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+**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.
-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 4.6
+   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
- Thursday, October 20, 2016 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'. (eg. west 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 (C) 1979, 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's Haunt page]]
- 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.
-*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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