old sci-fi game (cp/m?)
pelle
A long time ago, probably early 80's, I remember playing a game on an
old CP/M machine. It was text-only and started on a space station,
with the player being told to prepare for launch of a ship(?). I don't
remember much more than that. But something that I think stands out
from most other games I have played is that it had a circular location
(one of the first you reached in the game) where the commands CW and
CCW were used to move clockwise and counterclockwise, rather than the
usual directional commands. Maybe someone here remembers the game?
I have tried several times to find it on google. I also looked at the
sci-fi games in the Infocom Treasures collection, but I didn't
recognize it as any of those.
I think the CW/CCW thing and the story should make it fairly unique,
but if you remember any sci-fi non-Infocom int-fiction for CP/M at all
please mention it, maybe I can at least find a few games to exclude
from my search.
Cowboy
Hmmm...
Only three games comes to mind...
1: Discworld (But I'm not sure that you can call it a Sci-Fi game)
2: Ringworld, which is a Sci-Fi game, but I can't remember anything
about launching a space ship.
3: Rendevouz with Rama .. could be an option....
Good luck
Peter De Wachter
schreef pelle <pellen...@gmail.com>:
That sounds like Battlestar. A very strange game. Originally developed
for Unix, but I guess somebody could have ported it. The science fiction
part is really just a prologue, the main game is more fantasy-style and
set on a tropical island.
http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/pc/batlstar.zip
Version 4.2, fall 1984.
First Adventure game written by His Lordship, the honorable
Admiral D.W. Riggle
This is a luxurious stateroom.
The floor is carpeted with a soft animal fur and the great wooden
furniture is inlaid with strips of platinum and gold.
Electronic equipment built into the walls and ceiling is
flashing wildly. The floor shudders and the sounds of dull
explosions rumble though the room. From a window in the wall
ahead comes a view of darkest space. There is a small
adjoining room behind you, and a doorway right.
>-: right
These are the executive suites of the battlestar.
Luxurious staterooms carpeted with crushed velvet and adorned with
beaten gold open onto this parlor. A wide staircase with ivory
banisters leads up or down. This parlor leads into a hallway
left. The bridal suite is right. Other rooms lie ahead and
behind you.
>-: left
The hallway ends here at the presidential suite.
The door to this suite is made from solid magnesium, and the entryway is
inlaid with diamonds and fire opals. The door is ajar ahead. The hallway
goes back.