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Jnc: Re-class

2023-12-27T17:20:22Z

Re-class

Larsbrinkhoff: Also Sierra On-Line.

2023-04-12T06:17:51Z

Also Sierra On-Line.

Jnc: /* Running */ fix link

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‎Running: fix link

Neozeed at 15:27, 4 July 2011

2011-07-04T15:27:12Z

Neozeed: lame inital version.

2009-09-21T23:57:20Z

lame inital version.

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Adventure was a popular game on minicomputers to explore the mamoth caves in TN.

This game would go on to influence people at MIT to create [[Zork]], and later incorporate the company [[Infocom]].

== Adventure on the PDP-8 running OS/8 ==

More information can be found on [http://www.rickmurphy.net/adventure.html http://www.rickmurphy.net/adventure.html]

From the enclosed readme:

<pre> This version of adventure is based on the RT-11 version
by Bob Supnik. It is essentially a recoding of the FORTRAN-IV
sources into RALF code. The RALF code has been optimized
to fit into 32K. Also, many modifications were made to
the code to increase execution speed.

Because it is based on the RT-11 version of ADVENTURE,
the following features of the FORTRAN-10 version are not
supported:

1) MAGIC mode was removed
2) The SUSPEND and HOURS commands were deleted

The program requires a secondary storage device with
at least 250 blocks of free space for working storage.
Included with the sources are batch stream files for
compiling and loading the program.</pre>

==== Running ====
First you will need the [[SIMH]] [[PDP-8]] Emulator. Next download the following disk image which has [[OS/8]] and the compiled adventure fortran binaries [http://www.rickmurphy.net/advent-work.rk05 here].

OS8.ini
<pre>
set cpu 32K
set cpu idle
att rk0 advent-work.rk05
boot rk0
exit
</pre>

Once you've booted that, 'R FRTS', then at the '*' prompt enter 'ADVENT' and escape. You should be off and running.

*Special thanks to Rick Murphy.

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-First you will need the [[SIMH]] [[PDP-8]] Emulator.  Next download the following disk image which has [[OS/8]] and the compiled adventure fortran binaries [http://www.rickmurphy.net/advent-work.rk05 here].
+First you will need the [[SIMH]] [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]] Emulator.  Next download the following disk image which has [[OS/8]] and the compiled adventure fortran binaries [http://www.rickmurphy.net/advent-work.rk05 here].
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-Adventure was a popular game on minicomputers to explore the mamoth caves in TN.
+Adventure, or Colossal Cave, was a popular game on minicomputers to explore the mamoth caves in TN.
-This game would go on to influence people at MIT to create [[Zork]], and later incorporate the company [[Infocom]].
+This game would go on to influence people at MIT to create [[Zork]], and later incorporate the company [[Infocom]].  It was also an inspiration for the company Sierra On-Line.
 == Adventure on the PDP-8 running OS/8 ==