Re: Please help with the names/locations of these games

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Chris Tann writes ...
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to locate two classic games that I played on an Apple IIe
> years back - these are
> really the games that got me into computers!
> 
> The first one was a dungeon-type game. The view was from overhead, with
> a little character
> (actually in a profile view) that you would walk around, and fight
> monsters, collect treasures,
> etc. The game would begin with a text "adventure shop" where you could
> buy weapons and
> armour etc. The main character was a little swordsman, that looked like
> a fencer when he
> attacked. One thing I remember clearly was the command for "turn around"
> was "v"!
> I think this must have been a series of games, because I also played one
> that had the
> same style, but much better graphics for the monster and the character.
>

     This sounds a lot like "Temple of Apshai". Just a moment ... Aha!
Yes; "V" is the command for turning around. The game (Epyx, 1982) did
come out in a "Trilogy" edition and there was an "Upper Reaches" add-on
scenario disk.
  
 
> The second game was I think called Hamurabi. I have been searching all
> the archives
> though, and couldn't find it, so perhaps it had a different name. It was
> basically a
> multiplayer text-based resources game, feed the peasants, grow the food,
> etc. At the
> end of each turn, you would get to see your castle (which would grow as
> your land
> did), and if anyone was promoted, it would play a little tune and flash
> their name.
> 
> I would _really_ appreciate any help, this has been driving me crazy for
> weeks!
 ....

     The original of this kind of game for small computers was probably
"Santa Pravia and Fiumaccio" by, I think, George Blank. "Hammurabi"
sounds familiar-- perhaps it was released in SoftSide magazine. The game
is probably in BASIC and may be too small for a whole .dsk. Possibly,
"Hammurabi" is on a multi-game disk on Ground or Asimov. Try looking on
the Asimov site at ...
 
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/games/file_based/



Rubywand