Folks, Here is a review fromAudyssey; Computer Games Accessible to the Blind Issue 18: May/June/July, 1999 "Adventure 551" Reviewed by Kelly Sapergia
"Adventure", or "Colossal Cave", was one of the first text adventure games of all time. It was first made in the late 70's. And it's still popular with Interactive Fiction players in the late 90's. There are numerous versions available for just about every computer platform. Even for a lot of the Adventure Game creation programs, like AGT, and Inform. And now, we have a new version of the game in TADS. Welcome to "Adventure 551"! One thing you're probably asking yourself at this point is "What's so good about another version of the game?" Well, this version is based on Dave Baggett's TADS version from 1993, but with a twist. "Adventure 551", which I'll refer to as "ADV551", features two games in one. One is a 551 point version by Dave Baggett (which I've never tried, unless it was in the "Colossal Cave Revisited" game), and the normal 360 point version. You can switch between these two games with a single command. Another bonus is that ADV511 will let you get rid of those annoying dwarves, and the pirate who shows up at random to steal your treasure. That made it more fun for me to play. I've never been able to win Colossal Cave in any form, and this one's no exception. But that doesn't mean you can't have fun with this game. One thing I wish the author of ADV551 could have done was to make it easy to get through the mazes without wasting time walking around in circles looking for the exit. That's infuriating! But on the bright side, the game is well written, and I'm glad I downloaded it. I'm rating it 9 out of 10. Note from Phil: this is a free DOS game, not a Windows game, I just posted it for those who never played it. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
