Re: Trying to remember a long lost game...

[heuser.marcus@freenet.de]

On Apr 22, 1:16 pm, heuser.mar...@freenet.de wrote:
> On Apr 22, 12:05 pm, Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom>
> wrote:
>
> > Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
> > > Check out "Gertrude's Puzzles"--it sounds like what you're describing.
>
> > > IIRC, there were a couple of "Gertrude" games, very cleverly teaching
> > > logic and memory.
>
> > That sounds very familiar. I went searching and couldn't find much info, but
> > I think you may have got it!
>
> Search for this game in connection with its publisher "The Learning
> Company". The had at least two games: "Gertrude's Puzzles" and
> "Gertrude's Secret".
>
> The manual for Puzzles can be viewed / downloaded here:www.education.miami.edu/blantonw/5dclhse/artifacts/task_cards/pdf/bra...
>
> The C64 versions of Puzzles and Secrets can be found here:http://www.commodore.tv/show.php?s=search&searchid=gertrude
> andhttp://www.gb64.com/search.php?a=5&f=2&id=39&d=18&h=0&p=208
>
> According to the faq they are on the 'Asimov Want List' so its
> possible that there aren't any Apple disk images yet.

Bingo!

A disk image of "Gertrude's Puzzles" does exist - and our friend
Bill Garber sits on it! ;-)

N.N. Thayer posted some archives on March 21 and Bill put the
files on his server, so I guess it's OK to point to it.

ftp://garberstreet.com/Zips/N_N_Thayer/

The file "From Personal Archive.zip" contains the
"D11 - Gertrude's Puzzles.dsk" image which does seem to work.

For more infos see the thread
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_frm/thread/b642773c0ebc2db5/ccad2a2a24ca3033

HTH,
Marcus