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    From bphendri@bphendri@bbs.catracing.org (Brent Hendricks) to comp.sys.cbm on Wed Jun 10 10:12:55 2026
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    What was your favorite text adventure or graphics/text adventure for the Commodore 8-bit line? Mine was Trasure Island by Windham Classics. It has
    the dubious honor of being one of the only adventure game that I ever solved (and it took me MONTHS!), it also got me to read the actual book by Rober
    Louis Stevenson.

    I liked the game engine, and the graphics and music also added to the
    overall experience.

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  • From kalevi@kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) to comp.sys.cbm on Wed Jun 10 16:07:52 2026
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    Brent Hendricks <bphendri@bbs.catracing.org> wrote:
    What was your favorite text adventure or graphics/text adventure for the Commodore 8-bit line?

    I always avoided the text adventures because of their limited
    "understanding" of what you could do. I did try Hulk, or was
    it Incredible Hulk.

    In the beginning you were tied up and I guess you had to do
    "bite lip" to get free. If you did not do so, you would be
    forever stuck in the beginning. I never got anything done
    and gave up.

    br,
    KK
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  • From bphendri@bphendri@bbs.catracing.org (Brent Hendricks) to comp.sys.cbm on Wed Jun 10 16:34:05 2026
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    On Wed 10-Jun-2026 4:07p, kalevi@kolttonen.fi wrote:
    Brent Hendricks <bphendri@bbs.catracing.org> wrote:
    What was your favorite text adventure or graphics/text adventure for the Commodore 8-bit line?

    forever stuck in the beginning. I never got anything done
    and gave up.

    LOL, don't feel bad! That is how most of my experience with these adventure or puzzle games went.

    I think out of all the ones I tried.

    * Scott Adams series
    Adventureland
    Pirates Adventure

    * Windham Classic's
    Treasure Island
    Swiss Family Robinson

    *Tellarium
    Rendevouz With Rama

    *Sierra Online
    Leisure Suit Larry
    Police Quest 3
    Police Quest

    *Unknown publisher
    Masqurade

    I was only ever able to complete
    Treaure Island and Police Quest 3....

    So there ya go! :)

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  • From Andreas Kohlbach@ank@spamfence.net to comp.sys.cbm on Mon Jun 15 22:28:29 2026
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    On Wednesday, 10 Jun 26 10:12:55, Brent Hendricks wrote:

    What was your favorite text adventure or graphics/text adventure for the Commodore 8-bit line? Mine was Trasure Island by Windham Classics. It has the dubious honor of being one of the only adventure game that I ever solved (and it took me MONTHS!), it also got me to read the actual book by Rober Louis Stevenson.

    I liked the game engine, and the graphics and music also added to the overall experience.

    The Hobbit. Simply, because I was not into graphic adventures, but a
    friend used to play it. So it's the only one I know.

    Odd, when trying to post this it was refused due to the header line

    | Distribution: The Rat's Den Amiga - bbs.catracing.org:6840

    How did this get into my header? I removed it now.
    --
    Andreas
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  • From kalevi@kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) to comp.sys.cbm on Tue Jun 16 19:20:22 2026
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    Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:
    Odd, when trying to post this it was refused due to the header line

    | Distribution: The Rat's Den Amiga - bbs.catracing.org:6840

    How did this get into my header? I removed it now.

    Using tin, my replies were also refused and I had to
    manually remove the offending line. I guess it originates
    from those Amiga BBS systems that relay messages to
    Usenet.

    br,
    KK
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  • From bphendri@bphendri@cnetbbs.catracing.org (Brent Hendricks) to comp.sys.cbm on Tue Jun 16 19:20:08 2026
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    On Tue 16-Jun-2026 7:20p, kalevi@kolttonen.fi wrote:
    Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:
    Odd, when trying to post this it was refused due to the header line

    | Distribution: The Rat's Den Amiga - bbs.catracing.org:6840

    How did this get into my header? I removed it now.

    Using tin, my replies were also refused and I had to
    manually remove the offending line. I guess it originates
    from those Amiga BBS systems that relay messages to
    Usenet.

    br,
    KK

    Strange.. No, that is coming from My BBS. Though it is not supposed to be a header, but appended to the very of the message, as an Origin tag.

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  • From bphendri@bphendri@cnetbbs.catracing.org (Brent Hendricks) to comp.sys.cbm on Tue Jun 16 19:20:20 2026
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    On Tue 16-Jun-2026 7:20p, kalevi@kolttonen.fi wrote:
    Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:
    Odd, when trying to post this it was refused due to the header line

    | Distribution: The Rat's Den Amiga - bbs.catracing.org:6840

    How did this get into my header? I removed it now.

    Using tin, my replies were also refused and I had to
    manually remove the offending line. I guess it originates
    from those Amiga BBS systems that relay messages to
    Usenet.

    br,
    KK

    Strange.. No, that is coming from My BBS. Though it is not supposed to be a header, but appended to the very of the message, as an Origin tag.

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  • From Gary McCulloch@usenet@vk3heg.net to All on Wed Jun 17 11:00:01 2026
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    At times I still like logging onto my BBS and loading up some InfoGames text file advetures myself.

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  • From bphendri@bphendri@cnetbbs.catracing.org (Brent Hendricks) to comp.sys.cbm on Wed Jun 24 21:35:54 2026
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    On Tue 16-Jun-2026 7:20p, kalevi@kolttonen.fi wrote:
    Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:
    Odd, when trying to post this it was refused due to the header line

    | Distribution: The Rat's Den Amiga - bbs.catracing.org:6840

    How did this get into my header? I removed it now.

    Using tin, my replies were also refused and I had to
    manually remove the offending line. I guess it originates
    from those Amiga BBS systems that relay messages to
    Usenet.

    br,
    KK

    Strange.. No, that is coming from My BBS. Though it is not supposed to be a header, but appended to the very of the message, as an Origin tag.

    Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
    Blog and Forums - www.catracing.org
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