Adventureland by Scott Adams

Wander through an enchanted realm and try to uncover the 13 lost treasures. There are wild animals and magical beings to reckon with as well as many other perils and mysteries.

WARNING! The Z-Code conversion of this game is certifiably buggy.

The TRS-80 MC-10 uses a unique multiple file method to allow it to be squeezed into a 16K machine. After loading and running the initial program (ADVENT1.C10) you will be prompted to load an additional cassette file (ADVENT2.C10).

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Information in this game listing is copyright Emily Short, Wade Clarke, jgerrie, Digger, is taken from IFDB, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Comment Esquilax

11 Dec 2020

*SPOILERS FOR THIS 40-YEAR-OLD GAME AHEAD*

I love this game, although the version I played back in the day was a little different. A number of commands don't exist in this version, such as YELL (must use SHOUT), and most frustratingly UNLIGHT, so the lamp keeps burning even when you don't need it. This is especially frustrating, since filling the lamp with slime after it runs out also doesn't allow you to light it again in this version. Instead, the slime allows you rub the lamp, which is also different - you should be able to rub it at any time. As a consequence, you have to know where you're going, be economical about your movements, and make very few/no mistakes to get everything done without running out of light. I had the bees die on me twice; the retracing of steps was enough to cause me to run out of light before I could complete the underground portion of the game.

The flint and steel was located in a hole between the swamp and the lake shore (the hole doesn't exist in this version), not in the maze of pits. This version also requires you to type in magic words by themselves as if they were commands, rather than SAY <magic word>.

A weird little bug: emptying the water bottle causes you to drop it as well.

As for the bugs mentioned in wolver's review...nope, not bugs. Always go UP when in Limbo. And the bog is working as intended - your inventory must be empty to get out, and you can't just walk in a direction when you're submerged in water...

Review wolver

12 Jul 2017

looks like fun but to many bugs. from the bog can't go anywhere when i finally die i am in bog in misty room and still can't go anywhere.
(when i die from the dragon i can return to the forest) so i think it is a bug. little stuck and walking in circles, like the options and the treasures, but not sure where to go next.