; for use with Interactive Stories program by Todd Lewis
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; Copyright 1994, Softdisk Publishing
; All Rights Reserved
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INTS ; driver tag
1 ; major version
1 ; minor version
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$ABOUT
A Pleasant Stroll through Beautiful Downtown Shreveport ; game title
Daniel Tobias ; author
1.00 ; version [Rev 3]
Copyright 1994, Softdisk Publishing
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$PUZZLE 0
You've heard that Shreveport, Louisiana is the software capital of the free world, so you have decided to go there and check things out. You take a bus to Shreveport and get off at the downtown bus terminal. You'd like to walk around and see the town, but it's getting dark outside.
^Go out and walk around.
^^1
^Wait for a taxi.
^^2
^Catch another bus out of town.
^^3
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$PUZZLE 1
You walk outside. As dusk falls, you can see lots of spotlights, neon lights, and a green laser beam coming from the east. To the south, there's a big sign by the street which you can't quite read at this distance.
^Go east to investigate those lights.
^^4
^Go south and read the sign.
^^5
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$PUZZLE 2
You wait for a taxi, but no taxi shows up. You try calling the cab companies using the pay phone in the terminal, but they say no cabs are available. Maybe you should try walking instead.
^Walk outside
^^1
^Keep waiting for a taxi.
^^2
^Take a bus out of town.
^^3
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$PUZZLE 3
You take a bus out of town. Maybe you have some interesting adventures in whatever town you wind up in, but you won't find them in THIS storybook... look at the title up there: it's about Shreveport! You're on your own now.
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$PUZZLE 4
You decide to investigate the lights. You see that the funny lights are mounted on a bridge over the river. It's some kind of art thing. Then, you notice that the green laser beam, normally aimed up in the air, is sometimes dipping down far enough so that if you climb up on the bridge you can get where the beam hits you directly.
^Climb up into the beam
^^8
^Ignore the beam and keep walking
^^37
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$PUZZLE 5
You head south until you get close enough to read the sign, which says: "STREETSCAPE CONSTRUCTION -- Your Tax Dollars At Work." Unfortunately, in order to get this close, you also got too close to a big, gaping hole in the street, part of the construction project mentioned by the sign, and you stumble and fall into it. The hole seems bottomless!
^Keep falling
^^7
^Try to grab onto the side of the hole
^^6
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$PUZZLE 6
You try to save yourself and grab the side of the hole. All you accomplish is to hurt your arm as it brushes against the jagged rock at the edge of the hole through which you are rapidly falling.
^Keep falling (like you've got a choice?)
^^7
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$PUZZLE 7
You fall all the way through to China, which isn't so bad given that you like Chinese food, but you lack sufficient Chinese funds to buy airfare back to Shreveport, and thus you are unable to complete this downtown Shreveport story. Maybe we'll publish a "Stroll through China" in a future issue, but until then you're on your own.
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$PUZZLE 8
You climb up into the beam. The green laser beam hits you, and instantly you are teleported to a strange place full of pulsating lights. You wonder if this teleportation effect is what the bridge lighting artist actually intended, but there's not much time for reflection, because a strange protoplasmic creature is heading straight towards you.
^Stay where you are
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^Run away
^^11
^Try to find a beam to teleport you back
^^12
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$PUZZLE 9
You walk along the river until you come to a riverboat gambling casino.
^Go in and gamble
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^Go away and keep your money!
^^14
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$PUZZLE 10
You try to stand your ground, but the protoplasmic creature engulfs and devours you, secreting strong acids that dissolve your body completely. You're dead!
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$PUZZLE 11
You run through a strange land that looks like a surrealist's painting. Soon you get away from the creature, and you stop and rest. You see three laser beams like the one which teleported you here, but these are red, white, and blue.
^Jump into the red beam
^^19
^Jump into the white beam
^^20
^Jump into the blue beam
^^21
^Keep on running
^^22
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$PUZZLE 12
There is a green beam nearby which looks just like the one on the bridge. You leap into it, and it teleports you back to the Shreveport riverfront. Unfortunately, it teleports you right underneath the bridge, and you fall into the river and drown. You're dead!
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$PUZZLE 13
Inside the casino, you see craps tables, blackjack tables, a roulette wheel, and lots of slot machines.
^Play craps
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^Play blackjack
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^Play roulette
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^Play a slot machine
^^18
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$PUZZLE 14
You keep a tight hold on your wallet and walk away from the casino. You see a nightclub by the riverfront, and there is also a street heading away from the river.
^Go into the nightclub
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^Walk up the street
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$PUZZLE 15
You decide to play craps. You put all your money on the pass line, and the shooter rolls a 2. That's "craps," and you lose. Now you're broke, and you can't even afford a bus ticket home, so you hitchhike back home in disgrace. This ends your Shreveport adventure.
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$PUZZLE 16
Struting over to the blackjack table, place your bet. You've just read one of those books on how to beat the house in blackjack through card counting, but you haven't quite mastered the system yet, as shown by the fact that you rapidly lose all your money. Now you're broke, and can't even afford a bus ticket home, so you hitchhike back home in disgrace, ending your Shreveport adventure.
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$PUZZLE 17
You walk to the roulette wheel. You put all your money on black, but the double zero comes up and you lose. Now you're broke, and you can't even afford a bus ticket home, so you hitchhike back home in disgrace. This ends your Shreveport adventure.
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$PUZZLE 18
You insert a few coins in a slot machine, pull the handle, and it immediately comes up "Triple Jackpot"! You win a great deal of money, and fly home first class to start spending it. You're no longer very interested in exploring downtown Shreveport, so this ends your adventure.
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$PUZZLE 19
Diving into the red beam, you teleport into the middle of the field at Shreveport's Independence Stadium during a CFL football game between the Shreveport Pirates and the Baltimore team that we can't say the name of because the NFL is suing about it. You get tackled, and end up in the hospital, which ends this adventure.
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$PUZZLE 20
You close your eyes and jump into the white beam. You teleport right above the dome of the horticultural exhibit at the Barnwell Center on the Shreveport riverfront. You crash through it, making a big hole through which some rare butterflies escape. You fall into a group of romeliads. A security guard arrests you, and you spend the rest of your Shreveport trip in jail. This ends your adventure.
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$PUZZLE 21
You look, then leap into the blue beam. You teleport into the SciPort science museum on the Shreveport riverfront. They're having an exhibit on insects, and you drop right into a display case. Once you get all the bugs out of your clothing, you exit. You see the river (with lots of interesting activity along it), a nightclub, and a street leading away from the river.
^Walk to the river
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^Go to the nightclub
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^Walk up the street
^^24
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$PUZZLE 22
You continue to run. As you run, the ground beneath you dissolves, and you fall down straight into another protoplasmic creature. It engulfs, dissolves, and devours you. You are dead!
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$PUZZLE 23
You go into the nightclub and have a good time, but you keep drinking until you get drunk and disorderly, and the club bouncer finally throws you out. You pass out in the street, and when you wake up in the morning you find that your wallet has been stolen. You can't afford a bus ticket home, so you hitchhike back in disgrace, ending your Shreveport adventure.
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$PUZZLE 24
You walk up a street lit by the new old-fashioned streetlamps which give an "Olde-Tyme" atmosphere to the neighborhood surrounding the neon lights and laser beams of the bridge. You find these lights and the brick crosswalks to be attractive, and you're careful to avoid falling into the big gaping holes in the sidewalk where the construction isn't quite finished.
^Keep walking
^^25
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$PUZZLE 25
You come to a bank. There's an automatic teller machine inside. You've got an ATM card, but you don't think there's any money left in your account after all those checks you bounced. Still, you might want to try it out anyway.
^Use the ATM
^^26
^Keep on walking up the street
^^27
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$PUZZLE 26
After you insert your card and select a cash withdrawal, the machine goes haywire and starts spitting out money. It's even better than the slot machine at the riverboat casino!
^Take the money and run
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^Return the money to the bank
^^29
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$PUZZLE 27
You come to the Shreve Memorial Library. As can be expected, there are lots of books inside. You're still interested in continuing your explorations of Shreveport, but maybe you can make a stop and do a little reading first in the few minutes left before the library closes.
^Go into the library
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^Keep walking up the street
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$PUZZLE 28
Woo hoo! You grab the money and high-tail it out of there! But a security guard sees you, and you are arrested for bank robbery. You spend the rest of your Shreveport trip in jail, which ends your adventure.
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$PUZZLE 29
Halo overhead, you descide to return the money. The bank is so thankful for your honesty that they pay you a lavish reward. You go back home to spend your money, and are no longer interested in exploring downtown Shreveport, so this ends your adventure.
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$PUZZLE 30
You go into the library, find a good book, and curl up on a cozy chair to read it. You make yourself so comfortable that you fall asleep. Somehow, the guards don't notice you at closing time, so they close up leaving you inside. You wake up in a darkened library.
^Try to exit through the main door
^^34
^Try to exit through the emergency exit
^^35
^Explore the library
^^36
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$PUZZLE 31
You come to the Caddo Parish courthouse. The main entrance is locked for the evening, but you see an open door on the side.
^Enter the courthouse
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^Keep walking up the street
^^33
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$PUZZLE 32
You walk into the courthouse, but the entrance you have gone into is the one used to take prisoners into the jail. Unfortunately, a prisoner with similar features to yours has just escaped minutes before, and you are mistaken for the escapee and taken to jail. Eventually, you prove your identity and leave, but that's days later, and you immediately leave town, ending this adventure.
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$PUZZLE 33
You come to an artsy sculpture on a street corner, which looks sort of like a wishbone. You think you see a piece of paper stuck inside a corner of the sculpture.
^Look at the paper in the sculpture
^^48
^Keep walking up the street
^^49
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$PUZZLE 34
You try to exit throught the main door, but it is locked, so you can't exit through it.
^Try to exit through the emergency exit
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^Explore the library
^^36
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$PUZZLE 35
You attempt to exit through the emergency exit. An alarm sounds when you open the door. A police officer on the street hears it and shows up to arrest you for trespassing. You spend the rest of your Shreveport trip in jail, ending this adventure.
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$PUZZLE 36
As you explore the library, you come to a section labeled "Interactive Stories." You pick up a book on this shelf, and start reading. Its title is "A Pleasant Stroll through Beautiful Downtown Shreveport." The story seems very familiar...
^Read the book
^^0
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$PUZZLE 37
You walk to the riverfront, where you can see some sort of festival going on. There are lots of interesting sights, sounds, and smells there.
^Check out the festival
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^Keep walking along the river
^^9
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$PUZZLE 38
You are at the Red River Revel arts festival. There are food booths, art booths, and a music tent. You can also see a park by the river past the festival grounds, but it looks like it's closed for construction.
^Go to the food booths
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^Go to the art booths
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^Go to the music tent
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^Go to the park
^^42
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$PUZZLE 39
You try some of the food. The Louisiana food is great! You try the crawfish etouffe, the stuffed shrimp, the turkey leg, the Natchitoches meat pies, and lots of other stuff. You eat so much that you get really sick, and don't feel like doing very much activity for a while while you recover. This ends your Shreveport adventure.
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$PUZZLE 40
You walk into the middle of an art auction. You scratch an itch on your nose, which is interpreted as a bid of $10,000 on a porcelain bathroom fixture painted in art-deco colors. When you can't come up with the money, you're arrested for fraud, and spend the rest of your Shreveport trip in jail, ending your adventure.
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$PUZZLE 41
As you enter a tent that was eminating music, the music stops. It turns out the lead guitarist for the band has injured himself. Since you can play guitar, you offer to substitute, and begin playing. You do so well, a talent scout in the audience immediately signs you to a record deal, and you become a big star. You move to a Beverly Hills mansion, so this ends your Shreveport adventure.
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$PUZZLE 42
The riverfront park is under construction and fenced off, but you enter through a hole in the fence. It's rather dark and eerie here. You see a statue, and you think you may have seen it move, but that could just be an illusion caused by the uneven light.
^Go check out the statue
^^43
^Leave the park
^^44
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$PUZZLE 43
Standing before the statue, you notice that it is of Captain Henry Miller Shreve, the founder of Shreveport. And it does indeed seem to be moving. And then it starts speaking. It asks if you are the one who has disturbed his rest with all the construction that has been going on around his statue.
^Talk with the statue
^^45
^Run away
^^44
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$PUZZLE 44
You leave the park. You can see the Sports Museum of Champions across the street. There's more stuff up the river.
^Check out the sports museum
^^47
^Walk up the river
^^9
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$PUZZLE 45
The statue calms down after you explain that you're not even a local resident, and had nothing to do with disturbing it. The Captain then looks around, and sees the gambling riverboat. He recalls his riverboat days in the 1800s, and decides to pilot this one. With big strides, the statue walks to the riverboat.
^Follow the statue
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^Run away
^^44
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$PUZZLE 46
The Capt. Shreve statue takes control of the riverboat and sails it out of its dock, to the consternation of the casino officials dockside. The gamblers aboard mostly don't notice as they continue their games. A security guard notices that you showed up just as the boat was taken, and holds you responsible, so you get arrested. This ends your Shreveport adventure.
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$PUZZLE 47
You enter the sports museum where you notice a display of rare, valuable baseball cards. To your surprise, you notice that one of them looks just like one you remember having at home. You return home to look for it. (At this point in the story, we'll be a good sport and give you a choice of endings...)
^Happy Ending
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^Sad Ending
^^51
^Bizarre Ending
^^52
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$PUZZLE 48
You take the paper out of the sculpture. It is a note that says you've won the Red River Revel Treasure Hunt. You turn it in, collect your cash prize, and leave town with a bulging wallet. This concludes your Shreveport adventure.
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$PUZZLE 49
You end up at 606 Common Street, the location of Softdisk. You run into a customer service representative locking the place up for the evening, but you manage to convince her to first sign you up for a renewal of your Softdisk PC subscription. You return home basking in the pleasure of knowing that your great software will keep on coming!
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$PUZZLE 50
You find the baseball card at home, and sell it for a lot of money. You become wealthy and live happily ever after.
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$PUZZLE 51
You find that your mother threw out all your baseball cards in spring cleaning, so you don't have the valuable card any more. Too bad. You go into a state of depression and don't feel like going back to Shreveport to explore the town any more. This ends your adventure.
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$PUZZLE 52
When you go home and find your baseball card, it turns out to be enchanted with the spirit of the ballplayer on it. The card begins talking to you, something about how you need to build a big stadium in your back yard so that all the old-time players will come there. Before you can do so, you're committed to a lunatic asylum, which ends your adventure.
