1977 Colossal Cave (adventure) on Prime

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If you are adventurous, you can now explore Colossal Cave on your Prime:

https://udel.edu/~mm/hp/adventure/

Step 1 was porting FORTRAN IV to regular python, quite the chore.

Step 2 was converting python to micropython on the Prime, much easier.

After being killed many times (many, many times!), I finally played to the end. That doesn't mean bugs don't exist, so if you find any please share what you did to make it happen. Have fun!

Mike Markowski

YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING. AROUND YOU IS A FOREST. A SMALL STREAM FLOWS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND DOWN A GULLY.

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There is no change to game play, but I modified the code to use alpha shift key by default. Simply push the letter you want. I was getting tired of using 'shift' so often!

On rare occasion numbers must be entered, like when changing hours that gaming is allowed. To toggle the 'shift' state use the command 'HP'. Kind of hacky, I know.

Mike Markowski

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Bug fix. Somehow while porting I swapped two lines, resulting in improper behavior when carrying the gold nugget. A new download is encouraged!

Mike
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