_15-04-14_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_15-00-34_thumb.png2025-10-29_15-00-34_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_14-56-33_thumb.png2025-10-29_14-56-33_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_14-55-51_thumb.png2025-10-29_14-55-51_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_14-52-39_thumb.png2025-10-29_14-52-39_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_14-40-23_thumb.png2025-10-29_14-40-23_thumbThis animates the police car moving to the left.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_14-31-54_thumb.png2025-10-29_14-31-54_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_14-31-46_thumb.png2025-10-29_14-31-46_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-29_14-31-40_thumb.png2025-10-29_14-31-40_thumb2025-10-31T02:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/03/circus-orthography-ultimate-final-boss/2025-10-27T20:44:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/26/fairytale-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/vrotrlcrxr.pngvROtRlCrxrhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rz541hsnkm.pngrZ541hSNKmhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rrx6jqjxts-1.pngRRX6jqjXTshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6kjuupbfep.png6KjUUPbFEPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ds0o5hpujf.pngDs0o5HPUJFhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rwkw5ewglx.pngrWKW5eWGlxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wynnyyrnsn.pngwYnNyyrnsnJust like Dragon Adventure, inventory items being held are displayed graphically.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-26-153253.pngScreenshot 2025-10-26 153253https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wqmbdhsboz.pngWQmBdhSboZhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/o3yxgilksm.pngo3yxgilKSM2026-03-18T21:23:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/27/fairytale-over-the-moon/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/qja6tqn2ol.pngQjA6TQn2oLThis is outrageous at a level I don't have much comparison with; maybe the book references of Ring Quest where you could ask an elf (who wasn't even visible in the room) for a ring, only deducing they have to be there and making a leap of faith.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/iswfdurpy7.pngIsWfdUrpY7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/hwv9pzpkm4.pnghwV9pzpKM4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ajovdb5lez.pngajoVdb5lEzhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/7c2v8l3ym9.png7C2V8L3ym9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/wtocjqlew0.pngWtOcjqLEw0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tzdat65d5b.pngTzDAT65d5BIf you're wondering about the varying inventory items, some of it is juggling to keep under the limit of 5, some of it is because I made multiple runs through the game trying to put everything together.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/oivgllnug0.pngoIVGlLnug0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/oejhktqufe.pngoEJHKtqUFehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/4o7fxrsowq.png4O7FxRSowq2025-10-28T15:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/24/deliver-the-cake-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-24-201329.pngScreenshot 2025-10-24 201329https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rcomputiongcover.jpgrcomputiongCOVERVia Tumblr.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pccshot.jpgpccSHOTChildren with an Odyssey game console in <a href="https://archive.org/details/1973PccV1N5/page/n1/mode/2up">May 1983 issue</a> of the newsletter.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-23-193823.pngScreenshot 2025-10-23 193823Dr. Smith, as shown in the article.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spanishkingdom.jpgspanishKINGDOMA Spanish translation of the classic game Kingdom, found in the Feb. 1979 issue of Recreational Computing.2025-10-25T13:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/23/crypt-of-medea-false-grave-of-the-worthy/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-23-111247.pngScreenshot 2025-10-23 111247https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/medeachild.jpgmedeachildI suppose if you're cool with the "murdering her children to spite her cheating husband" thing. And also all the dead people and deathtraps.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000180_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000180_thumbWeirdly, you're still in the shallow grave, but I think this is an error along the lines of Mission: Asteroid having the asteroid still crash after you destroy it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000174_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000174_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000172_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000172_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000171_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000171_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000166_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000166_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000164_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000164_thumbBODIES OF MEN ARE SMEARED PAPER-THIN AGAINST THE WALLS.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000152_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000152_thumbNote the comment about being "worthy".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000149_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000149_thumb2025-10-24T12:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/12/leopard-lord-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1emummy.jpg1eMUMMYMummy from the AD&D Monster Manual.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ochimap.jpgochimapPart of the map of the 1987 campaign, from the <a href="https://archive.org/details/tsr09195orientaladventuresoa3ochimothespiritwarrior/page/n1/mode/2up">Internet Archive</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ll42.pngLL42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ll36.pngLL36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ll35.pngLL35I'd been assuming the TUNIC was helping in fights and keeping it in inventory. There's no WEAR command and it may only be useful at this spot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ll34.pngLL34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ll40.pngLL40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ll32.pngLL32Maybe the shield helped? I didn't find it worth the time to check every single combat what needed to be held in inventory to win.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ll27.pngll27The cupboard has the green key needed for the green door that's just right there.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-12-110606.pngScreenshot 2025-10-12 1106062025-10-22T13:57:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/20/crypt-of-medea-seas-of-blood/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000071_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000071_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000070_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000070_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000068_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000068_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000064_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000064_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-20-201522.pngScreenshot 2025-10-20 201522https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000060_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000060_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000053_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000053_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000049_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000049_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000040_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000040_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000034_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000034_thumb2025-10-23T05:58:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/17/the-golden-apples-of-zeus-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/yycxqmpyup_thumb.pngyYcxQMPYup_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/qgxf5axrr2_thumb.pngqGXF5AXrr2_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/yen5wmipl7_thumb.pngyen5wMipL7_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/xsrohpwclj_thumb.pngXsrOhPwClj_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/thumb2.pngthumb2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mtpccemcrf_thumb.pngmtPcCemCRF_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-17-174827.pngScreenshot 2025-10-17 174827https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/3k7gq6o2sw_thumb.png3k7gQ6o2Sw_thumbThe rock has some writing that says a poison and its cure are opposites.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a8dhlny8sc_thumb.pnga8dHLnY8sC_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/9ru2b9qcye_thumb.png9ru2b9Qcye_thumb2025-10-20T15:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/19/crypt-of-medea-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-19-094508.pngScreenshot 2025-10-19 094508https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000017_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000017_thumbThe lab we left off on, with an empty vial and table.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000015_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000015_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000011_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000011_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000008_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000008_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000006_thumb1.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000006_thumb1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000003_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000003_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/crypt-of-medea-side-b_000000002_thumb.pngCrypt of Medea side B_000000002_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-19-085644.pngScreenshot 2025-10-19 085644Rick Austin was <a href="https://gb.readly.com/magazines/retro-gamer-uk/2024-12-19/675ccfb7224fdb8fb4f3a631?srsltid=AfmBOopXgDO7tRvtwz67pzHDGEzRW2TUESzcp60-02YlHUDE9QgoQ-4r">the local high school art teacher who also made the iconic dragon cover art of Wizardry.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mobymedea.jpgmobyMEDEAFrom Mobygames.2025-10-20T15:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/14/herrick-venture-2-land-of-odysseys/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-14-202248.pngScreenshot 2025-10-14 202248xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a24.gifa24The minotaur is guarding a Persian rug, but I have to deal with this problem first.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-14-194847.pngScreenshot 2025-10-14 194847In the rooms marked Labyrinth they include all exits N/S/E/W/U/D and any not on the map are just loops. It's like one of the old <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/sorcerer-castle/?order=ASC">Greg Hassett mazes</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a31.gifa31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a30.gifa30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a29.gifa29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-14-194830.pngScreenshot 2025-10-14 194830https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a28.gifa28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/a15.gifa15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/az.gifazOr maybe I just haven't found the right magic word yet.2025-10-15T03:24:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/10/suspended-farewell-sweet-prince/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-10-113822.pngScreenshot 2025-10-10 113822https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-10-112028.pngScreenshot 2025-10-10 112028https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sus5.jpgsus5From left to right, Stu Galley, Marc Blank, Steve Meretzky and Michael Berlyn. <a href="https://archive.org/details/Computer-Games-ITA-02/page/n35/mode/2up">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/group-1-19.pngGroup 1 (19)Stars marking the locations of the cutter and the camera.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-10-081746.pngScreenshot 2025-10-10 081746https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-09-204454.pngScreenshot 2025-10-09 204454<a href="https://archive.org/details/Computer-Games-ITA-02/page/n33/mode/2up">Source</a>.2025-10-13T08:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/09/suspended-thinking-like-a-robot/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cat1983-1.jpgcat1983-1Envelope containing a catalog. From <a href="http://www.infocom-if.org/ads/ads09.html">Infocom-IF</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-09-100828.pngScreenshot 2025-10-09 100828https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/4039044-suspended-atari-st-media.jpg4039044-suspended-atari-st-mediaFrom Mobygames.2025-10-10T19:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/08/suspended-one-with-the-cosmos/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/susphintb.jpgsuspHINTbHopefully I won't need these! <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/267382435689">Via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/doesnt-look.jpgdoesnt-lookhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-08-084356.pngScreenshot 2025-10-08 084356https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-08-083914.pngScreenshot 2025-10-08 083914https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/susmapreed2.pngsusMAPreed2<a href="https://if50.substack.com/p/1983-suspended">Aaron Reed's map</a> of the south section of Suspended.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-07-204828.pngScreenshot 2025-10-07 204828https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-07-200608.pngScreenshot 2025-10-07 200608https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-07-185256.pngScreenshot 2025-10-07 185256https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/suspended-tokens.jpgFrom the <a href="https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=suspendedfolio">Museum of Computer Adventure Game History</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-07-181301.pngScreenshot 2025-10-07 1813012025-10-09T05:54:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/07/suspended-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lotto.jpglottohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-06-180111.pngScreenshot 2025-10-06 180111From the <a href="https://www.mocagh.org/">Museum of Computer Adventure Game History</a>, including <a href="https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=suspendedfolio">a facemask version of the game</a> with the memo.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/figmamap.jpgfigmaMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tankchart.jpgtankCHARTPart of the chart for the Commodore PET version of Tanktics, <a href="https://datadrivengamer.blogspot.com/2019/10/game-104-tanktics.html">from Data Driven Gamer</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/susmap4.jpgsusMAP4Starting positions of five of the six main robots.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/susbox.jpgsusBOXMy own copy of the game, from Michael Berlyn's garage. This version's on 8-inch disk for the <a href="https://oldcomputers.net/nec-apc.html">NEC APC</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-05-102124.pngScreenshot 2025-10-05 102124Via <a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-05-11_11_19/page/n21/mode/2up">The Boston Phoenix</a> 11 May 1982.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bostonapplefest82b.jpgBOSTONAPPLEFEST82BPicture of 1982 Boston Applefest, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1732065370422424/posts/1839597556335871/">From Facebook</a>. The balloon was attached to the group but people could ride up a couple feet and get an Apple balloon pin.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/suspend3.jpgSUSPEND32025-10-07T20:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/01/31/nellan-is-thirsty-1980/2025-10-04T01:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/10/01/adventure-in-1k-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot-2025-10-01-172421.pngScreenshot 2025-10-01 172421https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/chrome_ik3xnhu8rj.jpgchrome_ik3xnHU8rJ2025-10-05T14:53:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/30/ring-quest-a-rage-of-loss-and-suspicion-was-in-his-heart/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/trizbort_gzpw1q894r.pngTrizbort_Gzpw1Q894Rhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/orthanctolk2.jpgorthancTOLK2Tolkien's own illustration.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/riven2.jpgriven2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/orthanctolk.pngorthancTOLKTolkien's own illustration of the tower.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-30-200145.pngScreenshot 2025-08-30 200145https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/curiousmap.pngcuriousmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/dragonhoard.jpgdragonHOARD<a href="https://www.serenamalyon.com/">Serena Malyon</a>, from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/mpi2kk/my_depiction_of_smaugs_hoard_under_the_lonely/">the author's post on r/lotr</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-30-193705.pngScreenshot 2025-08-30 193705It's a four letter parser, so LISTEN is interpreted as LIST which lists the inventory.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/trollstolkien.jpgtrollsTOLKIENThe Trolls, art by Tolkien, based off <a href="https://surlalunefairytales.com/oldsite/illustrations/hanselgretel/harbourhansel4.html">art by Jennie Harbour</a> for Hansel and Gretel.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-30-182918.pngScreenshot 2025-08-30 182918 My map so far.2025-10-01T23:16:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/09/30/svha-adventure-memorium/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-30-184400.pngScreenshot 2025-09-30 184400https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-30-183952.pngScreenshot 2025-09-30 183952https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nd-disklabel.jpgND-disklabel<a href="https://www.ndwiki.org/wiki/File:8_nd-10624a_label_IMG_20240526_185635544.jpg">Via NDWiki</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250907_201544.jpg20250907_201544Full setup for playing SVHA Adventure on real hardware, via Ronny Hansen. 2026-02-05T15:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/09/21/svha-adventure-the-underhalls/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nd10pic2.jpgND10pic2Norsk Data 10 board. <a href="http://sintran.com/norsk-data/hardware/nd-10/nd-322141.html">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-21-114603.pngScreenshot 2025-09-21 114603https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/palantir2.jpgpalantir2<a href="https://hallofbeorn.com/LotR/Details/Palantir-of-Orthanc-ToS?Lang=PL">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-21-104721.pngScreenshot 2025-09-21 104721https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-21-104039.pngScreenshot 2025-09-21 104039https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-21-103152.pngScreenshot 2025-09-21 103152https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-21-082834-1.pngScreenshot 2025-09-21 082834 (1)xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-21-082834.pngScreenshot 2025-09-21 082834From <a href="https://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/~ajo/in-search-of-LONG0751/readme.html">the Dennis Donovan map</a> of Adventure 751, although the view seen is also included in 501.2025-09-24T10:19:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/04/28/escape-from-colditz-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/colditzwilksource.jpgcolditzWILKsourceI originally just had the raw source code, but the game was published in <a href="https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_0011/page/36/mode/2up?view=theater">the September 1982 issue of Computer & Video Games magazine</a>.2025-09-15T17:22:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/09/11/urban-upstart-escape/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hauntedps1.jpghauntedPS1Itch even includes a compilation of new games called Haunted PS1 Demo Disc.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u50.pngu50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/scun2.webpscun2Another Scunthorpe picture.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u85.pngu85https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u83.pngu83https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u82.pngu82https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u77.pngu77Is this a bribe? This feels like a bribe.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u76.pngu76It also helped the people weren't just smudges.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u74.pngu74https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-11-101421.pngScreenshot 2025-09-11 1014212026-03-13T05:34:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/09/09/urban-upstart-grime-street-where-all-things-are-possible/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u32.pngu32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u61.pngu61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u59.pngu59https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u56.pngu56https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u55.pngu55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u52.pngu52https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-09-193134.pngScreenshot 2025-09-09 193134New rooms are in yelllow.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u65.pngu65https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u19-1.pngu19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u10.pngu102025-09-11T11:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/12/probe-one-the-transmitter-won/2025-09-09T16:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/09/06/urban-upstart-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u12.pngu12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u38.pngu38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u36.pngu36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u31.pngu31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u30.pngu30This is the kind of parser which insults the player. It does fit the theming.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-06-125143.pngScreenshot 2025-09-06 125143https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u45.pngu45https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u24.pngu24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/u21.pngu21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-06-125203.pngScreenshot 2025-09-06 1252032025-09-13T00:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/09/02/ring-quest-the-fiery-ruin-of-hill-and-sky/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dutchcomic.jpgdutchCOMICFrom <a href="https://archive.org/details/in-de-ban-van-de-ring-01/page/n27/mode/2up?view=theater">a Dutch comic version of Lord of the Rings</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/frodoanimate.jpgfrodoANIMATEFrodo at the moment he decides not to destroy the ring, from the Rankin/Bass animated version of Return of the King.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mordorsmalldutch.jpgmordorSMALLdutchhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/orcmithril.jpgORCmithrilOrc with mithril, from the movie version of Return of the King.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-02-085852.pngScreenshot 2025-09-02 085852https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dutchtolk.jpgdutchTOLKDutch paperback editions of Lord of the Rings, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/t540um/my_1977_dutch_version_of_lord_of_the_rings_and_it/">via Reddit</a>.2025-09-12T17:33:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/09/01/ring-quest-all-shall-love-me-and-despair/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/alanleepic.jpgalanLEEpicShelob on a cover. From the UK HarperCollins version, 2020.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gift.jpggiftFrom "The Gift of Galadriel" (1991) by Greg Hildebrandthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-01-153024.pngScreenshot 2025-09-01 153024https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-01-152538.pngScreenshot 2025-09-01 152538https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/group-7-6.pngGroup 7 (6)2025-09-02T20:02:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/31/ring-quest-last-battle-of-the-oathbreakers/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/morgal.jpgmorgalOfficial WETA figurine of Minas Morgal.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-31-191138.pngScreenshot 2025-08-31 191138https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-31-190651.pngScreenshot 2025-08-31 190651https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oath.webpoathMovie version of the Oathbreakers.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-31-183707.pngScreenshot 2025-08-31 183707https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-31-183132.pngScreenshot 2025-08-31 183132https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/group-4-6.pngGroup 4 (6)2025-09-01T23:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/29/ring-quest-whispering-inside-the-tree/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-29-184921.pngScreenshot 2025-08-29 184921https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-29-183209.pngScreenshot 2025-08-29 183209https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-29-183033.pngScreenshot 2025-08-29 183033https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-29-181433.pngScreenshot 2025-08-29 181433https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/hobmap.jpghobMAPFrom the movie version of the Lord of the Rings map.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/bombadil.jpgbombadilFrom <a href="https://bookhero.co.nz/products/the-adventures-of-tom-bombadil-by-j-r-r-tolkien-9780008700195">the 2024 HarperCollins cover</a> of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.2026-02-12T04:23:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/28/ring-quest-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/the2bhavens.webpThe2BHavensAgain from the card game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/barrowwight.jpgBarrowwightFrom the Lidless Eye set of the Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-28-193016.pngScreenshot 2025-08-28 193016https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/frame-2-2.pngFrame 2 (2)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/va3jjr0pka.pngVa3JjR0PKahttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/doom5.jpgdoom5<a href="https://dc.swosu.edu/ml_art/45/">Sam and Frodo Climb Mount Doom</a>, 1978, by Bg Callahan. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a> license.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/sharpmz80b.jpgsharpMZ80bFrom the <a href="https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/4732/Sharp-MZ-80B/">Centre for Computing History</a>, the same platform the Japanese Mystery House games <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/14/mystery-house-ii-alternate-realities/">were originally written on</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/pdp11hand.jpgpdp11HAND<a href="https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1170/PDP-11_70_Handbook_1977-78.pdf">From Bitsavers</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/waterwind.jpgwaterWINDWater, Wind, and Sand, art from J. R. R. Tolkien, 1915, from his "Book of Ishness" sketchbook.2025-09-01T23:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/23/castle-dracula-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cd63.pngcd63https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/tape.jpgTapeVia World of Dragon.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cd61.pngcd61I love the tension, although note this game doesn't have a saved game feature so there's a fair chance (especially given the parser) there would be a lot of restarts.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cd60.pngcd60I kind of wanted the princess to already be a vampire. It would fit with the plot of the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cd58.pngcd58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cd53.pngcd53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cd52.pngcd52https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cd50.pngcd50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cd48.pngcd48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cd42.pngcd422025-08-24T03:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/21/skatte-jagt-i-en-labyrint/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-21-202033.pngScreenshot 2025-08-21 202033https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/jgfphwkjed.pngjGFPhWKjedhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/jlztvbgmqv.pngJlZTvbgmqVhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/3iabmu47gw.png3iAbmU47gwhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/kmjt5aueiy.pngkMjt5Aueiyhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-21-192251.pngScreenshot 2025-08-21 192251https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/uqz3zbfyfl.pnguQz3zBfyfLhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/editroom.jpgeditroomhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-21-185006.pngScreenshot 2025-08-21 185006"Skeleton" and "matches" are marked rooms in the labyrinth after this section.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-21-184514.pngScreenshot 2025-08-21 1845142025-08-23T12:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/14/bawdy-adventure-1981/2025-08-20T03:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/19/skatte-jagt-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/chrome_vd9arlntfw.pngchrome_Vd9ARlNTFwThat's a zero, right? Also this is the beer bottlecap.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/outbuild2.jpgoutbuild2<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L._A._Ring_-_Gammelt_udhus_%281907%29.jpg">L. A. Ring from 1907</a>, "Gammelt udhus".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-19-071238.pngScreenshot 2025-08-19 071238https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/oldfarm.jpgoldfarmThe most fun way to do vocabulary is to search on Google Images. This 1895 picture by Fritz Syberg ("An Old Farmyard") came up looking at the word "gaardsplads".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ffmp3clabh.pngfFmP3CLabHhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-19-062855.pngScreenshot 2025-08-19 062855https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/8dbebst4tn.png8dBEBST4tNhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/titlescreen.pngtitleSCREENhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-18-102453.pngScreenshot 2025-08-18 102453xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-17-201405.pngScreenshot 2025-08-17 2014052025-08-21T05:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/07/the-werewolf-howls-at-dawn-1982/2025-08-18T15:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/16/citadel-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c20_thumb.pngC20_thumbThe enormous chess board is my favorite of the random descriptions.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c38_thumb.pngC38_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c37_thumb.pngC37_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c35_thumb.pngC35_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c32_thumb.pngC32_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c31_thumb.pngC31_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c26_thumb.pngC26_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-16-091025.pngScreenshot 2025-08-16 091025https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c19_thumb.pngC19_thumbBoth this and the previous room are the exact same room, the second screen obtained but using Look.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c18_thumb.pngC18_thumb2026-01-23T23:18:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/14/robots-on-terminus-iv-somehow-humanity-survived/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-14-104123.pngScreenshot 2025-08-14 104123https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/dallas.jpgdallasThe surreal cover is due to the adventure game based on the TV show Dallas.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r36_thumb.pngr36_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r31_thumb.pngr31_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r34_thumb.pngr34_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r33_thumb.pngr33_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r32_thumb.pngr32_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/group-4-5.pngGroup 4 (5)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/frame-1-2.pngFrame 1 (2)Placement of backspace and space on the ZX-81 keyboard specifically for this game.2025-08-16T17:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/08/robots-on-terminus-iv-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r11_thumb.pngr11_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-07-192049.pngScreenshot 2025-08-07 192049https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r6_thumb.pngr6_thumbIs the whole purpose of this scene to get a lever?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r9_thumb.pngr9_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r5_thumb.pngr5_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-07-085545.pngScreenshot 2025-08-07 085545https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-07-085534.pngScreenshot 2025-08-07 085534https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r4_thumb.pngr4_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r3_thumb.pngr3_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r1_thumb.pngr1_thumb2025-08-12T21:04:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/11/robots-on-terminus-iv-victory-of-the-machines/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-11-155347.pngScreenshot 2025-08-11 155347Back page of November 1983 issue of Computer Input.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r13_thumb.pngr13_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/addy2.jpgaddy2Address via Google Maps. Now a hair salon, not someone's house.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r25_thumb.pngr25_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r24_thumb.pngr24_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r23_thumb.pngr23_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r22_thumb.pngr22_thumbLEAVE CRAFT is needed to exit, even though you enter by walking SOUTH from the ship bay.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r20_thumb.pngr20_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/r14_thumb.pngr14_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-11-141348.pngScreenshot 2025-08-11 1413482025-08-14T17:56:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/05/the-palms-mark-of-the-hummingbird/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-05-191332.pngScreenshot 2025-08-05 191332Mamoru from <a href="https://archive.org/details/logi-n-october-1984-600dpi/LOGiN%20%28%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%29%20-%20October%201984/page/n99/mode/2up">LOGiN October 1984</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot-2025-08-02-121301.pngScreenshot 2025-08-02 121301Picture of Mamoruhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/blade.jpgbladehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palmscreditscroll.pngPALMScreditSCROLLhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm113_thumb.pngpalm113_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm112_thumb.pngpalm112_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm111_thumb.pngpalm111_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm110_thumb.pngpalm110_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm105_thumb.pngpalm105_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm103_thumb.pngpalm103_thumb2025-08-17T11:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/26/mystery-house-ii-the-fixed-nec-version-and-game-end/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-16-45.png2025-06-26_14-16-45This basically says now you're wealthy, so you should buy more Microcabin software.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-16-22.png2025-06-26_14-16-22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-15-29.png2025-06-26_14-15-29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-15-07.png2025-06-26_14-15-07Using the code from memo 3. I assume the game forces you to stay in part 2 if you haven't gotten the memo yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-11-57.png2025-06-26_14-11-57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-11-45.png2025-06-26_14-11-45https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-10-12.png2025-06-26_14-10-12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-03-41.png2025-06-26_14-03-41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-03-37.png2025-06-26_14-03-37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-26_14-03-15.png2025-06-26_14-03-152025-08-04T16:08:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/20/on-the-way-to-the-interview-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-20-121005.pngScreenshot 2025-07-20 121005https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fxchipduocarlgrahamandpetewarnes.jpgfxCHIPduoCarlGrahamandPeteWarnesCarl Graham, left, Pete Warner, right.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/in30.pngin30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/group-2-8-1.pngGroup 2 (8)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/in33.pngin33Ending, with an exit to the operating system. You don't even find out the result.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/in29.pngin29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/in24.pngin24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/in16.pngin16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/in7.pngin7The game keeps track of minutes passing in real time. You need to make it to the interview in less than 7 minutes. With this screenshot, I had left the emulator running overnight.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/in6.pngin62025-08-04T13:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/03/the-palms-underwater/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm58_thumb.pngpalm58_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm44_thumb.pngpalm44_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm43_thumb.pngpalm43_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm56_thumb.pngpalm56_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm57_thumb.pngpalm57_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm48_thumb.pngpalm48_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm53_thumb.pngpalm53_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm55_thumb.pngpalm55_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm52_thumb.pngPALM52_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm50_thumb.pngpalm50_thumb2025-08-03T21:49:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/08/01/the-palms-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm12_thumb.pngPALM12_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm27_thumb.pngpalm27_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/characterjp.pngcharacterJPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm19_thumb.pngpalm19_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm20_thumb.pngpalm20_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm22_thumb.pngpalm22_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm26_thumb.pngpalm26_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm25_thumb.pngpalm25_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm24_thumb.pngpalm24_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/palm23_thumb.pngpalm23_thumb2025-08-08T14:34:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/30/journey-of-a-space-traveller-you-were-only-waiting-for-this-moment-to-arise/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v45.pngv45I didn't even get to drop my last treasure, this displayed with the camera still in my inventory. I wonder if the game is bugged so you leave one treasure behind you can still win the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v44.pngv44Item pile in progress.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v43.pngv43The mention of a spacesuit here is also Amstrad exclusive.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v41.pngv41I don't know what the "sorry" is about, sometimes the parser printed that randomly.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/oricown3.jpgoricOWN3Cover of the magazine the game first appeared in, <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326682773045">Vva eBay</a>.2025-07-31T00:36:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/28/journey-of-a-space-traveller-the-words-of-a-sermon-that-no-one-will-hear/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v39.pngv39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v35.pngv35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v36.pngv36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v31.pngv31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-28-191126.pngScreenshot 2025-07-28 191126https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v25.pngv25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v16.pngv16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v28.pngv28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v22.pngv22In the middle of a dark forest, putting us back in On the Way to the Interview for a moment.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/v15.pngv152025-07-29T03:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/01/the-dark-crystal-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal1b_000000023_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000023_thumbStill noticbly Sierra with the occasional jank, but the professional artists help immensely.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal2a_000000019_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000019_thumbThis is suspicious, at least.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal2a_000000017_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000017_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal2a_000000018_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000018_thumbThis also shows the bat, which is following along.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal2a_000000016_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000016_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal2a_000000012_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000012_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal1b_000000031_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000031_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal1b_000000026_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000026_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal1b_000000029_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000029_thumbYou can flee the first encounter safely, but not the second.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/darkcrystal2a_000000000_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000000_thumbLike when entering the Village of the Pod People I wanted to immediately turn around and go south again, resulting in a disk swap back. I incidentally have found nothing yet I can do here.2025-07-28T02:56:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/12/marooned-playable-for-the-first-time/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e24.gife24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e26.gife26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e23.gife23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e25.gife25This doesn't mean the coconuts and dates are useless, but whatever happens to them has to happen on the spot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-12-183733.pngScreenshot 2025-07-12 183733https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-12-174614.pngScreenshot 2025-07-12 174614https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e16.gife16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e9.gife9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e7.gife7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e5.gife5If he had finished debugging the game, I would guess the other two items would be takeable but remain as red herrings.2025-07-27T16:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/04/the-dark-crystal-evil-triumphs-over-all/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fancycroc.webpfancyCROCSince we've ran into a Skeksis in-game now, I wanted to show this. The illustration comes from Leonard B. Lubin, illustration Lewis Carroll. This was Jim Henson's original inspiration in 1975.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal2b_000000003_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2B_000000003_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal2b_000000002_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2B_000000002_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal2b_000000000_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2B_000000000_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000107_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000107_thumbIf this was a speedrun we could call this BAD END and hit the timer.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000103_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000103_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000099_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000099_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000092_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000092_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000091_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000091_thumbFizzgig looks unhappy.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000089_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000089_thumb2025-07-27T15:01:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/02/the-dark-crystal-they-lit-the-fires-of-prophecy-and-took-counsel-from-the-flames/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal2a_000000054_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000054_thumbThe sound at the end is a Garthim barging in. I've incidentally started to suspect the Garthim attacks are evadable in a <em>real time</em> sense, that is, if you go in a direction fast enough you get away, and if you wait, you won't. Which is sadly again like King's Quest 1.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/wall_of_destiny.jpgWALL_OF_DESTINYhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal2a_000000038_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000038_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000044_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000044_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal2a_000000048_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000048_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal2a_000000053_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000053_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal2a_000000044_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000044_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-01-150148.pngScreenshot 2025-07-01 150148https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal2a_000000051_thumb.pngdarkcrystal2A_000000051_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-01-191352.pngScreenshot 2025-07-01 191352Blue indicates points of interest. Green marks points of interest where I haven't gotten anything to happen.2025-07-27T15:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/26/journey-of-a-space-traveller/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/jnfojqrhra.pngjnFoJQRHRahttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/jqxr30youy.pngjqXR30youYhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/visitorspace3.pngvisitorSpace3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ih7xplyto2.pngIH7XpLYtO2To the west of here is a lighter at the cashier. I can try to BUY LIGHTER but the game asks "with what?" Maybe use one of the treasures and get it back later somehow? I still need to experiment.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/myyparjmng.pngMyyPaRjmnghttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fwzcebsxfc.pngFwZCeBsXFchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fnxpw2qxdm.pngFNXpW2QXDMhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/7ozhmswree.png7OzhMSWREEOnly in a Britgame.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/visitorspace2.pngvisitorSpace2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/neubzup1sz.pngneUbZUp1Sz2025-07-27T03:21:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/25/invincible-island-the-bones-of-our-ancestors/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i71.pngi71https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i69.pngi69https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/invincibleislandtape.jpginvincibleISLANDtapeVia eBay.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i65.pngi65Trying to hide in the well. You can jump in the cave but you just get killed in the dark.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i63.pngi63https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i68.pngi68https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i67.pngi67https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i66.pngi66https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i62.pngi62I've never done relative ranking, but this likely would my top 3 most deceptive parser messages of all time.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i61.pngi612025-09-25T19:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/24/invincible-island-2/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i55.pngi55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i48.pngi48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i44.pngi44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i46.pngi46Death soon after. I knew instantly what object I needed but I was curious what would happen if I moved on. This is a "death preview" moment and we'll see another of its type shortly. See <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/burglars-adventure/?order=ASC">Burglar's Adventure</a> for more discussion of this idea.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i45.pngi45https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-24-114100.pngScreenshot 2025-07-24 114100https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i60.pngi60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i59.pngi59Some games would have the norm that similar looking pits would have similar rules (see Probe One: The Transmitter for an example) but here all three pits are different.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i58.pngi58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i57.pngi57This is just the piece from the chest. After picking up multiple parchments, they automatically merge together, so you don't need to visualize cutting and pasting.2025-07-25T05:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/22/invincible-island-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i37.pngi37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i36.pngi36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i33.pngi33I'm assuming at this point all the fragments combine to make a cryptogram that needs solving, but it's hard to tell with just the two.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i32.pngi32I'm wondering if the inflatable boat is from Zork. Infocom was never huge in the UK (lack of disk drives) but we saw at least one case of clear influence from 1982 (Goblin Towers).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i25.pngi25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i29.pngi29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-22-210533.pngScreenshot 2025-07-22 210533https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i16.pngi16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/i28.pngi28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-22-210238.pngScreenshot 2025-07-22 2102382025-07-25T05:04:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/17/marooned-diamonds-to-dust/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e51.gife51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e43.gife43Oh, on the darkness: from the source code I found there is an overall light timer, so it wasn't the flashlight turning off the sun, just the game being mean. It gets so dark at night you literally can't see anything at all.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e42.gife42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e41.gife41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e40.gife40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e49.gife49If you get greedy and try to get yet more treasures by repeating the process, the diamond gets ground into dust.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e48.gife48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e45.gife45This was the treasure with no name originally, hence the fix calling it MYSTERY TREASURE. Now I know the context, there's a fair chance this was intended as SUITCASE OF CASH.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/moneybigw.jpgmoneybigWMoney from under the big W.2025-07-18T23:03:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/15/marooned-into-the-glitchiverse/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e32.gife32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bigwpic.jpgbigWpicIt's pretty clear what movie is being referenced, though. From It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, near the ending under the "big W" where the treasure is buried.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-15-104430.pngScreenshot 2025-07-15 104430https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e34.gife34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e39.gife39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e36.gife36All this being done while floating in the middle of the ocean since you can't take the chest, of course.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-13-201413.pngScreenshot 2025-07-13 201413https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-15-101225.pngScreenshot 2025-07-15 101225https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/e28.gife28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot-2025-07-13-202125.pngScreenshot 2025-07-13 202125After he went to Texas, Super Utility was published in partnership with Powersoft. Cover of catalog via Ira Goldklang.2025-07-17T17:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/07/06/the-dark-crystal-a-thousand-years-of-solitude/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkglass2.jpgdarkGLASS2The front door of the Williams's custom-built house made around the time of the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/wings.jpgwingsThe movie's design had unexpected lore pop up whenever it was needed. This is harder to cope with in adventure game form.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000155_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000155_thumbThe only moment I could find in the later part of the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/urskeksunite.webpUrskeksUniteFrom the Dark Crystal Wiki.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000177_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000177_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000176_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000176_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000175_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000175_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000172_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000172_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000169_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000169_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/darkcrystal1b_000000168_thumb.pngdarkcrystal1B_000000168_thumb2025-07-10T05:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/25/the-long-lost-earliest-version-of-crowtherwoods-adventure-hiding-in-plain-sight/2025-06-18T16:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/17/mystery-house-ii-finished-again/2025-06-23T23:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/14/mystery-house-ii-alternate-realities/2025-06-15T23:52:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/07/arsene-larcin-1982/2025-06-11T22:59:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/06/04/tiny-adventure-1981/2025-06-09T01:58:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/27/the-desecration-the-fall-of-dunmark-pykro/2025-06-03T16:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/27/nosferatu-trees-are-reserved-for-coffins/2025-08-01T22:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/26/nosferatu-1982-1983/2025-05-27T16:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/24/cauchemard-house-vous-avez-gagne/2025-05-25T04:44:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/08/the-hobbit-hero-of-heroes/2025-05-23T19:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/22/the-final-countdown-1982-1983/2025-07-01T02:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/21/s-s-poseidon-1982-1983/2025-05-22T20:10:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/20/the-maze-return-to-third-grade/2025-05-22T03:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/19/the-maze-unsafe-for-walking/2025-05-20T17:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/18/the-maze-without-class-or-breeding/2025-05-20T03:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/17/the-maze-one-word/2025-05-18T19:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/14/all-the-adventures-up-to-1982-in-review/2025-05-16T20:24:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/recent-comments/2025-05-15T18:29:55+00:00weekly0.6https://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/23/rainbow-adventure-1982/2025-05-14T18:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/12/countdown-to-doom-tempus-fugit-retro/2025-05-14T00:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/11/countdown-to-doom-this-artefact-will-self-destruct/2025-05-11T17:29:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/09/countdown-to-doom-1983/2025-05-12T17:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/11/das-geheimnisvolle-haus-1981/2025-05-11T01:56:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/07/the-hobbit-there-and-not-quite-back-again/2025-05-08T15:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/06/the-hobbit-behind-stars-and-under-hills/2025-05-08T20:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/about/2025-07-24T02:55:01+00:00weekly0.6https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/05/the-hobbit-1982/2026-01-03T15:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/02/geheimagent-xp-05-1982/2025-05-10T07:35:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/04/15/places-related-to-the-all-the-adventures-project/2025-05-03T22:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/04/13/house-of-the-seven-gables-dewitched/2025-05-03T22:29:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/03/the-curse-of-the-pharaoh/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/chrome_7vuymsrehv.pngchrome_7vUyMSReHvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/hexa.pnghexaExcept the game places you as white and it is impossible to win if the opponent does best play! It's on a 3 by 3 board with three white pawns and three black pawns, where each pawn can either move forward one or capture diagonally, and the goal is to either advance a pawn to the other side or leave the opponent stuck with no moves.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/atari046.pngatari046https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/atari044.pngatari044https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/atari040.pngatari040https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/atari039.pngatari039https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/atari037.pngatari037https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/atari036.pngatari036https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/atari035.pngatari035https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/atari027.pngatari0272025-05-04T01:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/01/enchanted-forest-circle-thrice/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a72.pnga72https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a70.pnga70https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a71.pnga71https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a52.pnga52Twist ending!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a50.pnga50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a49.pnga49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a48.pnga48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a47.pnga47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a42.pnga42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/screenshot-2025-05-01-103501.pngScreenshot 2025-05-01 103501Using video capture I still wasn't able to get right up to the crash so this is missing a word.2025-05-03T13:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/30/enchanted-forest-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/f6.pngf6ASK seems especially pertinent here, but again, game crash.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/f20.pngf20Because of the directional views, if you approach this room from the south (and don't LOOK EAST) you won't see the sign.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/f22.pngf22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a16-2.pnga16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a11-1.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a20-1.pnga20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screentogif_8at2ewnnqg.pngScreenToGif_8At2ewNnqghttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-30-163952.pngScreenshot 2025-04-30 163952https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/f12.pngf12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a17.pnga172025-05-03T01:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/28/mexican-adventure-that-age-old-problem/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mexican-adventure-700-02.jpgMEXICAN-ADVENTURE-700-02Via MZ Sharp Archive.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-28_06-52-59.png2025-04-28_06-52-59Flashing so I couldn't quite get the whole word "ANOTHER".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-28_06-52-52.png2025-04-28_06-52-52https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_20-38-52.png2025-04-27_20-38-52https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_20-37-57.png2025-04-27_20-37-57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_20-27-17.png2025-04-27_20-27-17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_17-06-00.png2025-04-27_17-06-00https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_17-06-30.png2025-04-27_17-06-30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-28_06-51-20.png2025-04-28_06-51-20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-28-200736.pngScreenshot 2025-04-28 200736<a href="https://www.socalsafe.com/products/modular-case-safe-deposit-boxes-sd-sn-series">Source</a>.2025-04-30T06:03:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/27/mexican-adventure-i-do-not-think-there-is-a-rick/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_08-17-31.png2025-04-27_08-17-31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-26_17-34-53.png2025-04-26_17-34-53I assume the plastic tray also gets used in this procedure. I do not have a camera.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-27-080750.pngScreenshot 2025-04-27 080750https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_07-59-41.png2025-04-27_07-59-41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_07-58-11.png2025-04-27_07-58-11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_07-58-04.png2025-04-27_07-58-04https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-26_17-29-39.png2025-04-26_17-29-39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_07-56-14.png2025-04-27_07-56-14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_07-54-05.png2025-04-27_07-54-05https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-27_07-44-10.png2025-04-27_07-44-102025-04-28T05:02:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/26/mexican-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-26-085913.pngScreenshot 2025-04-26 085913STA gets NOT YET so I don't know if that verb is STAND, STAB, or START.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-26_08-43-10.png2025-04-26_08-43-10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-26_08-41-52.png2025-04-26_08-41-52https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-24_18-44-48.png2025-04-24_18-44-48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mz80kclose.jpgmz80kCLOSEVia <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/2224372417/in/photostream/"> Marcin Wichary in the Museum of Computing in Swindon.2025-05-01T19:31:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/13/haunted-house-alfred-hitchcock-presents/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a53.pnga53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a55.pnga55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a54.pnga54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a51.pnga51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a48.pnga48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a43.pnga43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a39.pnga39Arms full with only two items in inventory.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a42.pnga42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a36.pnga36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a58.pnga582025-04-25T16:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/23/zodiac-castle-most-magic-is-merely-illusion/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000095_thumb.gifZCastle_000000095_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000120_thumb.gifZCastle_000000120_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000116_thumb.gifZCastle_000000116_thumbAll the points, though! Maybe our protaganist deserved it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000115_thumb.gifZCastle_000000115_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000113_thumb.gifZCastle_000000113_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000111_thumb.gifZCastle_000000111_thumbMOST MAGIC IS MERELY ILLUSION, BUT YOU DO NEED THE RIGHT PROPS.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000102_thumb.gifZCastle_000000102_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-23-185722.pngScreenshot 2025-04-23 185722https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000098_thumb.gifZCastle_000000098_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000096_thumb.gifZCastle_000000096_thumb2025-04-25T16:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/22/zodiac-castle-as-in-the-fairy-tale/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000059_thumb.gifZCastle_000000059_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000057_thumb.gifZCastle_000000057_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000056_thumb.gifZCastle_000000056_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000055_thumb.gifZCastle_000000055_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-22-154254.pngScreenshot 2025-04-22 154254https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000045_thumb.gifZCastle_000000045_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000042_thumb.gifZCastle_000000042_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000039_thumb.gifZCastle_000000039_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000047_thumb.gifZCastle_000000047_thumbThanks goodness it didn't need to be poisoned like in Bedlam.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000054_thumb.gifZCastle_000000054_thumb2025-04-23T14:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/21/zodiac-castle-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000016_thumb.gifZCastle_000000016_thumbOne bit I skimmed over outside: there's a well to the south of the castle with no rope. I assume we get one an enter in the future.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000031_thumb.gifZCastle_000000031_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000030_thumb.gifZCastle_000000030_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-21-164508.pngScreenshot 2025-04-21 164508https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000033_thumb.gifZCastle_000000033_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000025_thumb.gifZCastle_000000025_thumbFor example, you can't find if the chair might unlock some secret until you try actions like SIT CHAIR. (The game just says SIT CHAIR??? if you try it. GET CHAIR and the game claims "THERE ISN'T ANY CHAIR YOU CAN GET".)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000024_thumb.gifZCastle_000000024_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-21-163347.pngScreenshot 2025-04-21 163347https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/zcastle_000000021_thumb.gifZCastle_000000021_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-21-162548.pngScreenshot 2025-04-21 1625482025-04-22T18:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/20/bedlam-corrected-with-time-and-shock-treatment/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/romlate.jpgromLATEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-20-202409.pngScreenshot 2025-04-20 202409<a>Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b34.gifb34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b19.gifb19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b22.gifb22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b27.gifb27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b30.gifb30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b33.gifb33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b28.gifb28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b32.gifb322025-04-21T15:13:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/19/bedlam-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b17.gifb17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b9.gifb9I haven't been able to FREE HOUDINI or otherwise help him.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b11.gifb11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-19-113308.pngScreenshot 2025-04-19 113308https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b12.gifb12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b8.gifb8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b7.gifb7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/b2.gifb2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-19-105105.pngScreenshot 2025-04-19 105105Via "Careers for Your Daughter".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/plyimage.pngPLYimageFrom <a href="https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5822339/page/n41/mode/2up?view=theater">the manual for the game</a>. The easiest way to play this game now is via <a href="https://www.sol20.org/programs.html">the SOL-20 version</a>.2025-04-22T02:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/17/grave-robbers-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041818195388_thumb.gifvice-screen-2025041818195388_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041818194286_thumb.gifvice-screen-2025041818194286_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041818190076_thumb.gifvice-screen-2025041818190076_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041818170718_thumb.gifvice-screen-2025041818170718_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041720232871.pngvice-screen-202504172023287192 through 94 with all the POKE commands is where I think all the flashing happens. Those commands essentially execute assembly language in BASIC and so can cause fast graphical effects.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041707160988.pngvice-screen-2025041707160988https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041619271957.pngvice-screen-2025041619271957https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041619270886.pngvice-screen-2025041619270886You need to CUT GLASS (with the diamond) to get out.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041619250310.pngvice-screen-2025041619250310Despite my complaining, that's impressively recognizable as a key.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vice-screen-2025041619243165.pngvice-screen-20250416192431652025-04-19T23:15:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/17/the-mysterious-mansion-adventure-fixed-version-plus-true-ending/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5csthw6hwi.png5CSThw6Hwihttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/dchector_q2yka1loyp.pngdchector_Q2YKa1LOYP2025-04-19T02:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/16/the-mysterious-mansion-adventure-a-time-to-gather-stones-together/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/micromx.jpgmicroMXFrom the last of the Hector line, the MX from 1985 by Micronique. <a href="https://www.system-cfg.com/detailcollection.php?ident=252">Source</a>. This game never got translated into French. We will be returning to this computer in the future with a <a href="http://dchector.free.fr/k7/_html/le_manoir_d_alba.html">very nice-looking graphical adventure</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mystery2.jpgmystery2Ultimate hacker mode, PENCIL AND PAPER.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/dchector_4kf70m5agq.pngdchector_4kf70m5AGQhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/juoinuivjv.pngJuoINuiVjvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/z7aqbvoyna.pngz7AQBvoYnAhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/t8jbbtuyh6.pngt8jBbTUyH6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/iyydukk2no.pngIYYDukK2Nohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/afuxscqzem.pngaFUXsCQZEmhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/iqhzqvmboe.pngIqhZQvMbOEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh2g9ozmwr.pngFH2G9ozmWr2025-04-17T16:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/15/the-mysterious-mansion-adventure-a-time-to-cast-away-stones/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-15-091433.pngScreenshot 2025-04-15 091433xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-15-091246.pngScreenshot 2025-04-15 091246Updated map, with new rooms marked.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2qghjtbi5n.png2qgHjtBi5Nhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ohi9pi6dd6.pngOHi9pi6DD6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/vsukou7znn.pngvsUKOU7ZNnhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/49nilyybuy.png49niLyyBuYhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/xxk5nweccp.pngxxk5NWEccPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/xfjho2isju.pngXfJho2iSjuhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/lktbzw2rmi.pnglkTbzw2rMihttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ky3xamn14h.pngkY3xamn14H2025-04-16T16:37:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/14/the-mysterious-mansion-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/o5crkzhl5i.pngo5cRkZhL5Ihttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/z08irhquyi.pngz08iRhqUyIhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/xeq1u8qcyw.pngxEQ1U8QcYwhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fxtcgokxbs.pngFxtCGoKxbSIn a structural design sense it is likely the player will have found the pipe by now, but it's possible they won't be holding it on their current loop through the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/uvvglzp9as.pngUvVGlZP9aShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/d6cowivt7z.pngd6CoWIVt7zhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/oxnwo5d493.pngOxnwo5D493https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-13-194122.pngScreenshot 2025-04-13 194122https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hir3mafgit.pngHIR3MAFGITYou can't take the cobwebs, and TURNing them has no effect either.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/wsxinfgvgg.pngWsXiNFgvgG2025-04-15T18:02:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/26/1982-the-final-stretch/2026-03-10T20:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/12/haunted-house-anderson-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-12-100014.pngScreenshot 2025-04-12 100014https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a27.pnga27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a25.pnga25Trying to feed him the lunch.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a19-1.pnga19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a16-1.pnga16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a12-1.pnga12I remember this trick from Trek Adventure. LOOK at anything else gives no message.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a11.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a8-1.pnga8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a7-1.pnga7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a6-1.pnga62025-04-14T14:52:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/11/alaskan-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari092.pngatari092https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari090.pngatari090https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari089.pngatari089https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari086.pngatari086https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari085.pngatari085This yields a BAR OF SILVER.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari084.pngatari084https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari080.pngatari080https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari079.pngatari079https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari078.pngatari078This is always the screen on a new area, and it always takes testing the N/S/E/W in order to avoid missing rooms. I missed the box from the last area just by missing an exit.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/atari076.pngatari0762025-04-13T23:47:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/09/stone-age-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-08-151732.pngScreenshot 2025-04-08 151732https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-08-151016.pngScreenshot 2025-04-08 151016xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/asdd-2-large40.jpgasdd-2 large40The six adventures plus Entrapment, the game picked up by Texas Instruments for official publishing. <a>Via TI-99ers</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a22.pnga22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a21.pnga21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a19.pnga19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a16.pnga16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-08-145818.pngScreenshot 2025-04-08 145818https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a13.pnga13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/a12.pnga122025-04-10T14:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/07/fun-house-morgan-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh25_thumb.giffh25_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh22_thumb.giffh22_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh21_thumb.giffh21_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-07-105933.pngScreenshot 2025-04-07 105933https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh18_thumb.giffh18_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh20_thumb.giffh20_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-07-065731.pngScreenshot 2025-04-07 065731https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh28_thumb.giffh28_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh29_thumb.giffh29_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh28.pngfh282025-04-09T13:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/08/fun-house-science-with-mr-morgan/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh33_thumb.giffh33_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh32_thumb.giffh32_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fh31_thumb.giffh31_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/funhousedisk.jpgfunhouseDISK<a href="https://pixelpedant.com/items/show/23">Source</a>.2025-04-09T05:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/05/the-troll-hole-adventure-the-one-who-knows-english/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/dchector_4wqsvtgxps.pngdchector_4wqSvtgXpshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/dchector_hok2v7jom8.pngdchector_hOk2V7jom8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/chrome_zqgdcvikri.jpgchrome_zqgdcVikRIhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/xo675grw4y.pngxo675gRW4YIt's just a "thank you for playing" type credits.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-05-104811.pngScreenshot 2025-04-05 104811https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1zkom5thvj.png1zKOM5THvjhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/h59jimqacp.pngH59JImQAcphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/npehdpu7tt.pngNpEhdPu7Tthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/beymfian2a.pngBEymFiAn2ahttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/trollglove.pngtrollglove2025-04-07T21:31:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/03/the-troll-hole-adventure-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/4avv1j8uai.png4AVv1j8UAINot much of note in either room yet. You can pick up a HANDFUL OF DIRT in the greenhouse.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/erswo1sbk4.pngErswo1sBk4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/3ernihhcww.png3ERniHhCWwhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/yueppsnrnp.pngyUEPPsNRNPNo idea if breaking the mirror here is bad, but there's an inventory limit so I need to keep juggling.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hai3cftx9v.pngHAI3CFtX9Vhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bfpkgbq1es.pngbfpKGBq1EShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kiyzrh4elb.pngkiYZrH4eLBhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mgrfcexath.pngMgrFceXathhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-03-133614.pngScreenshot 2025-04-03 133614https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/opra6zk3kf.pngOPRa6Zk3kf2025-08-26T15:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/02/sherwood-forest-lets-go-make-some-beautiful-music-together/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000096_thumb.pngSherwood_000000096_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000095_thumb.pngSherwood_000000095_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000094_thumb.pngSherwood_000000094_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000093_thumb.pngSherwood_000000093_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000092_thumb.pngSherwood_000000092_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000089_thumb.pngSherwood_000000089_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000088_thumb.pngSherwood_000000088_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000087_thumb.pngSherwood_000000087_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000086_thumb.pngSherwood_000000086_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000085_thumb.pngSherwood_000000085_thumb2025-04-02T18:57:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/01/sherwood-forest-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000052_thumb.pngSherwood_000000052_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-2025-04-01-071046.pngScreenshot 2025-04-01 071046https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000061_thumb.pngSherwood_000000061_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000059_thumb.pngSherwood_000000059_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000038_thumb.pngSherwood_000000038_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000051_thumb.pngSherwood_000000051_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000040_thumb.pngSherwood_000000040_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000039_thumb.pngSherwood_000000039_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000050_thumb.pngSherwood_000000050_thumbThis happens immediately, there's no realistic time passing. I had left the penny for payment but it turned out not to be needed. I guess we have an account.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sherwood_000000023_thumb.pngSherwood_000000023_thumb2026-04-02T17:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/08/keys-of-the-wizard-maximum-difficulty/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a116.pnga116I never even saw the dust.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a118.pnga118Surely this is a bug?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a117.pnga117https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a113.pnga113https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a111.pnga111https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a107.pnga107The orc is the easiest enemy to fight in the game. Here I did 1 point of damage.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/group-4-3.pngGroup 4 (3)Bullet is the star on the left, pistol is the star on the right. This isn't quite as straight at shot as it looks because the first one-way door requires having used the PLECTRUM on the ZITHER in order to open it, but it still isn't hard to grab both items.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a85.pnga85Notice how I was in the middle of typing "BASH ORC" but got interrupted at "BA". No, you can't keep going and type "SH ORC", you have to start over from the beginning. I got good at typing CYCLOPS fast.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a87.pnga87https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a98.pnga982025-04-01T03:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/23/seek-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/screenshot-2025-03-31-125403.pngScreenshot 2025-03-31 125403The cover art has almost nothing to do with the game.2025-03-31T19:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/31/time-adventure-queen-elizabeths-revenge/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t63.pngt63https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t60.pngt60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t59.pngt59https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t57.pngt57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t56.pngt56https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t55.pngt55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t53.pngt53Again, found via random exploration, and again I wasn't as annoyed as I might be in a traditional game. The one-to-one mechanic (where each object gets used only once) is so well-established it doesn't feel as gameplay-breaking to have less-intuitive connections between item and puzzle.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t52.pngt52https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t50.pngt50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t42.pngt422025-04-01T16:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/29/danger-island-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a28-1.pnga28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a27-1.pnga27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a26.pnga26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a24.pnga24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a22.pnga22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a21.pnga21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a17-1.pnga17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a14-1.pnga14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a13-1.pnga13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a11-1.pnga112025-03-31T01:27:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/30/time-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t22.pngt22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t27.pngt27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t26.pngt26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t21.pngt21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t20.pngt20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t19.pngt19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t17.pngt17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t11.pngt11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t14.pngt14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/t13.pngt132025-03-31T03:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/27/misadventures-1-2-and-3-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s99.gifs99https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s98.gifs98https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s96.gifs96https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s89.gifs89https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-27-201618.pngScreenshot 2025-03-27 201618https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s77.gifs77https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s76.gifs76https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s68.gifs68There's also this elongated description in every room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-27-202650.pngScreenshot 2025-03-27 202650https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s66.gifs66Just to be clear, yes, I checked the source code for the CLIMB N and FEEL-word-by-itself parts.2025-03-29T21:28:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/10/the-colonels-house-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/hjxwunofk1.pngHjxWUNOfk1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fqqyncgjy3.pngfqqyncGJy3The game then informs you that you should have gotten the knife first!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cohlllemp8.pngcohllLEMP8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/jomqdblqbh.pngJOMqdBlqbHhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pwgg46zttv.pngPWGG46zttVAgain, item use is essentially passive. You can only OPEN the cupboard and the key gets used along the way. Moments like these are what remind me of the Robinson games, that did that because they had to (they used a tiny unexpanded VIC-20) whereas The Colonel's House required a 16K expansion meaning it ought to be a little more expansive.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/efh3pobjyb.pngEfh3PoBJyBI don't think that's how this works, but we'll see some more extreme science later so I guess it fits in with the setting.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/xviccdwndg.pngXvIccdWndGThat's one way to stop having to worry about diseases.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-10-184949.pngScreenshot 2025-03-10 184949https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/bfjmjodc68.pngbFJMJOdc68https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/v47k4fan0i.pngv47k4fAn0IIf you examine the card, it says it has writing. If you read the writing, it informs you that you just wasted a minute.2025-03-26T14:23:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/24/the-dalton-gang-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d51.gifd51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d49.gifd49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d48.gifd48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d42.gifd42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d41.gifd41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d40.gifd40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d44.gifd44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d39.gifd39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d38.gifd38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/d36.gifd362025-03-25T13:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/09/schatzoeken-1982/2025-03-21T16:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/18/time-warden-you-have-saved-the-universe/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/invasionforce.pnginvasionForceWadsworth had already hopped over to Artic by the end of 1982 as they published his game Invasion Force for ZX Spectrum. Screenshot via Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w38_thumb.pngw38_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w35_thumb.pngw35_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w34_thumb.pngw34_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w31_thumb.pngw31_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w27_thumb.pngw27_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w26_thumb.pngw26_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w25_thumb.pngw25_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-18-202341.pngScreenshot 2025-03-18 202341This has absolutely nothing to do with the game but the panel is cool. From <a href="https://archive.org/details/doctor_who_magazine_archive/DWMx135%2004%3A1988/page/25/mode/2up?view=theater">Doctor Who Magazine</a>.2025-03-20T16:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/17/time-warden-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-18-191254.pngScreenshot 2025-03-18 191254https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w22_thumb.pngw22_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w20_thumb.pngw20_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w14_thumb.pngw14_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w17_thumb.pngw17_thumbThis is intended as a hint, rather than as a punishment to the player.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w16_thumb.pngw16_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-17-203353.pngScreenshot 2025-03-17 203353https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w15_thumb.pngw15_thumbGiven this is probably a Wizard of Oz reference, I can again assert the author was just not worrying about canon. Mind you, the official Dr. Who canon technically has the Time Lord in the same universe as Star Trek <em>and</em> the Transformers.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w12_thumb.pngw12_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/w11_thumb.pngw11_thumb2025-03-21T20:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/16/crystal-caverns-estate-landlord/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/romancing.pngromancingVia Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000131_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000131_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000128_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000128_thumbGET BOULDER and the like (which tried before) failed. I might assume PICK here means "apply pickaxe" except this action works even if you aren't holding the pickaxe. I have no idea how to visualize what is happening.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000127_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000127_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000106_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000106_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystalmapannotate.pngcrystalMAPannotatehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000097_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000097_thumbWithout the magazine this would be a hassle, since there's wasn't a way to realize where to hunt for the missing information.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-16-195347.pngScreenshot 2025-03-16 195347https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000072_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000072_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-14-071215.pngScreenshot 2025-03-14 071215To be clear, this is WRONG.2025-03-17T21:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/14/crystal-caverns-the-worst-spot-in-the-game/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000102_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000102_thumbAt least it gave me time I already had this printout from another puzzle by the time I arrived at the maze.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000105_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000105_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000112_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000112_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000113_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000113_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/chrome_ejhvf6yren.pngchrome_eJhvf6YrEnTitle screen from the Commodore 64 version of the game.2025-03-15T20:52:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/13/crystal-caverns-samson-like-effort/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000048_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000048_thumbI <em>think</em> this is the end of the line here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000061_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000061_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000060_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000060_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-13-160509.pngScreenshot 2025-03-13 160509https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000043_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000043_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000059_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000059_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-13-160341.pngScreenshot 2025-03-13 160341https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000038_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000038_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000054_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000054_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000057_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000057_thumb2025-03-15T03:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/11/crystal-caverns-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000014_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000014_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000012_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000012_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000013_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000013_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-11-202028.pngScreenshot 2025-03-11 202028https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000009_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000009_thumbThe stump in the screenshot looks like it might be important, but it has rebuffed my attempts to interact with it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000006_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000006_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-11-201533.pngScreenshot 2025-03-11 201533https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-11-200951.pngScreenshot 2025-03-11 200951https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000015_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000015_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crystal-caverns_000000007_thumb.pngCrystal Caverns_000000007_thumb2025-06-07T22:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/13/fantasyland-1982/2025-03-10T20:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/29/adventure-sato-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/level2.pnglevel2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/t51.pngt51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/t60.pngt60The "random maze" the ad copy warned us about. You can get here by moving to the third floor, then going up to the second floor in a "gap" which is otherwise unreachable. Unfortunately, all this room seems to do is send you to a random spot on one of the three floors.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-29-171213.pngScreenshot 2025-01-29 1712132025-03-08T16:21:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/06/keys-of-the-wizard-gaps/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-06-093949.pngScreenshot 2025-03-06 093949Rob and Strident both won the "find the earliest printed ad for the game" sweepstakes. From <a>80 Micro, May 1982</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a60.pnga60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a59.pnga59No special item from the Wizard, the map sometimes is out on the open on the top floor.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a55.pnga55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-06-085904.pngScreenshot 2025-03-06 085904https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a58.pnga58Just like Minotaur, if you're holding too many items you can't go up, and the game communicates this by just repeating the room description.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a53.pnga53I have not got anything special to happen here. It may be just decoration.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a52.pnga52https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-05-205711.pngScreenshot 2025-03-05 205711https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a56.pnga56Not many points in the scheme of things, but that doesn't bothe2025-03-06T16:46:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/22/dungeon-adventure-you-seem-to-have-survived/2025-03-03T16:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/02/keys-of-the-wizard-total-exhaustion/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/group-1-7.pngGroup 1 (7)The red side path leads to the dragon's lair.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a43.pnga43Is there a way to read the carvings, maybe?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a28.pnga28This trumpet can be played, but I haven't found anywhere where it has an effect.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a45.pnga45https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a44.pnga44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a23.pnga23I don't know what the limit is. This is being done at full health, so that isn't an issue.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a35.pnga35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a27.pnga27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a20.pnga20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a18.pnga182025-03-03T20:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/23/pharoahs-tomb-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p47.pngp47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p48.pngp48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p46.pngp46https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p45.pngp45https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-23-084417.pngScreenshot 2025-02-23 084417https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p43.pngp43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p20.pngp20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-23-100234.pngScreenshot 2025-02-23 100234https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p36.pngp36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/p35.pngp35South from the Rock Chamber leads here. To go back north you need to USE PLANK. Weirdly, you can still go south from the Rock Chamber even though the path has now crumbled.2025-08-31T23:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/03/01/keys-of-the-wizard-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a14.pnga14xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a12.pnga12An ancient map with a hint. I haven't found it twice so I don't know yet if the hint changes.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a13.pnga13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a11.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a4.pnga4The game says I can't when trying to open the box. It might need the right key (I've found a DIAMONDKEY on one run but that wasn't it) or maybe it only responds to the right sort of magic.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot-2025-03-01-115413.pngScreenshot 2025-03-01 115413https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a9.pnga9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a3.pnga3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a1.pnga1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a2.pnga22025-04-04T13:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/22/ship-of-doom-1982/2025-02-28T14:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/27/magic-mountain-ferocity-unknown-to-man/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm33-1.pngmm33xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm3.pngmm3xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm26.pngmm26Remember, the coin is re-usable and goes back to the vault.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm60.pngmm60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm59.pngmm59https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm58.pngmm58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm57.pngmm57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm55.pngmm55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm54.pngmm54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-26-202333.pngScreenshot 2025-02-26 2023332025-02-28T01:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/24/magic-mountain-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mmcover4.jpgmmcover4<a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144307210573">Via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/magicmountain4.pngmagicMOUNTAIN4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm10.pngmm10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm9.pngmm9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm8.pngmm8The fortune telling got added for the ZX Spectrum version.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/magicmountain3.pngmagicMOUNTAIN3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm12.pngmm12Note that the east/west exits are given here. The inconsistency is quite frustrating.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm6.pngmm6The casket is a "box" in the ZX81 version and OPEN BOX doesn't work.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-23-134200.pngScreenshot 2025-02-23 134200An all-or-nothing maze I saw recently from <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/magic-mountain/?order=ASC">Magic Mountain</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mm4.pngmm42025-02-27T02:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/02/07/the-fortress-at-times-end-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/captain3.jpgcaptain3From the <a href="https://archive.org/details/Captain80BasicAdventures/page/n63/mode/2up">Captain 80 Book of Adventure Games</a>.2025-02-21T02:40:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/05/raspion-adventure-1981/2025-03-03T11:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/01/derelict-the-thief-of-immortality/2025-02-20T15:46:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/01/15/time-zone-400milbc/2025-02-20T15:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/13/hitch-hiker-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/h19.pngh19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-13-193929.pngScreenshot 2025-02-13 193929https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/h7.pngh7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/h3.pngh3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/h2.pngh2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/h1.pngh1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/gadhouse3.jpggadHOUSE3<a href="http://gaddesdenplace.co.uk/index.htm">From the official estate website</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/chrome_lolvobdb83.pngchrome_lOlvObDb83<a href="https://archive.org/details/eu_The_Micro_User_1984-08_OCR/page/n55/mode/2up">The Micro User, August 1984</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/hitchcover.jpghitchCOVERhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/logox4.jpglogoX42025-02-14T13:28:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/12/kim-venture-file-of-the-self/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-12-212255.pngScreenshot 2025-02-12 212255https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-12-212112.pngScreenshot 2025-02-12 212112https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kimloop6.gifkimLOOP6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-12-210854.pngScreenshot 2025-02-12 210854https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-12-210453.pngScreenshot 2025-02-12 210453https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/atlanticshow.pngatlanticSHOWThe Apple 1 debut at the Atlantic 1976 show. <a href="https://www.rogerarrick.com/personalcomputingshow1976nj/">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-12-205405.pngScreenshot 2025-02-12 205405<a href="https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputing198006/page/n119/mode/2up">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-12-204504.pngScreenshot 2025-02-12 204504From <a href="https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-5952108/page/28/mode/2up">The Paper, an Aresco Publication</a>, February 1980.2025-02-27T23:58:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/10/kim-venture-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/group-2-4.pngGroup 2 (4)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/group-1-5.pngGroup 1 (5)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-10-133210.pngScreenshot 2025-02-10 133210https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-10-133302.pngScreenshot 2025-02-10 133302https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kimloop5.gifkimLOOP5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-10-112258.pngScreenshot 2025-02-10 112258https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-10-112326.pngScreenshot 2025-02-10 112326https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-10-075612.pngScreenshot 2025-02-10 075612https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/westcoast2.jpgwestcoast2Photograph of the Faire from the <a href="https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102638093">Computer History Museum</a> via Jim Warren. While Leedom isn't visible you can see the Hayden booth; Hayden published the KIM book with Father Brown.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-09-201620.pngScreenshot 2025-02-09 201620Read the text here as "you are at".2025-02-16T12:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/08/windmere-estate-adventure-the-annuls-of-adventurers-everywhere/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot55.pngwindshot55I do not care about exploration percentage.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot54.pngwindshot54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot53.pngwindshot53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot52.pngwindshot52That is, I enjoyed scooping up the platypus even though I still don't know what was going on with the dam puzzle.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot51.pngwindshot51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot50.pngwindshot50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windscreen41.pngWINDSCREEN41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot40.pngwindshot40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-08-131210.pngScreenshot 2025-02-08 131210https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windscreen5.pngwindscreen52025-02-10T20:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/07/windmere-estate-adventure-that-great-swiss-cheese-in-the-sky/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot15.pngwindshot15That weird "MOVE" response again.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot14.pngwindshot14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-07-205336.pngScreenshot 2025-02-07 205336https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot13.pngwindshot13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot12.pngwindshot12Notice how the last parser message is different. I wonder if this is a "chink in the armor" so to speak; occasionally in what is mostly a bespoke parser I can still work out things like "which nouns are useful to try mucking about with" via odd phenomena like this.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-07-204543.pngScreenshot 2025-02-07 204543https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot11.pngwindshot11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-07-203702.pngScreenshot 2025-02-07 203702https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-07-203144.pngScreenshot 2025-02-07 203144https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windshot10.pngwindshot102025-02-08T20:08:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/06/windmere-estate-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/group-26-1.pngGroup 26 (1)I used Dungeon Scrawl for the hedge maze.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windscreen4.pngwindscreen4There easily could be a secret here, but nothing I've tried has worked. The plaque says "STAR BATS".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windscreen3.pngwindscreen3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/group-25-1.pngGroup 25 (1)I used Dungeon Scrawl for the hedge maze part for extra clarity.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windscreen2.pngwindscreen2Finding this difference (and knowing the Apple II version both came later and has working hints) I decided to swap over entirely. https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windscreen.pngwindscreenThis is a straightforward explore-the-place-and-nab-the-treasures adventure; here, they're going to a WAREHOUSE. https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/windmeredynacomp.jpgwindmereDYNACOMPVia <a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-lot-dynacomp-inc-apple-ii-dos-4605004748">WorthPoint</a>.2025-02-09T23:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/04/in-search-of-the-four-vedas-masters-of-artifice/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/flying.jpgflyinghttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/chrome_jmj7vo3j50.jpgchrome_jMj7Vo3j50Part of the Yajur Veda, via Wikipedia.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/v25.pngv25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/v24.pngV24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/v23.pngv23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/v20.pngv20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/v19.pngv19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-03-192758.pngScreenshot 2025-02-03 192758https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/v16.pngv16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/v15.pngv152025-02-05T21:50:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/03/in-search-of-the-four-vedas-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ved5.pngved5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ved4.pngved4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-03-135350.pngScreenshot 2025-02-03 135350https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ved3.pngved3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ved2.pngved2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ved1.pngved1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/vedas3.jpgvedas3From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/rigvedatext.jpgrigvedaTEXTA <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/art-culture/on-display-at-g20-a-450-year-old-manuscript-of-the-rigveda-101694183795833.html">450-year old copy</a> of the Rig Veda written on bark. The Rig Veda is the oldest of the four, with it being passed orally from somewhere in the second millenium BC. It includes mantras which allegedly are from the creation of the cosmos.2025-02-04T22:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/02/02/drive-in-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/boardwatchcover2.jpgboardwatchCOVER2xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-02-181701.pngScreenshot 2025-02-02 181701Again, most locations let you go east or west but go in the void. Once I found a not-useful broken speaker.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-02-165316.pngScreenshot 2025-02-02 165316<a href="https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=progress_1991-92">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/otto1.gifotto1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-31-132854.pngScreenshot 2025-01-31 132854<a href="https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v4n05/page/n1/mode/2up">Questbusters, May 1987</a>.2025-02-03T22:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/30/arkenstone-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-30-192217.pngScreenshot 2025-01-30 192217Our author in 1996.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hob7.pnghob7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hob6.pnghob6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hob5.pnghob5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hob4.pnghob4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hob3.pnghob3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hob2.pnghob2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hob1.pnghob1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-30-164738.pngScreenshot 2025-01-30 164738The last part of the source code.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screenshot-2025-01-30-165045.pngScreenshot 2025-01-30 1650452026-02-20T13:56:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/25/the-desecration-1982/2025-01-28T18:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/23/dark-star-i-saw-that-i-was-alone/2025-02-25T01:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/19/cornucopia-demigod/2025-02-09T21:06:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/21/dark-star-1982/2025-01-24T08:48:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/22/dark-star-borrowed-time/2025-01-24T10:52:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/20/derelict-2147-1982/2025-01-21T20:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/18/cornucopia-a-great-antipathy/2025-01-20T11:00:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/10/arsene-larcin-the-banality-of-tomorrow/2025-01-17T03:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/16/cornucopia-the-multiverse/2025-01-18T17:59:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/15/corncucopia-satans-game/2025-01-17T01:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/14/cornucopia-smashing-success/2025-01-16T12:10:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/13/cornucopia-the-long-departed/2025-01-14T00:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/11/cornucopia-1982/2025-01-14T23:11:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/09/larcin-2/2025-01-10T20:32:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/03/mad-martha-1982/2025-01-09T21:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2025/01/01/2024-retrospective/2025-01-03T17:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/27/espionage-island-finished/2024-12-30T19:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/26/espionage-island-1982/2024-12-30T09:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/12/des-cavernes-dans-le-poquette-objects-enigmatiques/2024-12-25T00:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/28/des-cavernes-1982/2024-12-25T00:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/21/goblin-towers-death-by-grammar/2025-08-08T10:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/19/the-deadly-game-1982/2024-12-21T16:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/20/goblin-towers-1981-1983-1986/2024-12-22T11:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/22/castle-adventure-it-was-a-fierce-fight-but-you-finally-won/2024-12-15T02:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/05/crowthers-adventure-and-mirkwood-tales/2025-05-23T16:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/07/adventure-software-toolworks-version-1982/2025-01-02T19:33:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/08/adventure-375-no-higher-rating/2024-12-19T20:18:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/01/18/quest-1979/2024-12-10T04:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/06/25/dragons-of-hong-kong-1981/2024-12-03T17:35:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/12/02/circus-doomed-by-evil-but-maybe-only-a-little-evil/2024-12-03T15:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/30/circus-1982/2024-12-03T14:31:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/25/transylvania-1982/2025-09-12T08:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/09/asylum-ii-the-lair-of-the-master-mystic/2024-11-30T18:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/29/island-adventure-man-vs-source-code/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a40.pnga40The wolves are still shown in the room, but they've also fled.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/appsedu2.jpgappsEDU2Via <a href="https://archive.org/details/40EducationalGamesForTheCommodore64ByVinceApps">the Internet Archive</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a33.pnga33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a32.pnga32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a26.pnga26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a25-1.pnga25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a30.pnga30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a34.pnga34This means, technically speaking, you can be forewarned about the pit, but it's faster to die than figure the secret out.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a24-1.pnga24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/islandadvtape.jpgislandADVtapeVia World of Dragon.2024-12-01T05:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/28/island-adventure-apex-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-26-202824.pngScreenshot 2024-11-26 202824https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a21-2.pnga21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a19-1.pnga19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a18-1.pnga18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a16-1.pnga16Move the letters forward by one to get PULL FOR WEAPON.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a15.pnga15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a14-2.pnga14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a13-1.pnga13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a7-1.pnga7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a8-1.pnga82024-11-29T03:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/25/xenos-hit-the-head-and-not-the-chest-headshots-are-the-very-best/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x64.gifx64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x63.gifx63https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x62.gifx62Being a loyal Earthling.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x61.gifx61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x58.gifx58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x55.gifx55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x54.gifx54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x42.gifx42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-25-165850.pngScreenshot 2024-11-25 165850Important rooms marked in color.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x41.gifx412024-11-27T17:24:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/24/xenos-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x13.gifx13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x12.gifx12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x9.gifx9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x14.gifx14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-24-102801.pngScreenshot 2024-11-24 102801The word "which" is flashing.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x4.gifx4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-24-101826.pngScreenshot 2024-11-24 101826https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/group-10-6.pngGroup 10 (6)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x2.gifx2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x1.gifx12024-12-08T17:13:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/09/21/haunted-house-finished/2024-11-24T18:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/09/08/haunted-house-1979/2024-11-24T18:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/19/ultimate-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a14-1.pnga14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-19-191140.pngScreenshot 2024-11-19 191140https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a27-1.pnga27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a25.pnga25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a23.pnga23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a17.pnga17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a19.pnga19The game is prompting for an item here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a21-1.pnga21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a11-1.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a10.pnga102024-11-24T14:24:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/21/castle-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vice-screen-2024112108593305.pngvice-screen-2024112108593305https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vice-screen-2024112108180323.pngvice-screen-2024112108180323https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-21-092840.pngScreenshot 2024-11-21 092840https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-21-092638.pngScreenshot 2024-11-21 092638https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vice-screen-2024112109150216.pngvice-screen-2024112109150216https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vice-screen-2024112109135503.pngvice-screen-2024112109135503Going the wrong direction leads to YOU ARE LOST IN THE PET ROMS and the game ending.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-21-091100.pngScreenshot 2024-11-21 091100https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vice-screen-2024112020200334.pngvice-screen-2024112020200334https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vice-screen-2024112007515181.pngvice-screen-2024112007515181https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vice-screen-2024112107564331.pngvice-screen-20241121075643312024-11-23T08:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/18/firienwood-for-the-rest-of-your-days/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/firetape.jpgfireTAPEVia Acorn Electron World.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a37.pnga37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a36.pnga36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a29.pnga29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a28.pnga28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a24.pnga24No puzzle solving, just patience and luck I didn't get walloped by a balrog this playthrough.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a22.pnga22This only opens from the other side, which is dramatically interesting, but the other side is roughly six steps away and just as easy to get to as walking through the trapdoor, which is not so interesting.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a27.pnga27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-18-150122.pngScreenshot 2024-11-18 150122https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/amon.jpgamonIllustration of the hallowed mountain Amon Anwar, part of the Firien Wood, via <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Amon_Anwar">the story "The Path to Amon Anwar" by Matěj Čadil</a>.2024-11-18T22:28:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/16/firienwood-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a21.pnga21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a18.pnga18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a14.pnga14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a13.pnga13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a12.pnga12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/screenshot-2024-11-16-083016.pngScreenshot 2024-11-16 083016https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a20.pnga20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a11.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a7.pnga7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bryttaslay.jpgbryttaSLAYBrytta slaying the orc chief, from the Lord of the Rings Online game.2024-11-17T15:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/08/critical-mass-you-and-your-flimsy-keyboard-wont-stop-me/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000149_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000149_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000216_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000216_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000210_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000210_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000207_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000207_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000201_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000201_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000196_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000196_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000189_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000189_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000186_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000186_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000184_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000184_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000181_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000181_thumb2024-11-10T02:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/11/07/critical-mass-where-in-the-world-is-carmen-stupertino/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000125_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000125_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000124_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000124_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000123_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000123_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000075_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000075_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000070_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000070_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000065_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000065_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000064_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000064_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000122_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000122_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000121_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000121_thumbJust to the east of the Roman Forum. Weirdly, not unrealistic for these two places to be close.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/critical-mass-side-a_000000120_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000120_thumb2024-11-08T14:02:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/10/golden-apple-1982/2024-11-07T23:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/27/adventures-1974-1982-lost-media-and-otherwise-unplayable-games-part-2/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-28-130302.pngScreenshot 2024-10-28 130302https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-28-125424.pngScreenshot 2024-10-28 125424Computerworld, October 11, 1982.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/daicomp.jpgDAIcomphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sourcebookx.jpgsourcebookXhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/toxo.pngtoxohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/martian.pngmartianhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-26-182416.pngScreenshot 2024-10-26 182416https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-26-182431.pngScreenshot 2024-10-26 1824312026-02-23T22:53:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/05/06/grow-1979-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/growfix2.jpggrowfix2x2024-11-02T03:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/30/critical-mass-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/critical-mass-side-a_000000020_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000020_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/critical-mass-side-a_000000019_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000019_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/critical-mass-side-a_000000018_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000018_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/critical-mass-side-a_000000017_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000017_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/critical-mass-side-a_000000012_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000012_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/critical-mass-side-a_000000011_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000011_thumbMore anxiety-inducing than the real time aspect is having commands not get accepted and having the clock tick down as a result. You can't just GO ELEVATOR so you need to PUSH BUTTON instead first.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cmmaxspeed.gifCMmaxspeedhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/critical-mass-side-b_000000000_thumb.pngCritical Mass side B_000000000_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/critical-mass-side-a_000000010_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000010_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/critical-mass-side-a_000000008_thumb.pngCritical Mass side A_000000008_thumbThe mushroom cloud is animated rising.2024-11-11T11:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/26/ship-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a8.gifa8This is the one spot you can die, but at least there's good forewarning. Notice the educational ship vocabulary tidbits!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a40.gifa40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a39.gifa39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a38.gifa38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a37.gifa37Keep in mind there might be some number-of-columns glitch that makes the text not line up like it is supposed to.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a35.gifa35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a33.gifa33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a30.gifa30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a25.gifa25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a18.gifa182024-10-31T01:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/23/menagerie-death-and-taxes/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chrome_mgmg6xw6h0.jpgchrome_MGMg6xW6h0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m67.pngm67https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m63.pngm63https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m61.pngm61Alas, the bull doesn't help you bust through.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m59.pngm59https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m58.pngm58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m56.pngm56Remember, there was a red flag attached to the flag pole at the start.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m55.pngm55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m53.pngm53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m50.pngm502024-10-24T08:25:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/22/menagerie-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-22-204148.pngScreenshot 2024-10-22 204148https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m17.pngm17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m15.pngm15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m13.pngm13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-21-202738.pngScreenshot 2024-10-21 202738TICKLE is the main one I wouldn't normally think of, and it's useful to know now there's an emphasis on conversation and SHOWing things.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m10.pngm10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m7.pngm7This appears on the screen temporarily before the game goes back to the dark description.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m6.pngm6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/m4.pngm4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/menagx.jpgmenagX2024-10-23T14:35:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/18/whembly-castle-hung-till-he-died/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dynadisks.jpgdynaDISKSAs part of their maximalist approach, Dynacomp also did public domain distribution. <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/276218191663">Disks via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-18-194528.pngScreenshot 2024-10-18 194528https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-18-193643.pngScreenshot 2024-10-18 193643https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-18-192719.pngScreenshot 2024-10-18 192719https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dynawinter.jpgdynaWINTERFrom the Winter 1982 Dynacomp catalog, <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/395733727748">via eBay</a>. Two of the other North Star adventures upcoming (Windmere and Zodiac, although they also have Apple II versions) are listed as "Late Arrivals" meaning Uncle Harry/Whembly came earlier.2024-11-25T19:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/13/whembly-castle-last-will-of-silas-frump/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dynacompchess.jpgdynacompCHESS<a href="http://dunfield.classiccmp.org/altair/altair3.htm">From Daves Old Computers</a>, a very early Dynacomp disk for the Altair.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-13-185645.pngScreenshot 2024-10-13 185645https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-13-185557.pngScreenshot 2024-10-13 185557https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-13-203058.pngScreenshot 2024-10-13 203058https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-13-175756.pngScreenshot 2024-10-13 175756Here's what my playing setup looks like. North Star is being played as an emulator inside an emulator.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dynacompcover2.jpgdynacompCOVER2Cover of one of the Dynacomp catalogs, from <a href="https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1350218702151680005/photo/1">Jason Scott</a>.2024-10-16T03:52:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/12/whembly-castle-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-12-155202.pngScreenshot 2024-10-12 155202https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-12-154132.pngScreenshot 2024-10-12 154132https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/group-8-1.pngGroup 8 (1)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-12-151207.pngScreenshot 2024-10-12 151207https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-12-150838.pngScreenshot 2024-10-12 150838https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/whemblydisk.jpgwhemblyDISK<a href="http://annex.retroarchive.org/disks/ICF%20Disk%20Images/Northstar%20Horizon/">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/horizonbrochure.jpghorizonBROCHURENorth Star Horizon brochure, <a href="https://bitsavers.computerhistory.org/pdf/northstar/horizon/">from Bitsavers</a>.2024-12-05T10:52:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/10/06/raspion-adventure-the-secret-treasures-of-syl/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ge48more.jpgGE48morehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ark.jpgarkFrom the third episode of the only season of Ark II. Yes, the chimpanzee is a crew member.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/popmech2.jpgpopmech2When the General Electric OARAC computer started working, they invited 6 humans in a computation contest, trying to find the square of xxxx. All six humans failed. Popular Mechanics, June 1953.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chrome_mbpwvh6fny.jpgchrome_mBPwVH6FNYFrom Vivarium (2019), an A24 movie about a couple trapped in a mysterious labyrinth of houses. It hit most theaters right before the pandemic lockdown.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ra44.gifra44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ra43.gifra43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ra40.gifra40The "sign" is the subway sign I had been carrying around in order to do mapping.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ra39.gifra39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ra37.gifra37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ra36.gifra362024-10-08T02:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/24/survival-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/moonmap.jpgmoonMAPFrom <a href="https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/moon/mare-serenitatis">the BBC</a> and Pete Lawrence.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/stepsout.pngstepsouthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-24-193647.pngScreenshot 2024-09-24 193647https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-23-202430.pngScreenshot 2024-09-23 202430The "dead" on the right shows the player hitting a dark place, and any step after is death.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-23-204514.pngScreenshot 2024-09-23 204514https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/keypunchatari2.jpgkeypunchATARI2<a>Via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/survivalfront2.jpgsurvivalFRONT2From the 1982 article.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/keypunchatari.jpgkeypunchATARI<a href="https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-moon-survival_3518.html">Via Atarimania</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/magcompare.pngMAGcomparehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-23-183553.pngScreenshot 2024-09-23 1835532024-10-05T13:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/04/15/irvin-kaputz-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/trizbort_4amyqezuzs.pngTrizbort_4aMYqEZuzS2024-10-01T18:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/26/derelict-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092620201940.pngvice-screen-2024092620201940https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092617264268.pngvice-screen-2024092617264268https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092619494986.pngvice-screen-2024092619494986https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092509474925.pngvice-screen-2024092509474925https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/chrome_zm2bksbyq7.pngchrome_Zm2BKsByQ7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/challenger1p.jpgchallenger1px2024-09-30T19:48:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/29/derelict-the-known-universe/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092911025571.pngvice-screen-2024092911025571https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092911285458.pngvice-screen-2024092911285458https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092911185071.pngvice-screen-2024092911185071https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092911232390.pngvice-screen-2024092911232390https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-29-184243.pngScreenshot 2024-09-29 184243https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092912263830.pngvice-screen-2024092912263830https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092912243059.pngvice-screen-2024092912243059https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092912253378.pngvice-screen-2024092912253378https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-29-103820.pngScreenshot 2024-09-29 103820The two-letter parser means there's a lot of nonsense here: the blue verbs map elsewhere. I found out from testing https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092912183823.pngvice-screen-20240929121838232024-10-03T04:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/28/derelict-blasted-into-eternity/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092815021161.pngvice-screen-2024092815021161https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092815020503.pngvice-screen-2024092815020503https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092819291123.pngvice-screen-2024092819291123https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092819272750.pngvice-screen-2024092819272750https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-28-181517.pngScreenshot 2024-09-28 181517https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092819200872.pngvice-screen-2024092819200872https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092819173601.pngvice-screen-2024092819173601https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092819155012.pngvice-screen-2024092819155012https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-28-181507.pngScreenshot 2024-09-28 181507https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/vice-screen-2024092814271755.pngvice-screen-20240928142717552024-09-29T19:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/17/dungeon-adventure-not-authorised/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari119.pngatari119https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari118.pngatari118https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dunadv22.pngdunadv22Jewels of Darkness needs a "SAY" in front. The BBC version does not.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-13-131828.pngScreenshot 2024-09-13 131828The BBC version is different; for example, CHOP is accepted, but GET rather than TAKE is not.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/jewelspostercpc.jpgjewelsPOSTERcpcPoster from Jewels of Darkness (the trilogy repackaging of the game), CPC version. <a href="https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/compilation-jewels_of_darkness.htm">Via cpcrulez</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari117.pngatari1172024-09-27T17:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/21/dungeon-adventure-our-doom-is-to-remain-here-whilst-he-lives/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/menu_043.pngmenu_043https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/menu_035.pngmenu_035https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/menu_040.pngmenu_040https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/menu_038.pngmenu_038https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari152.pngatari152https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari151.pngatari151https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari150.pngatari150The Atari version has a "powdery peat" area before the nest, but since the DOS version jumps straight to the next, I'm guessing it is just for color.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari146.pngatari146In the Atari 8-bit version, they're just in the way.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari145.pngatari145https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari144.pngatari1442024-09-22T14:26:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/20/dungeon-adventure-traps/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari102.pngatari102https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari127.pngatari127https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari130.pngatari130https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari126.pngatari126https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari121.pngatari121Mixing things up, no gem.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari120.pngatari120https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari098.pngatari098https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-20-132523.pngScreenshot 2024-09-20 132523https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-20-130601.pngScreenshot 2024-09-20 130601https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari139.pngatari1392026-01-08T06:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/05/uncle-harrys-will-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/amnesiamap.jpegamnesiaMAPYou can go to every intersection on this map in Amnesia. <a href="https://archive.org/details/electronic-arts-amnesia-a2-ph/components/amnesia%20map%20unfolded/">From the Internet Archive</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/gumballposter.jpggumballPOSTERAt least the reward ought to be better than a gumball machine!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-05-193933.pngScreenshot 2024-09-05 193933https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-05-193753.pngScreenshot 2024-09-05 193753https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-05-193441.pngScreenshot 2024-09-05 193441https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/xstock.jpgxSTOCK<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/184373014941">1973 Xerox stock, via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/harrywill.jpgharryWILLhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-04-202135.pngScreenshot 2024-09-04 202135https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/gum1shot.pngGUM1SHOThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/northstarpic2.jpgnorthSTARpic2x2024-11-08T18:17:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/15/dungeon-adventure-trips/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari100_thumb.pngatari100_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari106_thumb.pngatari106_thumbThe presence of a black pedestal suggests you can just teleport away. However, the "9 or 10 gem" door gives off the vibe it is meant as the "escape", which suggests, in a structural solving sense, that you can't make the pedestal teleporters work until after you've completed the ramps region.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari101_thumb.pngatari101_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari097_thumb.pngatari097_thumbYou want to pick 4 for the mystery object and get a sapphire.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari095_thumb.pngatari095_thumbThe "best" is 9, because, well, Level 9. Or you can just skip this room by going west with no consequence.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari094_thumb.pngatari094_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari104_thumb.pngatari104_thumbYou can pick up the box, so I assume you give this to an enemy so they get hit by the snake instead.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari102_thumb.pngatari102_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari074_thumb.pngatari074_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-15-195158.pngScreenshot 2024-09-15 1951582024-09-27T13:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/14/dungeon-adventure-ill-strengthen-the-flames-of-your-soul/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari043_thumb.pngatari043_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari041_thumb.pngatari041_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari040_thumb.pngatari040_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari039_thumb.pngatari039_thumbThis is part of what I mean about this game being more about "self-contained" puzzles.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari036_thumb.pngatari036_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari059_thumb.pngatari059_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari058_thumb.pngatari058_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari031_thumb.pngatari031_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari030_thumb.pngatari030_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari029_thumb.pngatari029_thumb2024-09-16T13:39:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/13/dungeon-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-13-174329.pngScreenshot 2024-09-13 174329https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari002_thumb.pngatari002_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari008_thumb.pngatari008_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-13-133017.pngScreenshot 2024-09-13 133017https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari019_thumb.pngatari019_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari011_thumb.pngatari011_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari017_thumb.pngatari017_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari016_thumb.pngatari016_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/atari013_thumb.pngatari013_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-13-132955.pngScreenshot 2024-09-13 1329552024-09-14T16:23:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/08/uncle-harrys-will-the-end-of-the-search/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-08-153342.pngScreenshot 2024-09-08 153342https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-08-150926.pngScreenshot 2024-09-08 150926https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-08-143612.pngScreenshot 2024-09-08 143612https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cannon1.jpgcannon1The copyright date on this game is 1981 although it may not have been published until 1982 (when it first shows up in the Dynacomp catalog).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-08-141602.pngScreenshot 2024-09-08 141602https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-08-140147.pngScreenshot 2024-09-08 140147https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cannon3jp2.jpgcannon3JP2From the Japanese movie poster for Cannonball Run 3. Cannonball Run (1981) and Cannonball Run II (1984) were followed by one last sequel to make a trilogy in 1989, where the racers all get arrested right before the race starts and the sponsors need to find new drivers.2025-05-29T14:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/07/uncle-harrys-will-whats-behind-me-is-not-important/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-07-070547.pngScreenshot 2024-09-07 070547A "gimmick map" from the 1974 road rally book.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-07-130215.pngScreenshot 2024-09-07 130215If it wasn't for the direction that makes your tires go flat, you could go to the paper bag in a much more direct way. It only affects the car going westbound, so if you go east you can land right back at the starting town.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-07-125757.pngScreenshot 2024-09-07 125757https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-07-125241.pngScreenshot 2024-09-07 125241https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-07-123718.pngScreenshot 2024-09-07 123718https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-07-123441.pngScreenshot 2024-09-07 123441https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bigmap2.pngbigMAP22024-09-08T20:16:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/04/ifcomp-2024-has-started/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fourifcomp2.jpgfourifCOMP22024-09-05T12:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/02/adventures-1974-1982-lost-media-and-otherwise-unplayable-games/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/glamiscover.jpgglamisCOVERVia Everygamegoing.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-02-095348.pngScreenshot 2024-09-02 095348https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-02-093727.pngScreenshot 2024-09-02 093727Part 1 on top, part 2 on bottom. <a href="https://www.beep-shop.com/blog/586/">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-02-092638.pngScreenshot 2024-09-02 092638https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-02-091827.pngScreenshot 2024-09-02 091827From <a>a manual for Prime computers</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-01-203314.pngScreenshot 2024-09-01 203314https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-01-202353.pngScreenshot 2024-09-01 202353https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/covergala.jpgcoverGALAhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-01-195332.pngScreenshot 2024-09-01 195332https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-01-194535.pngScreenshot 2024-09-01 1945352025-12-28T20:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/09/01/starcross-death-and-transfiguration/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/map10.jpgMAP10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/backstarcross.jpgbackSTARCROSShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/starcrosshatch.jpgstarcrossHATCHThe repair hatch in the forest.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-01-091108.pngScreenshot 2024-09-01 091108Just to prove that it isn't just a modern interpreter issue, here's the same bug in the Macintosh version.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/starglobe.jpgstarGLOBEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sealedstarcross3.jpgsealedSTARCROSS3xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/altarpic.jpgaltarPIC2024-09-03T04:06:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/31/starcross-no-matter-how-hard-you-try/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/starclue.jpgstarCLUE<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/135149917803">Via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-31-161331.pngScreenshot 2024-08-31 161331https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/diox.pngdioxThe closest I could find with a real chemistry paper containing the same diagram, <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Molecular-orbital-diagrams-of-dioxygen-molecule-left-superoxo-state-of-oxygen_fig4_329177857">via ResearchGate</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ring.jpgRINGFrom the first British paperback covers of Larry Niven's Ringworld, illustrated by Eddie Jones.2024-09-01T11:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/29/starcross-this-area-will-be-marked/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/letterpack.jpgletterPACKPart of a letter included in the grey box packaging.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/manualstarpage.jpgmanualSTARPAGEPage from the manual, which mentions Leather Goddesses of Phobos.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-29-183335.pngScreenshot 2024-08-29 183335Where my map was before solving the Warren puzzle.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-29-073809.pngScreenshot 2024-08-29 0738092024-08-31T16:33:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/08/23/adventures-in-videoland-1981-1982/2024-08-30T19:40:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/10/it-takes-a-thief-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screenshot-2024-08-29-094708.pngScreenshot 2024-08-29 0947082024-08-29T16:49:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/28/starcross-centripetal-force/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/starcrossdisk2.jpgstarcrossDISK2<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/363445763665">Via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/drod.jpgdrodhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/starcrossratants2.jpgstarcrossRATANTS2From the inside front cover of the ZUG hint guide. I haven't been able to look at any more pictures so I don't know what's in there other than the two I've shown off.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-27-103518.pngScreenshot 2024-08-27 103518https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/starcrossweasel.jpgstarcrossWEASELFrom the cover of the ZUG hint guide. https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/stardisk2.jpgFrom the ultra-rare Dysan printing for DOS. These were originally intended to sell their new 3 1/4 disk format (they look like regular larger floppies, just smaller) but it never took off, the 3 1/2 size taking off instead. From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/stardisk.jpgstarDISK<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/156280910091">Via eBay</a>.2024-08-29T23:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/27/starcross-they-would-be-disappointed-if-they-knew/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/frame-4.pngFrame 4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/shipzoom.jpgshipZOOMhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-26-193626.pngScreenshot 2024-08-26 193626https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-26-190029.pngScreenshot 2024-08-26 190029https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/starcrosspal2.jpgstarcrossPAL2<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/355644296466">Via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/starmap-1.pngstarMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-26-073504.pngScreenshot 2024-08-26 073504https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-26-073259.pngScreenshot 2024-08-26 0732592024-08-29T03:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/26/starcross-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/zugstar.jpgzugSTARFrom the Zork User Group map cover, which does not match my visualization of the game at all.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-25-154640.pngScreenshot 2024-08-25 154640https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/starcross-map.gifstarcross-maphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/starpack.jpgstarPACK<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/204722118692">Via eBay</a>, for $2,495.00 or Best Offer.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ramabook.jpgramaBOOKhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/starcrossamiga.jpgstarcrossAMIGAFrom The Infocom Gallery.2025-02-01T20:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/25/haunted-house-apex-trading-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/route2.pngroute2xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/h39.pngh39From one of my runs. I tried to backtrack after getting the hammer but it was stolen.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/route.pngrouteThe route I used for a "hard exit at midnight" run. You need to go to the east side of the house first since the only way to end is via the west side of the house.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/h21-custom.bmph21 (Custom)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/h22-custom.bmph22 (Custom)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/h17-custom.bmph17 (Custom)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-25-080007.pngScreenshot 2024-08-25 080007https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/h16-custom_thumb.pngh16 (Custom)_thumbThe coins and gold bar would count. Other items you might randomly find are a dead rat and some dust, which I reckon gives less points.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/h10-custom_thumb.pngh10 (Custom)_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/h4-custom_thumb.pngh4 (Custom)_thumb2024-08-25T19:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/15/pharoahs-curse-1982/2024-08-25T15:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/23/star-trek-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trek7.giftrek7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trek26.giftrek26Nope, that's not going to work. Instead of a hypo antidote Kirk needs a hypo stimulant.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trek12.giftrek12Yes, I accidentally did PUSH first every single time. If the source wasn't encrypted I'd hack the verb in just out of spite.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trek13.giftrek13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trek25.giftrek25PRESS, not PUSH. <em>sigh</em>https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-22-202649.pngScreenshot 2024-08-22 202649https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trek24.giftrek24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trek23.giftrek23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trek21.giftrek21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trek20.giftrek202024-09-17T18:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/22/cracks-of-doom-update-on-first-commercial-tolkien-game-status/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/horizon_012.pnghorizon_012https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/horizon_006.pnghorizon_006https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/horizon_004.pnghorizon_004https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/horizon_003.pnghorizon_003https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/northstar-dos-middle-earth.jpgNorthstar DOS Middle Earthhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/nstarcomputer.jpgNSTARCOMPUTERVia the blog <a href="https://www.broadbandpig.com/category/northstar-horizon/">Broadbandpig</a>.2024-09-15T18:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/12/20/ferret-a-level-only-just-below-living/2024-08-22T20:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/23/atom-adventure-hopesoft-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screenshot-2024-08-22-091910.pngScreenshot 2024-08-22 091910https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screenshot-2024-08-22-091902.pngScreenshot 2024-08-22 091902https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screenshot-2024-08-22-091803.pngScreenshot 2024-08-22 091803https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/group-17.pngGroup 17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/s2_thumb.pngs2_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/s1_thumb.pngs1_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/shot20_thumb.pngshot20_thumbxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/shot18_thumb.pngshot18_thumbxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/shot10_thumb.pngshot10_thumbOne other trick I did was throw the matches over the river. When I hit the cave room at the door I was able to TURN OFF LAMP to save a little energy, and the game fortunately let me OIL DOOR, UNLOCK DOOR, and OPEN DOOR while in the dark (and use the keys even though they were on the ground). Then with the matches on the ground I was allowed to LIGHT LAMP again and book it to the cellar in the castle before the lamp ran out.2024-08-22T16:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/14/young-arthurs-quest-1982/2024-08-22T00:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/20/cracks-of-doom-the-baleful-eye/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024082013001306.pngvice-screen-2024082013001306https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024082013002613.pngvice-screen-2024082013002613https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024082013002281.pngvice-screen-2024082013002281https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024082012593037.pngvice-screen-2024082012593037I felt genuinely tense and thought I was going to need to reload a back and optimize my route to avoid being crushed by Sauron.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024082012575449.pngvice-screen-2024082012575449https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024082012574490.pngvice-screen-2024082012574490https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024081913462523.pngvice-screen-2024081913462523https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024082012522945.pngvice-screen-2024082012522945I never got "speak Gandalf" to do anything.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024082012483928.pngvice-screen-2024082012483928Given the falcon was freed via a magical artifact of the original Eagle Lord, this doesn't feel too absurd to me.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/morgoth.jpgmorgothVia2024-09-02T10:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/19/cracks-of-doom-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/middlemap.jpgmiddleMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024081919273172.pngvice-screen-2024081919273172https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024081913474199.pngvice-screen-2024081913474199https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024081910384166.pngvice-screen-2024081910384166https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024081913444372.pngvice-screen-2024081913444372https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024081913393418.pngvice-screen-2024081913393418https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/eagle.jpgEAGLEFrom the Lord of the Rings collectable card game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024081913363279.pngvice-screen-2024081913363279https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-19-184859.pngScreenshot 2024-08-19 184859https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vice-screen-2024081819484584.pngvice-screen-2024081819484584I don't know why a weed would help with a Balrog, I was just trying everything I had.2024-08-21T01:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/18/the-caves-of-olympus-fear-the-hordes-of-garbesh/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hoehlen-von-olymp-die-19xxnoone-thomas-patrickde_000000003_thumb.pngHoehlen von Olymp, Die (19xx)(Noone, Thomas & Patrick)(DE)_000000003_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hoehlen-von-olymp-die-19xxnoone-thomas-patrickde_000000002_thumb.pngHoehlen von Olymp, Die (19xx)(Noone, Thomas & Patrick)(DE)_000000002_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hoehlen-von-olymp-die-19xxnoone-thomas-patrickde_000000000_thumb.pngHoehlen von Olymp, Die (19xx)(Noone, Thomas & Patrick)(DE)_000000000_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/rectangles.pngrectangleshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/diehohlen.jpgdieHOHLEN<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/125897529650">Via eBay</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000230_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000230_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000229_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000229_thumbI assume setting up a sequel which never happened.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000228_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000228_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000227_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000227_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000204_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000204_thumbJust remember this room later.2024-08-21T15:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/17/the-caves-of-olympus-you-are-in-panic/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000095_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000095_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000083_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000083_thumbHere you can't TAKE them clips, you can only WEAR clips. Also, you have to skip the first bit about "HOWALGONIUM" altogether.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000063_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000063_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000059_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000059_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000085_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000085_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000084_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000084_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000074_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000074_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000072_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000072_thumbHe's quicker to the draw.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000096_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000096_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/supercut.pngsupercutThree deaths smooshed into one screen.2024-08-18T00:16:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/15/the-caves-of-olympus-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000038_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000038_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000034_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000034_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000033_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000033_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000032_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000032_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000031_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000031_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000030_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000030_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000028_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000028_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000004_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000004_thumbTAKE INFO-CUBE: "THE CUBE GLOWS IN A WARM LIGHT ... WHAT INFORMATION MIGHT IT CONTAIN?"https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000005_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000005_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cavesofolympus_000000000_thumb.pngCavesOfOlympus_000000000_thumb2024-08-16T23:32:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/14/the-mouse-that-ate-chicago-won/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari031.pngatari031https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari029.pngatari029https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari028.pngatari028https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari026.pngatari026https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari023.pngatari023https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari021.pngatari021https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari007.pngatari007https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari004-1.pngatari004https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari001-1.pngatari001https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/atari032.pngatari0322024-08-15T16:20:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/27/argonath-adventure-lazurite-factor-memory-alpha-1982/2026-03-16T18:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/13/the-mouse-that-ate-chicago-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mouse_000000045_thumb.pngMouse_000000045_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mouse_000000048_thumb.pngMouse_000000048_thumbWeapons useless, just like King Kong.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mouse_000000027_thumb.pngMouse_000000027_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mouse_000000026_thumb.pngMouse_000000026_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mouse_000000021_thumb.pngMouse_000000021_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-13-172103.pngScreenshot 2024-08-13 172103https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mouse_000000020_thumb.pngMouse_000000020_thumbThis is kind of like the storage room in <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/dog-star/?order=ASC">Dog Star Adventure</a> where you had to specify what you wanted, but with some comedy logic to it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mouse_000000017_thumb.pngMouse_000000017_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mouse_000000014_thumb.pngMouse_000000014_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-13-172051.pngScreenshot 2024-08-13 1720512024-11-06T17:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/10/08/chinese-puzzle-1981/2024-08-12T16:29:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/11/haunted-house-the-secret-of-the-skeleton/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-11_19-48-20.png2024-08-11_19-48-20From the later MZ-700 version, which doesn't change anything other than the starting room (you start at the pond rather than the rock).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-11_20-09-28.png2024-08-11_20-09-28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-11_20-09-18.png2024-08-11_20-09-18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-11-202520.pngScreenshot 2024-08-11 202520https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-11_20-07-34.png2024-08-11_20-07-34So our task is to collect the house's treasures and make them <em>harder</em> to find.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-11_20-07-08.png2024-08-11_20-07-08https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-11_20-05-47.png2024-08-11_20-05-47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-11_20-05-41.png2024-08-11_20-05-41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-10_08-08-34.png2024-08-10_08-08-34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sharptapes.jpgsharpTAPESThe MZ-80K tape adjacent to the later MZ-700 version. <a href="https://mz-archive.co.uk/index.html">From the Sharp MZ Software Archive</a>.2024-09-02T21:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/12/18/adventure-ii-painfully-close/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/adven.jpgadvenFrom IGDB.2024-08-11T14:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/12/19/adventure-ii-finished-sort-of/2024-08-11T14:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/12/16/adventure-ii-sewer-maze/2024-08-11T14:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/12/12/adventure-ii-the-walkthrough-method/2024-08-11T14:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/12/08/adventure-ii-unchanged/2024-08-11T14:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/04/20/adventure-ii-changes/2024-08-11T14:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/04/18/adventure-ii-aka-adventure-440-1978/2024-08-11T14:20:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/10/haunted-house-this-tape-will-self-destruct-in-5-seconds/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-09_20-38-32_thumb.png2024-08-09_20-38-32_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-09_20-42-33_thumb.png2024-08-09_20-42-33_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-10_08-06-20_thumb.png2024-08-10_08-06-20_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-09_20-07-09_thumb.png2024-08-09_20-07-09_thumbWith the matches in hand you allowed to try to BURN things, but a ghostly voice stops you and says it is dangerous to play with fire.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-10_07-45-42_thumb.png2024-08-10_07-45-42_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-10-202345.pngScreenshot 2024-08-10 202345https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-09_19-57-59.png2024-08-09_19-57-59The Sharp speaker is used here to add a "catcall whistle" sound to this moment.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sharpbooks2.jpgsharpBOOKS2xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sharpsoftbooks.jpgsharpsoftBOOKSSharpsoft User Notes, <a href="https://www.abebooks.com/Sharpsoft-User-Notes-Nos-June-1981/30614153046/bd">via AbeBooks</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-10_07-43-19_thumb.png2024-08-10_07-43-19_thumb2024-08-12T03:04:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/09/haunted-house-sharpsoft-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-09-161307.pngScreenshot 2024-08-09 161307https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-08_14-11-10.png2024-08-08_14-11-10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-08_14-13-02.png2024-08-08_14-13-02https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-08_14-13-42.png2024-08-08_14-13-42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-08-09_11-52-36.png2024-08-09_11-52-36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-07-21_10-03-14.png2024-07-21_10-03-14I know there's 100 points but not what those mean. "Extensive vocabulary, heh".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-08-132441.pngScreenshot 2024-08-08 132441From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-07-21_10-03-38.png2024-07-21_10-03-38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-07-21_10-02-37.png2024-07-21_10-02-372024-08-10T14:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/12/pyramid-of-doom-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pyramidtop.jpgpyramidTOPVia Giant Bomb.2024-08-09T14:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/09/pyramid-of-doom-the-possibility-space/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/pyramidti.jpgpyramidTIVia Giant Bomb.2024-08-09T14:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/01/17/acheton-afterlife-and-endgame/2024-08-09T14:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2013/03/15/acheton-cruelty/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/achdisk.jpgachDISKVia Acorn Electron World.2024-08-09T14:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2013/01/27/acheton-1978/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/achetoncover.jpgachetonCOVERVia Mobygames.2024-08-09T14:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2014/12/31/acheton-harshness/2024-12-28T22:29:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/02/16/philosophers-quest-unfortunate-events/2024-08-09T13:30:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/02/29/philosophers-quest-preparing-for-battle/2024-08-09T13:16:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/07/29/philosophers-quest-finished/2024-08-09T13:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/03/04/philosophers-quest-how-to-persist-on-difficult-problems/2024-08-09T13:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/02/19/phil-quest-unreasonable/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pqdisk.jpgpqdisk2024-08-09T13:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/02/04/philosophers-quest-1979/2024-08-09T13:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/02/05/philosophers-quest-three-openings/2024-08-09T13:03:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/06/escape-from-pulsar-7-won/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-06-182639.pngScreenshot 2024-08-06 182639How could this location <em>not</em> make someone mad though?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/map5.jpgmap5Map of the whole game, via Sudders from the CASA Solution Archive.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e35.pnge35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e33.pnge33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e32.pnge32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e31.pnge31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e37.pnge37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e36.pnge36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e30.pnge30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e29.pnge292024-08-08T10:31:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/05/escape-from-pulsar-7-pinpricks/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e22.pnge22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e21.pnge21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e20.pnge20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-05-163408.pngScreenshot 2024-08-05 163408Marking where I found things, or was able to make progress since last time.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e19.pnge19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e18.pnge18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e17.pnge17Despite the bunk-with-vent picture being re-used, I don't think there's meant to be a vent here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e15.pnge15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/escape.jpgescape<a href="https://www.andysarcade.net/personal/elk/electron.htm">Via Andy's Arcade</a>.2024-08-07T02:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/23/mission-secrete-a-colditz-1980/2024-08-05T14:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/04/escape-from-pulsar-7-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e14.pnge14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e13.pnge13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e12.pnge12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e11.pnge11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e10.pnge10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e9.pnge9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e8.pnge8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e7.pnge7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e6.pnge6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/e5.pnge52024-08-05T17:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/28/dragons-keep-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/jens.pngJENSMenu version on the left, parser version on the right.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dkeep_000000098_thumb.pngdkeep_000000098_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/map2.jpgmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dkeep_000000014_thumb.pngdkeep_000000014_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dkeep_000000027_thumb.pngdkeep_000000027_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dkeep_000000058_thumb.pngdkeep_000000058_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dkeep_000000056_thumb.pngdkeep_000000056_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dkeep_000000038_thumb.pngdkeep_000000038_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dkeep_000000023_thumb.pngdkeep_000000023_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dkeep_000000022_thumb.pngdkeep_000000022_thumb2024-08-02T20:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/31/el-diablero-an-underlying-reality-beneath-common-perception/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a62-1.pnga62https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a61-1.pnga61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a60-1.pnga60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a59-1.pnga59This hard-crashes the game. I'm guessing this isn't supposed to work either.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a58.pnga58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a57-1.pnga57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a55.pnga55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-31-095700.pngScreenshot 2024-07-31 095700Flat rocks marked with colored squares.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a54.pnga54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a53-1.pnga53Just to the south of the previous location.2024-08-02T20:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/02/el-diablero-enfrentamiento-final/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a138.pnga138https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a136.pnga136https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/eldiablerotape.jpgelDIABLEROtapeFrom World of Dragon.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a135.pnga135https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a134.pnga134https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a132.pnga132https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a128.pnga128https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a129.pnga129Yes, this is a softlock, although the player was pretty amply forewarned; I had to set this up on purpose to get the screenshot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a125.pnga125https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a121.pnga1212024-08-03T18:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/08/01/el-diablero-revenge-medicine/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a74.pnga74https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a73.pnga73https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a68.pnga68https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a67.pnga67https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a64.pnga64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a113.pnga113https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a112.pnga112https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a111.pnga111https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a108.pnga108https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a107.pnga1072024-08-04T02:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/30/el-diablero-the-mirror-world/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a36-1.pnga36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a29-1.pnga29You can PLANT the SEEDS to form a mound of dirt but I haven't gotten a result yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a28-1.pnga28The shotgun is described as having one round. The game tells you to save it when you try to shoot random things. I don't know why it doesn't work on machete man.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a33.pnga33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a32-1.pnga32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/map3.pngmap3Well (with no rope), tombstone, shack with dirt floor, thick brush.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a24-1.pnga24I get a loaded shotgun later, but that doesn't help here either.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a23.pnga23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a22.pnga22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-29-112335.pngScreenshot 2024-07-29 1123352024-07-31T17:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/29/el-diablero-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a21.pnga21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a20-1.pnga20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a19-1.pnga19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a18-1.pnga18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a17-1.pnga17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cocokeys.jpgcocoKEYSVia the <a href="https://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/File:TRS-80_Color_Computer_1.jpg">TRS-80 CoCo Wiki</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a16-1.pnga16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a4-1.pnga4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a3.pnga3I played the Tandy CoCo version. There's also a port of this for the Dragon.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/casta.jpgcasta<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/225372041940">Via eBay</a>. $2.70 or best offer. They printed a <em>lot</em> of these.2024-07-30T20:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/27/valley-of-cesis-speake-yett-afore-me/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072709002301_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024072709002301_thumbSorry for spoiling your secret, C. Steadman.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072708582370_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024072708582370_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072708581482_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024072708581482_thumbWho is he? An old hero? A king? A random chosen one? Admittedly this makes about as much sense as The Dark Crystal did.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072708544081_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024072708544081_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072708534724_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024072708534724_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072708540691_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024072708540691_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072708515532_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024072708515532_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-27-085926.pngScreenshot 2024-07-27 085926https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072708464437_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024072708464437_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072708485471_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024072708485471_thumb2024-07-28T00:01:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/26/valley-of-cesis-beware-the-elmralat/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-26-144514.pngScreenshot 2024-07-26 144514https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072614583852.pngvice-screen-2024072614583852https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072520352027.pngvice-screen-2024072520352027https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072520342113.pngvice-screen-2024072520342113https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072520340953.pngvice-screen-2024072520340953https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072520302841.pngvice-screen-2024072520302841https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072614400747.pngvice-screen-2024072614400747https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072614272212.pngvice-screen-2024072614272212https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072613345725.pngvice-screen-2024072613345725https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072613341445.pngvice-screen-20240726133414452024-07-26T23:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/25/valley-of-cesis-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-25-103856.pngScreenshot 2024-07-25 103856https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072418395971.pngvice-screen-2024072418395971https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072420465083.pngvice-screen-2024072420465083https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072415504331.pngvice-screen-2024072415504331https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072510220091.pngvice-screen-2024072510220091https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-25-102524.pngScreenshot 2024-07-25 102524https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072420541681.pngvice-screen-2024072420541681Here I tried to get a reaction by giving meat, but all this did was drop the meat on the ground.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072415471700.pngvice-screen-2024072415471700https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-25-100154.pngScreenshot 2024-07-25 100154The "1 gold piece" there is only from the iteration of the game I was making the map.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024072415450476.pngvice-screen-20240724154504762024-07-28T22:14:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/23/ship-of-doom-won/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sdoomx.jpgsdoomXVia Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sd31.pngsd31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sd48.pngsd48Look, a passenger!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sd49.pngsd49Why do we even have that button?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sd45.pngsd45https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sd43.pngsd43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sd42.pngsd42The aliens can appear anywhere, and sometimes one after each other in sequence.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sd41.pngsd41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sd40.pngsd40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sd39.pngsd392024-07-25T05:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/21/treasures-of-cathy-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-21-155853.pngScreenshot 2024-07-21 155853fhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/astrobas25.pngastrobas25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/astrobas29.pngastrobas29Maybe the author meant for you to consider this the literal end.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/astrobas28.pngastrobas28Bob is an item you can take.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/astrobas26.pngastrobas26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/astrobas22.pngastrobas22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/astrobas15.pngastrobas15All indoor rooms have the same picture.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/astrobas12.pngastrobas12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-21-153901.pngScreenshot 2024-07-21 153901https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/astrobas8.pngastrobas82024-08-17T17:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/20/ballys-alley-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-20-193717.pngScreenshot 2024-07-20 193717https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bbasic16.pngbbasic16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bbasic15.pngbbasic15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bbasic14.pngbbasic14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-20-192542.pngScreenshot 2024-07-20 192542If the keys are needed anywhere they'd be at the Well With Locked Cover, but I dropped them and tested both exits and I wasn't stopped by a lack of keys.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-20-164310.pngScreenshot 2024-07-20 164310https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-20-153458.pngScreenshot 2024-07-20 153458https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bbasic10.pngbbasic10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bbasic8.pngbbasic8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bbasic4.pngbbasic42026-04-03T19:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/19/temple-of-disrondu-the-dagger-of-truth/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z61.gifz61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z60.gifz60There's been enough lead-up, I don't need anything more than exclamation marks.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z58.gifz58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z62.gifz62https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z54.gifz54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z53.gifz53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z52.gifz52A weird case where solving a puzzle too fast turned out to be a problem.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z49.gifz49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z44.gifz44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z42.gifz422024-12-21T16:41:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/18/temple-of-disrondu-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-18-193338.pngScreenshot 2024-07-18 193338https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-18-192728.pngScreenshot 2024-07-18 192728https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z17.gifz17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z14.gifz14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-18-170302.pngScreenshot 2024-07-18 170302https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z8.gifz8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z15.gifz15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z11.gifz11The metal triangle looks tantalizing but the description is YOU SEE NOTHING SPECIAL, so I'm not sure whether it is large or small or ornamental or the kind you play in an orchestra.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/z12.gifz12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-18-190405.pngScreenshot 2024-07-18 1904052024-12-21T16:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/17/la-maison-du-professeur-folibus-kind-of-bleu/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m17_thumb.pngm17_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m28_thumb.pngm28_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m25_thumb.pngm25_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m23_thumb.pngm23_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m29_thumb.pngm29_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m22_thumb.pngm22_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m21_thumb.pngm21_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m19_thumb.pngm19_thumb2024-07-20T02:17:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/16/la-maison-du-professeur-folibus-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m16_thumb.pngm16_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-16-133818.pngScreenshot 2024-07-16 133818https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m14_thumb.pngm14_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m13_thumb.pngm13_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m12_thumb.pngm12_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m9_thumb.pngm9_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m7_thumb.pngm7_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m6_thumb.pngm6_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/m3_thumb.pngm3_thumbYou are in a corridor. There is a door to the east and a door to the west. There is also: fire, candlehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/p1_thumb.pngp1_thumbYou are in front of a house; the door is open.2024-07-22T17:50:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/14/eldorado-gold-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e22_thumb.pnge22_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e21_thumb.pnge21_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e20_thumb.pnge20_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e18_thumb.pnge18_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e17_thumb.pnge17_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e15_thumb.pnge15_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e23_thumb.pnge23_thumbI wonder if anyone was disappointed by the ad copy and cover image.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e10_thumb.pnge10_thumbHey, it worked in Deathmaze 5000.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e6_thumb.pnge6_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/e4_thumb.pnge4_thumb2024-07-15T23:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/10/alien-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/basica_069_thumb.pngbasica_069_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/basica_025_thumb.pngbasica_025_thumbOne of the exits just crashes the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-10-150331.pngScreenshot 2024-07-10 150331https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/basica_066_thumb.pngbasica_066_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/basica_061_thumb.pngbasica_061_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/basica_055_thumb.pngbasica_055_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/basica_053_thumb.pngbasica_053_thumbI even tried LOOK SCREEN and USE PANEL and so forth when I got to this room (prior to re-discovering simple LOOK) just because it seemed special.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/basica_051_thumb.pngbasica_051_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/basica_037_thumb.pngbasica_037_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/basica_035_thumb.pngbasica_035_thumb2025-04-06T09:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/09/adventure-65-and-adventure/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024070814295289_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024070814295289_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-08-143228.pngScreenshot 2024-07-08 143228https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/8grmjbnpto.png8gRMJbnpTOhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024070814232808_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024070814232808_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vice-screen-2024070814224489_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024070814224489_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/w_osi_lyi5pmcuwd.pngW_OSI_lYI5PMcuwd2025-04-13T03:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/08/mansion-of-doom-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/space.jpgspaceFrom the <a href="https://forums.atariage.com/topic/239294-any-rare-coco-tapes-here/">AtariAge forums</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a57.pnga57Also a random quicksand trap you can't escape, but I didn't waste much time trying.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mariogag.pngmarioGAGhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a68.pnga68https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a85.pnga85https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a83.pnga83https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a82.pnga82If you try to get the princess before killing the vampire she turns to ash.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a81.pnga81https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a80.pnga80SLAY is not a verb given on the list, but another cryptic message says TO SLAY VAMPIRE SAY IT so I guessed what the game was getting at.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a79.pnga792024-07-09T01:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/06/medieval-castle-cool-guys-dont-look-at-treasure/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/valley.pngvalleyhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-06-080619.pngScreenshot 2024-07-06 080619https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-06-075609.pngScreenshot 2024-07-06 0756092024-07-06T18:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/12/golden-apple-the-dude-abides/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/048.png048This bit where you dig at the graveyard is just a joke.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/063.png063Go bowling forever, I guess.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/062.png062https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/058.png058https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/057.png057https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-12-144101.pngScreenshot 2024-06-12 144101https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/055.png055https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/065.png065https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/052.png052"scoulded most heinus" is a terrific one for the collection.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/051.png0512024-07-06T14:45:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/05/madness-and-the-minotaur-1981/2024-07-06T14:44:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/08/16/explore-1979/2024-07-06T14:42:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/05/medieval-castle-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-05-135859.pngScreenshot 2024-07-05 135859https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/wildlava.jpgwildlavaContinuing the pattern of "technical teenaged prodigies who wrote adventures and went on to fame, this is Joe Peterson <a href="http://www.wildlava.com/joe/job.html">from a group shot</a> from Southwest Research Institute, where he is manager of mission operations, and was in charge of the New Horizons spacecraft that went to Pluto.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-04-203733.pngScreenshot 2024-07-04 2037332024-07-06T17:41:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/04/the-sands-of-egypt-all-others-are-cursed/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a45.pnga45The orange along the sides is designed in a "sharper" way than the Apple II can convey.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sands_000000029_thumb.pngSands_000000029_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a53.pnga53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a52.pnga52https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a51.pnga51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a50.pnga50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a49.pnga49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a48.pnga48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a46.pnga46https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a44.pnga442024-07-05T19:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/03/the-sands-of-egypt-adventure-as-word-puzzle/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/canalloop.gifcanalLOOPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sands_000000018.bmpSands_000000018https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a32.pnga32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a34.pnga34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a29.pnga29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a43.pnga43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a25.pnga25The hint was "The opposite of mount is?" You're supposed to type DISMOUNT.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a24.pnga24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/treeloop.giftreeLOOPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a19.pnga192024-07-04T21:39:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/07/02/the-sands-of-egypt-the-correct-command-to-use-in-certain-situations/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sands_000000007_thumb.pngSands_000000007_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sands_000000006_thumb.pngSands_000000006_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sands_000000004_thumb.pngSands_000000004_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a6.pnga6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-02-185435.pngScreenshot 2024-07-02 185435https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a12.pnga12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a11.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a13.pnga13The one non-visual difference between the Apple and CoCo versions I mentioned is that the "you are thirsty" messages start triggering earlier on the CoCo.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-02-185311.pngScreenshot 2024-07-02 185311The green exits go back to the starting room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a4.pnga42024-07-04T04:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/20/williamsburg-adventure-1981-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a23.pnga23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a36.pnga36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a35.pnga35I haven't been able to get anything to happen with this at the church.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a34.pnga34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a33.pnga33A cross might protect me from this?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a21.pnga21Yes, only STONE works even though it is described as a GRAVESTONE.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a9.pnga9Parser issues, or does the game just not let you go in?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a6.pnga6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a17.pnga17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a16.pnga16I have yet to use the directions. I assume based on the ad copy it is for the Maze.2024-07-02T18:26:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/12/magic-mirror-1982-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vice-screen-2024051210055323_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024051210055323_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vice-screen-2024051210053084_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024051210053084_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vice-screen-2024051209560347_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024051209560347_thumbA winner is me?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vice-screen-2024051209493189_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024051209493189_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vice-screen-2024051120514666_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024051120514666_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vice-screen-2024051120484844_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024051120484844_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-12-100846.pngScreenshot 2024-05-12 100846The exit from the Courtyard loops back to the pond at the garden area.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vice-screen-2024051120385620_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024051120385620_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vice-screen-2024051120373406_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024051120373406_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/vice-screen-2024051120372437_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024051120372437_thumb2024-07-01T14:55:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/30/hells-bells-1982-1984/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a36-1.pnga36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a35-1.pnga35Not really a puzzle; the wine bottle works to stave off the hag as long as you have it in inventory.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a30.pnga30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a31.pnga31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a24.pnga24This is a puzzle for people who wouldn't think to WAVE, I think -- that is, this would make more sense for being someone's first adventure game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a22.pnga22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-29-205620.pngScreenshot 2024-06-29 205620Purgatory is just a trap room. The game softlocks if you enter.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a21-1.pnga21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a20.pnga20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a19.pnga192024-07-06T06:34:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/25/escape-from-rungistan-a-shortcut-through-nuggyland/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-25-171330.pngScreenshot 2024-06-25 171330https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-25-170052.pngScreenshot 2024-06-25 170052https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rung.jpgrungFrom Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000189_thumb.pngRungistan_000000189_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000188_thumb.pngRungistan_000000188_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000187_thumb.pngRungistan_000000187_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000185_thumb.pngRungistan_000000185_thumbI understood the trick but I wanted to see the death text anyway.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000179_thumb.pngRungistan_000000179_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000178_thumb.pngRungistan_000000178_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000176_thumb.pngRungistan_000000176_thumb2024-06-29T14:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/27/orb-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a3-1.pnga3Where I softlocked after running out of arrows. The game doesn't give you the option for sword/armor shopping at the start like regular Wizard's Castle does.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a2.pnga2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a6-1.pnga6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-27-092341.pngScreenshot 2024-06-27 092341This one's called The Aftermath (or Sequel) of the Heaven and Earth Realm. (<a href="https://h5mota.com/tower/?name=tiandijinghz">Link to play online</a>.)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/o27.pngo27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/o26.pngo26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/group-7.pngGroup 7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/o41.pngo41Yes, game, because you blocked the key in with Satan, so there is no way past here except with the cheat.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-26-201146.pngScreenshot 2024-06-26 201146Blue is the start, yellow is the furnace where the orb is destroyed.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/broke2.pngBROKE22024-06-28T08:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/22/escape-from-rungistan-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000042_thumb.pngRungistan_000000042_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000039_thumb.pngRungistan_000000039_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000038_thumb.pngRungistan_000000038_thumbThis is animated.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000037_thumb.pngRungistan_000000037_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000036_thumb.pngRungistan_000000036_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000035_thumb.pngRungistan_000000035_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000023_thumb.pngRungistan_000000023_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000021_thumb.pngRungistan_000000021_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000017_thumb.pngRungistan_000000017_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000025_thumb.pngRungistan_000000025_thumb2024-07-06T18:58:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/26/escape-from-rungistan-the-japanese-pc-88-version/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r74_thumb.pngr74_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r71_thumb.pngr71_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r67_thumb.pngr67_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r57_thumb.pngr57_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r59_thumb.pngr59_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r54_thumb.pngr54_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r43_thumb.pngr43_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r42_thumb.pngr42_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r40_thumb.pngr40_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/r29_thumb.pngr29_thumb2024-07-22T06:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/07/09/in-search-of-dr-livingston-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/divide.pngDIVIDE2025-01-31T20:34:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/24/escape-from-rungistan-flying-blind/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-24-171431.pngScreenshot 2024-06-24 171431https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000164_thumb.pngRungistan_000000164_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000158_thumb.pngRungistan_000000158_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000157_thumb.pngRungistan_000000157_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000156_thumb.pngRungistan_000000156_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000147_thumb.pngRungistan_000000147_thumbThe absurdism is great, and I'm guessing people did not get seriously stuck here. Checking a mailbox is much easier than predicting eclipses.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000152_thumb.pngRungistan_000000152_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000151_thumb.pngRungistan_000000151_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000141_thumb.pngRungistan_000000141_thumbI'll link <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2019/07/09/in-search-of-dr-livingston-1980/">my discussion of cannibals here</a> and leave it at that.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000150_thumb.pngRungistan_000000150_thumb2024-06-25T21:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/23/escape-from-rungistan-you-now-consist-of-several-small-pieces-of-person/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pc98cover.jpgPC98COVERPC-98 cover, from the Starcraft translation, via Launchbox.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000119_thumb.pngRungistan_000000119_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000118_thumb.pngRungistan_000000118_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000117_thumb.pngRungistan_000000117_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/group-2.pngGroup 2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000093_thumb.pngRungistan_000000093_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000095_thumb.pngRungistan_000000095_thumbThis is a timed event asking you to type REPLACE the same time you are grokking the fact 21 is written on the bottle. (As I was stuck, I thought briefly maybe the one was an I as in the letter I.)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000092_thumb.pngRungistan_000000092_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000087_thumb.pngRungistan_000000087_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rungistan_000000097_thumb.pngRungistan_000000097_thumbThe bird is mid-draw. It is hard to get "perfect" frames when the continuous motion is happening, since the game is constantly doing redraws. Mask of the Sun had some screen-flipping tech that made the animation smoother but it likely wouldn't be able to handle the full range of motion this game does.2024-06-24T00:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/10/escape-from-colditz-sharpsoft-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/basicsharp.jpgBASICsharpFrom a 1980 programming book for the MZ-80K.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sharpcase.jpgsharpCASEWhat Sharpsoft cases looked like at the time, via <a href="https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/sec/1399/Sharp-MZ-80K-Software/">The Centre for Computing History</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-10_06-39-29_thumb.png2024-05-10_06-39-29_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-10-070006.pngScreenshot 2024-05-10 070006https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-10_06-33-53_thumb.png2024-05-10_06-33-53_thumbThe bottom of the chimney. The door to the left requires a skeleton key to open from this side, but no key entering from the other side. This makes sense with some locks but not on a padlock.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-10-065922.pngScreenshot 2024-05-10 065922Green marks the starting room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-09_15-57-47_thumb.png2024-05-09_15-57-47_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-09_13-12-21_thumb.png2024-05-09_13-12-21_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-09_13-07-18_thumb.png2024-05-09_13-07-18_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-08_20-01-57_thumb.png2024-05-08_20-01-57_thumbMore early blundering, even though if you check the help it mentions CLIMB as a possible word. You're just supposed to GO UP.2024-06-22T14:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/11/12/building-of-death-1982/2024-06-22T01:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/21/williamsburg-adventure-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a50.pnga50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-20-150035.pngScreenshot 2024-06-20 150035Your Commodore, June 1985.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-20-144900.pngScreenshot 2024-06-20 144900https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a48.pnga48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a47.pnga47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a46.pnga46https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a44.pnga44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a42.pnga42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a41.pnga41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a39.pnga392024-06-21T15:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/07/pythonesque-streets-of-london-gospel-of-the-holy-book-of-armaments/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/numbers.pngnumbersFrom Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060709142954_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060709142954_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060709141841_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060709141841_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060709140580_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060709140580_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060709134513_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060709134513_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060709132760_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060709132760_thumbI didn't have a torch the first time through here and wasn't able to see in the cave.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060619543889_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060619543889_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060619441578_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060619441578_thumbIt's the hernia-patient thing that goes around your waist.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060709055359_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060709055359_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060709054882_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060709054882_thumb2024-06-20T16:32:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/01/robin-hood-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000072_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000072_thumbWe robbed every merchant in the country, and spent most of our money on a new sword for us and only a little bit on the poor.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000070_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000070_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000069_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000069_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000066_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000066_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000067_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000067_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000064_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000064_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000062_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000062_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000061_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000061_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000060_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000060_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/robinhood_000000056_thumb.pngRobinHood_000000056_thumb2024-06-20T14:04:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/29/the-zolan-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/z30_thumb.pngz30_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/z26_thumb.pngz26_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/z25_thumb.pngz25_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/z23_thumb.pngz23_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/z22_thumb.pngz22_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/z12_thumb.pngz12_thumbThe result of running out of light.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/z20_thumb.pngz20_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/z14_thumb.pngz14_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-29-073524.pngScreenshot 2024-05-29 073524The rest of the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-29-073538.pngScreenshot 2024-05-29 073538All of outdoors. Making this took more time than playing the rest of the game, and the only thing of interest other than the hut is a "cracked mirror" in the forest.2024-06-20T14:01:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/21/avventura-nel-castello-the-sorcerers-apprentice/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-21-095109.pngScreenshot 2024-04-21 095109The ASCII art is also in the original.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-18-204750.pngScreenshot 2024-04-18 204750https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-18-201716.pngScreenshot 2024-04-18 201716https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-18-201528.pngScreenshot 2024-04-18 201528https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-18-200926.pngScreenshot 2024-04-18 200926https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/groundmap.jpggroundMAPGround floor, from <a href="https://oldgamesitalia.net/soluzioni/avventura-nel-castello">Oldgamesitalia</a>. Includes some new rooms which I'll be getting into this time.2024-06-19T17:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/19/the-paradise-threat-there-are-no-heavens-or-hells-here/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p211_thumb.pngp211_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p206_thumb.pngp206_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/luciferrealm.pngluciferREALMhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p204_thumb.pngp204_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p202_thumb.pngp202_thumbDoing this action kills you on the other crevices. This is a "repeated element" fakeout puzzle where an author looks like they repeat an element but there is a subtle difference.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p116_thumb.pngp116_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p114_thumb.pngp114_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p113_thumb.pngp113_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p112_thumb.pngp112_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p111_thumb.pngp111_thumb2024-06-21T02:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/17/the-paradise-threat-enter-the-dragon/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p103_thumb.pngp103_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p101_thumb.pngp101_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p100_thumb.pngp100_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p97_thumb.pngp97_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p96_thumb.pngp96_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p95_thumb.pngp95_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p93_thumb.pngp93_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p91_thumb.pngp91_thumbTrying to drop the powder here into the mouth doesn't work either.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p87_thumb.pngp87_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-17-133605.pngScreenshot 2024-06-17 1336052024-06-18T15:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/15/the-paradise-threat-the-parser-from-hell/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p71_thumb.pngp71_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p70_thumb.pngp70_thumbThere's food on a tray we can access, so I assume he hasn't actually started lunch yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p68_thumb.pngp68_thumbWe're about to see a bunch of Nazis and none of them have this reaction.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p66_thumb.pngp66_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p63_thumb.pngp63_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p62_thumb.pngp62_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p61_thumb.pngp61_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p55_thumb.pngp55_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p52_thumb.pngp52_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p50_thumb.pngp50_thumb2024-06-17T17:19:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/14/the-paradise-threat-the-dying-land/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-14-204449.pngScreenshot 2024-06-14 204449https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-14-200009.pngScreenshot 2024-06-14 200009https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p42_thumb.pngp42_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p40_thumb.pngp40_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p38_thumb.pngp38_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p34_thumb.pngp34_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-14-183652.pngScreenshot 2024-06-14 183652https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p33_thumb.pngp33_thumbAlthough the game is finicky and requires you type IVY VINE in full, not IVY or VINE, otherwise you get the weird sensation of typing TAKE VINE and having the game tell you it isn't visible despite it being listed as visible.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p41_thumb.pngp41_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/paradisedisk-1.jpgparadiseDISKFrom Launchbox.2024-06-16T02:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/13/the-paradise-threat-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p31_thumb.pngp31_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p29_thumb.pngp29_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p24_thumb.pngp24_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-12-205443.pngScreenshot 2024-06-12 205443https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p22_thumb.pngp22_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p23_thumb.pngp23_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p20_thumb.pngp20_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p19_thumb.pngp19_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p15_thumb.pngp15_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/p8_thumb.pngp8_thumb2024-06-14T07:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/09/blog-general-updates-heathkit-request-some-new-games/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-09-083201.pngScreenshot 2024-06-09 083201https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/nevergive.jpgneverGIVEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/kit.pngKITThere's a video of disks working, but I think what happened is it was added to MAME support and taken out in a later version?2024-06-11T20:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/06/05/pythonesque-streets-of-london-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060417104233_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060417104233_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060416451152_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060416451152_thumbIf you take the hammer somehow the table comes off and the whippet runs away. Is this another reference?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060516235941_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060516235941_thumbI know where the shrubbery is -- it is for sale elsewhere, but on the run where I had this encounter I didn't have the shrubbery in hand (again, the only movement is random, and you have a limited uses of the magic word).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-05-195211.pngScreenshot 2024-06-05 195211https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-05-194849.pngScreenshot 2024-06-05 194849https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060417033638_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060417033638_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060317181126_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060317181126_thumbThe hand grenade just lands with a thud if you try to throw it and doesn't explode (you can't PULL PIN). The machine gun I've managed to use on the old lady but that just nets you a dead old lady and no game progress.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060519415704_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060519415704_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/vice-screen-2024060317184931_thumb.pngvice-screen-2024060317184931_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screenshot-2024-06-04-163147.pngScreenshot 2024-06-04 1631472024-06-06T20:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/15/the-mask-of-the-sun-only-a-high-priest-may-enter-into-the-presence-of-the-sun/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000056_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000056_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000054_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000054_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000053_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000053_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000051_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000051_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000048_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000048_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000046_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000046_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000041_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000041_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000035_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000035_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000029_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000029_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-a_000000027_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side A_000000027_thumb2024-05-30T03:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000029_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000029_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000028_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000028_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000027_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000027_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000026_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000026_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000017_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000017_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000016_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000016_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000015_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000015_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000011_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000011_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000008_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000008_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000007_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000007_thumbThis is "animated" with the image getting closer and closer. One of the touted features of the Ultra system is a fast enough drawing system to have animations.2024-05-30T03:40:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/28/transylvania-the-rescue/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000100_thumb.pngTvania_000000100_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000099_thumb.pngTvania_000000099_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000098_thumb.pngTvania_000000098_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000097_thumb.pngTvania_000000097_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000095_thumb.pngTvania_000000095_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000094_thumb.pngTvania_000000094_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000093_thumb.pngTvania_000000093_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000090_thumb.pngTvania_000000090_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000088_thumb.pngTvania_000000088_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000085_thumb.pngTvania_000000085_thumb2024-06-01T15:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/27/transylvania-slowly-its-outline-changes-to-that-of-a-decrepit-old-man/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000067_thumb.pngTvania_000000067_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000065_thumb.pngTvania_000000065_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000063_thumb.pngTvania_000000063_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000062_thumb.pngTvania_000000062_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000061_thumb.pngTvania_000000061_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000060_thumb.pngTvania_000000060_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000054_thumb.pngTvania_000000054_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000053_thumb.pngTvania_000000053_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000052_thumb.pngTvania_000000052_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000051_thumb.pngTvania_000000051_thumbFortunately, the witch never shows up. I think.2024-05-29T04:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/26/transylvania-the-death-of-a-vampire/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000047_thumb.pngTvania_000000047_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/stairs-1.pngstairshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-26-123339.pngScreenshot 2024-05-26 123339I'm also impressed at how image maintains the 3D structure even with the shadow over it, and the color used at the front.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000046_thumb.pngTvania_000000046_thumbI have to wait for an opening where the werewolf isn't around to test a random action like this. Here he showed up the next turn.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-25-210757.pngScreenshot 2024-05-25 210757https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000038_thumb.pngTvania_000000038_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000037_thumb.pngTvania_000000037_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000034_thumb.pngTvania_000000034_thumbThe ladder is not described in the text. I was making the incorrect assumption there would be nothing graphics-only (since the original game was just text). The ladder shaking happens if the vampire is still alive.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000033_thumb.pngTvania_000000033_thumbFrom this room, with the colorful gravestone description.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tvania_000000042_thumb.pngTvania_000000042_thumb2024-05-27T16:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/24/the-adventure-game-escaped/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_21-01-40_thumb.png2024-05-23_21-01-40_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_21-01-33_thumb.png2024-05-23_21-01-33_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_20-58-12_thumb.png2024-05-23_20-58-12_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_20-56-26_thumb.png2024-05-23_20-56-26_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_20-55-55_thumb.png2024-05-23_20-55-55_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_20-34-11_thumb.png2024-05-23_20-34-11_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_20-50-42_thumb.png2024-05-23_20-50-42_thumbThis room was originally empty. There's no indication otherwise the torch is doing something.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_13-50-48_thumb.png2024-05-23_13-50-48_thumbYou can only refer to it as a GUN. I was never able to use it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_13-52-17_thumb.png2024-05-23_13-52-17_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-23_13-49-27_thumb.png2024-05-23_13-49-27_thumb2024-05-25T21:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/22/the-adventure-game-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-22_13-42-54_thumb.png2024-05-22_13-42-54_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-22_11-13-20_thumb.png2024-05-22_11-13-20_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-22-134814.pngScreenshot 2024-05-22 134814https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-22_11-11-47_thumb.png2024-05-22_11-11-47_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/map.jpgmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/drogna.jpgdrognaContestants from the first episode solving the puzzle.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clown.jpgclownA scene from the first episode, explaining the mechanisms behind the clown doors.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-21-072018.pngScreenshot 2024-05-21 072018<a href="https://twitter.com/SharpworksMZ/status/1751240961848492132/photo/2">Via Sharpworks on Twitter</a>,2024-08-08T23:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/20/strange-adventure-dont-launch-the-missile-next-time/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa88.gifsa88https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa85.gifsa85https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa83.gifsa83https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa79.gifsa79https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa76.gifsa76For some reason this spelling made me laugh.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa77.gifsa77https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa59.gifsa59https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-20-184838.pngScreenshot 2024-05-20 184838https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa51.gifsa51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa50.gifsa502024-05-21T22:48:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/19/strange-adventure-press-the-button-to-fire-missile/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-20-065903.pngScreenshot 2024-05-20 065903https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-19-200237.pngScreenshot 2024-05-19 200237https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/chroma2.jpgchroma2From <a href="https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1983-01/page/n431/mode/2up?view=theater">a Jan. 1983 Micro 80 ad</a> for ChromaTRS.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa28.gifsa28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa27.gifsa27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa26.gifsa26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa23.gifsa23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa21.gifsa21No idea what the rocket is and what happens if you don't destroy it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa22.gifsa22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa32.gifsa32The result of trying HELP here. This is honestly where the flavor of the game is, it's otherwise fairly straightforward indiscriminate sci-fi-fantasy blend.2024-05-21T01:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/12/strange-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-16-194830.pngScreenshot 2024-05-16 194830https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa14.gifsa14Also, if you go deeper into the cave and try to do any command, you trip over a rock and die, presumably due to lack of light.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa12.gifsa12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa8.gifsa8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa7.gifsa7I have yet to try this in every single room, but I worry the game might be coded so you have to see the word before it works.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa6.gifsa6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-16-193942.pngScreenshot 2024-05-16 193942https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sa10.gifsa10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-16-193641.pngScreenshot 2024-05-16 193641https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-16-193413.pngScreenshot 2024-05-16 1934132024-06-10T20:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/05/07/stalag-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/a5.pnga5xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/screenshot-2024-05-07-145130.pngScreenshot 2024-05-07 145130https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/s35.pngs35This sets up a sequel which was advertised but I have yet to find a copy.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/s32.pngs32You need to choose east as the route to get out. This more or less matches the map.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/s34.pngs34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/s31.pngs31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/s27.pngs27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/s26.pngs26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/a4.pnga4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/a2.pnga22024-05-08T17:29:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/30/magical-journey-two-working-versions/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-30-134928.pngScreenshot 2024-04-30 134928https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mag70.gifmag702024-05-06T01:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/29/the-phantoms-revenge-especially-in-your-honor/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-29-181822.pngScreenshot 2024-04-29 181822thehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-29-180354.pngScreenshot 2024-04-29 180354From <a href="https://archive.org/details/PC-Mag-1983-09/page/268/mode/1up?view=theater">the Girard article</a> Do-It-Yourself Adventure.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-29-162144.pngScreenshot 2024-04-29 162144https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/phantomposter-1.jpgphantomPOSTERx2024-05-01T07:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/22/avventura-nel-castello-the-devils-lieutenant/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-21-201507.pngScreenshot 2024-04-21 201507https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-22-164646.pngScreenshot 2024-04-22 164646https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ness2.jpgness2Depiction of the final area <a href="https://oldgamesitalia.net/soluzioni/avventura-nel-castello">via Oldgamesitalia</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/castello2.jpgcastello2va2024-10-26T00:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/28/the-phantoms-revenge-into-the-hackers-den/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-28-102143.pngScreenshot 2024-04-28 102143https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-28-101041.pngScreenshot 2024-04-28 101041https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-28-095621.pngScreenshot 2024-04-28 095621https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-28-090701.pngScreenshot 2024-04-28 090701From a <a href="https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_S100Micros_79749342/page/84/mode/2up">California Digital Engineering</a> ad.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chuck.jpgchuck2024-04-28T23:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/25/the-phantoms-revenge-a-rush-of-exultation/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-25-191039.pngScreenshot 2024-04-25 191039The seats maze just for reference.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-25-184827.pngScreenshot 2024-04-25 184827Treasures marked in color.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-25-182932.pngScreenshot 2024-04-25 182932https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/opera.jpgoperahttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-25-180755.pngScreenshot 2024-04-25 180755https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-25-135036.pngScreenshot 2024-04-25 135036From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/walter.jpgwalter<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170820032922/http://toolworks.com/history/LATimes11-25-84.pdf">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/roaring.jpgroaringPicture from The Roaring Trumpet as it first appeared in Unknown magazine, 1940.2024-04-29T07:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/23/the-phantoms-revenge-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-23-173931.pngScreenshot 2024-04-23 173931https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-23-070359.pngScreenshot 2024-04-23 070359https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dian.jpgdianOur author circa 1962, from the <a href="https://archive.org/details/2021-02-13-0004/2021-02-13-0004.jpg">Internet Archive</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shere.jpgsphereChess from the <a href="https://sphere.computer/emulator/">Sphere 1 Emulator</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/rocket.pngrocketJust a Missile Command clone.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-23-103925.pngScreenshot 2024-04-23 103925https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-23-074149.pngScreenshot 2024-04-23 074149Byte Magazine, September 1975. Ben Zotto has a long presentation <a href="https://youtu.be/3GilFixu4KY?si=7R1pGfvMBf7BAqU9">here</a> done at the Computer History Museum if you'd like to see more.2024-04-24T19:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/01/dr-who-adventure-misc/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3358_thumb.pngscreenshot_3358_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3354_thumb.pngscreenshot_3354_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3352_thumb.pngscreenshot_3352_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3351_thumb.pngscreenshot_3351_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3334_thumb1.pngscreenshot_3334_thumb1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3346_thumb.pngscreenshot_3346_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3336_thumb1.pngscreenshot_3336_thumb1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3342_thumb-1.pngscreenshot_3342_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3342_thumb.pngscreenshot_3342_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot_3336_thumb.pngscreenshot_3336_thumb2024-04-24T14:12:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/17/avventura-nel-castello-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-17-063145.pngScreenshot 2024-04-17 063145https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/c101_000000021_thumb.pngC101_000000021_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/c101_000000020_thumb.pngC101_000000020_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-17-061313.pngScreenshot 2024-04-17 061313https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-16-193006.pngScreenshot 2024-04-16 193006https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dinosoft.jpgdinosoftFrom the author, and unfortunately the largest image of this we have.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screenshot-2024-04-16-181024.pngScreenshot 2024-04-16 181024Advertising the J. Soft version.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/adventure-4am-crack_000000000_thumb.pngAdventure (4am crack)_000000000_thumbThis is a straight port by Peter Schmuckal and Leonard Barshack, so I haven't written about it before.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/apple.jpgapple<a href="https://archive.org/details/MC_microcomputer-001/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater">MC Microcomputer, September 1981</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/milan75.jpgmilan75d2024-10-26T18:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/12/the-mask-of-the-sun-the-path-to-doom/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000109_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000109_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000107_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000107_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000105_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000105_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000103_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000103_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000100_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000100_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000099_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000099_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000098_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000098_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000097_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000097_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000093_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000093_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000091_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000091_thumbThis is animated.2024-04-15T13:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/07/the-mask-of-the-sun-inside-the-first-ruin/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000075_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000075_thumbThis animates as you are typing, just like the snake.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000073_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000073_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000072_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000072_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000050_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000050_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000068_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000068_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000067_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000067_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000060_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000060_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000045_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000045_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000039_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000039_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-side-b_000000055_thumb.pngThe Mask of the Sun side B_000000055_thumbYour companion will lower a rope you can climb.2024-04-11T01:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/03/spook-house-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/spookdisk.jpgspookDISKFrom the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh27.gifsh27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh26.gifsh26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh25.gifsh25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh24.gifsh24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh18.gifsh18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh28.gifsh282024-04-04T04:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/02/spook-house-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh23.gifsh23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh22.gifsh22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh21.gifsh21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh17.gifsh17This took me only a few beats to puzzle out, but I originally thought of the anchor as much heavier and not really plausible as a grappling hook.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh16.gifsh16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh12.gifsh12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh5.gifsh5You can get to the platform in the distance easily, but I didn't understand the graphic here at first. I'll come back to this later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh9.gifsh9If you drop an item in this game, you can't pick it up again unless you're facing the same direction you dropped it at. For this spinning room (if you drop an item, with, say, DROP ANCHOR) it means you have to hit the "enter" key at the correct time (having typed GET ANCHOR or whatnot) to pick it up again.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh8.gifsh8Also, locked door here to the east.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sh14.gifsh14Either our character is short or being overdramatic. I wasn't able to die by just swimming around even though the "sinking" message keeps happening.2024-04-02T14:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/03/30/dr-who-adventure-so-anyway-i-started-blasting/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/invade.jpginvadeFrom The Invasion, one of the "lost" shows of Dr. Who, since the BBC didn't routinely start keeping their materials until the late 70s.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot_3380_thumb.pngscreenshot_3380_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot_3379_thumb.pngscreenshot_3379_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot_3378_thumb.pngscreenshot_3378_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-30-192503.pngScreenshot 2024-03-30 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1416092024-03-31T23:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/02/06/battlestar-ending/2024-03-25T16:09:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/31/adventure-550-finished/2024-03-25T16:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/27/adventure-550-magic/2024-03-25T16:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/25/adventure-550-messages/2024-03-25T15:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/24/adventure-550-1979/2024-03-25T15:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/31/pyramid-2000-1979/2024-03-25T14:37:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/04/enchanted-island-1979/2024-03-25T14:35:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/02/04/battlestar-verisimilitude/2024-03-25T14:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/02/16/time-zone-the-breakthrough/2024-03-23T03:30:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/03/22/eno-1982/2024-03-30T20:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/05/mystery-house-1982/2025-12-17T22:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/03/05/magical-journey-beginners-and-experts/2024-04-04T01:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/12/11/deadly-dungeon-1980/2024-03-02T14:55:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/29/magical-journey-1980/2024-03-02T14:46:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/26/avon-cry-havoc-and-let-slip-the-chihuahuas-of-war/2024-02-27T18:52:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/23/avon-sleep-the-ape-of-death/2024-02-27T00:19:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/20/avon-i-wish-you-all-joy-of-the-worm/2024-02-21T14:47:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/16/avon-this-great-gap-of-time/2024-02-20T22:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/12/avon-the-dread-and-envy-of-them-all/2024-02-15T21:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/11/avon-spirits-from-the-vasty-deep/2024-02-12T03:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/09/avon-with-this-regard-your-currents-turn-awry-and-lose-the-name-of-action/2024-03-10T04:32:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/08/avon-1982/2024-02-09T16:27:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/07/toxic-dumpsite-the-most-unfair-adventure-game-puzzle-ever-made/2024-02-09T13:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/05/toxic-dumpsite-instructions-unclear/2024-02-07T13:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/04/toxic-dumpsite-1982/2024-02-06T04:26:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/01/forbidden-city-apps-1982/2024-02-04T15:45:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/02/02/forbidden-city-aarre-on-sinun/2024-02-03T13:57:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/01/30/crime-stopper-bugged/2024-02-03T20:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/01/18/crime-stopper-the-map/2024-01-18T18:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/01/16/crime-stopper-hard-boiled/2024-01-17T15:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2024/01/02/secret-kingdom-finished/2024-01-05T17:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/12/31/2023-recap-for-all-the-adventures/2024-01-01T21:02:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/11/30/crime-stopper-on-computer-disk-preservation/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ran3.pngran3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ran2.pngran2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ran1.pngran1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/submap.pngsubmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/desk3.pngdesk3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/desk2.pngdesk2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/desk.pngdeskI also hadn't found the secret behind the picture last time I played.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crime-stopper_applesauce.jpgCrime Stopper_ApplesauceVisualization from AppleSauce of the Crime Stopper disk.2023-11-30T19:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/11/14/crime-stopper-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/haydenad3.jpghaydenAD3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/crimemap1.pngcrimeMAP1My map of the city streets so far.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/applewin_screenshot_000000006_pic.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000006_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/applewin_screenshot_000000013_pic.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000013_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/applewin_screenshot_000000016_pic.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000016_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/applewin_screenshot_000000001_pic.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000001_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/applewin_screenshot_000000003_pic.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000003_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/applewin_screenshot_000000000_pic.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000000_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/haydenad.pnghaydenADFrom The Mathematics Teacher, March 1965.2023-11-17T13:04:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/13/the-trolls-treasure-1981/2023-11-11T20:40:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/11/09/adventure-quest-the-final-battle/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a193.pngA193https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a192.pngA192https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a190.pngA190https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a185.pngA185https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a184.pngA184https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a183.pngA183https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a182.pngA182https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a180.pngA180In the bit long back at the lake that sucks down items, they go to the quicksand room. I found this out after doing most of my work toting things through the biomes of the game, though.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a175.pnga175https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a173.pnga1732023-11-13T17:40:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/11/08/adventure-quest-you-shall-not-pass/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a166.pnga166https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a165.pnga165https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a162.pnga162https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a161.pnga161https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a160.pnga160https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/aqmap13.pngaqMAP13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a170.pnga170The version I was playing also describes the bridge as unstable if you examine it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a158.pnga158https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a159.pnga159https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a156.pnga1562023-11-12T16:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/28/adventure-quest-relics-before-the-coming-of-the-demon-lord/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aqmap3.pngaqMAP3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a42.pnga42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a41.pnga41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a40.pnga40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a37.pnga37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a35.pnga35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a39.pnga39The desert also has scattered pillars, as shown. The white dot is like the white dot at the building from the start.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a31.pnga31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a30.pnga30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a11.pnga112023-11-08T21:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/11/06/adventure-quest-glowing-like-a-commercial/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/advq.jpgadvQVia Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a138.pnga138https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a137.pnga137I'm not sure what they were going for with "glowing like a commercial" but it's evocative nonetheless.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a141.pnga141Our first sighting of the black tower.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a136.pnga136https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a134.pnga134Breathing underwater made it easier to get to the octopus lair. I used the (intended?) lamp teleportation in order to get my items down at the lake, including the bag you need to use to defeat the octopus.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a132.pnga132https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a112.pnga112You can teleport to them or teleport away, but end up dying at the end.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a130.pnga130https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a127.pnga1272023-11-09T04:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/11/04/adventure-quest-the-great-earth-stone-heist/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a114.pnga114https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a111.pnga111https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a119.pnga119https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a110.pnga110https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a106.pnga106https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a105.pnga105https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a104.pnga104https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a103.pnga103https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a102.pnga102https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a117.pnga1172023-11-08T14:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/11/01/adventure-quest-the-secret-of-the-jellyfish/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/group-8-1.pngGroup 8 (1)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a100.pnga100Reaching for your "treasure" happens even if you are carrying nothing. I also tried bringing in the trident and I had no way of using it in time.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a95.pnga95https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a94.pnga94Dropping an item here sucks it down a hole (the small gap). I don't know if this is useful.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/group-8.pngGroup 8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a93.pnga93https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/aqmap9.pngaqMAP9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a97.pnga97The fact you can see the sphinx from here was another hint this might work.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a99.pnga99https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/aqmap8.pngaqMAP8My updated, now-accurate desert map.2023-11-06T09:44:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/31/adventure-quest-armed-intruder/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a89.pnga89https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aqmap6.pngaqMAP6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a84.pnga84This also happens if you try to do this sequence in the dark.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a83.pnga83https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a85.pnga85https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a78.pnga78https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a87.pnga87The spider only kills you if you try to take the stone.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a81.pnga81https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a80.pnga80https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a77.pnga772023-11-05T18:36:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/12/28/death-satellite-1982/2023-10-30T21:53:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/29/adventure-quest-teleportation-chaos/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a60.pnga60Going higher is death, but you can reach the same room from the other side (via the room with the rope).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/zoomedout.pngzoomedOUTA very zoomed-out view of what I've mapped so far. I have no doubt this will change over the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a61.pnga61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a63.pnga63I do know a place with some oil, but testing anything (given the inventory limit and teleportation requiring multiple jumps) requires a lot of juggling so I haven't gotten to it yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a69.pnga69Mentahttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a68.pnga68https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a64.pnga64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aqmap4.pngaqMAP4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a51.pnga51You don't teleport directly here, you just walk from the room with the rope.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a73.pnga732023-10-31T14:37:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/26/adventure-quest-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/middleearth.pngmiddleEarthhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a21.pnga21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a22.pnga22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a18.pnga18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a19.pnga19I have yet to be able to interact with the unicorn.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a9.pnga9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a8.pnga8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a7.pnga7I'm fairly sure the white dot over the door is important, but I'm not sure for what yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/advquest-alt-tape.jpgadvquest-alt-tapeThe actual tape from the original version which clearly has a store-bought tape with a label slapped on, via the Museum of Computer Game History.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/aqcover.pngaqCOVERFrom the very first release of the game, via the <a href="https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=advquest-alt">Museum of Computer Adventure Game History</a>. This was hand-assembled in a Ziploc bag with no illustrated cover.2023-10-30T21:50:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/25/arrow-one-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari019_pic.pngatari019_picShooting aliens is ok as long as they look mean.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari011_pic.pngatari011_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari062_pic.pngatari062_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari061_pic.pngatari061_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari060_pic.pngatari060_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari058_pic.pngatari058_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari056_pic.pngatari056_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari042_pic.pngatari042_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari055_pic.pngatari055_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/atari054_pic.pngatari054_pic2023-10-26T18:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/21/africa-diamond-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ad0_pic.pngad0_picThe source code with BEND 1982 at the end.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/admap4.pngadMAP4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ad44_pic.pngad44_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ad43_pic.pngad43_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ad41_pic.pngad41_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ad39_pic.pngad39_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ad31_pic.pngad31_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ad38_pic.pngad38_picOn my way to enough points in my winning run. I never saw the torch, so it is good you technically never need to enter the caves.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ad37_pic.pngad37_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ad32_pic.pngad32_pic2023-10-22T21:42:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/18/the-incredible-shrinking-man-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000037_pic.pngSD015b_000000037_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000035_pic.pngSD015b_000000035_picthe cut text is "A NUCLEAR REACTOR."https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000032_pic.pngSD015b_000000032_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000005_pic.pngSD015b_000000005_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000030_pic.pngSD015b_000000030_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000025_pic.pngSD015b_000000025_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000014_pic.pngSD015b_000000014_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000013_pic.pngSD015b_000000013_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000017_pic.pngSD015b_000000017_picYou can go in the tackle box and find a hook.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sd015b_000000010_pic.pngSD015b_000000010_pic2023-10-20T21:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/07/haunted-house-the-great-chocolate-chip-cookie-escape/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/haunteddisk.jpghauntedDISKVia <a href="https://pixelpedant.com/items/show/24">Pixelpedant</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hauntcongrats.pnghauntCONGRATShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h31.pngh31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h29.pngh29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h28.pngh282024-01-16T12:04:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/08/miner-49er-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/catalog.pngcataloghttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mine19.pngmine19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mine18.pngmine18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mine14.pngmine14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mine13.pngmine13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mine12.pngmine12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mine7.pngmine7This happens when you LOOK GHOST. I love the moment of meta and this is honestly the most memorable part of the Morgan games so far for me; they've mostly been fairly robotic and could really use more of this kind of humor.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mine6.pngmine6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mine9.pngmine9The bell is just for atmosphere. The registry book has the hint shown which will come up in just a moment.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mine2.pngmine22023-10-16T17:27:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/06/haunted-house-morgan-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h27.pngh27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h26.pngh26From Bassman's Haunted House, after using SHOW CROSS. This allows us to steal Dracula's chocolate chip cookie.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h23.pngh23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h18.pngh18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h21.pngh21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h17.pngh17Yes, this is a "figure out the arbitrary magic" game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h14.pngh14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h13.pngh13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hauntedmap3.pnghauntedMAP3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/h5.pngh52023-10-07T19:59:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/05/carnage-of-karn-rocky-crime-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pink.pngPINKhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vice-screen-2023100514032476_pic.pngvice-screen-2023100514032476_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vice-screen-2023100514031511_pic.pngvice-screen-2023100514031511_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vice-screen-2023100514030626_pic.pngvice-screen-2023100514030626_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vice-screen-2023100514020712_pic.pngvice-screen-2023100514020712_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vice-screen-2023100514013538_pic.pngvice-screen-2023100514013538_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vice-screen-2023100514004199_pic.pngvice-screen-2023100514004199_picThe "vasalene" is mean to GREASE MANHOLE so you can open it, the Fat Man you'll find in the sewers momentarily.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vice-screen-2023100514001914_pic.pngvice-screen-2023100514001914_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vice-screen-2023100513593198_pic.pngvice-screen-2023100513593198_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/vice-screen-2023100513480318_pic.pngvice-screen-2023100513480318_pic2023-10-07T10:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/10/03/ifcomp-2023-is-on-and-one-other-bit-of-game-history-news/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/group-16.pngGroup 162023-10-03T17:20:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/09/29/korenvliet-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bookc.jpgbookChttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/m2000_r1zmeqdnlu.pngm2000_r1ZMEqDnlUThe opening of Korenvliet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/m2000_a3gc263k5k.pngm2000_A3gc263K5Khttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/odybox.jpgodyBOXBox close-up of an Odyssey 2 <a href="https://www.codedojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/odyssey1.jpg">from CodeDojo</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/p2tx.jpgp2TxFrom <a href="https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl/en/collectie/philips/philips-p2000t/">the Home Computer Museum</a> in The Netherlands.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/koren2.pngkoren2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/koren1.pngkoren1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/datacollect.jpgdatacollectA P1070 Data Collection Device for feeding punched cards.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pascalroom.jpgPASCALroomFrom the Philips Technical Review 1961.2025-09-05T21:37:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/01/quest-nicholas-1980/2023-09-28T23:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/09/26/sphinx-adventure-be-humble-in-the-eyes-of-the-sphinx/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa89.pngsa89https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa88.pngsa88https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sphinxmapx.jpgsphinxMAPxFrom Stardot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mapburg.jpgmapBURGVia a different hand-drawn map of Sphinx Adventure, from <a href="https://mark-burgess-oslo-mb.medium.com/7-dial-c-for-computing-dda0545cec37">a post on Medium by Mark Burgess</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa78.pngsa78I assume this is where you rescue any treasures stolen by the pirate. The funny thing is you don't have to even meet the pirate; he is in a room that can be stepped around, and he doesn't "activate" and start doing random stealing until you've met him once.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa87.pngsa87https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa86.pngsa86https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa85.pngsa85https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa84.pngsa84https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa83.pngsa832024-06-15T14:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/09/23/sphinx-adventure-the-monsters-lunch/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sphinxmaze.pngsphinxMAZEHave any of the direct-imitation-of-Adventure variants we've seen dropped having a maze?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa67.pngsa67https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa70.pngsa70https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa64.pngsa64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sphinxhmap.pngsphinxHmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa69.pngsa69I originally had this mapped as if going north was a loop, not leading to a whole new room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa43.pngsa43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa41.pngsa41This leaves behind some dragon teeth.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa40.pngsa40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa31.pngsa312023-09-27T19:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/09/21/sphinx-adventure-text-arrangement-as-user-interface/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa54.pngsa54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa53.pngsa53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa51.pngsa51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa50.pngsa50https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa48.pngsa48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sphinxemap.pngsphinxEmapTreasure rooms marked with color.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sphinxretrocaverncover.jpgsphinxRETROCAVERNCOVERFrom The Retro Cavern.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa60.pngsa60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa57.pngsa57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa56.pngsa562023-09-25T08:16:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/09/20/sphinx-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa21.pngsa21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa26.pngsa26I've tried crossing by using the silver bar (which I'm sure is wrong) and there's a friendly bear that follows the player around without even having to feed it, but I'll save discussing the area past the troll bridge for next time.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa30.pngsa30The books mentioned are from an "old library"; the hint suggests that the lake earlier (that we got the bottle water from) can be crossed.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa19.pngsa19It will instead follow you if you don't do this, so I suspect this is the wrong moment for using the carrot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa17.pngsa17I might sound snarky at the re-use, I appreciate not having to do this everywhere. (I think. Maybe the wand has more uses.)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sphinxdmap.pngsphinxDmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa16.pngsa16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa25.pngsa25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sa13.pngsa13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sphinxbmap.pngsphinxBmap2023-09-21T11:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/09/19/mystery-house-ii-the-msx-version/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0054.pngmh2_0054https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0053.pngmh2_0053https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0045.pngmh2_0045https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0041.pngmh2_0041https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0046.pngmh2_0046I found the diamond already in this run. I'll talk about getting it in a second.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0035.pngmh2_0035https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0038.pngmh2_0038This is for the safe in the basement.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0031.pngmh2_0031https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0029.pngmh2_0029https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mh2_0025.pngmh2_00252023-09-21T00:32:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/29/mystery-house-ii-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mh2photo.jpgmh2photoNaoto Oyachi, sitting, and, Tsukasa Moritani, standing. From <a href="https://archive.org/details/technopolis-volume-14-september-1983/page/96/mode/2up?view=theater">Technopolis September 1983</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mh2_0011.pngmh2_0011https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mh2_0010.pngmh2_0010https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mh2_0007.pngmh2_0007https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mh2_0006.pngmh2_0006https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mhouse11.pngmhouse11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mhouse9.pngmhouse9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mhouse7.pngmhouse7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mhouse6.pngmhouse6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mh2_0005.pngmh2_00052025-01-17T17:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/28/bomb-threat-hospital-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hos18.pnghos18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hos16.pnghos16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hos14.pnghos14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hos11.pnghos11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hos6.pnghos6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hos8.pnghos8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hos7.pnghos7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hosmap.pnghosMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hos1.pnghos1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bt10.pngbt102023-08-29T00:45:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/25/the-scepter-won/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s51_pic.pngs51_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s50_pic.pngs50_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s46_pic.pngs46_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s44_pic.pngs44_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s27_pic.pngs27_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s39_pic.pngs39_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s38_pic.pngs38_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s35_pic.pngs35_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s34_pic.pngs34_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s37_pic.pngs37_picThe scroll allows teleportation back across the pit.2023-08-28T17:31:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/24/the-scepter-the-pacifist-demon/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sceptmap3.pngsceptMAP3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sceptmap2.pngsceptMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s14_pic.pngs14_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s13_pic.pngs13_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s15_pic.pngs15_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s22_pic.pngs22_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s21_pic.pngs21_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s23_pic.pngs23_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s24_pic.pngs24_pic2023-08-24T22:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/27/basements-and-beasties-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot_3353_pic.pngscreenshot_3353_picI don't think we've had a Coke cameo since <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/crystal-cave/?order=ASC">Crystal Cave</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot_3355_pic.pngscreenshot_3355_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot_3356_pic-1.pngscreenshot_3356_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot_3349_pic-1.pngscreenshot_3349_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot_3347_pic.pngscreenshot_3347_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot_3346_pic-1.pngscreenshot_3346_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot_3344_pic-1.pngscreenshot_3344_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bb11.gifbb11I still gave it a serious try. Here's a preview of what's going to happen a lot during the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dacosta03.jpgdacosta03https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dacosta01.jpgdacosta012023-08-23T05:12:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/23/the-scepter-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sceptmap1.pngsceptMAP1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/scepterverb.pngscepterVERBhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s7_pic.pngs7_picYou don't pick up the bag of dirt: you start the game with it. I can just imagine some emperor sending you on your journey and reminding you "don't forget your dirt!"https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s4_pic.pngs4_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s3_pic.pngs3_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s2_pic.pngs2_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/s1_pic.pngs1_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bugbytebadenycaug1982.jpgbugbyteBADENycaug1982Tony Baden, from Your Computer, August 1982, where I also got the information about the company.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspapershot2.jpgnewspaperSHOT2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bugbytecover.jpgbugbyteCOVERFrom <a href="https://theretrocavern.com/products/adventure-2">The Retro Cavern</a>.2023-08-24T14:32:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/22/masquerade-the-death-of-mr-topp/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mad3.pngmad3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mad2.pngmad2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mad1.pngmad1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000067_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000067_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000068_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000068_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000073_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000073_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000074_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000074_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000077_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000077_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000078_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000078_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000079_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000079_pic2023-08-25T14:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/21/masquerade-outside-topps-door/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000051_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000051_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000049_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000049_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000048_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000048_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000047_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000047_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000052_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000052_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000056_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000056_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000059_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000059_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000060_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000060_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000062_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000062_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqtext.pngMASQTEXT2023-08-22T13:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/20/masquerade-beware-of-the-squealer/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000036_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000036_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000037_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000037_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000023_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000023_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000035_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000035_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000019_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000019_picThe Braille <em>has</em> to be a hint, right?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000018_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000018_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000031_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000031_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000029_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000029_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000028_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000028_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000026_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000026_pic2023-08-24T12:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/19/masquerade-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000005_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000005_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000010_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000010_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000007_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000007_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000000_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000000_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradeb_000000011_pic.pngMasqueradeB_000000011_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradeb_000000008_pic.pngMasqueradeB_000000008_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqmap1.pngmasqMAP1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradeb_000000009_pic.pngMasqueradeB_000000009_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradeb_000000007_pic.pngMasqueradeB_000000007_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/masqueradea_000000003_pic.pngMasqueradeA_000000003_pic2023-08-22T13:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/18/african-escape-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/advpack2cover.jpgadvPACK2COVERFrom the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aescape18.pngaescape18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aescape17.pngaescape17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aescape15.pngaescape15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aescape14.pngaescape14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aescape10.pngaescape10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aescape9.pngaescape9I went into the problem with "cannibals" <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/in-search-of-dr-livingston/?order=ASC">on the Dr. Livingston game</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aescape8.pngaescape8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aescape7.pngaescape7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aescape5.pngaescape52023-08-20T01:36:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/13/catacombs-the-bug-threshold/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_058.pngcq_058https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_065.pngcq_065https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_060.pngcq_060https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_055.pngcq_055Not really stealing, remember. This all goes to the altar.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_063.pngcq_063https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_056.pngcq_056https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_062.pngcq_062https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_051.pngcq_051https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_052.pngcq_052https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_046.pngcq_0462025-03-23T04:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/11/catacombs-down-into-misery/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_041.pngcq_041https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_038.pngcq_038https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_036.pngcq_036https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_033.pngcq_033https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_035.pngcq_035https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/catacombsverblist.pngcatacombsVERBLISThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_032.pngcq_032https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_034.pngcq_034https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_042.pngcq_0422023-08-15T11:18:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/03/greedy-gulch-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ggzx31.pngggZX31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ggzx29.pngggZX29At least I was <em>expecting</em> troll behavior by now so I didn't spend too long.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ggzx28.pngggZX28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ggzx27.pngggZX27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ggzx25.pngggZX25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/gg9_pic.pnggg9_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ggzx18.pngggZX18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ggzx5.pngggZX5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ggzx15.pngggZX15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ggzx14.pngggZX142023-08-11T16:47:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/09/catacombs-fueled-by-the-very-rocks-themselves/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_031.pngcq_031https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_030.pngcq_030https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_029.pngcq_029https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_028.pngcq_028https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_027.pngcq_027https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_012.pngcq_012https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_010.pngcq_010https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/catmap7.pngcatMAP7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/catmap6.pngcatMAP6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/catmap5.pngcatMAP52023-08-11T04:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/26/mission-secrete-a-colditz-le-code-secret-de-la-luftwafe/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold41-1.pngcold41xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold29.pngcold29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold41.pngcold41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cpc-008-page061-1986-02.jpgCPC 008 - Page061 (1986-02)From CPC Magazine.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold38.pngcold38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold37.pngcold37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold35.pngcold35Aren't you ashamed at being so rude?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold33.pngcold33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold32.pngcold32Blithely blowing past thinking about which article I should use in the French.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold31.pngcold312023-08-07T03:56:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/07/catacombs-1981-1986/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_004.pngcq_004https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_003.pngcq_003https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_002.pngcq_002https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cq_001.pngcq_001https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/supercover.jpgsuperCOVERSupersoft December 1979 catalog cover, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersoft#/media/File:Dec_1979_cover_WP.jpg">as uploaded by the co-founder of Supersoft to Wikipedia</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/supersoftpic.jpgsupersoftPICVia <a href="https://archive.org/details/Commodore_Computing_International_Vol_03_No_08_1985-03_Croftward_GB/page/n37/mode/2up?view=theater">Commodore Computing International, March 1985</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/classicad.pngclassicAD2025-12-28T20:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/06/subterranean-encounter-75-out-of-75/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub40.gifsub40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub64.gifsub64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub63.gifsub63This was the last thing I found while playing, but it's just LOOK BRIDGE while on the opposite side.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub57.gifsub57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub55.gifsub55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub56.gifsub56https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/subencmap6.pngsubencMAP6At least the authors here have the excuse they could re-use the art from the maze rooms. Everything else has unique drawings.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/subencmap7.pngsubencMAP7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub60.gifsub60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub53.gifsub532023-08-10T16:28:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/05/subterranean-encounter-picking-the-wrong-one/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/subencmap2.pngsubencMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspapershot.pngnewspaperSHOThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub41.gifsub41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub38.gifsub38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/subencmap3.pngsubencMAP3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub44.gifsub44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub32.gifsub32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub43.gifsub43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub30.gifsub30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub29.gifsub292023-08-06T19:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/08/04/subterranean-encounter-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/subencmap1.pngsubencMAP1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub13.gifsub13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub12.gifsub12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub11.gifsub11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub8.gifsub8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub7.gifsub7How about a low move count with a <em>low score</em> as the game's objective?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub14.gifsub14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub4.gifsub4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub0.gifsub0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sub1.gifsub12023-08-12T12:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/29/nuclear-submarine-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000053_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000053_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000052_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000052_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000050_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000050_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000048_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000048_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000042_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000042_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000047_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000047_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000049_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000049_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000045_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000045_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000024_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000024_picThis is sending you code for a safe. Also this is before I worked out how to deal with hunger and I died a few turns later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nuclearsubmarineadventure_000000015_pic.pngNuclearSubmarineAdventure_000000015_pic2023-07-30T19:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/22/adventure-200-through-the-fire-and-flames/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a99.pnga99https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a95.pnga95https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a98.pnga98https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a92.pnga92https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a91.pnga91https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a90.pnga90https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a100.pnga100https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a70.pnga70https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a65.pnga65https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a64.pnga642023-11-26T23:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/25/interactive-fiction-news-update-july-2023/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/peach.pngpeachhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/rose.pngrosehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/news1.pngnews12023-07-25T18:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/24/mission-secrete-a-colditz-the-authentic-type-in-experience/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/colditzmap2.pngcolditzMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/colditzfr4.pngcolditzFR4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold21.pngcold21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold19.pngcold19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold14.pngcold14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold17.pngcold17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cold12.pngcold12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/colditzerror.pngcolditzERRORhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/colditzfr5.jpgcolditzFR5Via CPC Magazine.2025-05-28T16:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/21/adventure-200-the-dogs-of-desmodus/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/adv200map10.pngadv200MAP10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a61.pnga61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a60.pnga60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a49.pnga49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vcastle.pngvcastlehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a42.pnga42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a47.pnga47As far as I've gotten. One more step kills.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a53.pnga53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/mazewreck.pngmazeWRECKhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a51.pnga512023-08-18T21:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/20/adventure-200-casing-the-joint/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/adv200verb.pngadv200VERBhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a37.pnga37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a36.pnga36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a35.pnga35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/adv200map9.pngadv200MAP9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a33.pnga33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/adv200map8.pngadv200MAP8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a24-1.pnga24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a24.pnga24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/adv200map7.pngadv200MAP72023-07-23T13:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/19/adventure-200-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a18.pnga18One of the places I found searching in the lands beyond the troll.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a15.pnga15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a14.pnga14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/adv200map2.pngadv200MAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a20.pnga20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a7.pnga7I also wonder if the symbols given at the start just represent the "biome journey" we need to take through the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a11-1.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a11.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/adv200map1.pngadv200MAP1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a19.pnga192023-07-20T19:25:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/18/apventure-to-atlantis-back-to-the-ornithopter/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000159_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000159_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000158_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000158_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000156_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000156_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000154_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000154_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000147_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000147_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000145_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000145_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000139_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000139_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000131_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000131_picProbably the most interesting puzzle. You need PANIC HORN here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000110_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000110_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000129_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000129_picWhy this and not SPIDER CLIMB?2024-01-10T03:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/16/apventure-to-atlantis-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000045_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000045_picOne of my warriors vaporized by a wizard. You're supposed to send a wizard vs. a wizard in a wizard duel, but that gets complicated so I'll also save it for next time.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000069_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000069_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000064_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000064_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000076_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000076_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000067_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000067_picThat's "rubbish" in the corner although it took me a while to find the right word. You can also LOOK WALL or LOOK CORNER to get names of things if you see something that's ambiguous.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000052_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000052_picWe just shot a "trog" that seems to be on top of the bookcase.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000039_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000039_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000037_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000037_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000032_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000032_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apventure-to-atlantis_000000028_pic.pngApventure to Atlantis_000000028_pic2023-07-17T06:10:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/05/shaken-but-not-stirred-super-spy-1982/2025-03-28T10:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/14/temple-of-bast-the-man-who-enters-here-uninvited-shall-be-accursed/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/videogenie1b.jpgvideogenie1bFrom <a href="https://www.northdevonretroarchive.co.uk/video-genie-system-eg3003/">North Devon Retro Computing Archive</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b91.gifb91https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b83.gifb83https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b81.gifb81You can attempt to revive the foo dogs along the way.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/templeofbastmap3.pngtempleofBastMAP3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b82.gifb82I was originally confused thinking it was something you were supposed to SLIDE.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b80.gifb80https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b79.gifb79https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b78.gifb78https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b74.gifb742023-07-15T22:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/12/temple-of-bast-the-house-of-anubis-judge-of-the-dead/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bast80micro.pngbast80MicroTemple of Bast eventually had some sales in the US. From <a href="https://archive.org/details/80_Micro_1986-04_CW_Communications_US/page/n119/mode/2up">80 Micro, April 1986</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b31.gifb31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b30.gifb30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b48.gifb48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b47.gifb47If our heart is judged worthy is not given.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b46.gifb46https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b45.gifb45https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b44.gifb44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b43.gifb43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b42.gifb42Nice repurposing here -- the boards would normally just be the thing hiding the "useful object" but they become useful in themselves.2023-07-14T21:11:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/09/temple-of-bast-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bexmap.pngBEXMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b17.gifb17The MAIN SWITCH works via MOVE SWITCH so you can shut everything off/on. I'm not sure the use of this, but I wonder if the whole point of having an extension cable for the lamp is to be able to test power things and it otherwise isn't necessary.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b14.gifb14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b7.gifb7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b16.gifb16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b13.gifb13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b11.gifb11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b3.gifb3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/templeofbastmap1.pngtempleofBastMAP1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/b15.gifb152023-07-11T20:30:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/08/dateline-titanic-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari007_pic.pngatari007_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari045_pic.pngatari045_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari036_pic.pngatari036_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari029_pic.pngatari029_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari032_pic.pngatari032_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari027_pic.pngatari027_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari040_pic.pngatari040_picxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari038_pic.pngatari038_picxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari014_pic.pngatari014_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/atari019_pic.pngatari019_pic2023-11-24T20:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/07/dragon-mountain-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/mettoyfactory.jpgmettoyFACTORYInside a Mettoy factory, 1973, via <a href="https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/inside-swanseas-famous-toy-factory-19502501">WalesOnline</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dragonmountaintape.jpgdragonMountainTapeFrom World of Dragon.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dm27.pngdm27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dm26.pngdm26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dm25.pngdm25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dm24.pngdm24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dm15.pngDM15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dm20.pngdm20After KILL DRAGON. The screen flashes so this is a <em>little</em> dramatic.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dm19.pngdm19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dm13.pngDM132023-07-09T19:28:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/06/prisoner-2-have-you-not-always-been-in-control/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000219_pic.pngbootable_000000219_picThis whole questline is in: where you can get cloned at the diner (by requesting you want ESCAPE rather than anything off the menu), but then need to pay 10000, which you get via a loan from the bank, which you can get via the items mentioned above. All three take serious work to get. When you finally get yourself cloned a pirate ship and kills your clone with a cannonball (seriously!) and you get sent back to the Castle. No progress is made.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000217_pic.pngbootable_000000217_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000202_pic.pngbootable_000000202_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000198_pic.pngbootable_000000198_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000197_pic.pngbootable_000000197_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000196_pic.pngbootable_000000196_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000194_pic.pngbootable_000000194_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000193_pic.pngbootable_000000193_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000216_pic.pngbootable_000000216_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000215_pic.pngbootable_000000215_pic2023-07-10T18:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/06/24/skull-cave-1982/2023-07-06T14:59:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/05/05/crime-adventure-1980/2025-06-20T02:29:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/30/dragon-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dragon29.pngDRAGON29The more-updated version of the game has an automap. I wish I knew if the original had one; it is technically possible, but Nellan is Thirsty (another children's game) is the only one we've seen yet from the era that has had one.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dragon34.pngDRAGON34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dragon33.pngDRAGON33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dragon35.pngDRAGON35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dragon30.pngDRAGON30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dragon27.pngdragon27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dragon12.pngDRAGON12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dragon25b.pngDRAGON25bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dragon6.pngDRAGON6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/muse3.jpgMUSE3Anthony Hopkins, Vice-Chair of MUSE in 1980, surrounded by some teachers. From Scunthrope Evening Telegraph, November 11, 1980.2023-07-08T16:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/07/01/prisoner-2-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000015_pic.pngbootable_000000015_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000014_pic.pngbootable_000000014_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000011_pic.pngbootable_000000011_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000007_pic.pngbootable_000000007_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000005_pic.pngbootable_000000005_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000002_pic.pngbootable_000000002_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bootable_000000000_pic.pngbootable_000000000_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/prisoner2ebay.jpgprisoner2EBAYx2023-07-04T19:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/28/mansion-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/m15.pngm15A mouse and a spider sometimes appear. They're just for scenery.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/microdealx-1.jpgmicroDEALxThe Dragon 32 is the UK's version of the Tandy Color Computer and is mostly compatible.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/m9.pngm9The bucket does nothing either. In a walkthrough all you need is the key, since the code to the safe doesn't change.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/m35.pngm35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/m33.pngm33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/m28.pngm28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/m30.pngm30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/mansionolsonmap2.pngmansionOlsonMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/m19.pngm19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/m14.pngm142023-06-30T17:21:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/27/the-case-at-kaxl-historical-update/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/casekaxl2.pngcaseKAXL22023-06-28T08:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/25/the-case-at-kaxl-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxl25.pngKAXL25Just scenery.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxl34.pngKAXL34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxl33.pngKAXL33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxl16.pngKAXL16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxl9.pngKAXL9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxl6.pngKAXL6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxl7.pngKAXL7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxl3.pngKAXL3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxl2.pngkaxl2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kaxlmap2.pngKAXLMAP22023-06-29T23:14:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/13/mad-venture-finished/2024-07-09T01:55:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/24/doomsday-mission-victory/2023-06-25T17:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/22/the-haunted-palace-through-the-red-litten-windows-see-vast-forms/2023-06-27T18:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/08/04/local-call-for-death-1979/2023-06-21T16:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/11/pyramid-of-doom-heart-of-the-phraoah/2023-06-21T13:41:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/06/27/pyramid-of-doom-the-nomad/2023-06-21T13:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/06/20/pyramid-of-doom-1979/2023-06-21T13:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/20/doomsday-mission-the-army-of-clones/2023-06-22T15:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/18/doomsday-mission-1982/2023-06-19T22:38:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/17/journey-to-the-planet-pincus-1982/2023-06-20T00:09:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/02/16/palace-in-thunderland-pennies-from-heaven/2023-06-17T23:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/14/haunted-house-squirrel-tree-1982/2023-06-19T09:50:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/13/island-adventure-1981-1982/2023-06-17T00:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/07/pimania-the-answer/2025-09-05T19:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/11/witches-brew-sweep-you-off-your-feet/2023-06-21T17:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/12/witches-brew-shot-through-the-heart/2023-06-12T00:01:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/27/alkemstone-all-the-clues/2024-01-10T20:07:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/09/witches-brew-1982/2023-06-12T05:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/05/pimania-the-eye-of-the-lord-is-upon-them-that-fear-him/2023-06-08T10:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/04/pimania-1982/2023-06-05T11:36:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/06/03/sleuth-1980/2023-06-06T00:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/01/25/sorcerers-castle-adventure-finished/2023-06-02T04:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/01/22/sorcerers-castle-adventure-version-variation/2023-06-02T04:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/01/21/sorcerers-castle-adventure-1979/2023-06-02T04:13:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/30/review-50-years-of-text-games/2023-06-01T01:41:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/29/earthquake-1982/2023-05-30T23:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/27/lost-mine-1982/2023-05-27T18:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/25/the-haunted-palace-secret-of-the-safe/2023-06-23T03:24:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/22/the-haunted-palace-secrets-and-darkness/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000153_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000153_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000143_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000143_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000144_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000144_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000148_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000148_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000154_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000154_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hauntmap7.pnghauntMAP7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000156_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000156_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000155_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000155_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000137_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000137_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000130_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000130_pic2023-05-25T04:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/21/the-haunted-palace-a-game-of-hide-and-seek/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hauntmap5.pnghauntMAP5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000119_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000119_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000121_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000121_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000113_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000113_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000058_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000058_picThe game might as well be a creepypasta at this point.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000000_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000000_picThis will prompt 1.) left or 2.) right upon pressing D.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hauntmap4.pnghauntMAP4Torture chambers and dungeon cells.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000114_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000114_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000111_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000111_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000047_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000047_pic2023-05-22T19:15:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/12/28/ferret-fire-and-water/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fertheater.pngferTHEATERhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/doorstep2.jpgdoorstep2Two of the mannequins used in Operation Doorstep, hiding behind a ladder.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/doorstep1.jpgdoorstep1From <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/operation-doorstep-1953">a 1953 booklet on Operation Doorstep</a>, making a simulated town to test the effects of a nuclear blast.2023-05-21T20:19:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/12/17/ferret-no-real-conception-of-barriers-as-you-or-i-might/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fermap9d.pngfermap9dhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fermap9e.pngfermap9ehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/britatomicoperationhurricane.jpgbritATOMICoperationhurricaneFrom the British "Operation Hurricane" atomic bomb test, October 1952.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fermap9g.pngfermap9g2023-05-21T20:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/19/the-haunted-palace-we-shall-leave-this-evil-house-together/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000018_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000018_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000014_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000014_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000013_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000013_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000012_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000012_picThe ghoul is text-only. I also ran into some maggots in a hall that did actually display, so it seems to vary based on the enemy.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000040_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000040_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000046_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000046_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000045_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000045_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000044_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000044_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000025_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000025_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-a_000000007_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side A_000000007_pic2023-05-20T20:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/16/the-haunted-palace-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/collagex.pngcollagexLord of the Palace, Butler, Maid, Steward, Steward's Wife, Gardner.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-b_000000013_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side B_000000013_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-b_000000012_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side B_000000012_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-b_000000011_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side B_000000011_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-b_000000009_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side B_000000009_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-b_000000006_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side B_000000006_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-b_000000001_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side B_000000001_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-haunted-palace-4am-crack-side-b_000000000_pic.pngThe Haunted Palace (4am crack) side B_000000000_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/bytemag198012.pngbyteMAG198012Byte Magazine, December 1980.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/worldoftwine.jpgworldoftwineA 2019 post from the World of Twine page.2023-10-22T01:50:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/15/grandell-island-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/granmap3.pnggranMAP3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gran25_pic-1.pnggran25_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/granmap2.pnggranMAP2I have circled the intended start and end square. So you have to start with 3-north, not 2-north, but end with 2-north, not 3-north.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gran25_pic.pnggran25_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gran24_pic.pnggran24_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gran30_pic.pnggran30_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gran23_pic.pnggran23_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gran21_pic.pnggran21_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gran19_pic.pnggran19_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gran18_pic.pnggran18_pic2024-12-29T15:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/13/krakit-unsealing-the-envelope/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/krakittape2.jpgkrakitTAPE2This is actually a "demo tape" version of Krakit which doesn't even have the real clues, just the instructions. An included slip tells you to direct edit lines 225 and 226 of the BASIC source code from "Gladstone Electronics" to whatever your own establishment is called and send information to International Publishing and Software in Ontario in order to get a customized version of Krakit with your own company listed as distributor.2023-10-12T15:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/12/murdac-the-land-of-heroes/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacdiskelectron.jpgmurdacDISKelectronDisk for Murdac, from Acorn Electron World.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacmap9.pngmurdacMAP9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacs.pngmurdacS2023-05-13T15:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/11/murdac-perplexed-and-gratified/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacverb.pngmurdacVERBhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ghostsample.pngghostSAMPLEIllustrated: moving east, being attacked from the left (that is, from the north) requiring you to move south to stay alive.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacletter.pngmurdacLETTERFrom the manual, a "letter" version of the game's blurb. I find it interesting the original protagonist is undefined, but this one is given a name. We haven't met the cannibals yet but we will in this post.2023-05-14T11:59:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/10/murdac-see-no-evil/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacmap7.pngmurdacMAP7The connection on top still leads nowhere, because I haven't gotten past the centaur yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacscreen2.pngmurdacSCREEN2xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacscreen.pngmurdacSCREENTitle screen from the Acorn Archimedes version of Murdac. This was a two-pack with Avon, and interestingly enough, Avon (set in Stratford) has a postcard screen from Johnathan, so both games are united in the same "universe".2023-05-22T12:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/20/secret-kingdom-failure/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-19_20-19-09.png2023-04-19_20-19-09https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-19_11-07-49.png2023-04-19_11-07-49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-20_17-13-49.png2023-04-20_17-13-49https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-20_17-11-15.png2023-04-20_17-11-15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-20_14-41-15.png2023-04-20_14-41-15You can ENTER PIT here, but for some reason that's the only way to reference the pit.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sharpsoft9.jpgsharpsoft9Via <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155511188424?hash=item2435306bc8:g:toUAAOSw9ShkPA2M">eBay</a>.2023-05-09T19:52:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/08/krakit-the-final-three/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/twelvesolve.pngtwelveSOLVEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/zx81inside.pngzx81INSIDEInside the ZX81. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eevblog/26754128641/">Public Domain</a>.2023-05-10T13:23:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/07/murdac-underground/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacmap6.pngmurdacMAP6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacmap5.pngmurdacMAP5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacmap4.pngmurdacMAP4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacmap3.pngmurdacMAP3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacmap2.pngmurdacMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacmap1.pngmurdacMAP12023-05-08T18:46:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/06/murdac-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shawmpic.pngshawmPIChttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacoutsidemap.pngmurdacOUTSIDEmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdacad.jpgmurdacADAd for the CPC version of Murdac, via cpcrulez.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/murdaccover2.jpgmurdacCOVER2From the Topologika manual portion devoted to Murdac.2023-05-09T13:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/05/followers-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/follow23.pngfollow23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/follow16.pngfollow16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/follow19.pngfollow19Sure, why not.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/follow11.pngfollow11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/followmap.pngfollowmapYes, there's a spaceship. This goes a bit off the hook.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/follow4.pngfollow4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/follow3.pngfollow3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/follow2.pngfollow2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/follow1.pngfollow12023-05-13T20:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/12/21/fun-house-ramella-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fun9.giffun9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fun8.giffun8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fun5.giffun5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fun3.giffun3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fun2.giffun2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/compcarnival.jpgcompCARNIVALVia eBay.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/funhousemap.pngfunhouseMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/funhouseplan2.pngfunhouseplan2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fun1.giffun1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/funhousex.pngfunhouseX80 Micro, <a href="https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1982-09/page/n329/mode/2up?view=theater">September 1982</a>.2026-02-13T14:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/02/krakit-cursed/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/peacetower.jpgpeacetowerCanadian Parliament, including the Peace Tower. Public domain, via <a href="https://c0.wallpaperflare.com/preview/222/947/644/canada-ottawa-parliament-government.jpg">Wallpaper Flare</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue12.pngclue12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue11.pngclue11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue10.pngclue10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue9.pngclue9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue8b.pngclue8bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue8.pngclue8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/krakitadsinclairuserfeb83.pngkrakitADsinclairUserFeb83Sinclair User, February 1983.2023-05-05T23:32:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/05/01/krakit-the-most-daring-single-action-in-the-history-of-combat-aviation/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue7b.pngclue7bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue7.pngclue7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue6.pngclue6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue5.pngclue5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clue4.pngclue42023-05-03T20:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/30/krakit-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/krakx.pngkrakXhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/clue3.pngclue3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/clue2.pngclue2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/clue1.pngclue1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/krak2.pngkrak2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/krak000.pngkrak000https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/krak00.pngkrak00https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/krak0.pngkrak0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/krak1.pngkrak1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/krakitad.pngkrakitAD2023-05-02T01:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/29/jungle-adventure-part-ii-king-solomons-mines-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks35.gifks35I like the game accounts for the possibility of losing treasure in the lava. Because everything game from the same room I still wouldn't call it a Treasure Hunt in the regular sense.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks33.gifks33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks31.gifks31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks57.gifks57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks56.gifks56https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks55.gifks55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks54.gifks54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks53.gifks53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks24.gifks24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks52.gifks522023-04-30T04:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/28/jungle-adventure-part-ii-king-solomons-mines-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kingsnake.pngkingsnakehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks13.gifks13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks12.gifks12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks4.gifks4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kingsolomonmap1.pngkingsolomonMAP1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ks3.gifks3This seems to be a true Treasure Hunt this time with multiple things to find.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kingsolomonbook.jpgkingsolomonBOOK<a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30891722040">From AbeBooks</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cloadadaug1982.pngcloadADaug1982Ad from 80 Micro, August 1982.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cloadintro.pngCLOADintroFrom <a href="https://archive.org/details/cload_newsletter-1982-01/mode/2up?view=theater">The Internet Archive</a>.2023-04-29T14:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/27/kabul-spy-magical-unrealism/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabuldisk.jpgkabulDISKFrom Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000043_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000043_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000054_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000054_picThis increases your score. Is there some other secret thing?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000029_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000029_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000101_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000101_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000100_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000100_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000098_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000098_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000097_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000097_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000092_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000092_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000088_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000088_pic2023-05-01T18:47:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/26/kabul-spy-you-are-in-for-some-real-trouble-now/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000015_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000015_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000036_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000036_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000044_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000044_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul35_pic.pngKabul35_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000013_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000013_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000012_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000012_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000008_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000008_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-disk-1-of-2_000000004_pic.pngKabul Spy (Disk 1 of 2)_000000004_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-a_000000037_pic.pngKabul Spy side A_000000037_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-a_000000032_pic.pngKabul Spy side A_000000032_pic2023-04-27T21:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/24/kabul-spy-delayed-branching/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-a_000000027_pic.pngKabul Spy side A_000000027_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabulspymap1.pngkabulSpyMAP1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-a_000000022_pic.pngKabul Spy side A_000000022_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabulfm.jpgkabulFMBack cover of the FM-7 port and translation into Japanese of Kabul Spy, as published by Starcraft. Unlike Time Zone the images were not redone.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/structure1.pngstructure12023-04-25T21:37:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/13/zork-iii-some-of-the-words-seem-to-change-colour-as-you-read-them/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3timber.jpgzork3TIMBERFrom <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/zork/comments/10tlxfd/new_zork_map/">Reddit</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/group-1.pngGroup 1You need to clear space more or less as shown. What makes this interesting in a puzzle sense is you can't just push the top row blocks to the far right and hope for it to work; because both blocks are restricted to the top row via Sokoban-rules, you don't have enough room to push the ladder-block without making the route shown.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3room8.jpgzork3ROOM8From a Zork User Group poster, via <a href="https://blog.zarfhome.com/2023/02/a-treasury-of-zork-maps.html">Andrew Plotkin</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3grue.jpgzork3grueFrom the Zork 3 manual.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3comm.pngzork3commFrom the Commodore cover of the game, via Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zorkroyal.pngzorkROYAL2023-04-24T03:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/21/kabul-spy-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-b_000000014_pic.pngKabul Spy side B_000000014_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-b_000000011_pic.pngKabul Spy side B_000000011_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-b_000000009_pic.pngKabul Spy side B_000000009_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-b_000000008_pic.pngKabul Spy side B_000000008_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-a_000000018_pic.pngKabul Spy side A_000000018_picI wandered a bit and also found "outskirts" but I haven't made a detailed attempt to map the town yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-a_000000017_pic.pngKabul Spy side A_000000017_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-a_000000004_pic.pngKabul Spy side A_000000004_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-a_000000002_pic.pngKabul Spy side A_000000002_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-b_000000005_pic.pngKabul Spy side B_000000005_picThe fact this takes two screens is the reason for the customized text screen later seen in Blade of Blackpoole.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kabul-spy-side-b_000000004_pic.pngKabul Spy side B_000000004_pic2023-04-27T19:25:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/spymap3.pngspyMAP3xxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1_000000009_pic.pngThe Breckenridge Caper of 1798 (1)_000000009_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1_000000023_pic.pngThe Breckenridge Caper of 1798 (1)_000000023_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1_000000022_pic.pngThe Breckenridge Caper of 1798 (1)_000000022_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1_000000014_pic.pngThe Breckenridge Caper of 1798 (1)_000000014_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1_000000017_pic.pngThe Breckenridge Caper of 1798 (1)_000000017_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1_000000019_pic.pngThe Breckenridge Caper of 1798 (1)_000000019_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1_000000026_pic.pngThe Breckenridge Caper of 1798 (1)_000000026_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1_000000028_pic.pngThe Breckenridge Caper of 1798 (1)_000000028_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-breckenridge-caper-of-1798-1_000000015_pic.pngThe Breckenridge Caper of 1798 (1)_000000015_pic2023-04-21T14:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/18/secret-kingdom-revenge-of-the-random-number-generator/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-18_18-10-26.png2023-04-18_18-10-26This makes me sad. I wanted an animal buddy.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-18_18-31-04.png2023-04-18_18-31-04https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-18_18-16-10.png2023-04-18_18-16-10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-18_18-29-57.png2023-04-18_18-29-57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-18_13-46-44.png2023-04-18_13-46-44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-18_18-20-25.png2023-04-18_18-20-25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-18_18-06-32.png2023-04-18_18-06-32The chain mail syntax is annoying here. You have to use the verb REMOVE to get it off, you can't just TAKE MAIL.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cavemap.pngcavemaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-17_07-12-59.png2023-04-17_07-12-59https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-17_11-04-33.png2023-04-17_11-04-332023-04-20T13:56:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/17/secret-kingdom-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-17_10-15-55.png2023-04-17_10-15-55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-15_18-17-30.png2023-04-15_18-17-30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-17_09-59-19.png2023-04-17_09-59-19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-17_09-59-08.png2023-04-17_09-59-08https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-17_07-12-10.png2023-04-17_07-12-10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-15_21-18-00.png2023-04-15_21-18-00https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-17_10-01-21.png2023-04-17_10-01-21Wolf buddy! Or at least I hope he's my buddy.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-15_21-21-51.png2023-04-15_21-21-51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-15_21-18-21.png2023-04-15_21-18-21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/secretkingdommap2.pngsecretKingdomMAP22024-04-27T01:44:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/16/fantasyland-city-of-treasures/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fl50_pic.pngfl50_picThe result of another NEW GAME. The SOMETHING is a would be a useful object that helps defeat the guard (or normally it would be without the guard's bug).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fl44_pic.pngfl44_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fl49_pic.pngfl49_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fl47_pic.pngfl47_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fl46_pic.pngfl46_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fl41_pic.pngfl41_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/warlords.jpgwarlordsTheir other top-selling title. I don't think <a href="https://zeitgame.net/">Wargaming Scribe</a> has done this one yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tpugdisc.jpgtpugDISC2023-04-17T11:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/14/operation-sabotage-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/operationsabotage1.pngOperationSabotage1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/operationsabotage2.pngOperationSabotage2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/operation-sabotage_000000025_pic.pngOperation- Sabotage_000000025_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/operation-sabotage_000000016_pic.pngOperation- Sabotage_000000016_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/operation-sabotage_000000006_pic.pngOperation- Sabotage_000000006_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/operation-sabotage_000000022_pic.pngOperation- Sabotage_000000022_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/applewin_screenshot_000000018_pic.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000018_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/osmap2.pngosmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/applewin_screenshot_000000015_pic.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000015_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/applewin_screenshot_000000012_pic.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000012_pic2023-04-16T19:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/10/the-vanished-canadian-company-software-magic/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/magicad3.pngmagicAD3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/magicad2.pngmagicAD2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/magicad.pngmagicADhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/potions.pngpotions2025-09-22T08:41:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/02/25/burial-ground-adventure-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gun.pnggunhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/closet.pngclosethttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/rope.pngropehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/inven.pnginvenFive of the first inventory items. Art by <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=shovel&i=878360">Laymik</a>, <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=gun&i=9486">Simon Child</a>, <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=steak&i=834364">Baboon Designs</a>, <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=wire+hanger&i=168839">Joshua Ganyon</a>, and <a href="https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=match&i=100995">Amelia Edwards</a>. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/">CC BY 3.0 US</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gameend.pnggameendhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/realism.pngrealismhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sign2.pngsign2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bgroundmap.pngbgroundmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/title.pngtitle2023-04-08T17:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/02/12/mud1-the-abandoned-edifice/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mud1house.pngmud1houseWarning: probably incomplete.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/roymap.pngroymapRoy Trubshaw's original map of the starting area, from Richard Bartle's website.2023-04-05T17:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/02/13/mud1-the-omnipotent-antagonist/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/demoscreen2.pngdemoscreen2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mudcover.pngmudcoverThis book is the closest we'll get to "cover art" for MUD1. [Source.]2023-04-05T17:27:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/04/03/asylum-ii-new-face/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rocketfail.gifrocketfailhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/asy2mapi.pngasy2MAPiA partial map so far. Alas, not nearly as easy to make clean looking as the hexagon was.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/am63.gifam63https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/am62.gifam62https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/am61.gifam61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/am60.gifam60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/am59.gifam59https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/am58.gifam58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/am57.gifam57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/am56.gifam562023-04-05T14:54:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/28/asylum-ii-secret-items/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asy2disk.jpgasy2DISKAn Asylum II "master disk" <a href="https://www.ebay.ca/itm/285124190280">from eBay</a>. It is easy to forget when producing high-quality pictures of original artwork that a lot of players had their disks look like this; copies with a fair chance of being pirated.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am39.gifam39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am33.gifam33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am29.gifam29This goes for multiple pages.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am36.gifam36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am38.gifam38https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am35.gifam35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asy2maph.pngasy2MAPhhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am34.gifam34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asy2mapg.pngasy2MAPg2023-04-02T16:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/24/asylum-ii-electro-shock-therapy/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am26.gifam26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am25.gifam25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am10-1.gifam10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am22.gifam22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asy2mapf.pngasy2MAPfhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am19.gifam19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asymapf.pngasyMAPfhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asy2dos.pngasy2dosFrom the DOS version of the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asy2mape.pngasy2MAPeMy fixed map of the opening area. T1 warps to T1, T2 warps to T2, three doors including one to the far east remain locked with my current resources.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asy2axe.pngasy2axe2024-11-30T03:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/22/asylum-ii-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am10.gifam10A door I have yet to open. I vaguely recall in Asylum 1 that opening such a door resulted in getting a lobotomy.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am11.gifam11I'm guessing I'll need a coin for this.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am13.gifam13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am9.gifam9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am5.gifam5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am4.gifam4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asyc64.pngasyc64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/am3.gifam3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asy2mapb.pngasy2MAPbLook, pretty isometric view! Kind of a pain to play with it set this way but it makes the maps look like <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aaronareed/50-years-of-text-games">Aaron Reed's book</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/asy2mapa.pngasy2MAPa2023-03-24T10:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/21/haunted-house-dec-basic-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hauntmap.pnghauntMAPOne of the floors mapped out, although I can't guarantee complete accuracy because the game is fussy about describing what exits are possible from each room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dec10lll.jpgdec10LLLFrom the now-closed Living Computers Museum.2025-05-27T19:54:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/18/zork-iii-beyond-the-guardians-of-zork/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3guard.jpgzork3GUARDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3hooded.jpgzork3HOODEDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/stockfrob.jpgstockFrobFrom <a href="https://gallery.guetech.org/zork3/zork3.html">The Infocom Gallery</a>.2023-03-21T14:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/06/spider-mountain-adventure-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fullmap.pngfullmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen7.pngscreen7I did like how YOUR LIFE FLASHING BEFORE YOUR EYES is an item, but there is no danger here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen9.pngscreen9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen5.pngscreen5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen4.pngscreen4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen3.pngscreen3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen21.pngscreen2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cover1.pngcover2023-03-19T18:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/01/the-lost-dutchmans-gold-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/finalscreen.pngfinalscreenA winner is me. I switched later in play to the Apple II version, which is why the screenshot looks different from the others.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cover.pngcoverFrom the cover for Lost Dutchman's Gold.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dutchmap.pngdutchmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen2.pngscreen2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen1.pngscreen1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dutchmanspider-tape-back.jpgdutchmanspider-tape-backFrom <a href="http://mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=dutchmanspider">the Museum of Computer Adventure Game History</a>.2023-03-19T17:58:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/04/12/house-of-the-seven-gables-1978/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gableshelp.pnggableshelphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gablesdoorknob.pnggablesdoorknobhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gablesmap1.pnggablesmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gableroof.pnggableroofhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/houseofsevenpic.pnghouseofsevenpicFrom The Captain 80 Book of Basic Adventures by Robert Liddil. I think the cover is supposed to be the hero tentatively entering the haunted house, but it just reminds me of the axe scene from The Shining.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/madcatalogcover.pngmadcatalogcoverhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/houseofseven.pnghouseofseven2023-03-19T13:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/02/10/jungle-island-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/j11.gifj11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/j3.gifj3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/j8.gifj8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/j4.gifj4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/j10.gifj10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/j6.gifj6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/j2.gifj2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/j1.gifj1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/jungle9.jpgjungle9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/jungle8.jpgjungle82023-03-19T13:47:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/15/zork-iii-gold-machine/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3backmanual.jpgzork3BACKmanualFrom the back of the Zork 3 manual, via the Infocom Documentation Project.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3library.jpgzork3LIBRARYhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zorkcage.jpgzorkCAGEFrom the Zork User Group map, via the Gallery of Undiscovered Entities.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zorkmuseumpic.jpgzorkMUSEUMPICFrom the ZUG version of Invisiclues, via the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2023-03-20T22:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/09/zork-iii-patterns/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zorkshadow.jpgzorkSHADOWThe Land of Shadow, from the Zork III ZUG map.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zorkdead.jpgzorkDEADThe Land of the Dead, as depicted on the Zork User Group map for Zork I. Also from the Gallery for Undiscovered Entities.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3_zug_map_2.jpgzork3_zug_map_2From the Gallery of Undiscovered Entities.2023-03-21T07:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/03/05/zork-iii-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3cover2.pngzork3cover2From <a href="http://infodoc.plover.net/manuals/index.html">The Infocom Documentation Project</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3map4.pngzork3map4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3map3.pngzork3map3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3map2.pngzork3map2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3map1.pngzork3map1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3cover.jpgzork3COVERFrom <a href="https://palmdb.net/app/zork-iii">PalmDB</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/zork3moby.jpgzork3moby2023-03-08T01:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/28/argonath-adventure-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa13.gifaa13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa12.gifAa12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa11.gifAa11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa4.gifAA4The date here differs from the other one in the source of June 19th. I would guess the date here is when this particular room was made, as opposed to the code being started.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa9.gifAA9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa8.gifAA8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa5.gifAA5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa6.gifAA6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa7.gifAA7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aa2.gifAA22023-03-05T15:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/12/katakombs-rope/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/katfix.pngkatfixhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k23.pngk23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k21.pngk21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k18.pngk18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k28.pngk28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k27.pngk27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/golemedugame.pnggolemedugameHere's another educational title from Golem to fill space while you think about it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k26.pngk26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/katzoom.pngkatZOOMZoom in on the cover art, which I think is meant to depict a specific location in the game. "You are among the ruins with hints of alien arches and weird spires. You can see a sharp sword."https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/katmap2.pngkatMAP2Southwest of the camp is the missing connection.2023-03-04T15:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/02/27/ferret-place-of-final-rest/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/fermath.pngferMATHI showed this to some people who weren't playing; they assumed there was some sort of joke or trick. It isn't. The authors sent me a full mathematical solution.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/druaga.jpgdruagaFrom @waisar <a href="https://twitter.com/waisar/status/1532664407339069440">on Twitter</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/rubik.jpgrubikhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/darkmap2.pngdarkmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cellphone.jpgcellPhonehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/novax.pngnovaXFrom the Computer Museum History Center.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/darkhunt.pngdarkHUNTI'll discuss the pink rooms in a moment.2023-03-17T18:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/02/25/james-brand-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james45_pic.pngjames45_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james44_pic.pngjames44_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james43_pic.pngjames43_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james41_pic.pngjames41_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james40_pic.pngjames40_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james39_pic.pngjames39_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james38_pic.pngjames38_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james36_pic.pngjames36_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james34_pic.pngjames34_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/james30_pic.pngjames30_pic2023-03-10T05:41:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/05/29/adventure-430-failure-to-visualize/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/msxshot2.pngmsxshot2From Level 9's MSX port of Adventure. <a href="http://www.mobygames.com/game/msx/colossal-adventure/screenshots/gameShotId,839082/">Via Mobygames.</a>https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/msxshot.pngmsxshotFrom Level 9's MSX port of Adventure. <a href="http://www.mobygames.com/game/msx/colossal-adventure/screenshots/gameShotId,839084/">Via Mobygames.</a>https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/urnpic.pngurnpicSort of like this. Via <a href="https://thenounproject.com/imkarthik/">Karthik M.</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/">CC BY 3.0</a>.2023-02-25T18:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/05/31/adventure-430-points-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/androidshot.pngandroidshotThere's been one "enhanced" port of 430-point Adventure, <a href="http://www.ecsoftwareconsulting.com/node/11">written for Android.</a>https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/smallarea.pngsmallarea2023-11-07T16:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/05/27/adventure-430-points-by-don-woods-1978/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dwarf.jpgdwarfThe famous axe-throwing dwarf, from AMC's port of the original Adventure.2023-02-25T17:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/02/13/inferno-the-unreadable-library-of-cthulhu/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/theinferno-disk1sidea_000000009_pic1.pngTheInferno-Disk1SideA_000000009_pic1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/theinferno-disk1sidea_000000010_pic.pngTheInferno-Disk1SideA_000000010_picNot sure if the parser is being broken or if this is a "research puzzle" where you need to specify a particular book.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/theinferno-disk1sidea_000000014_pic.pngTheInferno-Disk1SideA_000000014_picAt least one of them outright kills you. I'm not sure what the use of the bottles is but I'd like to take one with me to fill with water; however, they get smashed when you drink them, and the game doesn't want me to just empty one out.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/infernomap2.pnginfernoMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/theinferno-disk1sidea_000000008_pic.pngTheInferno-Disk1SideA_000000008_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/theinferno-disk1sidea_000000007_pic.pngTheInferno-Disk1SideA_000000007_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/dis.pngdishttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/theinferno-disk1sidea_000000001_pic.pngTheInferno-Disk1SideA_000000001_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000062_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000062_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/infernobackcover.jpginfernoBACKCoverFrom the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2023-02-14T16:43:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/08/ferret-there-will-come-soft-rains/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/matrix2-1.pngmatrix2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fermath.pngferMATH8200, obtained by writing a C program which checked every numerical value from 1 to 9999. The variable <em>f</em> isn't even defined, so I'm a little baffled here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/matrix2.pngmatrix2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/matrixmap.pngmatrixmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/433px-survivalunderatomicattack.jpg433px-SurvivalUnderAtomicAttackFrom 1950.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferplaque.pngferPLAQUEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mars1.jpgmars1From art by Douglas Chaffee.2025-03-24T20:15:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/02/02/inferno-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000056_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000056_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000041_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000041_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000047_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000047_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000043_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000043_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/infmap1.pnginfMAP1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000044_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000044_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000039_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000039_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000038_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000038_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000036_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000036_pichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/the-inferno-4am-crack_000000030_pic.pngThe Inferno (4am crack)_000000030_pic2023-02-15T00:25:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/31/ferret-the-penultimate-post/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/data_general_21.jpgdata_general_21One more Data General Eclipse ad for good measure. Computerworld, Nov. 15, 1976.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferspacemap2.pngferSPACEMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferfailure.pngferFAILURESorry, Link.2023-02-27T18:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/30/ferret-overwhelming-power-and-imminent-danger/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferspacemap.pngferSPACEMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/feridcard.pngferIDCARDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferfinalday.pngferFINALDAYFrom <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/i/clock/Dawn-of-the-Final-Day-24-Hours-Remain-by-wrestletoys/25224401.CN2BJ">Red Bubble</a>.2023-02-01T02:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/29/ferret-big-brother-is-watching-you/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferdawn.jpgferDAWN2023-01-31T04:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/28/ferret-one-room/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fermastermind.pngferMASTERMINDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferproject2.pngferproject2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferproject.pngferPROJECThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/data_general_20.jpgdata_general_20From a Data General Eclipse C/330 Computer System, via <a href="https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X502.84">the Computer History Museum</a>.2023-01-30T15:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/26/ferret-feeling-well-dead/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/marathon.pngmarathonThis marathon medal seems appropriate.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/napivs.pngNAPIVShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/blakes7d.jpgblakes7dA moment from the first episode where they discuss lack of identification.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fercryptic3.pngferCRYPTIC3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/atomic.pngATOMICFrom Major Activities in the Atomic Energy Programs, January - December 1960.2023-01-28T01:56:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/22/ferret-bristling-with-fame-loves-anchovies-participates/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fercryptic2.pngferCRYPTIC2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fercryptic.pngferCRYPTIC2023-01-27T22:11:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/21/ferret-last-ticket/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/orwell.jpgorwellBut it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferlift.pngferLIFThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferjail.pngferjailhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferblast.pngferBLASThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferphase16a.pngferPHASE16ahttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferofficemap.pngferofficemapGreen is the entry room, Sellers and Eric have the projector of doom and the broken stove, respectively.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/goonshow.pnggoonshowFrom the cover of a 1971 vinyl LP of one of the radio broadcasts.2023-01-27T22:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/17/ferret-plan-to-live-forever-or-die-trying/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/blakemap.pngblakeMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/blakes7b.jpgblakes7bCover from <a href="https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/blake-s-7-the-way-ahead-40th-anniversary-special-1656">an audio drama spinoff</a>.2023-01-24T13:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/04/enchanted-cave-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecshot20.pngECshot20One last shot. The key says to use "for higher purposes only" and there are <em>two</em> locked doors, this one shown here being on the lower floor. This sort of minor trap is the sort of thing I associate with gamebooks where turning to <b>17</b> kills you because you didn't read carefully enough.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecshot19.pngECshot19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecshot18.pngECshot18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecshot10.pngECshot10This is me pushing one of the wrong buttons.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecshot8.pngecSHOT8I was going through my "test verb list". It was pure luck I was doing so while located here. I still had a lingering mentality of Adventure where you should get a bottle first to deal with anything watery, rather than just try to drink from the source.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecshot7.pngecSHOT7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecmap2.pngECmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecmap3.pngECmap3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecmap4.pngECmap4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ecshot5.pngecSHOT52025-05-27T20:03:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/11/ferret-brute-force/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fermap14c.pngfermap14chttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fermap14b.pngfermap14bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fermap14.pngfermap14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fermazemap.pngferMAZEmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ferloop.pngferLOOPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fallout.pngfalloutFrom the Department of Defense booklet Facts about Fallout Protection, 1961.2023-01-13T06:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/05/ferret-no-damage-done-as-you-landed-on-your-head/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/data_general_19-1.jpgdata_general_19xxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/data_general_19.jpgdata_general_19A 1977 <a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1977-data-general-dual-mode-1816689584">Data General Eclipse MV 7800 Dual Mode Controller Board</a>.2023-01-11T06:31:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2023/01/01/2022-blog-recap-1982-recap/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/asylum2.pngasylum22023-01-03T17:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/01/02/zodiac-not-bottomless/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z30.pngz30Might just be a trap.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z28.pngz28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z27.pngz27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/zodmap5.pngzodmap5The map has the obstacles -- and the zodiac rooms -- laid out in a quite linear way structurally, even though the directions twist and turn. Also, you only have two turns to escape the walrus, so the first time through while invisible I died because I tried "north" and then "east", neither direction which worked. Remember, room exits are generally not described!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z22.pngz22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z21.pngz21Notice the earth is not given as an item. I knew to do this from my eyeballing the text dump of the game's file. This is special-case coded and I haven't found anywhere else in the game where an item is "hidden in the description" as opposed to being on its own line.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z18.pngz18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z16.pngz16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z17.pngz17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z15.pngz15As this was a marginally improbable solve, I wandered by the right thing to do without knowing I was close. That combined with the fact the dragon eventually wakes up (causing you to have to start over -- no save game feature) is what made me stuck.2022-12-30T20:25:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/12/24/ferret-one-puzzle/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/feranswersheet.pngferANSWERSHEEThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fercalccolor2.pngferCALCCOLOR2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fercalccolor.pngferCALCCOLORhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ferscroll.pngferSCROLL2023-02-25T02:09:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/12/14/ferret-herring-colour-of-red/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/data_general_17.pngdata_general_17Data General Eclipse 32-bit, from <a href="http://www.novasareforever.org/gallery/index.php?mv">Novas Are Forever</a>.2022-12-17T21:07:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/12/11/trs80gp-new-version-exciting-trust-me/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/trs80gp.pngtrs80gp2022-12-12T11:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/12/05/ferret-insufficient-light/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ferbuilding.pngferBUILDINGhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ferphases.pngferPHASEShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fertriangle.pngferTRIANGLEThe 4th triangular number, 15, being made into the 5th triangular number, 21, by adding 6 blocks. The pattern is just +1, +2, +3, +4, etc., except that it also alternates positive-negative.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ferdark13.pngferDARK132022-12-12T03:56:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/12/01/ferret-central-heating-for-kids/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fernumbers.pngferNUMBERShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ferincomplete.pngferincompleteExtremely slow to make; each room added represents maybe 4-5 minutes of careful checking to make sure everything is right.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ferbiggrid.pngferBIGGRIDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/flakes.jpgflakesThis is the sort of fake ad that shows up on SNL, although Not the Nine O'Clock News ran for a much shorter time span, from 1979 to 1982.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/crosscheck2.pngcrossCHECK2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/crosscheck.pngcrossCHECKhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferbook.pngferBOOK2022-12-04T15:34:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/28/ferret-failed-to-register/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferp11map.pngferp11maphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferp10map.pngferp10maphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fersewermap.pngferSEWERmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/crypto.jpgcryptoFriedman, W. F. 1934. <a href="https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/declassified-documents/friedman-documents/assets/ files/publications/FOLDER_269/41784769082379.pdf">General solution of the ADFGVX cipher system</a>. Technical paper of the Signal Intelligence Section. War Plans and Training Division. US Printing Office, Washington, DC.2022-12-01T22:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/22/ferret-chasm-of-a-thousand-cuts/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferposter.pngferPOSTERhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferautomaton.pngferAUTOMATONhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferparchment.pngferPARCHMENThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fermap9b.pngferMAP9bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fermap9a.pngferMAP9ahttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/data_general_16.pngdata_general_16Computerworld Mar 13, 1978.2023-11-10T00:58:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/20/ferret-ozone-and-burning/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferloyd.pngferloydThe puzzle-maker Sam Loyd (who helped popularize the puzzle but didn't invent it) famously made a contest where he swapped the positions of 14 and 15 and gave a cash prize for solving the puzzle. The money was safe: this was an unsolvable situation.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fermeta.pngferMETAhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fercard.pngferCARDIf the symbols involve some cryptic message, I haven't figured it out yet. Perhaps it will be important in a later phase.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fermagnet3.pngferMAGNET3Early core memory, using donut-shaped magnets on a grid. [<a href="https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/graphicshistory/chapter/2-1-whirlwind-and-sage/">Source</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a>, ]2023-06-03T19:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/19/the-results-for-ifcomp-2022/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/promdress.pngpromdresshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/absence2.pngabsence2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/absence.pngabsencehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/grown-up.pnggrown-up2022-11-23T16:59:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/16/ferret-a-burial-at-sea-but-not-for-valour/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/phase84.pngphase84https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/phase83.pngphase83https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/phase82.pngphase82https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/phase81.pngphase81https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferair.pngferairhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/eclipsex.pngeclipseXA moderately aggressive Data General Eclipse ad, from Computerworld. Sep 24, 1979.2022-11-22T19:45:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/15/mighty-mormar-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dogstar4.jpgdogstar4Computer and Video Games Magazine, June 1982; a reprint of the original Dog star, with the original author credited <em>correctly</em>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mm25.gifmm25I did double check -- the typing of the source code is accurate to the magazine.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mm24.gifmm24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mm18.gifmm18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mm16.gifmm16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mm21.gifmm21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mm15.gifmm15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mm15.pngMM15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mmap4.pngmmap4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mmap3.pngmmap32025-05-27T18:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/03/15/dog-star-adventure-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/aprilad.pngapriladhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dogstarburger2.pngdogstarburger2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dogstarburger.pngdogstarburgerhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dogstarsupply.pngdogstarsupplyhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/randomguard.pngrandomguardhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dogstarpet.pngdogstarpetNot trying to hide it at all. [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O12l0cc42nU">Source.</a>]https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dogstarcommer.pngdogstarcommerVia the <a href="http://www.mocagh.org/">Museum of Adventure Game History</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dogstar.pngdogstar2025-07-04T19:46:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/10/ferret-having-misled-you-so/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferpasscard.pngferPASSCARDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferenvelope.pngferENVELOPEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferletter.pngferLETTERhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fercorridor.pngferCORRIDORThe four marked rooms have a broken exit, where going "north" jumps to the slanted room on the other side of the corridor.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ferpoint.pngferPOINThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/data_general_12.jpgdata_general_12CIO Magazine, July 1989.2022-11-26T20:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/06/devils-island-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot8.pngdshot8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot11b.pngdshot11basdfhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot20.pngdshot20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot19.pngdshot19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot18.pngdshot18Oddly, the woodcutter may or not may appear the first time you enter; it's just a random chance. On one of my playthroughs I had to re-enter the room about 14 times to see the woodcutter, so I could see someone getting stumped by just bad luck.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot17.pngdshot17The egg is not safe, you'll get murdered by gulls.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot15.pngdshot15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot13.pngdshot13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot4.pngdshot4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dshot6.pngdshot62022-11-06T18:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/11/03/ferret-taste-the-rainbow/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/colormap.pngcolorMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/chain.jpgchainFrom the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunter%27s_chain#/media/File:Gunter's_chain_at_Campus_Martius_Museum.JPG">Campus Martius Museum</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/data_general_13.jpgdata_general_13Data General Eclipse circa 1979, via <a href="https://science70.tumblr.com/post/189925498019/data-general-eclipse-m600-minicomputer-c-1979">science70</a>.2022-11-09T06:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/04/11/treasure-hunt-victory/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/treasurehuntfinale.pngtreasurehuntfinalehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/treasurehuntdragon.pngtreasurehuntdragonhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/treasurehuntwand.pngtreasurehuntwandhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/treasurehuntlockbox.pngtreasurehuntlockboxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/treasurehuntwin.pngtreasurehuntwin2022-11-03T13:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/04/07/treasure-hunt-1978/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/invisman.pnginvismanhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thuntmapthumb.pngthuntmapthumbThe full map I made -- click to enlarge.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/barkmap.pngbarkmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thunttitle.pngthunttitlehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/squash.pngsquashhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/treasurehuntsoftside1.pngtreasurehuntsoftside1SoftSide Magazine, October 1978.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/treasurehuntmap.pngtreasurehuntmapThe full map I made -- click to enlarge.2025-08-23T00:26:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/03/28/pirate-adventure-100-out-of-100/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratefinal.pngpiratefinalhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratetypo.pngpiratetypoMy dictionary weeps.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratemap.pngpiratemaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratecover21.pngpiratecover2From the rare Australian cover at the <a href="http://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getcompany=ai">Museum of Adventure Game History</a>. Given there's only one pirate, it seems to imply you're the one on the left.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratewake.pngpiratewake2022-11-02T20:53:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/03/27/pirate-adventure-making-a-boat/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratesetsail1.pngpiratesetsailhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pirateboat.pngpirateboathttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratecover3.pngpiratecover3Picture <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Adventure-International-Pirate-Adventure-2-TI-99-4A-Scott-Adams-/200988203994?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ecbd49bda">from eBay.</a>2022-11-02T20:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/03/25/pirate-adventure-beginner/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratemap2.pngpiratemap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pirateadventurecas.pngpirateadventurecasPicture from <a href="http://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=tiadventure-alt">the Museum of Computer Adventure Game History</a>.2022-11-02T20:51:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/03/23/pirate-adventure-1978/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratemap1.pngpiratemap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/piratecover1.pngpiratecover1Cover via <a href="http://yois.if-legends.org/vault.php?id=494">Ye Olde Infocomme Shop</a>.2022-11-02T20:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/03/21/journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-adventure-1978/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/journeycover2.jpgjourneyCOVER2From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/journeymap1.pngjourneymap1Click the map for a full-sized version.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/journeytothecenter.pngjourneytothecenter2022-11-02T20:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/03/22/journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-adventure-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/journeycover.jpgjourneyCOVERFrom the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/journeytreasure.pngjourneytreasurehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/journeymapfinal.pngjourneymapfinalhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/journeyend.pngjourneyend2022-11-02T20:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/02/08/adventureland-being-stuck-when-you-dont-know-where-youre-stuck/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/advenlimbo.pngadvenlimbohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/adventurelandmapa.pngadventurelandmapaThe map I have so far, excluding the maze. Click the image for a PDF version.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/advlandscore.pngadvlandscore2022-11-01T17:25:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/02/09/adventureland-the-final-three/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/adventurelandcovers.pngadventurelandcovers<a href="http://www.videogameobsession.com/">Video Game Obsession</a> for the VIC-20 cover, <a href="http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/emulation-scott-adams/software-adventures-01/">Ira Goldklang</a> for the TRS-80 cover.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/adventurelandwalkpart.pngadventurelandwalkparthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/adventurelandmapmaze.pngadventurelandmapmazehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/adventurelandend.pngadventurelandend2022-11-01T17:24:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/01/22/adventureland-compact/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/advenscreen.pngadvenscreenhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/adventurelandpartial.pngadventurelandpartialAboveground.2022-11-01T17:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/01/18/adventureland-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/titlescreen.pngtitlescreenhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/softsideadjan1979.pngsoftsideadJan1979https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/trs80cover.pngtrs80coverCover via Ira Goldklang TRS-80 Revived Site.2022-11-01T17:23:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/31/ferret-riddles-in-the-dark/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferdesmap2.pngferDESmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferdesmap.pngferDESmap2022-11-03T09:01:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/30/dungeon-from-an-introduction-to-basic-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dungs22.pngdungS22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dungs19.pngdungS19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dungs7.pngdungS7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dungs15.pngdungS15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dungs13.pngdungS13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dungmap.pngdungmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dungs5.pngdungS5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dungs4.pngdungS4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/graffmap.pnggraffMAPBefore Dungeon comes a multiple choice game, Graff, which I have full diagrammed out here. I was not able to get the game working but it just is a choice game with the entire structure shown here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/colinintrobasic.jpgcolinINTRObasicFrom <a href="https://collectionswa.net.au/items/882eddc2-25f6-4b3d-af1f-40104bccc2e7">Collections WA</a>.2022-11-01T04:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/08/28/colossal-adventure-chaos/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca38_thumb.pngca38_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca37_thumb.pngca37_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca34_thumb.pngca34_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/colmap.jpgCOLMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/colmap2.pngCOLMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/camap.pngCAmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca30_thumb.pngca30_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca8_thumb.pngca8_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca10_thumb.pngca10_thumbI should add that this kind of random death wasn't a feature in the original.2022-10-31T04:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/06/ferret-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/plaque-2.pngPLAQUEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferverb.pngferVERBhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fer-1.pngferhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/datageneralnova2.pngdatageneralNOVA2as2022-12-25T15:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/29/ferret-the-wall/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/data_general_11.jpgdata_general_11From Computerworld, 15 Jan. 1979.2022-11-01T00:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/25/ferret-the-secret-of-the-inner-sanctum/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferrally.pngferRALLYhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fertiles.pngferTILESDespite the ASCII art, all this is a red herring.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fermap6.pngFERMAP6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/pliguide.pngPLIguideFrom <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbitsavers.org%2Fpdf%2Fibm%2F360%2Fpli%2FSC20-1651-1_A_Guide_to_PL_I_for_Commercial_Programmers_Apr68.pdf&psig=AOvVaw2g62Mai92fOA0F-gGoiEMj&ust=1666836049109000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA4Q3YkBahcKEwjImLSQ5vz6AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQEg">bitsavers</a>. Ferret is the only adventure I've played that's been written in PL/I (usually it has been Fortran, Pascal, or BASIC.)2022-11-08T19:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/20/ferret-in-the-realm-of-the-omniscient-one/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bolt.pngbolthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mapc.pngmapCA map from the still-ongoing <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/ferret/?order=ASC">Ferret</a>, from the really fascinating section in the Cathedral.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mapb.pngmapBhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mapa.pngmapAhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/data_general_10.jpgdata_general_10Ad from New Scientist, 16 June 1977.2022-10-26T05:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/18/ferret-audience-participation/2022-10-21T04:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/18/ferret-redundant/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fertorncard3.pngferTORNcard3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fertiled.pngferTILEDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/grounds1.pnggrounds1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fervehicle2.pngferVEHICLE2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fersign.pngferSIGNhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferglider.pngfergliderASCII art from the game of the glider.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/badmaze.pngBADMAZEOuch. I believe I have a couple errors, so I'll refer you to <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/15/ferret-acquisition/#comment-88495">this map from K</a> if you need some playing assistance.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/data_general_9.pngdata_general_9From <a href="https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dgeclipse0psePrincOpsAug84_23136828/mode/2up?view=theater">the programmer's guide</a> for the 32-bit Eclipse.2022-10-20T13:27:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/15/ferret-acquisition/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/map13.pngmap13The room that gets entered from the labyrinth is marked in green.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/map9.pngmap9"PIN" is the starting location (and where I dropped an orange pin). Sunlight is the destination. Ever other exit seemed to be a random teleport.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/map8.pngMAP8"End of Tunnel" specifically seems to be the maze's only destination.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/jungle.pngjunglehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/data_general_8.pngdata_general_8A Data General Eclipse. This is system (according to the authors) that Ferret started on. The reasoning for the "phases" structure of the game is that there were memory limits, so upon entering a new phase the game could swap new rooms into memory.2022-10-18T12:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/13/ferret-cool-guys-dont-watch-nuclear-explosions/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferpass2.pngferPASS2Having everything catalogued on a blog can be helpful sometimes!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fertorncard.pngferTORNcardhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fera.pngferAhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferb.pngferBhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferboat.pngferBOATNot nearly as fancy as the ASCII art in Warp, but that game didn't involve a rowboat; however, the rowing section that is about to follow is strongly reminiscent of that game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferlaby2.pngferlaby2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferlabyrinth.pngferLABYRINTHhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/data_general_6.pngdata_general_6Data General "Dasher" display terminals, <a href="https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dgterminal0D200DisplayTerminalsUsersManualOct79_23428886/mode/2up?view=theater">from the manual</a>.2024-11-16T16:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/03/arrow-of-death-part-2-a-cloud-of-evil-smoke/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aod76.pngaod76https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aod74.pngaod74https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aod73.pngaod73https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aod72.pngaod72https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aod75.pngaod75<a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/arrow-of-death-part-2/?order=ASC">Arrow of Death, Part 2</a>. The final boss. An improvement over the prior Mysterious Adventures, including an "unexpected hub" area which gradually grew larger in the early part of the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aod70.pngaod70https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aod69.pngaod69https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aod67.pngaod67https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aod64.pngaod64https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/verbcrossout.pngverbCROSSOUT2022-10-12T16:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/11/ferret-the-door/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/data_general_7.pngdata_general_7The Data General series eventually started to look more "traditional" like the MV/2000 here from 1985 (from Novas are Forever). I know it could play Ferret because <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.int-fiction/c/QkrYCfznGs8/m/QqQqJ9_tQ88J">someone back in the 90s posted a message asking if anyone knew how to get a copy of Ferret, nothing the machine they used to play the game on</a>.2022-10-14T02:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/09/ferret-surrounded-by-sea/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fermap5.pngfermap5A map showing the outside grounds with new connections from blasting the door and climbing in from above via rope.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ferpass.pngferPASShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fermap4.pngFERmap4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/fermap2.pngFERmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/novaeclipse.jpgnovaEclipseA 1974 Nova Eclipse, from the site <a href="http://www.novasareforever.org/">Novas are Forever</a>. The site includes a fully-functional Nova emulator.2022-10-13T15:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/10/02/ifcomp-2022-has-begun/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/collage-1.jpgcollagexhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/collage.jpgcollageCover art from four of the games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ifcomp.jpgifcomp2022-10-03T05:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/30/arrow-of-death-part-2-the-fire-walker/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod63.pngaod63https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod62.pngaod62There's a shovel, too, which is how you are able to dig up the dynamite. The earlier flintstone was dug up by hand, but the ground is too hard in this area to dig without a shovel.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod61.pngaod61https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod60.pngaod60https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod59.pngaod59https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod58.pngaod58https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod57.pngaod57https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod56.pngaod56I needed the strength weed again to wake the fletcher up. This was a pretty satisfying object re-use since the first time was to just get stronger turning a wheel, whereas here it is help someone in much worse shape.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod55.pngaod55https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod54.pngaod542022-10-13T22:27:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/29/arrow-of-death-part-2-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/arrow2map3.pngarrow2MAP3Red = 1, Orange = 2, Yellow = 3, Green = 4. Green connects back up with Orange.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod36.pngaod36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod35.pngaod35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod34.pngaod34Feeding the mule some of the strength weed doesn't work.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod33.pngaod33There's no guard mentioned in the room, so it is strange the illustration shows a guard rather than the grotesque creature.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod32.pngaod32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod30.pngaod30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod31.pngaod31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod18.pngaod18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/aod20.pngaod202022-10-24T21:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/26/conquest-of-memory-alpha-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ca23.gifca23You still have a chance of dying at this moment. If a robot guard is in the location with you it has a chance of taking a last shot and killing you.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ca21.gifca21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ca14.gifca14This is before I discovered you could eat the rats.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ca11.gifca11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ca20.gifca20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ca10.gifca10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ca5.gifca5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ca1.gifca1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mamap.jpgmaMAPThere's one glitch where you can exit to the east side and reappear to the west side. Otherwise this is a straight grid structure.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/conquestalpha.jpgconquestAlphaGoose Creek, which the author gives as an address, has a <a href="https://militarybases.com/south-carolina/nws-charleston/">Naval Weapons Station</a> base.2024-01-14T16:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/22/lost-island-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/zxr.jpgzxrOk, this is mostly irrelevant, but I have to show this. Here's the actual tape of Roulette, with everything hand-done in marker. As this was <a href="https://zxart.ee/eng/groups/e/e-smith-software/">a very tiny company</a> and it got later published but a still-pretty-small company, I think this is a case where the author genuinely only published 50 tapes or so and drew on all of them by hand.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/li40_screen.pngli40_screenhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/li42_screen.pngli42_screenhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/li41_screen.pngli41_screenhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/maparrow.pngmapARROWhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/markmap.pngmarkMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/li31_screen.pngli31_screenHere, the noun "nettles" is not a separate object but part of the room description that you have to assume is able to be targeted. There's also a random palm tree you can climb (with a rope on top) with a similar issue nearby.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/li14_screen.pngli14_screenYou only one of these things from a chest.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/li9_screen.pngli9_screenNotice the room description repeat; this is where I typed the command LOOK in order to see the spear.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/li1_screen.pngli1_screen2022-09-23T15:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/16/omotesando-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pc8001.jpgpc8001https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/oa39.pngoa39I'm not sure what is going on with the Klingon reference. Japan did like both Star Trek and Ahl's book includes <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/mainframe/star-trek_____">the famous Star Trek mainframe game</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/oa42.pngoa42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/omoteimage.jpgomoteIMAGEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/oa41.pngoa41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/oa25.pngOA25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/oa38.pngoa38<a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/omotesando/?order=ASC">Omotesando Adventure</a>. An adventure by the publishers of ASCII magazine, wherein you precent the next issue from publishing due to a "magnetic monopole" bomb. Also, the first adventure written in Japan.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/oa36.pngoa36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/oa28.pngoa28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/oa11.pngoa11One of the early GAME OVERs.2024-09-16T18:55:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/15/katakombs-finale/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/kfinal.pngkfinalI'm not sure what's with the score, I supposedly have all the treasures.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k37.pngk37https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k36.pngk36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k32.pngk32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k30.pngk30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/kattape83.jpgkatTAPE83From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2022-09-16T08:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/08/katakombs-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k8.pngk8Room exits aren't mentioned so have to be tested. I'm starting to detest this "feature" in old adventure games far more than mazes.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/kamap2.pngkamap2My underground map so far, excluding mazes.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k17.pngk17You incidentally know enough to open that ancient door in the screenshot, if you want to take a shot in the comments. Doing so doesn't unlock much progress, sadly.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k16.pngk16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k15.pngk15The wicked Trdlo gets you if you try to wander without a light source.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/kamap.pngKAMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/golemadacornuseroct1982.pngGOLEMadAcornUserOct1982Acorn User, October 1982.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/k3.pngk3Newer on the left, older on the right.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/katashot.jpgkataSHOTFrom the Complete BBC Micro Game Archive.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/electronworldgolem.jpgelectronworldGolemFrom Acorn Electron World.2022-09-13T02:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/09/06/the-smurf-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurf65c.jpgsmurf65cFrom some of the surviving footage of the 1965 version of the Smurfs.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurf10.gifsmurf10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurf9.gifsmurf9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurf13.gifsmurf13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurf8.gifsmurf8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurf12.gifsmurf12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurf2.gifsmurf2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurfmap.pngsmurfMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurfscreen2.jpgsmurfSCREEN2Gargamel and Azreal, forever trying to capture the Smurfs, from the episode The Last Smurfberry.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/smurfscreen.jpgsmurfSCREENFrom the episode Smurf Me No Flowers. Papa Smurf on the left (who appears in today's game), Brainy Smurf on the right (who does not, unless he is supposed to be the player character).2022-09-19T15:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2014/12/31/acheton-guess-the-noun/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/acheton_bbc-micro_scr-1.pngAcheton_bbc-micro_scr-12022-09-02T01:30:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2014/12/30/acheton-on-restarts/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/achetonseamap2.pngachetonseamap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/achetonseamap.pngachetonseamaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/achetonmanualexcerpt.pngAchetonManualExcerpthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/forestofdoomfirstpart.pngforestofdoomfirstparthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/achetonwiki.pngachetonwiki2022-09-02T01:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/08/30/colossal-adventure-finale/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cmsx.jpgcMSXFrom Generation MSX.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca80_thumb.pngca80_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca35_thumb.pngca35_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca68_thumb.pngca68_thumbNot sure where the missing 20 points went, don't care.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca67_thumb.pngca67_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca66_thumb.pngca66_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca64_thumb.pngca64_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca63_thumb.pngca63_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca61_thumb.pngca61_thumbYou incidentally don't need to have the lamp figured out until this moment, since the pentacle has been operating as an alternate light source. I originally had the lamp dumped in the basement and was stuck here because I didn't have the light to go back down.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca62_thumb.pngca62_thumb2022-09-01T16:40:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/08/24/colossal-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca5_thumb.pngCA5_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca4_thumb.pngCA4_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca3_thumb.pngCA3_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca1_thumb.pngCA1_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/valwalk.jpgvalwalkScreenshot from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxdaS7BHcE4">this walkthrough,</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cabbc.jpgcaBBCFrom the <a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/21219/Colossal-Adventure/">Centre for Computing History</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nascomad.jpgnascomADElectronics Today, June 1978.2023-04-16T21:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/08/27/colossal-adventure-lenslok/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ll.jpgllFrom <a href="https://crappygames.miraheze.org/wiki/Lenslok">the Crappy Games Wiki</a> which includes such gems as "all of the games had different Lenslok lenses, and some of them came with the wrong lenses."https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca27_thumb.pngca27_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca26_thumb.pngca26_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca25_thumb.pngca25_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca23_thumb-1.pngca23_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca23_thumb.pngca23_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ca22_thumb.pngca22_thumb2022-08-27T23:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/08/21/quest-infinite-legs/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/q97.jpgQ97https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/messmap.pngmessmapBlue are enemies, pink is the pink troll in particular. Still not complete.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/calvinball3.jpgcalvinball3Still a good rough impression of playing Quest. (<a href="https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1995/09/11">Source.</a>)2023-04-27T01:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/08/13/klondike-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ka29.pngka29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ka40.pngka40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ka12.pngKA12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ka22.pngka22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ka10.pngKA10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ka26.pngka26I'd say "rest in piece" but we have to steal his boots. Also, a little farther in we can dig and get a silver nugget, another of the five treasures.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ka25.pngKA25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ka17.pngKA17Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer .... <b>HAD</b> a very shiny nose ....https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/kaverb.pngkaVERBPale purple means fake-out verbs -- it only understand the first three letters, so https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ka15.pngKA152022-08-16T17:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/08/06/two-kickstarters-stereotypical-andromeda-acolytes/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/and.jpgandhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/stereo.pngstereo2022-08-06T23:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/09/deadline-just-one-more-thing/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gallery.pnggalleryFrom <a href="http://infocom.elsewhere.org/gallery/deadline_invisiclues/deadline_invisiclues.html">The Infocom Gallery</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/deadlinehints.jpgdeadlinehintsx2023-04-14T21:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/07/deadline-clues-in-negative-space/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/up.pngupI've marked it in red.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/rubpad.pngrubpadDeadline was <em>so incredibly good</em>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lowerlevel.pnglowerlevelhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/map4.pngmap4There's a fence to the north which is the reason for the restriction.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/map3.pngmap3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/map2.pngmap2Another spot with confusing one-way directions. I got lost here figuring out how things were oriented.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/map1.pngmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/officialmap.jpgofficialmapThe official map of the Robner Estate, from The Infocom Gallery.2022-08-03T16:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/23/base-wolf-computer-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ca1-1.pngca1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/wolfend.pngwolfENDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/wolfapproach.pngwolfapproachhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/firelit.pngfireLIThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/tinymap.pngtinyMAPYou can also try to go in the WOODS but that kills you so I'm not counting it as a room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bigbad3.pngbigBAD3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bordercover2.jpgborderCOVER2From Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bordercover.jpgborderCOVERFrom Every Game Going.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mb14.pngmb14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/autoclave.pngautoclaveA $50,000 autoclave from Fisher Scientific.2024-08-25T11:12:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/02/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wr16.pngwr16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wr42.pngwr42Cromwell: kind of a jerk. Not even going to give the reason why we couldn't walk in the Club and win at the end?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wr39.pngwr39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wr35.pngwr35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wr31.pngwr31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/water.pngwaterhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wr22.pngwr22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wr21.pngwr21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wr20.pngwr20There's a delay as each destination gets displayed, so it does convey a tactile sense of movement.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/wr19.pngwr192022-07-27T20:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/13/aldebaran-iii-1977/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/retcover.pngretcoverYou're playing this guy, or at least Richard Martin's imagining <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Retief-Collection-Stories-Keith-Laumer/dp/0671318578">from the cover of Retief!</a>2022-07-24T17:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/17/aldebaran-iii-player-as-conscience/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cover21.pngcover2Somehow in the stories he is highly competent anyway.2022-07-24T17:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/07/19/aldebaran-iii-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cover41.pngcover4Wayne Barlowe's rendition of our hero.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cover31.pngcover3I'm not sure why this cover is so gritty compared with the rest; this looks like it should be thee cover of <em>1984</em>.2022-07-24T17:53:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/08/16/adventure-366-1977/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/366map1.png366mapVia Steve Lidie.2022-07-24T17:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/07/20/quest-the-quantum-princess/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/calvinball2.jpgcalvinball2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/calvinball1.pngcalvinball1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/q67.jpgQ67One screenshot just as a reminder what things look like on my end. And yes, the princess followed me into space and teleported from there.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/castlex.jpgcastleXhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mapq.jpgMAPQhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sing10.jpgsing10Singer System 10, <a href="http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/singer/systemTen/systemTenModel/">from Bitsavers</a>. The original System 10 was made by Singer -- that's the same as the sewing machine company -- before being bought by ICL.2022-07-27T19:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/07/12/quest-high-noon-with-billy-the-gnome/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/q41.pngQ41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/icl25.jpgICL25From <a href="https://www.computerconservationsociety.org/resurrection/res49.htm">Resurrection: The Bulletin of the Computer Conservation Society</a>. The System 25 was ICL's followup to the System 10, which Quest was originally written for.2022-08-07T16:35:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/07/08/news-narrascope-fighting-fantasy/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/narrapic.jpgnarrapichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ff1.jpgFF12022-07-10T19:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/04/30/death-dreadnaught-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/deathdreadreddit.jpgdeathDreadreddit<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/trs80/comments/tyekd1/miscellaneous_publishers_cassettes/">Via Reddit</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rainbowmar1984.pngRainbowMar1984One more ad for the game, this one from Rainbow magazine March 1984, mainly because I'm about to spoil what is more or less the only puzzle.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dog.pngDOGIf you're not getting it yet, look at the acronym.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen14.pngscreen14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen15.pngscreen15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen16.pngscreen16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen17.pngscreen172023-04-13T20:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2011/03/27/adventure-350-points-puzzles-and-concluding-remarks/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wittsend.jpgwittsend2024-05-09T20:26:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2011/03/25/adventure-350-points-best-maze-ever/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/allalike.pngallalike2022-07-07T22:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2011/03/19/adventure-350-points-on-the-worst-maze-ever/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mazefail.pngmazefailhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dmaze.pngdmaze2023-04-15T02:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2011/03/17/adventure-350-points-on-saving-and-mapping/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/350newmap.png350newmap2022-07-07T22:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2011/03/14/the-crowther-and-woods-version-of-adventure-1977/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/adventureoutside.pngadventureoutsideOutside. This map is preserved all the way back to Crowther's version of Adventure, before Woods came along.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pdpversion.pngPDPversion2022-07-07T22:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/11/atlantean-odyssey-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen6.pngscreen6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen31.pngscreen3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen11.pngscreen1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen22.pngscreen2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/source.pngsourcehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tape.pngtapeVia on old eBay auction.2022-07-07T20:38:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/02/27/time-zone-ultimate/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timeb_000000006.pngTimeB_00000000624 hours! And I don't expect to be timing any of my other games, it is nerve wracking even when not that worried about going fast.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timeb_000000005.pngTimeB_000000005https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timel_000000045.pngTimeL_000000045https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timel_000000032.pngTimeL_000000032https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timel_000000041.pngTimeL_000000041https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timel_000000040.pngTimeL_000000040https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timel_000000038.pngTimeL_000000038https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timel_000000036.pngTimeL_000000036https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timel_000000034.pngTimeL_000000034https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timel_000000033.pngTimeL_000000033cc2022-07-03T18:24:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/06/25/quest-1980-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/guest-os_001.pngguest os_001https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/guest-os_000.pngguest os_000https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mother.jpgmotherArrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, aka Whistler's Mother, from 1871.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/tabulate.jpgtabulateKeypunch from the British Tabulating Machine Company, <a href="https://www.earlycomputers.com/cgi-bin/item-report-main.cgi?20040505">estimated to be from around 1915</a>. The tabulating machine -- originally designed to count the 1890 US Census -- was also behind the founding of IBM.2026-02-15T19:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/06/16/mad-monk-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/invade.gifinvadehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mm21.pngMM21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/madmazetape.jpgmadmazetapehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mm25.pngMM25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/verbmadmonk.pngVERBmadmonkThis leaves out BLOW, which works because of a whistle which summons a police officer. The police officer is no help against the dog either.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mapz.pngmapzOne of the randomly-generated maps of Mad Monk, a weirdly ambitious adventure-roguelike title for the tiny UK101 computer which jammed in a 3D maze section and a space invaders game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mapx.pngMAPxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/merlin.jpgmerlinhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mm43.pngmm43https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mm15.pngMM152022-09-13T02:26:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/06/13/the-queen-of-phobos-the-fabled-mask-of-kuh-thu-lu/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hires.jpghireshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000079_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000079_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000077_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000077_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000072_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000072_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000074_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000074_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000088_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000088_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/phobosland2.gifphobosLAND2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/queendisk.jpgqueendiskFrom the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2022-06-16T03:35:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/06/12/the-queen-of-phobos-they-must-not-drink-beer-where-he-comes-from/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/melt.pngmelthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000047_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000047_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000049_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000049_thumbThis is animated. It doesn't seem to be a mini-game, but rather the cards get picked up automatically.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000055_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000055_thumbIf you don't do the cable, Newton kicks in and you fly into space and die.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000036_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000036_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000013_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000013_thumbTwo of the thieves from <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/the-queen-of-phobos/?order=ASC">The Queen of Phobos</a>, which managed to handle random elements unusually well.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/softlinemay1982.pngsoftLineMay1982Softline, May, 1982.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/shipmap.pngshipMapGreen represents a section where you can teleport down to the planet the Phobos is orbiting. The corridor lets you go north into the "maze"-ish section but that's where the circular aspect becomes hard to map.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-queen-of-phobos_000000057_thumb.pngThe Queen of Phobos_000000057_thumbThey're not museum-frameable, but there's a ragged 50s-movie vibe to them. Sure, they were probably forced into it due to technical circumstance, but they made the most of it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/shipscheme.pngshipScheme2022-06-12T21:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/06/09/the-queen-of-phobos-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000016_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000016_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000015_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000015_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000014_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000014_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000013_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000013_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000011_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000011_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000010_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000010_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000007_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000007_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000005_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000005_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000004_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000004_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/applewin_screenshot_000000002_thumb.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000002_thumb2026-04-03T19:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/06/08/cains-jawbone-where-he-who-drinks-is-deathless/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/caininside.jpgcainINSIDEFrom <a href="https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Cains-Jawbone-Novel-Problem-Ernest-Powys/31137986466/bd">AbeBooks</a>.2024-12-06T17:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/06/07/50-years-of-text-games-book-on-kickstarter-and-some-other-news/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/badnews.jpgbadnewshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/a2info.jpga2infohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mock.jpgmockAs the Kickstarter page warns, all images are mock-ups.2022-06-14T19:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/04/the-6-keys-of-tangrin-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999217.pngSelection_999(217)Another playthrough, although not a complete map this time. The diagonals are "up" and "down", and no, they don't have any rational geographic sense to them. Having "levels" might help add some geographic suspense; it could even be set so the treasure chest is always on, say, floor 3, giving at least a vague impression if the player is getting closer to the goal. As comparison, imagine if Rogue allowed the game-winning Amulet of Yendor to show up literally at any moment in the game, even just past the opening stairs.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999216.pngSelection_999(216)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999215.pngSelection_999(215)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999205.pngSelection_999(205)The starting location is constant, every other location is random. The box of uncompleted Rubik cubes being in the first room is also unique to this playthrough.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999204.pngSelection_999(204)Tansoft Gazette Issue #2.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999203.pngSelection_999(203)From Tansoft Gazette Issue #3.2022-06-03T18:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/27/cains-jawbone-deceptions/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ecover.jpgecoverhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/caincover.jpgCAINcoverThe actual original introduction, from <a href="https://twitter.com/xfoml/status/913502700083453952/photo/1">James Ryan's feed</a>. Note that it is quite clear the six months happen in a "recent year"; I briefly had a theory about the years being spread out which is squashed by this comment.2023-09-14T17:52:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/26/jack-and-the-beanstalk-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack24-1.pngjack24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack22-1.pngjack22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack21-1.pngjack21There are a few other changes I'll discuss later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack17.pngJACK17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack16.pngJACK16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack14.pngJACK14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack12.pngjack12This took a little effort to solve, but it's mainly just a matter of making sure to LOOK at every item and keeping in mind the PUT verb works.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack9.pngJACK9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack6.pngJACK6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jack5.pngJACK52024-04-30T13:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/25/cains-jawbone-to-reckon-with-henry/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/boxset.jpgboxSETThe modern box set, from <a href="http://ashdigital.com/blog/blog/2020/11/18/cains-jawbone-literary-puzzle/">Ash Digital</a>.2023-01-03T03:49:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/24/cains-jawbone-1934/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/tpuzzle.jpgTpuzzle<a href="https://www.dustjackets.com/pages/books/3193/torquemada/torquemada-puzzle-book-the">Source</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/inrhyme.jpginrhymeAs the title indicates, all clues are in rhyme, and already are much more elaborate than the "American" style crossword.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/wordcross.jpgwordCROSShttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crosswordpost.jpgcrosswordPOSTFrom <a>a postcard set in a 1930 catalog</a>.2024-07-01T01:15:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/21/xanadu-adventure-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x44.pngx44https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x43.pngx43One other thing that helped is the only threat that mattered, the second dragon, I met out in the middle of the forest, so was able to run away from and ignore entirely. I was otherwise utterly unable to kill it with my sword.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x34.pngx34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x39.pngx39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/anthonyplay.pnganthonyPLAYAnthony Hope has an entertaining play-through video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBvf5GeS7Ec">here</a>.2022-05-22T14:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/17/xanadu-adventure-the-easy-part/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/xanmap3.pngxanMAP3Oh yes, there's a dwarf that fixes broken swords. I have yet to break a sword. The several times I encountered a second dragon (randomly, after the first one with the paper) I straight-up died, with no chance to break anything.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x26.pngx26The magic word you get here can be one instead that teleports you back to safety aboveground. I have one puzzle I haven't solved yet -- a giant cockroach with skin too tough to break through -- by using ITHURD. I don't know if that's "wrong" or just one possible approach.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x31.pngx31xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x29.pngx29As far as I can tell, if you drink the poison or not is random, so if you get it wrong you just need to restore a save and try again.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/map10.pngmap10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x30.pngx30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/smallarea.pngsmallareahttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x21.pngx21I think the ladder doesn't have many places it can go, because you get stopped trying to take it down passages going the "wrong way", I assume with the intent to avoid breaking some puzzle later?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bigmap3.pngbigmap3My map in progress; incomplete, but probably not terribly so.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x20.pngx202022-05-18T11:54:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/16/xanadu-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/xanmap2.pngxanMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/xanadubadmap.pngxanaduBADmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x14.pngx14Thankfully for maze-mapping, the "diagonal" directions of NE/NW/SE/SW are not allowed.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x19.pngx19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/xanad.pngxanADFrom <a href="https://archive.org/details/Acorn_User_Number_004_1982-11_Adn-Wesley_GB/page/n39/mode/2up?view=theater">Acorn User, November 1982</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/x12.pngx12The "1 or 2 Adventurers" bit is interesting and was used as a selling point in the ad copy, but I'm going to ignore that feature for the moment.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/xanadu-egg.jpgXanadu-eggFrom Every Game Going.2022-05-22T14:30:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/15/space-gorn-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sd008a_000000008_thumb.pngSD008a_000000008_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sd008a_000000007_thumb.pngSD008a_000000007_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/gornmap.pngGornMaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sd008b_000000006_thumb.pngSD008b_000000006_thumbThis is more text than the rest of the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sd008b_000000000_thumb.pngSD008b_000000000_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/softdisk78.jpgsoftdisk78The actual title in the game of2023-04-27T03:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/14/the-room-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sd007a_000000009_thumb.pngSD007a_000000009_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sd007a_000000003_thumb.pngSD007a_000000003_thumb2022-05-17T17:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/17/hamil-kept-deep-in-the-ground/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/snark1.jpgsnark1Another Hunting of the Snark picture for good measure.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/maizemap.pngmaizemaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/mapforest.pngmapforesthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/markedmap-1.pngmarkedmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hamilstardot.jpghamilStardot<a href="https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9574">From Stardot</a>, via CMcDougall.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/snark5.jpgsnark5From the original printing of The Hunting of the Snark.2022-05-12T14:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/10/the-hermits-secret-de-profundis-ad-astra/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bosmap.pngbosmapA clip from Richard Bos's map.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cosmicwheel.jpgcosmicWheelMy favorite of the Dian Girard book covers. Unfortunately, she passed away in 2017 so I can't ask any questions about her work.2022-05-11T10:50:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/09/the-hermits-secret-dearie-do-you-remember/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/serious.jpgseriousAnother Dian Girard book, this one co-written with her husband.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bigmap2.pngbigmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/norelllogo.pngnorellLOGO2022-05-11T03:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/05/the-undergrounds/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/under3.pngunder3The Gnome Dungeon represents a maze of some kind which I think has randomization, so I'm likely just going to save mapping it for when I'm desperate; sometimes it connects to the "Gnome King's Dungeon" which I have placed below it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/under2.pngunder2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/nothing.jpgnothingGerard's story The Nothing Spot first appeared in this 1978 issue of Galaxy.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2020vis.jpg2020visblahhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/map7.pngmap7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/shortmap.pngshortmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/metamap2.pngmetamap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2020shot.png2020shotThis is from a 1970 volume where authors were asked to write stories predicting the future of 2020.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mathmaze0.pngmathmaze0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mathmaze4.pngmathmaze42022-05-07T13:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/05/01/the-hermits-secret-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/metamap.pngmetamaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mountain.pngmountainAlso, one of the exits randomly goes between a choice of two rooms, which is guaranteed to give me a headache.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bigmap.pngbigmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/trio.pngtriohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screenh.pngscreenHThe screenshot is from the re-published version by Temple Software. No Norell versions are available anywhere and that means the two games Temple never picked up (Monster Rally and Temple of the Kings) are currently lost altogether.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/norellad.jpgnorellADFrom PC Mag, Feb-Apr 1983.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sflogo.jpgSFlogoLogo (and the dates above) from <a href="https://fancyclopedia.org/LASFS">the Fancyclopedia</a>.2022-09-28T20:15:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/12/14/the-tarturian-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000022game.pngMaster_000000022gameThe finest art of the Apple II era.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000025game.pngMaster_000000025gameConvienetly enough, Jimmy Maher <a href="https://www.filfre.net/2020/12/ethics-in-strategy-gaming-part-2-colonization/">recently posted about slavery as depicted in games</a> with some interesting follow-ups in the comments, so I'm just going to out-source my discussion to that.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000047game.pngMaster_000000047gameThe cleric's TRANSLATE skill turns this into WUCI, but saying WUCI has no effect.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000013game.pngMaster_000000013gameI'll talk about the money in a moment. Just like in the first game your party picks up objects and gold automatically.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000000game.pngMaster_000000000gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/mapq.jpgmapQhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000041game.pngMaster_000000041gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000052game.pngMaster_000000052gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000057game.pngMaster_000000057gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/tarman.jpegtarman2022-04-30T16:03:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/03/31/adventure-program-power-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/end2.pngend2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sleep.pngsleepYou can get out of this by typing WAKE UP.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/steal.pngstealThe Program Power game adventure. While there is no physical difference between TAKE and STEAL here, the parser interprets it in a much different way. The "man behind the curtain" essentially is collaborating in the plot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shot9.pngshot9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shot8.pngshot8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mapd.pngmapDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shot7.pngshot7A very random and obnoxious one, as well, where I found the only treasure quite early (a pearl) but still had to map the rest to make sure I wasn't missing anything.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shot6.pngshot6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shot5.pngshot5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shot4.pngshot42022-04-30T15:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/03/28/castle-fantasy-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cf9.pngcf9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/castlestuck.pngcastlestuckYou start on the left, and the impassible rooms are marked in red.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cf5.pngcf5This screenshot is from when I also hacked myself a torch to see what it would do. It lets you see what is in all adjacent rooms, so you don't have to wander into a pit to find out it is there.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cf4.pngcf4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cf3.pngCF3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/timeclip.pngtimeclipAn example from Asia 1400 AD in Time Zone. With a worm tunnel model the entire grid would be stored in memory or on disk somehow, and there would be a "0" or "-1" or the like marking the three empty spaces shown. With the adventure game model, those rooms simply don't exist in any sense at all.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cf2.pngCF2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cf1.pngcf1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/stepkaart3.pngstepkaART3A portion of his art <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/matthewstepka/home?authuser=0">from his webpage</a>.2022-04-30T14:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/28/the-blade-of-blackpoole-speak-not-the-name-myraglym-until-she-is-home/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000048_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000048_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000046_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000046_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000042_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000042_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000041_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000041_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000040_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000040_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000038_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000038_thumbNearby there is a sign that says SPEAK NOT THE NAME MYRAGLYM UNTIL SHE IS HOME.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000034_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000034_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000033_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000033_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000032_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000032_thumbI feel zero guilt about spoiling this puzzle.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/comicq.jpgcomicqThe comic writer for the ad is confused here: you're not "bringing back" anything, just restoring the sword to its rightful place.2022-05-11T16:18:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/12/30/zodiac-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mazeedit.pngmazeEDITThe start room is a "trap" of sorts that gathers two of the one-way exits from the maze room right before the axe, trying to deny hitting the solution randomly. This is quite typical; what's unusual is making the exit room (on the bottom, three of the exits leave the maze) so it is easier to accidentally bypass the axe and leave. The priority for many of these mazes is to avoid solves just by meandering in random directions. Even Don Woods with Adventure <a href="https://www.avventuretestuali.com/interviste/woods-eng/">made a test diagram</a> to make sure "simple repetitive actions" would not allow getting through his maze too early.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/z14.pngz14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/z13.pngz13More a matter of "try all the verbs" than "thinking".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/z9.pngz9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/z6.pngz6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/z8.pngz8As shown, artifact-as-puzzlebox as opposed to any kind of narrative.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/z1.pngz1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/zodmap3.pngzodMAP3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/zodmycomputersep82b.jpgZODmycomputerSEP82bblahhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/zodmycomputersep82.jpgZODmycomputerSEP82boop boop2022-04-28T17:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/27/news-podcast-hitchhikers-guide-updates/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/bookcover.jpgbookcoverFrom Wikipedia.2022-12-31T02:11:57+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/24/blade-of-blackpoole-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000026_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000026_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000024_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000024_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000021_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000021_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000019_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000019_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000015_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000015_thumbThis is the "one-way" moment I mentioned earlier. I assume you eventually will be able to loop back to the main map, but for now I'm having to just guess what the character's inventory ought to be.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000012_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000012_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000007_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000007_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blademap2.pngblademap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-a_000000002_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side A_000000002_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-blade-of-blackpoole-side-b_000000023_thumb.pngThe Blade of Blackpoole side B_000000023_thumb2022-04-27T14:33:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/05/11/stoneville-manor-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999022.pngSelection_999(022)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999015.pngSelection_999(015)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999014.pngSelection_999(014)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999021.pngSelection_999(021)The bat is just a random environmental effect, it's not a "real" thing you can refer to. Other environmental effects include a "primate" in the trees, a frog jumping over water, and a butler holding sticks of dynamite. Yes, one of those is not like the others.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999019.pngSelection_999(019)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999007.pngSelection_999(007)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fly2.giffly2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/flying.gifflyinghttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/stonecov.pngstonecovStoneville Manor <a href="https://archive.org/details/vgmuseum_miscgame_interactiveadv/mode/2up">was on one of those</a> "let's grab some BASIC games, sell them, and hope nobody cares we don't own the rights" compilations for C64.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/map.pngmap2022-04-24T03:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/22/mines-of-saturn-return-to-earth-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/eq2.pngeq2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/r7.pngr7No, TAKE RADIO and TAKE SET don't work either.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/r4.pngr4Even the deaths are less creative.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/r2.pngr2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/r1.pngr1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/mines10.pngmines10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/mines8.pngmines8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/mines5.pngmines5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/brid2.pngbrid2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/brid1.pngbrid12023-06-01T12:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/19/hamil-im-sorry-ive-nothing-stronger-to-offer-you/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/snark3.jpgsnark3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/puzzlemap.pngpuzzleMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hamildiskegg.jpghamilDISKeggFrom Every Game Going.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/snark2-e1650227656534.jpgsnark2From The Hunting of the Snark.2022-04-21T19:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/13/hamil-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/324553001.jpg324553001<a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/324553001">From the British Museum</a>, licensed as <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/evil.pngevilhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/trexsolve.pngtrexsolvehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/secondmaze.pngsecondmazeOne of the self-contained mazes of Hamil, which requires passing through every connection and returning back to the start.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/firstmaze.pngfirstmazehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/mapprog.pngmapprogStarting room marked on top, the "hub" is the marked oval.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/verb1.pngVERB1SHAKE and FISH seem to be referring to nouns, not verbs, but I marked them down anyway.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hamil-egg-2.jpgHamil-egg-2Image from a later BBC Micro commercial version of the game, via Every Game Going.2022-04-17T14:27:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/12/hog-jowl-mansion-1981-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/h39.gifh39"Zany".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/h38.gifh38You can't get through the door, this bit is a red herring, although I wonder if it's more along the lines of "the author decided to stop" as opposed to an intentional move.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/h30.gifh30Did Mr. Waples find the series Cosmos upsetting?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/meta.pngMETAThis configuration allows most of the map to be open, while still requiring some puzzle-solving to open up geography.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/h29.gifh29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/h27.gifh27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lowerfloor.pnglowerfloorhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/upperfloor.pngupperfloorhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/h26.gifh26Richard Nixon's watch, as seen in the basement. You can't take this back up the dumbwaiter.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/h13.gifh132022-04-28T16:29:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/04/deadline-everything-would-be-easier-if-he-was-dead/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/deadphoto3.pngdeadphoto3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/zoom2.pngzoom2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/zoom1.pngzoom1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/metamap.pngmetamapA "meta-map" of the estate.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/deadphoto2.pngdeadphoto2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/deadphoto.pngdeadphotohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/deadlinemusem.jpgdeadlinemusemFrom <a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_323585">the Smithsonian's copy of Deadline</a>, catalog number 1984.0878.03.2022-04-05T20:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/04/01/deadline-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/enhance.jpgenhanceENHANCE.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/deadlinex.jpgdeadlineXFrom <a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/commodore-64-infocom-adventure-1853280882">an old eBay auction</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/memo.pngmemohttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/deadlinecover.jpgdeadlinecoverFrom an earlier printing of the manual, for C64.2022-04-07T16:18:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/24/the-colonels-bequest-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen48.pngscreen48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen47.pngscreen47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cover5.pngcover52022-04-01T00:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/18/the-colonels-bequest-murder-most-foul/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen36.pngscreen36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen35.pngscreen35To be fair, Ethel spends a lot of the game either drinking so much she can't respond to questions, or wandering drunk like she is in this screenshot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen34.pngscreen34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mancover1.pngmancoverhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen33.pngscreen332022-04-01T00:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/14/the-colonels-bequest-the-lay-of-the-land/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen7.pngscreen7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen5.pngscreen5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen9.pngscreen9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen8.pngscreen8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen4.pngscreen4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen3.pngscreen32022-04-01T00:54:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/10/the-colonels-bequest-1989/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen21.pngscreen2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen1.pngscreen1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mancover.pngmancoverFrom the cover of the manual.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/clearscreenlord.pngclearscreenLORD2022-04-01T00:53:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/03/27/lucifers-realm-the-princes-of-peace-and-darkness/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000071.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000071https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000070.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000070https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000068.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000068https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000064.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000064https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000063.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000063https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000062.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000062https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000060.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000060https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000057.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000057https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000054.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000054https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000049.pngLucifer's Realm side A_0000000492022-03-29T04:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/02/19/time-zone-roberta-williams-chooses-violence/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timec_000000046-1.pngTimeC_000000046https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/maptime2.pngmaptime2I combed over this three times.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/maptime.pngmaptimehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timec_000000047.pngTimeC_000000047https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timec_000000045.pngTimeC_000000045https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000002.pngTimeK_000000002https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000001.pngTimeK_000000001https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timee_000000024.pngTimeE_000000024https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timee_000000023.pngTimeE_000000023https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timed_000000030.pngTimeD_0000000302022-03-24T17:14:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/03/06/windsloe-mansion-adventure-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/wm8.gifwm8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/atari027.jpgatari027https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/atari026.jpgatari026https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/atari023.jpgatari023Why the house would have a note that would convince Dave to hand over a key to a dungeon I don't know, nor do I know why Dave would have the key in the first place.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/atari021.jpgatari021I don't think the toad is used for anything -- this is another optional kill.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/atari017.jpgatari017https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/atari016.jpgatari016https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/atari014.jpgatari014https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/atari013.jpgatari013Certainly seems important, but no idea if this has a secret effect or if the author ran out of time.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/atari010.jpgatari010I never did kill the werewolf. The game was unclear about this but you need to fashion some bullets. It is also possible to just get by using SWING SWORD, where the game says "NOTHING HAPPENS." I think it is an actual bug but I choose to believe you scared the monster off.2022-03-23T20:35:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/03/22/lucifers-realm-lets-kill-hitler/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000047.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000047Lucifer's Realm. Wherein we team up with Satan to defeat Hitler. Astonishingly good graphics. Jesus, hanging out in hell. The sequel (coming up for 2023) has Hitler's army try to invade Heaven.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_0000000981.pngLucifer's Realm side B_0000000981https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_0000000961.pngLucifer's Realm side B_0000000961https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000043.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000043https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000039.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000039https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000042.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000042https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000038.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000038https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000036.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000036https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000033.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000033https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000094.pngLucifer's Realm side B_0000000942022-03-24T01:49:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/03/19/lucifers-realm-the-suffering/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000006.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000006https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000005.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000005What the statue looks like, from Lucifer's Realm.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000004.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000004https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000003.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000003https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-a_000000002.pngLucifer's Realm side A_000000002From Lucifer's Realm.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000084.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000084If you try to wander in the darkness while sunglasses-clad you get this scene of falling into a pit, which looks like it was rendered from a photo rather than drawn.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000078.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000078The game has been pretty good at avoiding softlocks, given that death isn't really death, but if you see this screen, you've softlocked the game. The bats are awoken by the squeaky door and can't be calmed.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000071.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000071This looks a lot like a ping-pong paddle, especially when Hitler is holding it later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000062.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000062https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000060.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000060If you try to KILL Jim Jones this happens and you get teleported back to the start. This is not a game over.2022-03-22T14:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/03/15/lucifers-realm-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000041.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000041https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000040.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000040There's a SKULL from the other path which is described as having something rattling inside; I was able to BREAK it here which involved the protaganist just yeeting it off the cliff. I'm guessing we tie a rope to the spike to climb to wherever the skull ended up.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_0000000271.pngLucifer's Realm side B_0000000271What he looked like in Lucifer's Realm.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_0000000351.pngLucifer's Realm side B_0000000351https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/luc3.gifluc3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000021.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000021https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000020.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000020https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000015.pngLucifer's Realm side B_000000015https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lucifers-realm-side-b_000000014.pngLucifer's Realm side B_0000000142026-03-11T20:52:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/03/11/smurk-1981-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/castle_smurfenstien_000000000.pngcastle_smurfenstien_000000000asdhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_january_1982_side_2_000000001.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_January_1982_Side_2_000000001Lisa, from Softdisk January 1982.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_january_1982_side_1_000000022.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_January_1982_Side_1_000000022https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_january_1982_side_1_000000019.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_January_1982_Side_1_000000019https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_january_1982_side_1_000000017.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_January_1982_Side_1_000000017The PUT ITEM IN BOWL syntax seems rather out of the blue for what is normally a two-word parser, but the instructions at the start of the game did explicitly mention it, at least.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_january_1982_side_1_000000013.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_January_1982_Side_1_000000013https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_january_1982_side_1_000000012.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_January_1982_Side_1_000000012https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_january_1982_side_1_000000006.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_January_1982_Side_1_000000006https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_january_1982_side_1_000000002.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_January_1982_Side_1_000000002https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/smurkmap3.pngsmurkMAP32022-03-12T23:35:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/03/09/planet-of-the-robots-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_december_1981_side_1_000000026.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_December_1981_Side_1_000000026This "action game" was tossed in for fun. It moves very slow and you just move around shooting things with the space bar. I originally thought hitting a certain score was necessary to get a clue in the game, but no, this was tossed in for fun.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_december_1981_side_1_000000044.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_December_1981_Side_1_000000044https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_december_1981_side_1_000000042.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_December_1981_Side_1_000000042https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_december_1981_side_1_000000032.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_December_1981_Side_1_000000032https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_december_1981_side_1_000000030.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_December_1981_Side_1_000000030https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_december_1981_side_1_000000029.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_December_1981_Side_1_000000029https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mallmap.pngmallmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_december_1981_side_1_000000022.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_December_1981_Side_1_000000022https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_december_1981_side_1_000000015.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_December_1981_Side_1_000000015This is after I shot a "robot clerk" at the robot. The "defendant" prompt lets you type GUILTY or NOT GUILTY, but either way you end up electrocuted.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/softdisk_magazine_december_1981_side_2_000000011.pngSoftdisk_Magazine_December_1981_Side_2_0000000112025-12-26T15:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/02/26/time-zone-you-are-different-from-everyone-else/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/futcity.pngfutcityThe future city portion of the map. Marked rooms are places where I've tested the dynamite.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000066.pngTimeK_000000066https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000064.pngTimeK_000000064https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000062.pngTimeK_000000062I do want to emphasize for essentially any player who has gotten this far, this is "more funny background death", kind of like white noise, not a terrible game design moment. I'm at maybe 100 save files by now.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000069.pngTimeK_000000069I haven't tested yet but I'm guessing lack of ID card here leads to another funny Sierra death.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000051.pngTimeK_000000051https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000048.pngTimeK_000000048https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000030.pngTimeK_000000030https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000027.pngTimeK_000000027https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timek_000000021.pngTimeK_0000000212022-02-27T17:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/02/08/time-zone-the-precipice/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timei_0000000012.pngTimeI_0000000012https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timeg_0000000052.pngTimeG_0000000052https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timef_000000008.pngTimeF_000000008https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/timezonemap12.pngtimezoneMAP122022-02-14T19:50:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/01/31/time-zone-dependencies/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeb_000000001.pngTimeB_000000001https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timek_000000004.pngTimeK_000000004The second grate is too high to reach.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timef_0000000001.pngTimeF_0000000001It would be bizarre for the key in Los Angeles to open a padlock in Tokyo, but the situation is already strange.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timec_000000033.pngTimeC_000000033https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timed_000000014.pngTimeD_000000014https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timezonedisks.jpgtimezonedisksFrom an old eBay auction.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/spread.pngspread2022-02-06T16:49:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/01/23/time-zone-a-barren-land/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timed_000000010.pngTimeD_000000010https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeg_000000024.pngTimeG_000000024https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeg_000000022.pngTimeG_000000022https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeg_000000023.pngTimeG_000000023https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeh_000000007.pngTimeH_000000007https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timee_000000009.pngTimeE_000000009https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timee_000000008.pngTimeE_000000008https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timei_000000011.pngTimeI_000000011https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timei_000000015.pngTimeI_000000015https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timei_000000008.pngTimeI_0000000082022-01-25T22:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/01/18/time-zone-pilots-of-the-stone-age/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timec_000000008.pngTimeC_000000008https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timec_000000007.pngTimeC_000000007https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timec_000000006.pngTimeC_000000006https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timec_000000002.pngTimeC_000000002I'm willing to appreciate the gonzo bit here, though.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeb_000000049.pngTimeB_000000049https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeb_000000047.pngTimeB_000000047https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeb_000000046.pngTimeB_000000046https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeb_000000045.pngTimeB_000000045https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timemap2.pngtimeMAP2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeb_000000039.pngTimeB_0000000392022-01-24T22:46:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/01/03/zodiac-elementary-gifts/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z41.pngz41https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z40.pngz40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z35.pngz35Zodiac. A very difficult moment -- you need four elements at the end, and much earlier in the game the only water in the game was from some melting ice. The urn breaks if you DROP it so you have to understand that LEAVE not only works but is interpreted as "DROP, but gentle".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z34.pngz34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/zodmap7.pngzodmap7The final section of the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z32.pngz32I really like "TREASURE LITTERS THE FLOORS" as a complete room description. Minimalism really can feel like elegant poetry sometimes and not just awkward.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/z31.pngz31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/zodtape.jpgZODtapePretty sure this is actually a tape for "Adventure I", Death Satellite (as opposed to "Adventure II"), but given it is torn off right at the number it is hard to know for sure. Via Every Game Going.2022-01-17T16:26:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/01/10/time-zone-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeb_000000005.pngTimeB_000000005https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timeb_000000000.pngTimeB_000000000https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timea_000000000.pngTimeA_000000000thehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/timecoverx.jpgtimecoverX2022-01-12T22:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2022/01/09/007-aqua-base-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/a11.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/a10.pnga10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/a9.pnga9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/a4.pnga4The DERADIOACTIVATOR supposedly has a red button but doing LOOK DERADIOACTIVATOR didn't reveal it. I inferred its presence from a mention in the manual plus a check at the source code.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/a17.pnga17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/a13.pnga13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ebay.pngebayFrom <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/202773897803">an eBay auction</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/007aquabase-tape.jpgFrom <a href="https://pixelpedant.com/items/show/32">Pixelpedant's Texas Instruments Manuals Compendium</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/a2.pnga2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/aquacover.jpgAQUAcover2023-08-20T13:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/12/19/cyborg-the-human-race-will-continue/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborgstr.pngcyborgstrThe overall meta-structure. Even though the start is "wide open" there's some "gating" through sections before reaching the "starship" sections where the plot is revealed.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000097s.pngCyborg_000000097Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000092s.pngCyborg_000000092Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000094s.pngCyborg_000000094Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000089s.pngCyborg_000000089Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000087s.pngCyborg_000000087Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cybmac.jpgcybMACThe cover of the Macintosh version of the game. From Mobygames.2022-01-11T17:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/12/14/cyborg-a-beautiful-planet-definitely-not-earth/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000069s.pngCyborg_000000069SNearby the airlock.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000086s.pngCyborg_000000086Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000085s.pngCyborg_000000085SThe clever finesse is letting you play -- and kill yourself -- with the liquid oxygen earlier. There's a "grill" where the droid asks about "barbrque?" so I took the oxygen over to the grill and (without setting the oxygen down first) tried LIGHT MATCH to reach an ignominious death. But the death was helpful! This made it easy to realize I needed to make an explosion when it was needed.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000080s.pngCyborg_000000080SIt was playing with something but bored. Using cat-logic, you take the strings off the sneakers (you don't need them any more, I hope) and hand them over as a toy, letting you take the item it was playing with a (a sleeper dial auto-repair manual). I like the puzzle finesse here in that the string does <em>not</em> feel like the sort of item that should be re-used, as it was combined with another object. This led to a GIVE ITEM TO NPC puzzle being actually clever.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000079s.pngCyborg_000000079SThe droid has a unique piece of chatter for each room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000067s.pngCyborg_000000067Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000071s.pngCyborg_000000071Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000068s.pngCyborg_000000068Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000061s.pngCyborg_000000061Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000058s.pngCyborg_000000058S2021-12-15T13:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/12/12/cyborg-food-for-the-truth/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000034s.pngCyborg_000000034Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000033s.pngCyborg_000000033Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000031s.pngCyborg_000000031Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000029s.pngCyborg_000000029Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborgmap4.pngcyborgmap4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborgmap3.pngcyborgmap3The path to the "little, shelved room" isn't necessarily described, but I was blindly trying room exits at the time so I found it almost right away in my first session.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/liz1-1.pngliz1The lizard also confirms the forest is "purely an illusion" and mentions it arrived where it did "through a terrible catastrophe" and that "zoological specimens" have escaped their cages and "the robot is worst of all".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborgc64.pngcyborgC64Unfortunately, this means I have to start thinking about objects I might be able to take mentioned as the general part of a room description, rather than separated into their own lines. Ugh.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborgfoodtruth.pngcyborgFoodTruthFrom Schuette's Book of Adventure Games.2021-12-12T20:24:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/12/05/cyborg-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000010s.pngCyborg_000000010Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborgmap1.pngcyborgmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000001s.pngCyborg_000000001SThe gimmick ofhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborg_000000000s.pngCyborg_000000000Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cyborgcover.pngcyborgCOVERFrom Mobygames.2021-12-08T17:28:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/12/03/softporn-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp_000000033s.pngsp_000000033Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp_000000037s.pngsp_000000037Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp_000000018s.pngsp_000000018Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp_000000007s.pngsp_000000007SYou need to plant some "seeds" from this location and water them.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp_000000025s.pngsp_000000025SInterlude: at one point in all this you need to flip through a TV to distract the pimp and get back upstairs, because the rope that the protagonist was tied up with can be used to reach a new area with some pills.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp_000000004s.pngsp_000000004SThe other option is to play blackjack, although the easiest way there to make money is to save the game, bet everything, and restore if the hand is a bust.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp_000000019s.pngsp_000000019Shttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp_000000000s.pngsp_000000000SThe three locations are a BAR, CASINO, and DISCO, and the game requires hopping back and forth between them in a taxi.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/lv3.gifLV3tex thttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/lv2.gifLV2tex tet2023-05-06T03:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/22/circle-world-something-of-value/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cw3-1.pngcw3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cw2-1.pngcw2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cw1.pngcw1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kzinx.pngkzinXA Kzin, from the graphic novel version of Ringworld illustrated by Sean Lam. Larry Niven also put in them in an episode of the Star Trek Animated Series, so they're technically crossover into that universe, too.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/circlecover.pngcirclecoverFrom the Museum for Computer Adventure Games.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/circletape.pngcircletapeFrom the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2022-03-31T09:13:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/08/08/a-history-of-early-versions-of-adventure/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/advchart.pngadvchart2021-11-29T19:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2011/03/08/extra-comments-about-crowthers-original-adventure/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/lantern.jpglanternhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/headlamp.jpgheadlamp2021-11-29T19:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2011/03/07/observations-about-crowthers-original-adventure-1975/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/advmap2.pngadvmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/advmap.pngadvmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/original-maze.pngoriginal mazeAgain from my 13-year old post.2021-11-29T19:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/11/21/adventure-in-ancient-jerusalem/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jmap2.pngjmap2I've encountered plenty of instant-death before, but somehow making a whole region this way (where you nonetheless need to test everything to be sure) just feels over the limit.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/j21.gifj21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/j20.gifj20Also, one of the objects is a GOLDEN CALF, which seems weird given the context it appears in the Bible.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/j6.gifj6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/j4.gifj4There's some circa '79-'80 events which might motivate someone to write this, like an infamous terrorist attack in April 1979 which resulted in the death of two children, but I still just find this moment worthy of a double facepalm.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/j3.gifj3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jmap1.pngjmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/j2.gifj2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/jerucloadjul1981.pngjeruCLOADjul1981CLOAD, July 1981.2021-11-22T17:43:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/12/22/castle-starving-for-progress/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/castlemap2.pngcastlemap22021-11-22T16:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/12/29/castle-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/castlemappart.pngcastlemappart2023-04-15T01:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2015/12/21/castle-using-wander-system-1974/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/castlemap.pngcastlemaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wanderopen.pngwanderopen2021-11-22T16:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/11/20/ifcomp-2021-results/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bjbest.pngBJbest2021-11-21T02:47:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/11/15/medieval-adventure-1980-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ma34.gifma34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ma13.gifma13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ma31.gifma31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ma30.gifma30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ma14.gifma14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/medmap4.pngmedmap4Axe and dagger locations marked, in their symmetrical positions.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ma23.gifma23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ma28.gifma28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/medmap3.pngmedmap3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/medmap2.pngmedmap22024-05-15T22:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/11/13/escape-from-trash-island-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/etmap4.pngetmap4The complete map.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/et8.pnget8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/et7.pnget7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/et6.pnget6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/et5.pnget5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/et4.pnget4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/et3.pnget3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/et2.pnget2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/et1.pnget12021-11-14T20:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/11/12/trash-island-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti17.pngti17Notice the Hustler tossed in there. No wonder Mother disapproved.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti16.pngti16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti12.pngti12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti10.pngti10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti9.pngti9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti8.pngti8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti7.pngTI7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti5.pngti5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti3.pngti3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ti2.pngti22023-04-17T20:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/11/09/the-hitch-hikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-five-artefacts/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h40gh-1.pngh40ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h37gh.pngh37ghIf you don't have the babel fish to hear this, the game is now softlocked.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h32gh.pngh32ghMaybe if you come at the right time you can get the chocolate explained, but before you invoke the solution hinted at here you need the babel fish.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h35gh.pngh35ghIf you don't drop the chocolate first the babel fish runs away if you try to get it and the game is softlocked. I had to check the walkthrough for this, and it qualifies as the most random puzzle of the game. Look, the Infocom version of the Babel Fish puzzle is in a way technically harder -- certain it involves many more steps, but this one is so baffling and unprovoked I still don't get it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h34gh.pngh34ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h31gh.pngh31ghThere's at least fair hint that the poetry is execrable from just trying to read the poetry book on its own without knowing the source material, but not "cause all sentient beings to run away" bad.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bet.pngbethttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h23gh.pngh23ghThis bit was <em>much</em> easier than the equivalent puzzle in the Infocom game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h20gh.pngh20ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h16gh.pngh16gh2021-11-28T00:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/11/05/hitch-hikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/hitch2.pnghitch2My no-doubt incomplete map of the starting area.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h15gh.pngh15ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h9gh.pngh9ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gold.pnggoldhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h14gh.pngh14ghThere's a Kil-O-Zap energy gun I found that I attempted to use on the Vogon captain here. No luck getting by yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h5gh.pngh5ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h2gh.pngh2ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/h1gh.pngh1ghThe original version (the tape picture from earlier) was for Commodore's earliest computer, the PET. This screenshot is for the later C64 version.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/hitchtape2.jpghitchtape2From <a href="https://oneswitch.org.uk/art.php?id=315">One Button</a>.2023-05-31T00:27:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/11/04/galactic-hitchhiker-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gh40gh.pnggh40ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gh36gh.pnggh36ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gh25gh.pnggh25ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gh18gh.pnggh18ghPretty sure we have a random Dr. Who reference too.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gh16gh.pnggh16ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gh10gh.pnggh10ghhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ghmap1.pngghMAP1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gh4gh.pnggh4ghThis was me mapping things out; again, the room exits are generally left out, so there's no way to know GO NORTH won't work without testing it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/gh2gh.pnggh2ghWeirdly enough, our avatar has a conversation with our computer guide.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/gh1gh.pnggh1ghNotice how it attempts an in-world explanation why the parser is going to be limited.2022-03-30T06:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/10/29/burglars-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h24.gifh24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h23.gifh23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h22.gifh22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h20.gifh20This is the second-worst parser moment of the game, but it does have a nifty aspect. You can BREAK GLASS instead to get in the case. The problem is that this sets off the alarm, again.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h16.gifh16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h17.gifh17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h18.gifh18One of the rooms past the alarm corridor. There's an "ice block" that you can break with a tomahawk -- suggesting the intended use of the tomahawk early -- before solving the puzzle of how to avoid tripping the alarm.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h7.gifh7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h5.gifh5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/burmap.pngburMAPMost of the map, excluding the "home base".2021-11-04T03:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/10/28/the-adventure-system-miners-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h56.gifh56This did not feel like victory.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h53.gifh53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h51.gifh51https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h48.gifh48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h47.gifh47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h46.gifh46https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h42.gifh42https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h39.gifh39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/h30.gifh30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/maninfo.pngmaninfoThe manual both <a href="https://archive.org/details/Adventure_Editor_19xx_Bruce_Hansen/page/n33/mode/2up">lists the code</a> and explains the meaning of each line after.2021-11-28T01:58:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/10/17/the-institute-and-we-must-protect-you-from-yourself/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165a-the-institute-side-1_000000032in.png165a - The Institute - Side 1_000000032inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165a-the-institute-side-1_000000027in.png165a - The Institute - Side 1_000000027inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165a-the-institute-side-1_000000022in.png165a - The Institute - Side 1_000000022inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000096in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000096inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165a-the-institute-side-1_000000014in.png165a - The Institute - Side 1_000000014inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165a-the-institute-side-1_000000008in.png165a - The Institute - Side 1_000000008inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/insthints.pnginsthintshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165a-the-institute-side-1_000000006in.png165a - The Institute - Side 1_000000006inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165a-the-institute-side-1_000000004in.png165a - The Institute - Side 1_000000004inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000094in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000094in2021-11-09T16:10:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/10/14/the-institute-society-must-be-protected-from-you/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000087in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000087inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000086in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000086inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000085in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000085inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000084in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000084inI don't know if there's something superior to this method of exit than just dying.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000075in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000075inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000081in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000081inLocked, can't open it yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000079in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000079inI assume this is a specific reference, but I'm too exhausted at the moment to figure out what it is.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000067in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000067inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000061in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000061inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000057in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000057in2021-10-15T16:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/10/11/the-institute-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000033in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000033inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000026in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000026inSOCIETY MUST BE PROTECTED FROM YOU..AND WE MUST PROTECT YOU FROM YOURSELFhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000023in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000023inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000018in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000018inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000016in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000016inYou can break off a piece of the mirror.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000009in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000009inhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/165b-the-institute-side-2_000000000in.png165b - The Institute - Side 2_000000000inI'm playing with the Apple II version.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/instebay.jpginstebay<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/283788822776">From eBay</a>.2021-10-13T23:52:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/10/03/sultans-palace-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sult12.pngsult12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/salome.jpgsalome<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437699">Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist</a>, from 1507-1509, by Andrea Solario.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sult21.pngsult21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sult11.pngsult11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sult20.pngsult20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sult3.pngsult3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sult2.pngsult2You have to use PEACOCK EYES in full to refer to the noun here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sultmap.pngsultmapMost of the game's map, excluding a small mirror maze and underground area.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sult6.pngsult6Room exits do have a way of making it difficult to be poetic.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sult0.pngsult02021-10-05T04:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/28/arrow-of-death-part-1-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a23.pnga23An example. There's supposed to be a chained slave here, but I'm honestly not sure what I'm looking at.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a36.pnga36https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a35.pnga35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a34.pnga34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a33.pnga33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a32.pnga32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a31.pnga31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/arrowverbs.pngarrowverbshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a22.pnga22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a24.pnga242021-09-29T18:29:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/10/black-hole-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/blackhole1.jpgblackhole1From Atarimania.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/b11bh.pngb11bhI got this when I tried to take off when a robot was still in the room with me. The game is never quite clear what the evil plans are.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/b9bh.pngb9bhAnother death that can happen, although I don't know if it is based on randomness or just spending too many turns exploring.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/b12bh.pngb12bhhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/b10bh.pngb10bhhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/b7bh.pngb7bhThis is the one robot that's fixed in place.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/b3bh.pngb3bhPushing the red button tells you that your ship is missing "fuel" and "parts" in order to blast off.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/blackmap.pngblackMAPhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/blackhole3.jpgblackhole3blah2021-09-28T20:55:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/27/arrow-of-death-part-1-the-edge-of-an-awesome-precipice/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a18.pnga18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a17.pnga17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a15.pnga15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a11.pnga11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a7.pnga7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ar10.gifar10Nearby the cave location in the TRS-80 version is this precipice. It doesn't serve any puzzle-solving purpose so I can understand why it was cut, but I still liked the cinema of it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a6.pnga6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/arrowvic3.jpgarrowVIC3The VIC-20 Digital Leisure version of Arrow of Death Part 1, which was cut by the author into 8K, half the size of the original. Howarth was unhappy and "felt he was cheating the people who were buying the games". (<a href="https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-036/page/n133/mode/2up">Source</a>.) Source from Gareth Pitchford, picture via @AgentReyes2 on Twitter.2021-09-28T17:51:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/06/11/gold-an-utterly-dark-place/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/goldmapr.pnggoldmapRdfhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold25.pnggold25I have no idea if this is the max score. If it is I reckon the contest-givers assumed 103 would be an unlikely guess for a final score, so only someone who won would find it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold24.pnggold24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold20.pnggold20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/goldmapz.pnggoldmapZI assume there's a better way of drawing this out so the crazy-connection up top isn't necessary.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold19.pnggold192021-09-26T18:23:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/24/arrow-of-death-part-1-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a2.pnga2The Coat of Arms, which can be turned to open a secret passage.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a1.pnga1The Kitchen, with the hidden hook. None of the items shown can be referred to.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/maparrow1.pngmaparrow1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a4.pnga4The "text description" screen and graphics screen are separated where you can switch by hitting ENTER, just like many games at the time. The interface "locks in" to either one or the other in such a way that the way to play with graphics is to "peek into" the graphics window at each step to see the new room, then switch back since there isn't enough information without the text. Another odd side effect of this is that there is a death graphical screen, but you almost have to pre-setup to see it, by switching to the graphics window, typing a command (on an unseen object, location exit, etc.) and have the death occur. It's weirdly like playing blindfolded. In Saigon: The Last Days there was sufficient text with the graphics to get what was going on, plus you would see the graphics initially upon entering a room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/doubledrag.pngdoubledragScreenshot from the academic paper <a href="https://www.academia.edu/12429493/Arcade_Colour_Illustration_and_Attribute_Clash_1979_89?email_work_card=view-paper">Arcade Colour, Illustration and Attribute Clash 1979 - 89</a> if you want to read about the effect in more detail.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/arrowcov1.jpgarrowCOV1From Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/a3.pnga3This is why, for example, the black lines to the right have interruption around the white, since there's a portion that is set to show only yellow and white.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/zoomin-1.pngzoominZoomed in. I've circled the relevant spot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sd1.pngsd12021-09-25T10:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/19/saigon-the-final-days-the-city-was-dying/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg76.pngsg76https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg75.pngsg75https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg74.pngsg74https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg73.pngsg73https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg71.pngsg71The ampules automatically spill on your hands. I kept the box through the rest of the game but I don't know what it does -- probably prevents something bad I never saw.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg62.pngsg62https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg66.pngsg66https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg61.pngsg61This whole process seems randomly specific, but I don't know the source. The closest I can think of is the Russian Roulette in the 1978 movie The Deer Hunter.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg53.pngsg53https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg51.pngsg51It's plausible to happen, at least -- in the later stages of the Vietnam war there was the practice of "fragging" where soldiers murdered officers they didn't like, usually with rolled grenades. This still feels like Escape from Traam where you randomly kill a human even though they aren't actively stopping you.2025-01-28T19:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/13/saigon-the-final-days/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg21.pngsg21I'll save talking about the game's depictions of Asians for when I've got farther in. Nothing as egregious as the Chinatown encounter in the last game, yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg20.pngsg20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg18.pngsg18The radio music as reflected in the document. This was the actual code signal for evacuating Saigon. I don't know if there's some in-game ramification or if it is just here for atmosphere.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg13.pngsg13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg4.pngsg4The log isn't mentioned in the room description without using an extra LOOK command, but since it is visible in the picture I started interacting with it anyway; this makes for one definite difference between playing this version and a text-only one.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg2edit.pngsg2editLike the previous games, there's a "text game" window that is entirely separate from the graphical one, and you can swap back and forth. Repeated use of LOOK is necessarily to be able to see everything, and the graphics will sometimes show something before the text does.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg15edit.pngsg15edithttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sg6.pngsg6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/saigon3.jpgsaigon3Via Mobygameshttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/saigfront2.jpgSAIGfront22025-12-28T00:58:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/11/27/dragon-quest-adventure-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dq3.pngDQ3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dq2.pngDQ2Matt W. wondered in the comments what CLOSE EYES does; the game just doesn't recognize that eyes exist. There's been quite a few games where I've found an unrecognized "alternate solution " that comes just from referring to the player's body parts. It seems like they'd be fair game but the only times I can think of them being used have been on unfair puzzles. It's just one of those conventions, I think; if enough games allowed a standard ability to refer to one's EYES, NOSE, EARS, and so on, it'd probably be more acceptable to write a puzzle that refers to them.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dq1.pngDQ1I've incidentally been wondering about the origins of the "princess and half the kingdom" thing. I'm meaning the <em>exact</em> reward, which was standard with fairy tales for a while. In the Norwegian tales of <A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askeladden">Askeladden</a> the princess-and-half-the-kingdom reward is standard, but why?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dqmap2.pngdqmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dqmap1.pngdqmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dqtrs.gifDQTRSMind you, the John O'Hare games are the only other contender in the category2021-09-09T00:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/06/arctic-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/arctic2.pngarctic2The overall map is nicely compact, which I also appreciate.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/polarmap.pngpolarmapThe overall map is nicely compact, which I also appreciate.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aa20.gifaa20I seriously thought until I saw this screen that the base was just a new location and I'd be riding the dog to more adventures.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aa17.gifaa17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aa9.gifaa9The response here reminded me of YOU UNFORTUNATELY ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN BE KILLED from <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/mummys-curse/?order=ASC">Mummy's Curse</a>, but without the existential dread.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aa12.gifaa12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aa10.gifaa10Still trying to be careful about inventory, since hopping back and forth between the igloo area and village area requires riding the ice floe.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aa8.gifaa8It took me longer than it might normally would to find the brick because the igloo is a place you can GO. The general principle for Scott Adams style adventure games has been that objects that are just "navigation places" don't contain extra secrets, although it is logical an igloo would have something. What is not logical is that you can remove the brick to elsewhere, go back, and LOOK IGLOO again to have the brick teleport back.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aa5.gifaa5Incidentally, the first time I got the dog -- which was after a lot of slot machine pulls -- I went back to ride the floe back to the starting area and died. Oops.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aa4.gifaa4For a while this happened apparently at random, but I think it is simply based on weight being carried. I tried to keep my inventory at a minimum at all times -- the map is pretty tiny so it wasn't onerous to keep dropping things -- and I ended up mostly safe after.2026-02-25T08:24:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/25/madness-and-the-minotaur-the-end/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino74.pngmino74https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino89.pngmino89https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino87.pngmino87https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino84.pngMINO84https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino82.pngMINO82The NOTHING SPECIAL HAPPENS is a bug -- that's what the spell normally does, and the fact it worked here didn't override the text.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino81.pngmino81https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino80.pngMINO80https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino78.pngmino78The treasure dropped lands in an adjacent room.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/minosample.pngminosamplesdfsdhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino75.pngMINO752021-09-05T16:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/07/22/lost-ship-adventure-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/trs80-0-1.giftrs80-0Noteworthy: the steak does *not* work on the dog. I am unclear how a living dog is here given the setup, or a steak, but Spooky Things (tm) seem to be afoot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/plotchart.pngplotcharthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/lostship80microcomputingdec1980.pngLostShip80microcomputingDec1980From 80 Microcomputing, December 1980.2021-09-05T00:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/04/mummys-curse-the-only-one-that-can-be-killed/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000061mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000061mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000060mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000060mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000059mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000059mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000053mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000053mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000048mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000048mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000047mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000047mcThe lock doesn't stay picked, either. There's no state to the trap door, PICK LOCK is just treated like a movement command. Also, the explicit giveaway to a puzzle (where someone could still get stuck if they didn't think to just try going down as opposed to UNLOCK DOOR and other fruitless tasks) is vaguely curious. I'm wondering if this was a testing-situation where they decided to toss the comment in to make the puzzle "easy" but didn't anticipate someone just not doing the action and seeing the hint.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000041mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000041mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000039mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000039mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000038mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000038mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummyalt2.pngmummyalt2blah2021-09-05T14:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/02/08/the-fortress-at-times-end-in-which-the-balrog-tries-to-take-over-the-computer/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/times2.jpgtimes2From Castles & Kingdoms.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/grim4.jpggrim4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trs80-45.giftrs80-45https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/balrog2.gifbalrog2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trs80-47.giftrs80-47https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trs80-46.giftrs80-46I'm unclear if the wine bottle needs to be dropped off or if you could have skipped picking it up in the first place, but if you're holding it still when you try to go in the passage it explodes.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trs80-6.giftrs80-6Before I get going, I need to share this screen from earlier in the game I skipped mentioning.2021-09-04T14:32:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/01/31/revenge-of-balrog-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-31.giftrs80-31https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-30.giftrs80-30https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-24.giftrs80-24As prophesized by the intro to the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-21.giftrs80-21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-17.giftrs80-17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/bamap.pngbamapThe first part of the map, to illustrate.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-12.giftrs80-12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-2.giftrs80-2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-5.giftrs80-5The treasure is purely a trap. You aren't collecting treasures in this game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-6.giftrs80-62021-09-04T14:23:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/09/03/mummys-curse-lung-strength-snake/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000034mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000034mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000031mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000031mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000029mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000029mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000018mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000018mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000016mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000016mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000035mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000035mc(I came up for this by testing HELP to see what the verb would do and the game told me SAY HI was useful. It also said MAKE was handy, which will be important later.)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/applewin_screenshot_000000038mc.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000038mcThere's some more Fu Machu style dialogue after making a purchase but I'll spare you that.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000025mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000025mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/applewin_screenshot_000000036mc.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000036mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mummys_curse_1981_highlands_computer_cr_000000027mc.pngMummys_Curse_1981_Highlands_Computer_cr_000000027mc2021-09-04T13:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/08/29/mummys-curse-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/applewin_screenshot_000000020mc.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000020mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/applewin_screenshot_000000043mc.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000043mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/applewin_screenshot_000000045mc.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000045mcSouth of here is an AMULET (SMA) and the instructions are clear you can USE SMA to activate it. It glows briefly but I haven't figured out what the effect is.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/applewin_screenshot_000000040mc.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000040mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/mummyoutside.pngmummyOUTSIDEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/applewin_screenshot_000000016mc.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000016mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/applewin_screenshot_000000017mc.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000017mc"Fine" even though the trees look bizarre and the water has a strange blockiness. How does a pool of water look wrong?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/applewin_screenshot_000000013mc.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000013mchttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/mummycover.jpgmummyCOVERFor the Gallery of Undiscovered Entities.2021-08-31T12:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/08/22/elephant-graveyard/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/e13.gife13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/e27.gife27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/e8.gife8This is not only problematic from the amorally-grab-the-sacred-items angle, but in a game design sense prior objects that could be manipulated always were written in ALL CAPS. The poles are the exception.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/mapspot.pngmapSPOThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/e24.gife24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/e16.gife16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/e14.gife14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/e11.gife11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/e10.gife10You can just grab the map and go; snakes appear after an extra turn, but they (and the sealed door) are both red herrings.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/e20.gife20They're not being murderous, which is an improvement over Tarzan, at least.2021-08-25T01:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/08/16/king-of-the-jungle-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jungle9.pngjungle9This wasn't tough to solve since I was out of items and the stone lion had the cheese, but it doesn't make the experience any less surreal.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jungle7.pngjungle7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jungle6.pngjungle6Also note how in the first instance the point/aim mechanic indicates a direction while in this case in indicates what object is being pointed.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jungle4.pngjungle4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jungle3.pngjungle3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/junglemap1.pngjunglemap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jungle1.pngjungle1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/jungle.jpgjungleFor some side nitpicking before the main event, "king of the jungle" doesn't even make sense as a phrase since lions prefer savannahs. However, the photographer Bruno D’Amicis recently (2012) caught some photos in Ethiopia of lions in a rainforest. Back in 1981 when Wilcox wrote this, there were no known actual lions in jungles.2021-08-23T15:06:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/08/12/forbidden-city-rise-and-fall-of-the-robots/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/futcover.jpgFUTCOVERArt by Craig Sadler, including all the nice Macintosh screens you've been seeing.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut50b.pngfut50bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut46b.pngfut46bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut36b-1.pngfut36bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut32b.pngfut32bThis uses the magnetic card I had been toting around. Also, if you take the green radiation stone in the lead container you get fried, so you have to leave it behind. There's a spot, cryptically, where you can leave it behind to pick it up again on a different floor.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut33b.pngfut33bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut41b.pngfut41bJust in case you forgot, we had crash landed before, so our goal is to get off the planet. It wasn't clear until this moment.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut36b.pngfut36bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut35b.pngfut35bhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut29b.pngfut29b2021-08-13T20:15:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/07/02/bilingual-adventure-consumed-in-its-own-fires/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/mazeclip.pngmazeclipDropping from the stalactite puts you in the room marked with the purple arrow (it's different than in Original Adventure). The two rooms marked red are void.2025-05-26T09:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/08/06/forbidden-city-stuck/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/futmap2.pngfutmap2Going in a "wrong direction" leads to the player character falling and breaking their neck.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/futmap.pngfutmapI suppose a reason b.) for being resistant to hints is that the map I'm stuck on is so small. It is possible I missed something earlier, but even including the dark area at the second monorail stop (where I already tried stumbling around, grabbing items off the ground I couldn't see, etc.) I'm thoroughly scoured everything before this point.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut17.pngfut17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut15.pngfut15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut16.pngfut16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/futdisk.jpgFUTDISKDisk for the Macintosh port of Forbidden City, via Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/futverbs.pngFUTVERBS2021-08-07T07:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/08/01/forbidden-city-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut13.pngfut13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut12.pngfut12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/trs80-0.giftrs80-0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/trs80-2.giftrs80-2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut10.pngfut10The steps are FEEL BEAM, ENTER DOOR. Don't try to enter the door without using the beam first or you'll die. This seems unnecessarily hazardous, but there might be some later backstory that explains why the doors are trying to kill you.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut7.pngfut7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut4.pngfut4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/fut1-1.pngfut1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/forbcover.pngforbcoverFrom the January 1982 edition of 80 Micro. I'm considering the magazine lag time to be one month, and copyright on the game itself lists 1981.2025-05-27T07:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/31/alkemstone-new-resources/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/starmap_einstein.jpgstarmap_einstein2021-11-08T18:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/18/madness-and-the-minotaur/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino43.pngmino43Another failed attempt to escape with the mushroom.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino66.pngmino66I have no idea what the "Negral" is. The only definition I've seen is the god shown on the top of this post. Is it a statue of Negral, maybe? I can't imagine we are toting around a literal god. It might just be a made-up name for an undescribed magic gizmo, of course.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino67.pngmino67The two I circled are mostly straight paths to the mushroom area. The one to the right is one-way.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino65.pngmino65https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/bigger.pngbiggerI'm passing on discussing the other 8 by 3 chunks of the maze, which are all similar with a few odd random teleport exits; I'm not sure if it's worth deciding the exact logic since the main thing required is to visit enough rooms to find all the items.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mapj.pngmapJhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/negral.jpgnegralNegral, Mesopotamian god of plagues, war, and death.<a href="https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/379047">Picture by Neta Dror</a>, from the collection at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem.2021-07-26T01:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/06/29/sleazy-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl35.pngsl35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl33.pngsl33https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl29.pngsl29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl28.pngsl28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl25.pngsl25https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl45.pngsl45This is the third and last treasure. The package and the ebony are the other two.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl6.pngsl6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl43.pngsl43HUMOR as a verb.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl9.pngsl9I'm just going to assume the protagonist is completely high from this point.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sl21.pngsl212021-07-16T17:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/14/madness-and-the-minotaur-the-third-dimension/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino50.pngmino50One last detail: it is easy to get confused reading the description since it recurs so often. Do you see that there's no north exit? Remember that room descriptions just repeat if you can't go a particular way, so it is possible to visually miss the lack of north, try to go north, add an entirely wrong space on the map, and go on a completely impossible tangent.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mapscheme.pngmapschemeThe green room is the scepter room, the exit to the northwest goes to a maze room on the bottom floor, and the west and east do wrap around.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino3dview4.pngmino3Dview4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/smallarea.pngsmallareaThe passage marked "random" is what I'm referring to -- it always seems to go to somewhere in the maze, but after some testing one of the consistent rooms was a room with a scepter, so that was the starting point I used. On one of the other random starts I found a goblet that I knew later was on the same floor, so I think that the teleporting on this exit really does only happen within the first floor, not between floors.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino3dview3.pngmino3Dview3It always has this 3d layout, where the grey cubes represent the maze.2021-07-15T12:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/13/madness-and-the-minotaur-the-two-manuals/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/blocked.pngblockedhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino40.pngmino40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mapr.pngmapRThat is, going east from the Dark Chamber normally is the path to the lair, but I got zapped to the maze instead for no apparent reason.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/minomapmaze.pngminomapMazehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino34.pngmino34https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino35.pngmino35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/thirdfloor.pngthirdfloorhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/dragontape.jpgdragontapeFrom World of Dragon.2021-07-16T03:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/10/madness-and-the-minotaur-mapmaking/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino21.pngmino21Here's one more "locations have special things" spot. Without these elements I might consider the game to be purely strategy-puzzle, where you have to match the right sequence of defeat various enemies and make deductions like a game of Clue. This would make it similar to <a href="http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2021/07/game-419-volcanic-dungeon-1982.html">Volcanic Dungeon</a> recently visited at The CRPG Addict. The fact there's these observational moments of, well, adventuring, are what push Madness and the Minotaur over the genre edge.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino18.pngmino18Yes, I met the minotaur. Can't do anything about him yet, though.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/fl2.pngfl2The green incidentally indicates an enchantment in the air, which (according to the Dragon manual version of the game) is where you can find spells. Still haven't managed to pick one up, yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino19.pngmino19The spellbook mentioned above also tends to the first floor, but I don't know if it is 100% of the time.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mapk.pngmapKTo get from the "Dark Servant Chamber" to the location to the west you need to JUMP HOLE; to get back you to need JUMP PIT. I missed this entirely on my first passthrough but the manual was nudging at JUMP being important so I started to try it everywhere.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino20.pngmino20The hint is randomized, the fact there's a pool you can gaze into is not.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mino17.pngmino17Another oddity is that room descriptions are repeated when you go a direction that isn't possible. This is an extremely rare mechanic that we've only seen so far in <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/haunted-house/?order=ASC">Haunted House</a> and <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/escape-from-colditz/?order=ASC">Escape from Colditz</a>. The former was widespread enough that it could easily be the source of the mechanic in both cases, which is wild given how generally terrible the game was (it was squeezed on two sides of a 4K cassette).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/upright.pnguprighthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mapdemo.pngmapdemoI've marked the relevant spot in orange.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sewer.pngsewerFrom <a href="bardstaleonline.com">bardstaleonline.com</a>.2021-07-13T20:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/07/03/the-1981-games-that-remain/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1981remain.jpg1981remainFrom the Captain 80 Book of Adventure Games.2021-07-05T17:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/12/10/odyssey-3-journey-through-time-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/time4.pngTIME4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/time3.pngTIME3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/time2.pngTIME2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/time1.pngtime1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/time6.pngTIME6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/time5.pngTIME5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/selection_565.pngSelection_565A shot from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vioocIR0gHQ">the trailer for Time Bandits</a> (1981), which somehow seems relevant even though it came out a year after Odyssey #3.2022-09-04T07:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/05/29/creature-venture-the-battle-with-satan/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000072cv.pngcreature_venture_000000072cvSneak preview.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000066cv.pngcreature_venture_000000066cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000065cv.pngcreature_venture_000000065cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000060cv.pngcreature_venture_000000060cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000057cv.pngcreature_venture_000000057cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000051cv.pngcreature_venture_000000051cvI had previously tested this when I didn't even know RES was restoring a saved game. The player had apparently found the wand already, but it wasn't obvious from the inventory display that there was a wand there, because is big enough it overlaps the wand picture. Another pitfall of the pictorial inventory.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000041cv.pngcreature_venture_000000041cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000047cv.pngcreature_venture_000000047cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000040cv.pngcreature_venture_000000040cvYou can KILL the creature as long as you have the dagger.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cvmaze.pngcvmazeNot much to say this time -- only north/south/east/west on this one but I also ran out of items for mapping, so I had to do the thing where I test an exit on a blank room to see if that behavior matches any of the blank rooms currently on my map. I didn't even get to short-circuit my mapping, as I found the destination last.2021-06-26T17:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/02/03/warp-fancystupid-parser-tricks/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ifcommand.pngIFcommand2021-06-23T01:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/01/24/warp-help-solve-it/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/warpstone.pngwarpstone2021-06-23T01:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/01/10/warp-supermassive/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/warpmaptwo.pngwarpmaptwo2021-06-23T01:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/01/03/warp-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/warpmapone.pngwarpmapone2025-08-01T17:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/30/mystery-house-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/coversierrachest.pngcoverSierraChesthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen261.pngscreen26This may be the dumbest luck in any videogame ever, and that includes <A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinxter">Jinxster</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cover51.pngcover5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen29.pngscreen29"SHE IS GOING TO KILL YOU"https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen28.pngscreen28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen27.pngscreen27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen25.pngscreen252021-06-22T20:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/29/mystery-house-the-imagination-gap/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen12.pngscreen12Especially when the parser is this frustrating. Argh.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen91.pngscreen9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen14.pngscreen14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen11.pngscreen112021-06-22T20:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/08/26/mystery-house-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen6.pngscreen6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen51.pngscreen5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cast.pngcasthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen41.pngscreen4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen31.pngscreen3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/instruct.pnginstructhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/softsidedec1980ad.pngsoftsidedec1980adAd from SoftSide, December 1980 issue.2021-06-22T20:23:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/15/quondam-structural-solving/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web.pngwebhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kells2.pngkells2From the Book of Kells again.2023-06-19T19:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/13/quondam-horror-vacui/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/weird.pngweirdhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/partmap.pngpartmapThe right half of the map. The left half has an arrangement of hexagons making a spider web, but most of the rooms aren't useful.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hv.pnghvFrom the Book of Kells, via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KellsFol188rQuoniam.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>.2021-06-22T20:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/12/quondam-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/reject.pngrejecthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen23.pngscreen2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cover.jpgcoverFrom <a href="http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=fnlrcfa81vzvk24s">IFDB.</a>2021-06-22T20:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/23/quondam-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/title.pngtitlehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/quondampackretrogamesuk.pngquondampackRetrogamesUKVia <a href="www.retrogames.co.uk/">Retrogames UK</a>.2025-01-19T18:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/22/quondam-irreversible-damage/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hv2.pnghv2Let's pause with another horror vacui picture. This is the <a href="http://online.scuola.zanichelli.it/ilcriccoditeodoro/files/2010/05/it-museali04.pdf">Sarcofago Grande Ludovisi</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hints.pnghintsIt's time.2021-06-22T20:14:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/19/quondam-three-objects/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/marmite.pngmarmiteJim at the Sandwich Tribunal <a href="https://www.sandwichtribunal.com/2015/01/the-british-rail-sandwich/">found instructions and recreated all the British Rail sandwiches</a>. One of his test eaters (his children) described the taste as "fermented bouillon cube".2021-06-22T20:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/18/quondam-beware-of-puns/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ba.pngbaFrom <em>The Fall of Babylon</em> (1555) by Jean Duvet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mapupdate.pngmapupdatehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/manualclip.pngmanualclip2024-12-31T15:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/06/10/gold-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/goldad.jpggoldADhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/goldmapy.pnggoldmapYhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/goldmapx.pnggoldmapXTwo rooms right at the entrance.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold17.pnggold17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold16.pnggold16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold10.pnggold10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold13.pnggold13Except for this bit; you get looped if you go into the laboratory back to the place you were in.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold4.pnggold4My first time through. I tried to get the strongbox if I couldn't unlock it, thinking I could tote it around. Note that the way to specify an item is simply to list the first letter, so I was spoiled as to the existence of Sapphires when I was really trying to get a Strongbox. Somehow the game managed to make an almost-no-verb setup feel awkward.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gmap5.pnggmap5The map as I managed to get it. I can't say it is the "complete map" for reasons I'll get to.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/gold1.pngGOLD12022-04-13T15:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/06/18/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000102cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000102cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000101cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000101cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000100cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000100cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000094cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000094cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000089cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000089cv...and the boat sinks and everyone dies, except you manage to swim to a piece of floating wood.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000086cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000086cvAfter a few turns, a hole appears...https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000081cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000081cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000078cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000078cvGood atmosphere, but too bad the game keeps alternating good moments and frustrating ones.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000075cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000075cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000072cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000072cvYou have to leave for a while and come back to find a hole dug. Fruity takes off, I choose to assume to safety.2021-06-21T11:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/06/17/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-fruity/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000059cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000059cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000058cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000058cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000057cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000057cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000054cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000054cvThis better not happen to Fruity or I'm going to get grouchy.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000051cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000051cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000044cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000044cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000043cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000043cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000037cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000037cvStill haven't found anything here, for instance, but the game has me absolutely paranoid something will eventually pop up so I have to keep returning.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000041cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000041cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000038cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000038cvNooooo Fruity that's rotten fruit, you'll get sick.2021-06-17T20:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/06/15/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-diegetic-vs-non-diegetic-plot/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000032cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000032cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000036cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000036cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000030cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000030cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000028cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000028cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthdisk.pngearthdiskFrom Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000025cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000025cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000026cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000026cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthverb.pngearthverbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000024cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000024cv2021-06-19T15:06:17+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/06/13/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000018cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000018cvxxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/quakemap.pngquakeMAPMy (obviously incomplete) map so far.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000022cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000022cvYou can grab some lumber from the fallen building.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000017cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000017cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000016cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000016cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000013cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000013cvBribery via gold watch works here.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000009cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000009cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000011cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000011cvThis scene appears to be here purely for drama (which is kind of impressive for 1981). There were two distinct quakes but they happened within the same minute, but I'm still willing to allow this scene as hedging to historical record.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000010cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000010cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/earthquake-san-francisco-1906-4am-crack-side-b_000000007cv.pngEarthquake San Francisco 1906 (4am crack) side B_000000007cvJust to show off the how the text side looks, although this scene also lets the player know about the soldiers shooting looters.2021-06-15T15:45:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/06/06/medieval-space-warrior-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/msw16.pngmsw16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/msw13.pngmsw13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/msw7.pngmsw7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/msw17.pngmsw17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/citystars.jpgcitystarsCover by Richard Powers.2023-04-15T19:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/05/31/creature-venture-the-battle-with-a-very-skittish-land-squid/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000104cv.pngcreature_venture_000000104cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000092cv.pngcreature_venture_000000092cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000103cv.pngcreature_venture_000000103cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000099cv.pngcreature_venture_000000099cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000072cv-1.pngcreature_venture_000000072cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000084cv.pngcreature_venture_000000084cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000081cv.pngcreature_venture_000000081cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000079cv.pngcreature_venture_000000079cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000078cv.pngcreature_venture_000000078cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cv3.jpgcv3From the Gallery of Undiscovered Entities.2021-06-05T02:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/05/28/creature-venture-accidental-magic/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000020cv.pngcreature_venture_000000020cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000025cv.pngcreature_venture_000000025cvThings don't turn out too well for the genie.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000030cv.pngcreature_venture_000000030cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000029cv.pngcreature_venture_000000029cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000024cv.pngcreature_venture_000000024cvIf you rub more than 3 times, the lamp vaporizes you. This will be important later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000023cv.pngcreature_venture_000000023cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000012cv.pngcreature_venture_000000012cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cv5.pngcv5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cvverb.pngcvverb2021-05-29T22:59:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/17/the-time-machine-time-slip-active/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm21.giftm21xxhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999384.pngSelection_999(384)These are the three time travel zones that have the glass prism.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999383.pngSelection_999(383)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999382.pngSelection_999(382)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999381.pngSelection_999(381)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm35-1.giftm35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm40.giftm40https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm35.giftm35https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm32.giftm32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm30.giftm30Just imagine the "background symbol" keeps changing.2021-05-27T21:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/05/24/creature-venture-hidden-puzzles/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000026cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000026cvThe kitchen from last time where I can't do anything with any of the items. LOOK ICEBOX (as suggested by Lisa in the comments) just says I SEE NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000019cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000019cvBeelzebub I assume. I'm hoping we get to meet Satan.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000004cv.pngcreature_venture_000000004cvI didn't find this before because I previously thought the visual was a window. I do appreciate this is a purely visual clue that even needs to be solved visually, by mapping the outside picture to the right location.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/creature_venture_000000005cv.pngcreature_venture_000000005cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000002cv1.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000002cv1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cvmapx.pngcvmapX2021-05-25T06:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/05/20/creature-venture-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000018cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000018cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000022cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000022cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000023cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000023cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000024cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000024cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000025cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000025cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000012cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000012cvhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000008cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000008cvLike this elf. Maybe if I hand it a heavy enough item it'll try to throw it and hurt their back?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000005cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000005cvOnce in inventory, here's what it looks like. There's batteries to the right, which *are* mentioned by name in the room description.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000004cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000004cvThe opening screen, which *does* include the "I'm in a field" boilerplate, but it ends up being rare.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/applewin_screenshot_000000000cv.pngAppleWin_ScreenShot_000000000cvThe title screen is the only one in color, the rest is in black and white, so I switched to black and white TV mode. This means y'all miss out on the weird color bleed that happens rendering Apple II screens (technical details at <a href="https://www.filfre.net/2011/10/mystery-house-part-1/">Jimmy Maher's blog</a>.)2021-05-24T06:36:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/05/17/wizards-revenge-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wr8.pngwr8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wr7.pngwr7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wr6.pngwr6Here's an example of the game locking up. I assume SEARCH was intended to spawn an encounter or item, and one or the other caused the problem.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wr5.pngwr5The default Atari font. Notice the "50% alive" stat -- Max's Adventure didn't give you any warning if you were about to die in combat, but this game does.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wr3.jpgwr3All the other text adventures (including the ones we haven't looked at yet first appeared in the summer 1981 catalog, this one made its first appearance in winter 1981).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/wr2.pngWR2If you've been following my backlog through 1981, this rainbow image should look familiar.2021-05-18T13:52:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/05/16/maxs-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max12.pngmax12Here's the ending screen for the satisfaction of it, though.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max11.pngmax11Part of Garry Francis's map, including the exit. <a href="https://solutionarchive.com/file/id%2C13138/">From the CASA Solution Archive</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max10.pngmax10A death sequence from earlier in the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max9.pngmax9"After a while the passage turns to the left" is kind of impressive -- it's signaling that while you start walking east, the passage turns to the north, so that to go back you need to go south. (You can see this on the map I pasted earlier.) I can't think of any games pre-1980 that did this. I think it's part of the "every command is custom" aspect that led the author to doing this.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max8.pngmax8I discovered later -- from reading Max's own hints -- that USE SWORD works. SWING and STAB and various other words do nothing.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max7.pngmax7This isn't even unlucky; the chance at finding something is something like 1 in 10.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max6.pngmax6The map up to where I originally got stuck.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max5.pngmax5The action that works here is LIGHT TORCH. This lets you see a variant version of the room with a passage to the north that's too narrow to go through.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max4.pngmax4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/max3.pngmax32021-05-23T13:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/04/28/forbidden-planet-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f16.giff16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f14.giff14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f8.giff8To explain, the bat from last time and the asp here are set to attack and kill at random. By "at random" that can mean "the first moment you see them", meaning it is impossible to react and you have no choice but to die.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f7.giff7I know WRESTLE was required in Haunt. I think there was one other game I've played that needed it but I'm not remembering which.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f3.giff3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/f5.giff5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ucover.pngucoverFrom the manual, via Macintosh Garden. I guess I'm never making it to Utopia.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mapq.pngmapQ2021-05-04T16:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/04/27/forbidden-planet-kishotenketsu-revisited/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mapy.pngmapYThis was more a pain to make than it looks because it took some fiddling to get the room placement in a way that made the links between rooms make sense.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u19.pngu19The well is refreshing, the river is poison. Either or both could be useful.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u18.pngu18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mapx.pngmapXhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u15.pngU15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u14.pngu14From 80 Micro, March 1981.2023-01-08T13:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/04/20/forbidden-planet-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u11.pngu11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u7.pngu7The forest is a small maze, but I found nothing useful upon mapping it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u6.pngu6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u12.pngu12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u8.pngu8... a desolate planet where only your skill and your talking computer will help you survive. (80 Micro, December 1981)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u4-1.pngU4blah blahhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u2-1.pngU2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u1-1.pngu1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u4.pngU4The "puzzle solving" was a pain so let me encompass it with a comment: you find a key that unlocks a cabinet with a rag, a tube, and a screwdriver. The screwdriver lets you get into a crawlspace, as depicted here. I tried various permutations of PUT TUBE and REPLACE TUBE but the right action is to USE RAG. This smashes the old tube (!!) so you can put in the new one.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/u2.pngU2text here2021-04-29T07:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/04/14/tanker-train-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/winner.pngWINNERhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pickbomb.pngPICKBOMBhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/guard.pngGUARDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/timebomb.pngtimebombhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/knife.pngknifeLike all the Roger M. Wilcox games, this was originally on TRS-80. I had trouble getting that version working so went with his modern port.2021-04-17T16:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/04/15/hunt-the-wumpus-on-the-askhistorians-podcast/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/podcast.pngpodcast2021-04-16T02:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/04/12/a-master-at-castlequest/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cqfinal.pngcqfinal2022-01-23T13:52:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/04/09/castlequest-underground/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mapc.pngmapChttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mapa.pngmapAhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mapb.pngmapB2021-04-12T14:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/04/02/castlequest-draculas-brother/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/below.pngbelowhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/secondthirdx.pngsecondthirdXThis shows the second and third floor, although some puzzle solving is required to wander around the attic.2021-04-02T17:43:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/03/25/castlequest-1979-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cqmap1.pngcqmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/verblist.pngVERBLISThttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sourcepic.pngsourcepichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/geniead.pnggenieADFrom <a href="https://www.retromags.com/gallery/image/19578-genie-online-service/">a 1991 ad</a>.2021-04-03T17:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/03/24/escape-from-traam-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000037game.pngMaster_000000037gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000085game.pngMaster_000000085gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000083game.pngMaster_000000083gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000080game.pngMaster_000000080gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000074game.pngMaster_000000074gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000068game.pngMaster_000000068gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000062game.pngMaster_000000062gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000059game.pngMaster_000000059gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000054game.pngMaster_000000054gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000048game.pngMaster_000000048game2021-03-25T19:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/03/19/escape-from-traam-one-puzzle/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000013game1.pngMaster_000000013game1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000008game2.pngMaster_000000008game2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000011game2.pngMaster_000000011game22021-03-21T21:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/03/14/escape-from-traam-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000005game2.pngMaster_000000005game2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000003game2.pngMaster_000000003game2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000002game2.pngMaster_000000002game2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000001game2.pngMaster_000000001game2You can LOOK to find things, either with or without an object in front, but no luck here; an alarm eventually sounds, but I haven't found a lurking glove compartment or anything.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/master_000000000game2.pngMaster_000000000game2I played the Apple II version which includes graphics by Norm Sailer, just like Crowley. This is partly to be consistent, partly because it's been a while since we've had a game with graphics, and mostly because <a href="https://advgamer.blogspot.com/search/label/Escape%20from%20Traam">according to both Will Moczarski</a> and <a href="http://gamingafter40.blogspot.com/2013/10/adventure-of-week-escape-from-traam-1981.html">Dale Dobson</a> the TRS-80 version has a game-breaking bug. I don't think either tested all 8 versions of the game file available, but I'm fine skipping that particular piece of suffering.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/escapecover.pngescapecoverFrom the Internet Archive.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/atariescape.pngatariescapeFrom the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2021-03-24T13:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/01/29/jack-the-ripper-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-13.giftrs80-13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-10.giftrs80-10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-9.giftrs80-9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r18.gifr18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trs80-7.giftrs80-7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r16.gifr16You need to enter 311 rather than 113 to open the safe. No reason in particular, but this is the nth game I've played where a code has to be done backwards.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r17.gifr17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r15.gifr15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r8.gifr8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r9.gifr92021-03-12T17:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/01/28/jack-the-ripper-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ripmap3.pngripmap3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ripmap2.pngripmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r6.gifr6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r4.gifr4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r3.gifr3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/r2.gifr2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ripmap1.pngripmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/jacknews.jpgjackNEWS<a>The Illustrated Police News, October 27, 1888</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/rx.pngrXTRS-80 opening on the top, Atari on the bottom.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/jack2.pngjack2---2021-03-12T17:56:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/02/20/palace-in-thunderland-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000028game.pngMaster_000000028gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000024game-1.pngMaster_000000024gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000023game.pngMaster_000000023gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mapxq.jpgmapXQNot quite far enough!https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000021game.pngMaster_000000021gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000022game.pngMaster_000000022gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000024game.pngMaster_000000024gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000027game.pngMaster_000000027gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000026game.pngMaster_000000026gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000031game.pngMaster_000000031game2021-12-29T22:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/02/14/palace-in-thunderland-shocked/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/palaceebay2.jpgpalaceEbay2From an old eBay auction.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000003game.pngMaster_000000003gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000001game.pngMaster_000000001gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000004game.pngMaster_000000004game2021-12-29T22:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/02/10/palace-in-thunderland-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000010game1.pngMaster_000000010game1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000023game1.pngMaster_000000023game1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000025game1.pngMaster_000000025game1I'll be returning to the "getting very dark" message soon.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000024game1.pngMaster_000000024game1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000001game1.pngMaster_000000001game1You can't interact with the peasants; I'm not sure if they serve any purpose yet, although you can get to the top of the castle and see the same peasants milling around.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/thunder2.pngthunder2From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2021-12-30T01:51:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/03/02/the-staff-slake-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/slake23.pngslake23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/slake14.pngslake14Untitled Goose Game: The Early Years.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/slake18.pngslake18I needed to meta-solve past a bug, though. When the explosion happens, the screen flashes RETRIBUTIVE STRIKE! and the main screen returns ... but not the prompt. However, game saves were still possible via the menu, so I saved and reloaded, and found myself with an open door and gold dust as was apparently meant to happen.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/slake28.pngslake28Realizing that you need to "turn" first is subtle and non-obvious. The way I figured it out was fascinating in a ludic-theory sort of way: the game helpfully warns you if you jump in the pit without the staff that you've made the game unwinnable, and offers to let you back up. I realized the only difference between getting the message not was having the staff, so the staff <em>had</em> to be the solution, leading me to experiment more and get to TURN STAFF. Solving by realizing what was in the negative space, so to speak.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/slake25.pngslake25Speaking of odd verbs, just trying to EXAMINE the body indicates two puncture wounds. To find the hidden items -- a two-handed sword and a bag -- you need to FRISK ADVENTURER.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/slake7.pngslake7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/slake4.pngSLAKE4This doesn't really count as guess-the-verb, guess-the-noun, or any sort of standard bad parser behavior, yet I was still psyched out by the parser.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/smap4.pngsmap4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/smap3.pngsmap3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/snakepic.jpgsnakepicThe closest I could find to the staff the game is named after. This is a religious staff (a crozier) used by the Eastern Orthodox religion, and is short one snake. (<A>Picture</a> by Kokkarani, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>).2023-04-13T06:10:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/02/21/adventure-448-1978-1982/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/advclip2.jpgadvclip2text2023-03-28T11:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/02/26/adventure-448-the-shape-of-a-god/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mapr.jpgmapRhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mapz.jpgmapZhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/catchfireimage2.jpgcatchfireimage2The immortal bird and snake fight, which I've now seen on loop across many iterations of Adventure, including Crowther's original. Even this scene has had additions -- in particular Don Woods in his "version 2" Adventure put a scene where you can bring the bird outside to a forest -- but it generally has been left untouched.2021-03-12T17:34:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/03/09/plato-adventure-the-incomplete-guide/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/plat3.pngplat3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/plat5.pngplat5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/plat4.pngplat4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa56.pngpa56This is most of the items I've found, all the diamond and rusty rod are missing.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa54.pngpa54https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/plat2.pngplat2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa53.pngpa532023-09-08T16:32:15+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/03/08/plato-adventure-36-5/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa32.pngpa32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa48.pngpa48https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa35.pngpa35You're locked in here and have to PUSH NEXT to get out. The NEXT button is a PLATO in-joke -- it gets used all of the time in navigating the network system.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa39.pngpa39https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa12.pngpa12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/platadvmap.pngPLATadvmap2021-03-09T17:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/05/13/atom-adventures-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/h3.pngh3This scene indicates that SAY OUT will teleport you to the starting area. The magic words are just for ease of transport.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/h1.pngh1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/h2.pngh2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/a9.pnga9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999027-1.pngSelection_999(027)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999027.pngSelection_999(027)The map has a bunch of famous sci-fi locations, like Arrakis and Ringworld. Each "room" represents an entirely different "world".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/a4.pnga4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/a2.pnga2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/a1.pnga1The opening screen of Dungeon.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/decad.pngdecAD<a href="https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1981-12/page/n87/mode/2up">Your Computer, December 1981</a>.2021-03-05T20:38:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/03/04/plato-adventure-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa20.pngpa20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zmap2.pngzmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zmap1.pngzmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa15.pngpa15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa13.pngpa13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa11.pngpa11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa9.pngpa9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa3.pngpa3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa2.pngpa2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pa1.pngpa12023-03-30T14:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/02/19/palace-in-thunderland-hedgehog-croquet/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/alice.jpgalicehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000018game.pngMaster_000000018gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/master_000000015game.pngMaster_000000015game2021-02-20T22:15:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/03/mad-venture-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen0.pngSCREEN0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen2.pngSCREEN2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen1.pngSCREEN1I moved all the items to this room to get them in one screenshot.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mvload.gifmvloadhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cover.pngcoverFrom the <a href="https://www.mocagh.org/needed.php?which=books&name=madventure">Museum of Computer Adventure Game History</a>, although I'm guessing this is a picture from an old auction.2021-02-08T05:16:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/25/misadventure-star-cruiser-jailbreak-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/adv41.pngadv4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/adv31.pngadv3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/adv21.pngadv2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/adv11.pngadv1This is from the author's port for 32-bit Windows. The original TRS-80 files are only available for some of the games.2024-11-25T01:14:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2017/09/27/odyssey-1-damsel-in-distress-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/od1x.pngod1Xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mapclip.pngmapcliphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen61.pngscreen6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen32.pngscreen3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen51.pngscreen5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen41.pngscreen4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/screen12.pngscreen1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/games20small.jpggames20small2021-02-04T19:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2016/01/28/voodoo-castle-1979/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vcastle3.pngvcastle3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vcastle4.pngvcastle4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vcastle5.pngvcastle5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vcastle2.pngvcastle2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/voodoomapprogress.pngvoodoomapprogressThis is what one of my "maps in progress" looks like.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vcastle1.pngvcastle1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/vcastle.pngvcastleVia <a href="www.trs-80.com">trs-80.com</a>.2021-02-01T18:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/01/22/ice-world-war-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/icemap.pngicemaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/s1.pngs1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/icenasa.jpgiceNASA<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/multimedia/spr13/IMG8072.html">Picture from NASA</a>.2021-01-23T03:37:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/09/10/labyrinth-teleporting-via-gaze/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lcov.pnglcovFrom <a href="http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/manuals-software-2/">Ira Goldklang</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/trs80-0.giftrs80-0https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/labcover3.pnglabcover3Via the <a href="https://www.mocagh.org/">Museum of Computer Game Adventure History</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/selection_243.pngSelection_243https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/selection_241.pngSelection_241https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/selection_239.pngSelection_2392021-01-14T19:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/01/14/the-tarturian-the-final-battle/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mergmap5.pngMERGMAP5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mergmap4.pngMERGMAP4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mergmap3.pngMERGMAP3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000024game.pngMaster_000000024gameUrgh. This is the only thing money in the game is used for.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000114game.pngMaster_000000114gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000092game1.pngMaster_000000092game1After this I was out of strongmen and elves.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000097game.pngMaster_000000097gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000112game.pngMaster_000000112gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000110game.pngMaster_000000110gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000108game.pngMaster_000000108game2021-12-12T22:40:26+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/04/01/looking-for-lost-trs-80-game-spaceship-to-nowhere/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/algray.pngalgrayhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ship.pngship2024-09-01T04:45:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/01/05/the-tarturian-ten-treasures/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000093game.pngMaster_000000093gameMind you, at least I had a good guess this switch could lead to a softlock. That didn't make hitting it any more pleasant.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000092game.pngMaster_000000092gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000069game.pngMaster_000000069gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000091game.pngMaster_000000091gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000088game.pngMaster_000000088gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000086game.pngMaster_000000086gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000083game.pngMaster_000000083gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000081game.pngMaster_000000081gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000089game.pngMaster_000000089gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/master_000000077game.pngMaster_000000077game2021-01-08T19:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2021/01/04/new-documents-related-to-crowther-woods-adventure-unearthed/2021-01-04T17:25:31+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/29/in-the-universe-beyond-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-29.giftrs80-29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-28.giftrs80-28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-26.giftrs80-26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-24.giftrs80-24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-23.giftrs80-23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-22.giftrs80-22Here you had to DIG ROOF to find the key. I confess I was just clinging to the walkthrough for dear life now.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-20.giftrs80-20The "piece of slate" is just north of here and throws off sparks when you hit it, and the "radium power source" comes from opening the pistol.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-18.giftrs80-18The cylinder "EMITS A WHIR" when you switch it on but it's not clear what it does until this happens.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-13.giftrs80-13Yeah, I had to look that one up too. This does make me wonder, in a most extreme Mythbusters-build sort of way, if there was some way to make this work. Nevermind you'd think NASA would have provided us with a proper space suit.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trs80-10.giftrs80-102020-12-21T20:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/12/19/the-tarturian-kileng-the-travelers-powerful-ring/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000015game.pngMaster_000000015gameFrom The Tarturian.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000062game.pngMaster_000000062gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000060game.pngMaster_000000060gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000037game.pngMaster_000000037gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000035game.pngMaster_000000035gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000034game.pngMaster_000000034gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000056game.pngMaster_000000056gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000055game.pngMaster_000000055gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/master_000000054game.pngMaster_000000054game2021-12-14T18:04:44+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/12/08/the-domes-of-kilgari-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/d5.gifd5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/kigari80usjournalapr1982.pngkigari80USjournalapr198280-US Journal, April 1982.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/d29.gifd29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/d26.gifd26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/d23.gifd23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/d22.gifd22I knew something was fishy with "RODA" but I decided to go with it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/zx3.pngzx3Not too rough; I'll leave the identity of the magic word unspoiled for anyone who wants to solve it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/d13.gifd13Here's what happens without the suit.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/zx2.pngzx2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/d12.gifd122026-03-18T18:03:58+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/12/03/wizards-gold-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screenshot_28.pngScreenshot_28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screenshot_27.pngScreenshot_27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screenshot_13.pngScreenshot_13The magic word is COLLEEN. Anyone with a guess what it is a reference to?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screenshot_30.pngScreenshot_30I typed GET first instead of TAKE almost every single time; sorry game, this is one habit you're not going to train me out of.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screenshot_29.pngScreenshot_29The complete map, where as you get deeper in it feels more and more like the author was just slapping on whatever they felt like.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screenshot_3.pngScreenshot_3I don't know what's going on with the odd spacing. Even if I could change the character screen width, it doesn't look like any width in particular would prevent text being cut off in the middle.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/wizcover.pngwizcoverFind a hidden bar of gold a text adventure game2020-12-07T00:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/12/06/the-black-sanctum-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/san24.pngsan24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screenshot_6.pngScreenshot_6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/san23.pngsan23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/san22.pngsan22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/san18.pngsan18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/san17.pngsan17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/san15.pngsan15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/san13.pngsan13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/san12.pngsan12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/san10.pngsan102024-10-21T07:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/12/05/ifcomp-2020-results-and-other-news/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/icomp.pngicomp2020-12-05T21:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/30/calixto-island-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal11.pngcal11Despite shadows are going in two different directions, I still like this picture.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal20.pngcal20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal19.pngcal19https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal17.pngcal17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal15.pngcal15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal24.pngcal24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal21.pngcal21https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal9.pngcal9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal8.pngcal8I got stuck for a while here because I could only go west (to that animated path with jungle growth I showed off earlier). Is the intent really to have GO HILL be a hidden exit, or was this an interface failure?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cal6.pngcal62020-12-02T23:06:06+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/26/the-golden-voyage-finishing-the-duodecalogy/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g31.gifg31I'm hoping he was a nice king and I didn't just give an extra 50 years to a tyrant.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g28.gifg28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g27.gifg27https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g26.gifg26https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g25.gifg25Games from this era have way too much <em>friction</em>. I figured out the sequence of commands above for tying the rope and getting it in the pit to climb down, but it made me lose momentum on the first part of the dramatic conclusion to the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g24.gifg24This was "arbitrary" but still satisfying, since it was a puzzle that essentially required putting together pieces from the entire map: the cave fountain was on one island, the mountain fountain was on another, and the effect was to open the secret hallway on the third island.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g23.gifg23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g22.gifg22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g20.gifg20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screenshot_7.jpgScreenshot_7Via an old eBay auction via <a href="https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301670-scott-adams-adventure-series-gold-edition-boxed-set/">Atari Age</a>.2020-12-27T23:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/23/the-golden-voyage-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/goldenverb.jpggoldenverbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g12.gifg12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g9.gifg9If you're not wearing the sandals, the scorpions bite you and you eventually die.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g7.gifg7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g6.gifg6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g5.gifg5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g3.gifg3I haven't seen a beatdown like this since Nethack. This amuses me rather than bothers me design-wise since it's so easy to reset the situation. Ulysses and the Golden Fleece just says "YOU HAVE TO BUY IT" if you try for the five-finger discount.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g2.gifg2Ravenworks in the comments has the theory this was just due to a bad read, as the difference between "o" and "g" in ASCII is one bit.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/goldenfront.jpggoldenfrontFrom <a href="https://archive.org/details/Scott_Adams_Adventure_12_Golden_Voyage_1981_Adventure_International">the Internet Archive</a>.2024-08-08T22:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/24/the-golden-voyage-islands-and-secrets/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g14.gifg14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g17.gifg17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/g16.gifg16It took me a long time to find the syntax get off the staircase. It's WALK UP or WALK DOWN. GO STAIR says "please be more specific" and for the life of me I don't understand why UP and DOWN don't just work.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mapa3.pngmapA3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mapa4.pngmapA4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mapa2.pngmapA2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ticover.jpgTIcoverFrom Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mapa5.pngmapA52020-11-26T10:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/22/treasure-island-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ti20.pngti20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ti22.pngti22https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ti21.pngti21I've been taking a pass commenting on typos, but I can't resist pointing out buccaneer is spelled wrong twice, and in two different ways.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ti17.pngti17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ti13.pngti13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ti32.pngti32https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ti29.pngti29https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ti28.pngti28https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mapt.pngmapTHell is kind of tiny. Must be the Sartre kind of hell.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ti27.pngti27I think the norm being broken here was something like "at most 4 objects to a room".2020-11-23T15:56:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/19/castles-of-darkness-the-sun-is-shining/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000038game.pngMaster_000000038gameI tried to record the sound but was having trouble; I'll update if I can get a video to show.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000032game.pngMaster_000000032gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000033game.pngMaster_000000033gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000035game.pngMaster_000000035gameThis is animated; you walk in, he breaths fire, you run away.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000036game.pngMaster_000000036gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000037game.pngMaster_000000037gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screenshot_16.pngScreenshot_16From The Book of Adventure Games by Kim Schuette.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000030game.pngMaster_000000030gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000029game.pngMaster_000000029gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000027game.pngMaster_000000027game2020-12-14T16:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/17/castles-of-darkness-sounds/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000026game.pngMaster_000000026gameAs the game's HELP indicates, you won't get anywhere fighting this troll, its skin is too tough.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000025game.pngMaster_000000025gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000024game.pngMaster_000000024gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000020game.pngMaster_000000020gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000013game.pngMaster_000000013gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cmap.pngcmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hintsheet.pnghintsheetFrom the Gallery of Undiscovered Entities.2020-11-20T03:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/15/castles-of-darkness-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000011game.pngMaster_000000011gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000010game.pngMaster_000000010gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000008game.pngMaster_000000008gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/master_000000007game.pngMaster_000000007gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/castlemap.pngcastlemaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cdark3.gifcdark3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cover2.jpgcover2From the Gallery of Undiscovered Entities.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cdark.gifcdark2020-11-20T15:57:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/10/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-level-2/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000088game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000088gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000087game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000087gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000081game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000081gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000075game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000075gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000079game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000079gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000071game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000071gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000068game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000068gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000063game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000063gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000060game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000060gamehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-v1.1-4am-crack-side-a_000000057game.pngUlysses and the Golden Fleece v1.1 (4am crack) side A_000000057game2022-02-21T04:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/09/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-the-island-of-storms/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screenshot_12.pngScreenshot_12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screenshot_11.pngScreenshot_11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screenshot_10.pngScreenshot_10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a9.pnga9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a7.pnga7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a6.pnga6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a5.pnga5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a4.pnga4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a3.pnga3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a2.pnga22020-11-11T04:10:12+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/05/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-the-open-ocean/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game18.pnggame18https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/map.pngmaphttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game15.pngGAME15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game14.pngGAME14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game13.pngGAME13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game12.pngGAME12A reminder: big but not enormous.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/selection_999408.pngSelection_999(408)From <a href="https://archive.org/details/1982-06-compute-magazine/page/n15/mode/2up">Compute! magazine</a>.2020-11-09T19:51:33+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/04/ulysses-and-the-golden-fleece-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/map5.pngmap5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game9.pnggame9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game8.pnggame8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game7.pnggame7HIRE CREW works while holding the bag of gold. It mentions that several men rush forward and "you think one of them is Hercules." Is he incognito, pretending to be someone else? Is the eyepatch fake for a disguise?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game6.pnggame6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game5.pnggame5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game4.pnggame4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game3.pnggame3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game2.pnggame2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/game1.pnggame12024-01-24T10:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/11/02/creatures-that-live-in-the-sun-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sun9.pngsun9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sun8.pngsun8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sun6.pngsun6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sun3.pngsun3Wilcox has issues with exposition, but here, I'll just suppose my universal translator got garbled.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/intro4.pngintro4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/intro3.pngintro3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sunshot.jpgsunshot2015 picture of the Sun, via NASA.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/intro2.pngintro22020-11-04T15:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/27/circle-world-space-and-a-lot-of-stars/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999406.pngSelection_999(406)Xhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999405.pngSelection_999(405)blah blahhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999404.pngSelection_999(404)blah blahhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999394.pngSelection_999(394)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999403.pngSelection_999(403)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999402.pngSelection_999(402)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999401.pngSelection_999(401)You need the SONAR/RADAR to see the AIRLOCK going DOWN.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999400.pngSelection_999(400)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999399.pngSelection_999(399)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999398.pngSelection_999(398)2020-10-29T15:26:38+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/21/circle-world-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999386.pngSelection_999(386)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cw4.pngcw4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cw3.pngcw3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cw2.pngcw2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cpet.pngcpethttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999385.pngSelection_999(385)From a 1988 edition of Larry Niven's book Ringworld, originally printed in 1970.2020-10-22T05:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/15/the-time-machine-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm15.giftm15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm1-1.giftm1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm13.giftm13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm3.giftm3This is what happens if you aren't wearing the gloves.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm4.giftm4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm11.giftm11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm10.giftm10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm9.giftm9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tm8.giftm8Well, one so far at least.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999379.pngSelection_999(379)2020-11-06T09:16:28+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/13/the-golden-baton-a-renowned-hero/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/batoncov.pngbatoncovVia Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton11.gifbaton11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton10.gifbaton10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton9.gifbaton9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton8.gifbaton8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton7.gifbaton7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton6.gifbaton6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton5.gifbaton52020-10-22T22:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/06/12/crystal-cave-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/handmap.pnghandmapMy map of the "realistic" portion of the caves. The east side includes a lake with a boat. You can attempt to sneak into the far west side of the caves using a rope but Ranger Rick kicks you out.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/univac1100.pngunivac1100Public domain.2023-07-19T18:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/12/the-golden-baton-revenge/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999375.pngSelection_999(375)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999376.pngSelection_999(376)The cave layout is slightly different in the BBC version.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton20.gifbaton20https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton15.gifbaton15Getting in here required a KEY I found by throwing the rope up the tree I mentioned last time.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton3.pngbaton3From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2020-10-13T22:10:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/07/the-golden-baton-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton4.gifbaton4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton3.gifbaton3The BBC version just says I'm by a Path and there's no north direction specified; you need to GO PATH.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton2.pngbaton2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/baton1.gifbaton1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/art.pngartblah blahhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/selection_999367.pngSelection_999(367)<a href="https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerWorld1981-05/page/84/mode/2up">Personal Computer World, May 1981</a>.2020-10-09T14:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/01/14/hezarin-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/selection_735.pngSelection_735https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/map1.pngmap1Some of the "diagonal" connections (NE/SE/SW/NW) have been omitted because they,made the map confusing to read.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/electronintro.pngelectronIntroFrom the Electron version.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/selection_726.pngSelection_726From <a href="http://www.acornelectron.co.uk/profs/electron/cats/topologika.html">Acorn Electron World</a>.2020-10-06T17:44:08+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/10/01/ifcomp-2020-games-are-up/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pics2.pngpics22020-10-04T16:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/30/microworld-falling-on-their-valences/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999341.pngSelection_999(341)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999340.pngSelection_999(340)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999339.pngSelection_999(339)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999338.pngSelection_999(338)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999337.pngSelection_999(337)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999312-1.pngSelection_999(312)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999336.pngSelection_999(336)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999335.pngSelection_999(335)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999334.pngSelection_999(334)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999333.pngSelection_999(333)2020-10-01T13:49:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/28/microworld-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999318.pngSelection_999(318)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999308.pngSelection_999(308)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999317.pngSelection_999(317)Also, the only reward has been a "column address room" where nothing seems to happen.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999307.pngSelection_999(307)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999311.pngSelection_999(311)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999314.pngSelection_999(314)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999305.pngSelection_999(305)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999316.pngSelection_999(316)In progress. I've marked rooms where I've checked every exit; did I mention the game only occasionally mentions which exits go from a particular room so testing all of them is required?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999298.pngSelection_999(298)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999297.pngSelection_999(297)2020-09-30T14:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/08/castle-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999234.pngSelection_999(234)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999231.pngSelection_999(231)The game doesn't "end" here; you just have to assume the victory and quit the game on your own.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999230.pngSelection_999(230)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999228.pngSelection_999(228)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999225.pngSelection_999(225)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999220.pngSelection_999(220)Look, a Zork reference! Unless I'm forgetting something, this is the first commercial game we've seen where one has appeared.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999221.pngSelection_999(221)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999233.pngSelection_999(233)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999218.pngSelection_999(218)2021-10-10T14:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/24/timequest-12-out-of-12-treasures/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq24.giftq24https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq12.giftq12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq17.giftq17https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq23.giftq23https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999295.pngSelection_999(295)From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2020-09-28T16:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/22/timequest-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq10.giftq10Frog is another William Demas game. This is the first I've ever seen an in-game ad for something sold by an entirely different publisher.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq9.giftq9https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999292.pngSelection_999(292)My map so far, but certainly *not* complete, given I've only seen 3 treasures out of 12.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq5.giftq5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq8.giftq8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq7.giftq7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq6.giftq6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq2.giftq2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tq1.giftq1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999257.pngSelection_999(257)From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2020-09-23T21:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/20/nijmegen-adventure-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999284.pngSelection_999(284)You're rich, you managed to get the gold, are you very smart or very bad? (I'm not sure on the last two sentences, but it's something like "go waste your money".)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999283.pngSelection_999(283)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999281.pngSelection_999(281)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999286.pngSelection_999(286)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999285.pngSelection_999(285)Reminder note: there are no compass directions, you move by typing GA ("go") followed by the name of an adjacent location; for example, GA GROTE MARKT.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999277.pngSelection_999(277)2020-09-23T21:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/18/nijmegen-avontuur-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/streetmap-1.pngstreetmapLocations marked on a Google map. There are two parks nearby so I don't know which one the game means.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/painting2.jpgPAINTING2BLAH BAHhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/startscreen.pngstartscreenI'm guessing D.M.T. refers to the maker of the C64 port.2020-09-20T16:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/17/cranston-manor-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999274.pngSelection_999(274)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999271.pngSelection_999(271)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999263.pngSelection_999(263)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999269.pngSelection_999(269)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999264.pngSelection_999(264)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999270.pngSelection_999(270)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999265.pngSelection_999(265)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999261.pngSelection_999(261)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999273.pngSelection_999(273)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999258.pngSelection_999(258)2025-01-04T20:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/13/quest-fantasy-quest-1981-1983/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/orclair2.pngorclair2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999253.pngSelection_999(253)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999252.pngSelection_999(252)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999246.pngSelection_999(246)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999251.pngSelection_999(251)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999250.pngSelection_999(250)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999249.pngSelection_999(249)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999238.pngSelection_999(238)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999245.pngSelection_999(245)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999248.pngSelection_999(248)Spots in orange have passages going up.2025-01-30T21:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/27/the-curse-of-crowley-manor-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999172.pngSelection_999(172)Notice that the nailed-shut door isn't mentioned.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000009_thumb2.pngMaster_000000009_thumb2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000010_thumb1.pngMaster_000000010_thumb1This reminds me of in <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/tag/secret-mission/?order=ASC">Secret Mission</a> being told about a briefcase and map that don't exist, and you have to infer they were stolen.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000007_thumb1.pngMaster_000000007_thumb1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000001_thumb.pngMaster_000000001_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000003_thumb1.pngMaster_000000003_thumb1This is a very nice cinematic moment where you WAIT several times and pass some landmarks.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000000_thumb.pngMaster_000000000_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999170.pngSelection_999(170)From the <a href="https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=crowley-alt">Museum of Computer Adventure Games</a>.2020-09-11T21:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/09/01/the-sceptre-of-hamloth-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/messymap.pngmessymapI went old-school with the mapping this time. Hence: messy.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999202.pngSelection_999(202)While it was possible to buy an "assembled" Microtan 65, the most common form seems to be the "kit" form with just a board and the hex pad shown here (instead of a keyboard).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999201.pngSelection_999(201)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999200.pngSelection_999(200)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999199.pngSelection_999(199)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999179.pngSelection_999(179)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999178.pngSelection_999(178)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/selection_999180.pngSelection_999(180)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/advad3.pngadvad3TUG News Issue 36.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/advad2.pngadvad22020-09-08T16:58:02+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/04/15/star-trek-25th-anniversary-1992/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/kling.pngklinghttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/trolley.pngtrolleyThe problem is well documented enough elsewhere I'll just let <a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/pKEMa">this picture by ActualAccount tell the story</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/v1pic.pngV1pic<A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb#/media/File:V1Musee.jpg">Via Wikipedia.</a>https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/man1.pngman12020-09-01T16:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/02/28/zork-ii-courage-and-cunning/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/roomhere.pngROOMHEREhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/selection_833.pngcrypthttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/selection_831.pngmapcloseFrom the <a href="http://gue.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?pub=4&item=35&id=5&key=zork2_zug_map_3">Zork User Group map again</a>. Unlike the later Invisiclues version, there are drawings of the characters, including the sea serpent shown that I will discuss shortly.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/c64cov.pngc64covCommodore C64 cover, <a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/zork-ii-the-wizard-of-frobozz/cover-art/gameCoverId,74746/">via Mobygames</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/zork2_zug_map_1.jpgzork2_zug_map_1From the cover of Zork User Group map of Zork II. Via <a href="http://gue.cgwmuseum.org/">the Gallery of Undiscovered Entities</a>.2020-09-01T16:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/31/the-curse-of-crowley-manor-in-story-form/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999198.pngSelection_999(198)..https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999197.pngSelection_999(197)This is where having the sword cleansed is important. The scene otherwise involves WAITing, although it honestly was nicely cinematic, especially given the forewarning there was only one moment to strike.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999196.pngSelection_999(196)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999174.pngSelection_999(174)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999195.pngSelection_999(195)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999194.pngSelection_999(194)I think only CLEANSE SWORD works. The game really did feel fast-paced despite grinding to a halt a few times from the parser.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999193.pngSelection_999(193)There were numerous points where I struggled with the parser, but this was the worst. You need to DROP CRYSTAL BALL and then LOOK, but DROP doesn't give any indication the ball went in the hole, so I kept trying PUT CRYSTAL BALL and PLACE CRYSTAL BALL and the like.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999192.pngSelection_999(192)Not as absurd as the other intuition; you (and the main character) are out of options and inventory items.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999191.pngSelection_999(191)A monster -- different than this one -- appears at the combination door and kills you if you don't have the holy water vial. The game tries hard to indicate you don't have enough to win, but it's hard to tell if the demon's taunting is "in universe" or not.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999190.pngSelection_999(190)2020-11-20T13:44:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/26/the-cranston-manor-adventure-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999151.pngSelection_999(151)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/twoscreen.pngtwoscreenTwo screenshots of the ending placed side-by-side. By all current best reckoning, Mariner's Cove never come out.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999162.pngSelection_999(162)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999161.pngSelection_999(161)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999160.pngSelection_999(160)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999147.pngSelection_999(147)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999159.pngSelection_999(159)There's a cat statue with rubies for eyes; the rubies are a treasure.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999158.pngSelection_999(158)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999157.pngSelection_999(157)Still the best moment of the game in a plot sense, even if it never happened during "my" story.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999156.pngSelection_999(156)2020-08-27T21:23:51+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/24/the-cranston-manor-adventure-i-have-put-the-bull-in-a-temporary-time-stasis-field/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cranad.pngcranadAd from Atarimania.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999142.pngSelection_999(142)My (no doubt incomplete and broken) current map of the underground.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999136.pngSelection_999(136)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999133.pngSelection_999(133)This is one of those "slightly specific physical action" puzzles that can sometimes be awkward (see Hezarin with the surfing scene, and climbing at the end, or Savage Island Part II where you need to refer to the avatar's eyes). Still, I solved this fairly quickly and found it satisfying; I'm not sure what the dividing line is between action too unusual (the breath control in Savage Island Part II) and just right.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999134.pngSelection_999(134)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999132.pngSelection_999(132)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999141.pngSelection_999(141)Notice the reference to "solar cells" in the lantern. The lantern can run out but can apparently be recharged when outside.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999131.pngSelection_999(131)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999140.pngSelection_999(140)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999139.pngSelection_999(139)2020-08-27T02:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/22/the-cranston-manor-adventure-on-brief/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999123.pngSelection_999(123)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/smanual.pngsmanualSUPERBRIEF makes it so the game <em>never</em> shows long room descriptions, which I assume is only for if you've beaten a game and are trying to mess around. It's very disconcerting to use, like reading a book with alternating pages left blank.2020-08-28T13:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/18/the-cranston-manor-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999122.pngSelection_999(122)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999121.pngSelection_999(121)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999120.pngSelection_999(120)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999119.pngSelection_999(119)Pink indicates places where any direction but the correct one goes in a loop. The purple rooms are the only two ones with useful items (unless I'm missing something hidden).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999109.pngSelection_999(109)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999118.pngSelection_999(118)From the Museum of Computer Adventure Games.2024-12-20T16:27:34+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/02/26/reality-ends-1980/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/map2-1.pngmap2It think making a spreadsheet crosses a threshold of some sort, but I'm not sure what from or what to.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen6-2.pngscreen6https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen5-2.pngscreen5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen4-1.pngscreen4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen3.pngscreen3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen2-2.pngscreen2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen1-1.pngscreen1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/map.pngmapClick on image to enlarge.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/catalogclip.pngcatalogClip2020-08-20T17:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/02/28/reality-ends-the-city-falls/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen13.pngSCREEN13https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen15.pngSCREEN15https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen10-1.pngSCREEN10https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qsand.pngQSANDhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screen14.pngSCREEN14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/lightning.pnglightningA public domain picture for spoiler space that happens to capture the endgame feel.2020-08-20T16:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/17/tower-of-fear-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999105.pngSelection_999(105)The Color Computer tile screen. I liked the TRS-80 original one better.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999117.pngSelection_999(117)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999116.pngSelection_999(116)This is the moment where I suspected the author was trying to match Dungeons & Dragons; something about the "mass of doors or chests to try opening" feels very late-70s-early-80s campaign to me. Having the chain affect a trap in an entirely different part of the tower (and a lever you'll hear about in a few moments) also strikes me as a D&D standard. I theorize that both of these elements give the "feel" of puzzles without requiring the campaign to grind to a halt; multiple doors/boxes can be tackled with the party splitting up, and a puzzle that requires realizing something changed in another location can be resolved in a way natural to the tabletop ("let's go back to location X" with the potential for random monster encounters being much less annoying than stopping to solve a sliding puzzle the Dungeon Master hands out).https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999115.pngSelection_999(115)I appreciated the alternate use of the ivy. Notice the (WITH SWORD) message, which is a great feature; sometimes my puzzlement at adventure games involves my not understanding what was being used for a particular action, like KILL GUARD and PUNCH GUARD <a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2020/04/01/asylum-shreds/">being considered different commands in Asylum</a>. In this case, if you are holding only the dagger and try to cut the ivy, the game responds "(WITH DAGGER) YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" An admittedly more helpful message would be "it isn't quite large enough" but the presence of the "with dagger" message was still enough for me to try the sword immediately after I got it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999114.pngSelection_999(114)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999113.pngSelection_999(113)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999112.pngSelection_999(112)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999111.pngSelection_999(111)This is if you READ MEMO. The same memo in the TRS-80 original advertises other Programmer's Guild text adventures.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/selection_999108.pngSelection_999(108)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cover-1.pngcover2020-08-19T19:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/06/pirate-island-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/t30_thumb.pngt30_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/t23_thumb.pngt23_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/t27_thumb.pngt27_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/t24_thumb.pngt24_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/map6.pngMAP6I may have been fouled up by the physical position I made on my map of the connection to the boat. When there's more than one way of drawing something, it's possible to get a slightly different mental image than the author; I was imagining the boat more or less being to the "south" and only drew it to the side for compactness sake.2020-08-08T01:53:03+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/05/mad-venture-off-and-on-i-shall-pay-you-a-visit/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/madventurescan.pngmadventureSCANThis is a picture of the inside of the Mad Venture disk at the "flux" level, where you can see where the physical bits are placed.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000069.pngMaster_000000069https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000066.pngMaster_000000066https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000065.pngMaster_000000065https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rightmap.pngrightmapThis is missing a small section, but is most of the right side of the map.2020-08-07T23:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/04/mad-venture-the-key-is-the-food-to-your-problem/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/alice.pngaliceI found a SMILING CHESSER CAT down one of the branches, but I don't know what to do with him yet.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000057.pngMaster_000000057Notice the room description change.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000056.pngMaster_000000056https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000052.pngMaster_000000052https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000064.pngMaster_000000064https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/leftmap.pngleftmapThe left half of the underground, as I've mapped it so far.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/master_000000063.pngMaster_000000063https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/disk.pngdiskWe'll get back to this soon, I promise.2020-08-06T14:54:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/08/02/pirate-island-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/map5.pngmap5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/t15_thumb.pngt15_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/t4_thumb.pngt4_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/t5_thumb.pngt5_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/t7_thumb1.pngt7_thumb1The antidote is not well described, so this is a likely result from first trying it out. I admit being more amused than frustrated, since this wasn't far in.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/t13_thumb.pngt13_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/t11_thumb.pngt11_thumb2020-08-06T17:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/31/assignment-45-a-harry-flynn-adventure-finale-and-analysis/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/refresh.pngrefreshThis is the message you get if you pick N to the prompt that asks if you want to try again after losing. This emphasizes the attempt to make the game skill-based. While I appreciate the interesting bits of deceptionhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/map2-2.pngmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/map1-4.pngmap1All dotted lines lead to "bad endings", mission failure and/or death.2020-08-01T14:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/24/steam-key-giveaway/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/burn.pngburn2020-07-28T22:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/28/assignment-45-a-harry-flynn-adventure-attack-of-the-clones/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ad.pngadAn ad printed across the source code for Assignment 45.2020-07-31T20:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/22/assignment-45-a-harry-flynn-adventure-yolo/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/laterchoice.pngLATERCHOICEhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/magcover.pngmagcoverThe cover of <a href="https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1981-12/mode/2up">the 80 Micro magazine</a> in which Assignment 45 appeared.2020-07-28T22:41:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/20/assignment-45-a-harry-flynn-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/firstchoic.pngfirstchoichttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/flynn1.gifflynn1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/magpic.pngmagpic2020-07-22T20:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/01/06/planet-of-death-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/art3-1.pngart3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/art3.pngart3https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/art2.pngart2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/art1.pngart1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/zx81.pngzx81Via <a href="http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/PlanetOfDeath(Artic)/inlays/.Cover.jpg">ZX81stuff</a>.2020-07-17T16:31:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/16/demons-forge-78-books/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/master_000000019_thumb.pngMaster_000000019_thumbThere's additionally a giant corridor composed of many rooms (including the arch above) with an old man at the end who tells you to "come back later". I peeked at some hints and, apparently, there is no "later".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/master_000000008_thumb.pngMaster_000000008_thumbAlthough perhaps you can "become a king" later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/master_000000016_thumb.pngMaster_000000016_thumb2020-07-17T09:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/14/demons-forge-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/map1-1.pngmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/oo-topos-4am-c_000000007_thumb.pngdemon9I assume that's a "shelf" in the picture but that noun isn't recognized by the game.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/oo-topos-4am-c_000000006_thumb.pngdemon7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/oo-topos-4am-c_000000005_thumb.pngdemon5https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/oo-topos-4am-c_000000003_thumb.pngdemon4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/oo-topos-4am-c_000000002_thumb.pngdemon2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/oo-topos-4am-c_000000001_thumb.pngOo-Topos (4am c_000000001_thumbhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/oo-topos-4am-c_000000000_thumb.pngDemon1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1981cover.png1981coverThe cover from the 1981 version.2020-07-15T22:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/13/alien-adventure-zett-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999102.pngSelection_999(102)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999101.pngSelection_999(101)25 moves for advanced difficulty, 50 for intermediate, 75 for beginner.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999100.pngSelection_999(100)Messing with the egg is unwise; a small alien pops out and gets you.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999099.pngSelection_999(099)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999098.pngSelection_999(098)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999097.pngSelection_999(097)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999096.pngSelection_999(096)I brought the cat along, which is the source of the 10 points.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999095.pngSelection_999(095)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999094.pngSelection_999(094)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/selection_999078.pngSelection_999(078)2020-07-15T18:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/08/alien-adventure-a-sadistic-exercise-in-not-giving-feedback/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999089.pngSelection_999(089)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999087.pngSelection_999(087)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999085.pngSelection_999(085)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/radio_shack_trs-80_model_iii.jpgRadio_Shack_TRS-80_Model_IIITRS-80 Model III, picture by Zalasem1, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/selection_999083.pngSelection_999(083)2020-07-09T04:24:20+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/07/alien-adventure-chou-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fix.pngfixhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen14.pngscreen14https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen16.pngscreen16https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen12.pngscreen12https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen11.pngscreen11https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/map2.pngmap2https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen4.pngscreen4https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/map1.pngmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen20.pngscreen20They're strictly hetero; if you try to kiss the male alien when you've picked male or female alien when you've picked male, you're told "Being a member of the same sex, it (Luckily) shows no interest in you."https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen15.pngscreen152020-07-09T23:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/03/interstellar-war-safe-for-peace/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/babble.pngbabbleFrom the first-draft script for Voyager's episode Parallax, season 1. You can see the use of (TECH). Image <a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/original-studio-star-trek-script-vgr-1912217280">originally from an eBay auction</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/iwmap3.pngIWmap32023-04-14T00:25:56+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/07/02/interstellar-war-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/iwmap1.pngIWmap1https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pentagon.pngpentagon2023-04-11T22:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/06/02/june-hiatus/2020-06-24T07:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/05/29/arabian-adventure-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari020-1.pngatari020https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari018.pngatari018https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari019.pngatari019https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari021.pngatari021https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari022.pngatari022https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari024.pngatari024https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari030-1.pngatari030https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari029.pngatari029https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari032.pngatari032https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/atari012.pngatari0122021-01-13T01:08:30+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/05/21/raaka-tu-finished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rakback.jpgrakbackThe back cover of the game, from Figment Fly. I'd like to know who the artist is but they aren't listed in the manual.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999051.pngSelection_999(051)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rakka-cas.pngrakka-casFrom Mobygames.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999050.pngvictory_hand_madeI did say there was no victory message, so I used the <a href="http://patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Doom&t=Congratulations">Text to ASCII Art Generator</a> to give myself the satisfaction.2020-06-20T15:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/05/19/rakka-tu-limit-thy-powerful-greed/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999040.pngSelection_999(040)Nepal is one of the places where human sacrifice did historically happen, and in modern times they still have a (controversial) festival where they mass sacrifice animals.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999045.pngSelection_999(045)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999044.pngSelection_999(044)BE WARY THOUGH, NO MATTER WHAT THY CREED, THAT THOU HARNESS AND LIMIT THY POWERFUL GREED.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999048.pngSelection_999(048)The "Triangular Room" has the trap.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999043.pngSelection_999(043)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999042.pngSelection_999(042)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rakka-tu-2.jpgrakka-tu-2From Figment Fly. This is the cover of the CoCo version, which I've switched to because I've had better luck with saving my game than the TRS-80 version. They seem nearly identical, but I do know there's at least one difference, because there's a bottle in the TRS-80 version not in this one.2020-05-22T22:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/05/18/rakka-tu-1981/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999038.pngrakka_map_outsidehttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999037.pngSelection_999(037)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999036.pngSelection_999(036)The "try again" and immediate restart with no prompt is novel. I can't think of another text adventure example up to 1980 offhand.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999035.pngjungle_mazeMAZE STATS: Uses the Woods "all different" room trick of slightly altered room names. Only three connections are "normal".https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999034.pngSelection_999(034)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/rakka-tu.jpgrakka-tuVia <a href="http://www.figmentfly.com/raakatu/raakatu.html">Figment Fly</a>.2020-05-21T15:33:19+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2019/03/15/before-adventure-part-2-mugwump-hurkle-snark-1973/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mugwump.pngmugwumpA picture of the "mugwump" from the book <a href="https://archive.org/details/Whattodoafteryouhitreturn">What To Do After You Hit Return</a>. It looks like the mugwump was meant to be a fictional creature as well, although the only references I can find are like the Oxford one. Anyone know of a 1973-or-earlier story that uses the word in a different sense?https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/pccintro.pngPCCintroComputers are mostly used against people instead of for people used to control people instead of to free them time to change all that -- we need a ... People's Computer Companyhttps://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mughurk.pngmughurkVia PCC Newsletter, Feb. 1973.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ellip.pngellip2026-01-19T20:15:46+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/04/16/irvin-kaputz-more-like-icarus-kaputz/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/6ae1b-die2bb25c325bchne2b1924252c2bs.2b7.jpgDieBC3BChne19242CS.7https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mozart.jpgmozartThis painting by Joseph Lange of Mozart is not really unfinished. The center rectangle is a finished miniature, and then someone (not necessarily the original artist) cut-and-paste onto a larger canvas with the intent of expanding it. The kludge is <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eq3XOWBaVxM/XTNi6JGb8SI/AAAAAAAAbjM/vg2XpuCXEfcY6BAnl3kNofFTUjaCnzP4wCLcBGAs/s1600/Die%2BB%25C3%25BChne%2B1924%252C%2BS.%2B7.jpg">more obvious from a pre-expansion photo</a>. More about this is at <a href="http://michaelorenz.blogspot.com/2012/09/joseph-langes-mozart-portrait.html">Michael Lorenz's blog</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ik8.gifik8https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/treaty.jpgtreatyblah blah caption2020-05-18T18:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/05/07/oo-topos-unfinished/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/covers.jpgcoversI read some of <a href="https://archive.org/details/crystalphoenix00berl">Crystal Phoenix</a>. I found it well-written but it has fairly intense subject matter so I didn't finish.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999001.pngSelection_999(001)https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_999.pngSelection_999https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_998.pngSelection_998The maze includes a NAVIGATION CHIP you need but you get stopped by a "Huja". I was able to feed it a seed found in the same jungle in order to distract it.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_996.pngSelection_996https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_994.pngSelection_994https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_992.pngSelection_992From Kim Shuette's <a href="https://archive.org/details/the-book-of-adventure-games/page/n143/mode/2up">Book of Adventure Games</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_990.pngSelection_990Yes, it's the return of the maze where rooms are differentiated by word order. I had learned my lesson from Adventure and mapped this the old fashioned way by dropping objects, but again: there turned out to be no point whatsoever in doing so.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/selection_988.pngSelection_988I realize I haven't talked about all these places yet; more information incoming later.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ootopdisklaunchbox.pngootopdiskLaunchboxFrom <a href="https://www.launchbox-app.com/">Launchbox</a>.2025-09-25T16:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/05/10/zork-1977-source-code-released/2020-05-10T15:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blog/2020/04/30/oo-topos-jigsaw-without-edges/https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/selection_975.pngSelection_975https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/selection_971.pngbig_mapCurrently, a mess and very much a work in progress.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/selection_969.pngSelection_969From Kim Shuette, <a href="https://archive.org/details/the-book-of-adventure-games/mode/2up">The Book of Adventure Games</a>.https://bluerenga.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/selection_965.pngSelection_965From Softalk magazine, October 1981.2023-03-20T02:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://bluerenga.blogdaily1.02026-04-03T19:56:23+00:00