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-Trying 192.94.73.36... +**HAUNT** is a haunted house adventure game programmed by John Laird in 1979 using the rule-based language OPS4Haunt was inspired by playing Colossal Cave Adventure.
-Connected to twenex.org. +
-Escape character is 'off'.+
  
- TWENEX.ORG, PANDA TOPS-20 Monitor 7.1(21733)-4+The TWENEX executable is ''TOPS20:<GAMES>HAUNT.EXE'' which most TWENEX users should be able to run by entering just ''HAUNT''.
  
-If new, type 'new new' ..+//The following is a reproduction of Haunt's in-game introduction.// 
 +---- 
 +  @haunt 
 +   
 +   This is HAUNT. Version 4.
 +   See NEWS for news. 
 +   Have you played before?[yes] 
 +  *no
  
-@papa +Welcome novice.  You are playing on one of the world's largest production 
-?Incorrect password +systems.  The purpose of this game is to find 
-@papa +treasure in a haunted house and then escape from the house.
-Password: +
- Job 17 on TTY64 19-Oct-2016  8:33PM +
- Previous LOGIN: 19-Oct-2016  7:56PM+
  
- ThursdayOctober 202016 12:33:30 UTC+9 +The program will give descriptions of locations and accept 
-FM+0d.17h.41m.17s.+commands to perform actions. 
 +Give it directives on what to do with simple 1-5 word commands 
 +Its knowledge of English is limited but imaginative. 
 +The directions are north, south, east, west, 
 +up and down.  Directions can be one letter (n,s,e,w,u,d). 
 +Forward, back, left and right also work. 
 +To string commands together use 'then'(egwest then s) 
 +It will describe things to you, and a phrase enclosed in '   ' 
 +is something it hears.
  
-For people who like that kind of book, that is the kind of book they +Special commands: 
-will like.+
  
-TWENEX.ORG QUESTS+|''INVEN''| tells you what you hold.
 +|''SCORE''| gives your current score.| 
 +|''STOP''| ends the adventure.| 
 +|''LOOK''| describes your current position.| 
 +|''NEWS''| describes new features.|
  
-* MAGIC.TXT +---- 
-* Clean-up MAIL.TXT +You get 15 points for finding a treasure and 5 points for 
-* Web site index +getting it to the lawn outside the house.  You get an extra 
-* Backup/mirror synch procedure +bonus of 20 points for getting your body off the estate. 
-* Fix VTTREK +The maximum number of points is 440 
-* Install DECWAR +Good luck, you'll need it.  Ask for help if you want. 
-* DECWAR tournament +---- 
-* Macro A-B-Cs +Copyright (C1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 John Laird 
-* Blink(?)-to-HTML generator +----
-* Quest manager +
-* Install BASIC collection +
-* BASIC programming tutorial +
-* Port web/gopher client +
-* Port gopher server +
-* Multi-column file lister +
-* Review NEW-USER.HLP +
-* Is MOON off? +
-Wed, 19 Oct 2016 20:25:12 -0800 (PDT)   David Meyer <PAPA@TWENEX.ORG> +
-TWENEX Wiki +
-(225 chars; more?) n+
  
-@haunt+On with the adventure!!!
  
- This is HAUNT. Version 4.6 
- See NEWS for news. 
- Have you played before?[yes] 
-*no 
  
  
- Welcome novice.  You are playing on one of the world's largest production 
- systems.  The purpose of this game is to find 
- treasure in a haunted house and then escape from the house. 
  
- The program will give descriptions of locations and accept 
- commands to perform actions. 
- Give it directives on what to do with simple 1-5 word commands 
- Its knowledge of English is limited but imaginative. 
- The directions are north, south, east, west, 
- up and down.  Directions can be one letter (n,s,e,w,u,d). 
- Forward, back, left and right also work. 
- To string commands together use 'then'. (eg. west then s) 
- It will describe things to you, and a phrase enclosed in '   ' 
- is something it hears. 
  
- Special commands: INVEN tells you what you hold. 
-                   SCORE gives your current score. 
-                   STOP ends the adventure. 
-                   LOOK describes your current position. 
-                   NEWS describes new features. 
  
- ******************************************************************* 
- You get 15 points for finding a treasure and 5 points for 
- getting it to the lawn outside the house.  You get an extra 
- bonus of 20 points for getting your body off the estate. 
- The maximum number of points is 440 
- Good luck, you'll need it.  Ask for help if you want. 
- ******************************************************************* 
- Copyright (C) 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 John Laird 
- ******************************************************************* 
  
- On with the adventure!!! 
  
  
  
 +Along time ago, a young couple was picnicing near the woods
 +on the outskirts of town.  They were celebrating the birth
 +of their first child.  Unfortunately, a crazed moose inhabited that
 +area and attacked them.   The child and husband were
 +unharmed, but the wife was gored to death by the moose.
  
 +After the funeral, the man bought the land where the incident occurred
 +and constructed a large mansion: CHEZ MOOSE.  He filled it with
 +the treasures of his family and claimed that his wife's
 +soul was still in the area.  He vowed to remain in the
 +mansion until he had returned her soul to human flesh.
 +He tried to bridge the gap between life and death to reclaim her.
 +Some say he was insane with grief, but others claimed that the madness was
 +in his blood, and his wife's death brought it to the surface.
 +After he entered the house, he never returned, and was declared dead
 +seven years later.  Several people have entered the mansion
 +looking for him but none of them have ever returned.
 +There were rumors that he and his wife now haunt the house.
  
 +That would be the end of the story except that the house
 +still stands and is filled with priceless treasures.
 +The house and all its contents are willed to his only descendant.
 +Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, the day the mother was killed,
 +the child was stolen by Gypsies.
 +The Will claims that only the descendant will know
 +how to avoid going crazy and committing suicide
 +while spending a night in the mansion.
 +An obscure hereditary disease, Orkhisnoires sakioannes,
 +is supposed to play some part in this.
  
 +So if your heritage is in doubt, you may be the descendant that
 +can claim the treasure in the mansion.
 +Many people, claiming to be descendants have died trying...
  
 +or at least never returned.
  
 +The terms of the Will say you get to keep any treasure
 +you get to the lawn, but of course you must also get off the premises alive.
 +Because the house is haunted it must be destroyed, and nobody
 +would be crazy enough to try and recover the rest of the treasure.
 +If you do get out, the government has agreed to
 +buy the land and destroy the house.
  
 +----
  
- Along time ago, a young couple was picnicing near the woods +====== Reference ======
- on the outskirts of town.  They were celebrating the birth +
- of their first child.  Unfortunately, a crazed moose inhabited that +
- area and attacked them.   The child and husband were +
- unharmed, but the wife was gored to death by the moose.+
  
- After the funeral, the man bought the land where the incident occurred + * [[https://laird.engin.umich.edu/haunt/|Game author'Haunt page]]
- and constructed a large mansionCHEZ MOOSE He filled it with +
- the treasures of his family and claimed that his wife'+
- soul was still in the area He vowed to remain in the +
- mansion until he had returned her soul to human flesh. +
- He tried to bridge the gap between life and death to reclaim her. +
- Some say he was insane with grief, but others claimed that the madness was +
- in his blood, and his wife'death brought it to the surface. +
- After he entered the house, he never returned, and was declared dead +
- seven years later.  Several people have entered the mansion +
- looking for him but none of them have ever returned. +
- There were rumors that he and his wife now haunt the house.+
  
- That would be the end of the story except that the house 
- still stands and is filled with priceless treasures. 
- The house and all its contents are willed to his only descendant. 
- Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, the day the mother was killed, 
- the child was stolen by Gypsies. 
- The Will claims that only the descendant will know 
- how to avoid going crazy and committing suicide 
- while spending a night in the mansion. 
- An obscure hereditary disease, Orkhisnoires sakioannes, 
- is supposed to play some part in this. 
- 
- So if your heritage is in doubt, you may be the descendant that 
- can claim the treasure in the mansion. 
- Many people, claiming to be descendants have died trying... 
-  or at least never returned. 
- 
- The terms of the Will say you get to keep any treasure 
- you get to the lawn, but of course you must also get off the premises alive. 
- Because the house is haunted it must be destroyed, and nobody 
- would be crazy enough to try and recover the rest of the treasure. 
- If you do get out, the government has agreed to 
- buy the land and destroy the house. 
- 
- If you are insane enough to try, your adventure starts at a bus stop. 
- Remember, type STOP to end the adventure. 
- 
- We are at an intersection of two streets going n-s and e-w. 
- There is a bus stop here. 
- To the west a bus is pulling away from the next bus stop. 
- 
-*stop 
- 
- The party's over. 
- Your final score is 0 
- The total possible is 440 
- Hmm... I don't think you tried very hard. 
-@@ 
-@terminal length 21 
-@haunt 
- 
- This is HAUNT. Version 4.6 
- See NEWS for news. 
- Have you played before?[yes] 
-*news 
- 
- 
- I assume that was NO! 
- Welcome novice.  You are playing on one of the world's largest production 
- systems.  The purpose of this game is to find 
- treasure in a haunted house and then escape from the house. 
- 
- The program will give descriptions of locations and accept 
- commands to perform actions. 
- Give it directives on what to do with simple 1-5 word commands 
- Its knowledge of English is limited but imaginative. 
- The directions are north, south, east, west, 
- up and down.  Directions can be one letter (n,s,e,w,u,d). 
- Forward, back, left and right also work. 
- To string commands together use 'then'. (eg. west then s) 
- It will describe things to you, and a phrase enclosed in '   ' 
- is something it hears. 
- 
- Special commands: INVEN tells you what you hold. 
-                   SCORE gives your current score. 
-                   STOP ends the adventure. 
-                   LOOK describes your current position. 
-                   NEWS describes new features. 
- 
- ******************************************************************* 
- You get 15 points for finding a treasure and 5 points for 
- getting it to the lawn outside the house.  You get an extra 
- bonus of 20 points for getting your body off the estate. 
- The maximum number of points is 440 
- Good luck, you'll need it.  Ask for help if you want. 
- ******************************************************************* 
- Copyright (C) 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 John Laird 
- ******************************************************************* 
- 
- On with the adventure!!! 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- Along time ago, a young couple was picnicing near the woods 
- on the outskirts of town.  They were celebrating the birth 
- of their first child.  Unfortunately, a crazed moose inhabited that 
- area and attacked them.   The child and husband were 
- unharmed, but the wife was gored to death by the moose. 
- 
- After the funeral, the man bought the land where the incident occurred 
- and constructed a large mansion: CHEZ MOOSE.  He filled it with 
- the treasures of his family and claimed that his wife's 
- soul was still in the area.  He vowed to remain in the 
- mansion until he had returned her soul to human flesh. 
- He tried to bridge the gap between life and death to reclaim her. 
- Some say he was insane with grief, but others claimed that the madness was 
- in his blood, and his wife's death brought it to the surface. 
- After he entered the house, he never returned, and was declared dead 
- seven years later.  Several people have entered the mansion 
- looking for him but none of them have ever returned. 
- There were rumors that he and his wife now haunt the house. 
- 
- That would be the end of the story except that the house 
- still stands and is filled with priceless treasures. 
- The house and all its contents are willed to his only descendant. 
- Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, the day the mother was killed, 
- the child was stolen by Gypsies. 
- The Will claims that only the descendant will know 
- how to avoid going crazy and committing suicide 
- while spending a night in the mansion. 
- An obscure hereditary disease, Orkhisnoires sakioannes, 
- is supposed to play some part in this. 
- 
- So if your heritage is in doubt, you may be the descendant that 
- can claim the treasure in the mansion. 
- Many people, claiming to be descendants have died trying... 
-  or at least never returned. 
- 
- The terms of the Will say you get to keep any treasure 
- you get to the lawn, but of course you must also get off the premises alive. 
- Because the house is haunted it must be destroyed, and nobody 
- would be crazy enough to try and recover the rest of the treasure. 
- If you do get out, the government has agreed to 
- buy the land and destroy the house. 
- 
- If you are insane enough to try, your adventure starts at a bus stop. 
- Remember, type STOP to end the adventure. 
- 
- We are at an intersection of two streets going n-s and e-w. 
- There is a bus stop here. 
- To the west a bus is pulling away from the next bus stop. 
- 
-*l 
- 
- That's a bit over my head. 
- 
-*look 
- 
- We are at an intersection of two streets going n-s and e-w. 
- There is a bus stop here. 
- To the west a bus is pulling away from the next bus stop. 
- 
-*exits 
- 
- That does not compute. 
- 
-*news 
- 
- Version 4.6, 6-21-82 
- As always, a few more bugs have been fixed. 
- Send gripes to John.Laird@CMUA. 
- Or John Laird, Computer Science Department, Carnegie-Mellon University 
-        Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213 
- The max score is 440. 
- Copyright (C) 1979,1980,1981,1982 John E. Laird 
- 
-*help 
- 
- So the big bad ghost hunter needs help, you stupid tuna 
- 
-* 
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