tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316858898012232577.post7795955617506576528..comments2024-03-22T01:44:16.042-07:00Comments on CRPG Adventures: Priority Adventure 5: Mystery Fun House (1979)Nathan P. Mahneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01184246437497081701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316858898012232577.post-4962001786653489572022-09-08T18:06:12.098-07:002022-09-08T18:06:12.098-07:00Ah of course, the Internet Archive has a copy of t...Ah of course, the Internet Archive has a copy of the hint book and it's even stranger than I remembered. It has a series of possible puzzles you might get stuck on ("bees dying on you?") and a number cipher referring to words to code the answers. I still don't remember finishing any of the games even with the book.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16606644491785945174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316858898012232577.post-59227717333441005472022-09-08T18:01:47.747-07:002022-09-08T18:01:47.747-07:00I had these games on the TI99/4A back in the day a...I had these games on the TI99/4A back in the day and there was a published hintbook. I don't remember the exact format of the book but I believe it gave several decreasingly vague hints for each puzzle.<br /><br />I believe the TI had an adventure cartridge that must have stored the game framework and parser and separate floppy disks for each game... memory is fuzzy here. But because they were disk based there was a quirk, you could load one adventure and then swap the disk out for another. The game would still be playable but would be a seemingly random mishmash of locations and objects from both adventures. Obviously unwinnable but as a kid I thought it was hilarious.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16606644491785945174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316858898012232577.post-87202241061435401302022-05-26T11:23:13.374-07:002022-05-26T11:23:13.374-07:00Those screenshot captions are absolutely Punderfal...Those screenshot captions are absolutely Punderfall.Voltglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893726442063421240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316858898012232577.post-85275318712230824262022-05-25T04:59:19.377-07:002022-05-25T04:59:19.377-07:00In the days before the internet and walkthroughs t...In the days before the internet and walkthroughs these games must have led to some serious alopecia!arthurdawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269435724709435094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2316858898012232577.post-34370039221365947102022-05-24T11:31:22.861-07:002022-05-24T11:31:22.861-07:00"I wouldn't have minded a bit more of a c..."I wouldn't have minded a bit more of a clue regarding the fuse/gum (is it meant to be explosive gum?)"<br /><br />I think your clue there is in the postscript at the end of the shoe-heel note: "P.S. Q says enjoy the gum!" Q's speciality is taking innocuous objects and turning them into killing machines, so this checks out.<br />Rowan Lipkovitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691096685515251681noreply@blogger.com