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This program was first published in the HP-41C Users' Library Solutions: Games by Hewlett-Packard and is used here by permission.
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There are 20 caves each connected to 3 others. There are 6 occupied caves: 2 with super bats, 2 with pits, 1 with a wumpus, and 1 with a hunter (you). The object is to move from cave to cave, watching the warnings to see what is nearby, find the wumpus and shoot it with an arrow. You may only move or shoot into an adjacent cave.
The warnings are as follows:
"SMELL WUMPUS" -- The wumpus is in an adjacent cave.
"FEEL A DRAFT" -- Pits are in adjacent cave(s).
"HEAR SQUEAKS" -- Super bats are in adjacent cave (s ) .
If you walk into the cave with the wumpus he will eat you. If you shoot an arrow and miss (by shooting into the wrong cave), you wake the wumpus up and he moves to one of his adjacent caves. If it's the cave you are in, he eats you. Since he has sucker feet he can walk into a cave with pits without falling. And, since he is too heavy for the bats, they cannot bother him. If you walk into a cave with pits, you fall and the game is ended. If you walk into a cave with super bats, they will carry you to some other cave randomly chosen. If the wumpus, pits, or more super bats are there, you will suffer their consequences. The bats then return to their original cave.
Each time you move you will first see the consequences (if any) of your move: "CHOMP" means you've been eaten by the wumpus, "YYIIIEEEE..." means you've fallen into a pit, and "SNATCH" followed by "MOVED TO ( )" means the super bats have grabbed you and moved you. After the consequences you see any warnings that are appropriate. Last, you will see the cave you are in followed by your adjacent caves.
The caves are arranged as a dodechedron with each vertex being a cave and each edge a tunnel.
Note: Requires 1 Memory Module on HP-41C
Step |
Instructions |
Input Data/Units |
Keys |
Output Data/Units |
1 |
Enter program |
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2 |
Initialize |
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[XEQ] WUMPUS |
SEED? |
3 |
Key in number between 0 and 1 | seed |
[R/S] |
(warnings) |
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(caves) |
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4 |
To move: |
cave # |
[A] |
(consequences) |
(warnings) |
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(caves) |
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5 |
To shoot an arrow: |
cave # |
[B] |
(consequences) |
(warnings) |
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(caves) |
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6 |
To see warnings and caves again: | [C] |
(warnings) |
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(caves) |
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7 |
For another game: |
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[E] |
(warnings) |
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(caves) |
8 |
Go to step 4 or 5. |
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Keystrokes: Display: [XEQ] [ALPHA] SIZE [ALPHA] 012 [XEQ] [ALPHA] WUMPUS [ALPHA] SEED? .1232123 [R/S] HEAR SQUEAKS [R/S] 6-1,7,15 1 [A] SNATCH [R/S] MOVED TO 3 [R/S] HEAR SQUEAKS [R/S] 3-4,2,10 10 [A] FEEL A DRAFT [R/S] 10-3,11,9 11 [A] SMELL WUMPUS [R/S] 11-18,12,10 12 [B] 11-18,12,10 18 [A] SMELL WUMPUS [R/S] 18-11,19,17 19 [B] 18-11,19,17 17 [A] SMELL WUMPUS [R/S] FEEL A DRAFT [R/S] 17-9,18,16 9 [A] YYIIIEEEE
(Note that you should have known pits were there from your pass through cave 10 and its warnings.)
LINE KEYS 001 LBL "WUMPUS" 002 0 ;Initialize 003 "SEED?" 004 PROMPT 005 STO 00 006 SF 27 007LBL E 008 FIX 0 009 CF 29 010 1.006 011 STO 10 ;_________________ 012
- " ; position 053 ARCL 07 054 "
R00 Seed R01 Hunter R02 Wumpus R03 Pits R04 Pits R05 S. bats R06 S. bats R07 Adj. cave R08 Adj. cave R00 Adj. cave R10 Used R11 Used R12 Used
00 Used
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