--- Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> > > Return To Pirates Isle PHM 3189
> >
> > Nice. Scott Adams was my favorite programmer when I was 13. I had
> > "Adventureland" and "Pirate's Island" in BASIC for the PET - still
> > have the original tape. It gave me a life-long love for Interactive
> > Fiction.
>
> My favorite Scott Adams adventure is Ghost Town. I just loved the "feel"
> of the game, staying up late at night trying to solve it's riddles.
Me, too, but I did it on Compu$erve! (at 300 baud, with a VIC-MODEM,
from a home-made terminal program in BASIC on my C-64 at $6/hour)
It's one of my favorites, too.
> Who still remembers the red herring "purple worm"? :)
I remember something about it. I don't think it sidetracked me too badly.
> BTW, Scott Adams can be reached on the internet. Do a web search on
> "Adventure International" and "Scott Adams" and his website and e-mail
> address will turn up.
I did, quite a while back. I was a beta-tester on his VisualBasic "Return
to Pirate's Island" a couple of years ago.
-ethan
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Received on Fri Jun 28 2002 - 03:49:32 BST