Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- tutorials:haunt [2016/10/20 04:43]
papa
+++ tutorials:haunt [2022/03/07 16:46] (current)
lars [Reference] Fix broken link.
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+**HAUNT** is a haunted house adventure game programmed by John Laird in 1979 using the rule-based language OPS4. Haunt was inspired by playing Colossal Cave Adventure.
+The TWENEX executable is ''TOPS20:<GAMES>HAUNT.EXE'' which most TWENEX users should be able to run by entering just ''HAUNT''.
+//The following is a reproduction of Haunt's in-game introduction.//
+----
+  @haunt
+   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.
+----
+====== Reference ======
+ * [[https://laird.engin.umich.edu/haunt/|Game author's Haunt page]]

TOPS-20 User Wiki

User Tools

Site Tools

Differences

Page Tools