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- S A N T A C L U E S
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- Program by Ian Adam
- Text by Fender Tucker
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- Picture this. You're enjoying the
- crackling fire in your fireplace and
- looking forward to a peaceful winter
- in the comfort of your 78 degree home
- when there comes a tapping at your
- front door. It's the last thing you
- want -- a telegram!
-
- According to the message, Santa
- Claus has disappeared and, thanks to
- your assistance to La Mort in the
- Museum fiasco, you are needed to
- investigate. What would you do? What
- WOULD you do?
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- Well, unless you are more of a
- Scrooge than you appear, you'll put
- out your fire and lend a hand. But
- what if you don't? Don't worry, Ian
- Adams' SANTA CLUES has an answer for
- this cowardly response, as well as any
- other bumbling action you may take as
- you search high and low for the famous
- fat man.
-
- This ingenious program has an
- answer for everything, and I'm afraid
- you won't like most of them. Some of
- them are downright insulting! This
- shows how far computers have come in
- the past few years -- first, they are
- man's humble servant, then they give
- him a digital raspberry.
-
- You don't have to type in anything
- for this mys-adventure; just press a
- function key (or often, any key) and
- your action will be registered.
- Everything you need to know is on the
- screen, which is usually a clever
- mixture of text and graphics. F8 will
- quit the game, but I don't think
- you'll want to quit once you leave
- your cozy house and begin your search.
- It's too much fun.
-
- Usually we have a hint or answer
- file for adventure games, but this one
- is mainly for fun and I don't think
- you'll need one. In any case, there
- isn't one, so don't bother looking.
-
- I'd like to thank Ian for getting
- this very clever program to us in time
- for the Christmas issue. I hope he
- comes up with similar mys- adventures
- for other occasions. I sure wouldn't
- mind seeing the Easter Bunny in hot
- water.
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