vintage_systems:wanderer
WANDERER by Steven Shipway, Warwick University 1988
Wanderer is a text puzzle game which uses VI keys to navigate a cave with multiple hazards. The object is to gather up treasure by strategically pushing boulders and avoiding hazards. Once all treasure is recovered from a level, find the WAY OUT to advance.
SCREENSHOTS
TO PLAY
Connect using the Menu and type 'wanderer'
The original help file:
** W A N D E R E R ** =========================== by Steven Shipway How to play: Collect all the treasure: /$\ \$/ Then go through the exit: Way Default keys are: out h Left j Down k Up l Right 1 Loud q Quit game 0 Quiet ! Look at map S Save game R Restore Game ? Enter help mode ~ Jump to next level (does not receive level bonus) This is you: You are a spider. o (At least, that's <|> what you look like) The other items you will find are: ### -=- ### and =-= Solid rock <O> Time capsule (5 points, +250 extra moves) . . . Passable earth (one point) (*) Teleport (50 points for (*) using it) /^\ Boulder (falls down, other \_/ boulders and arrows fall off of it) <-- --> Arrows <-- and --> (run left and right) TTT Cage - holds baby monsters III and changes into diamonds /$\ (10 points) \$/ Money (collect it) -o- Baby monster (kills you) /*\ When a baby monster hits a cage it is captured and you get 50 points. The cage also becomes a diamond. !!! and I Instant annihilation !!! o \_ _/ Slopes (boulders \ and / and etc slide off) }o{ Monster (eats you up whole. /^\ Yum Yum yum..) (100 points) (kill with a rock or arrow) Way Exit -- Must Collect all the out treasure first. (250 bonus)
vintage_systems/wanderer.txt · Last modified: 2024/08/09 07:22 by hc9