Re: Going back in time

[a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

"Original_Eagle" <Boy_Mate@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I'm trying to track down a couple of old games I played on my Apple IIc.
>Unfortunately I can't exactly remember the names. The first gave was an
>adventure/rpg. It had a dungeon mode and a world mode. You started out with
>a map of the world and could travel to various areas (mountains, rivers,
>forrest, etc). You could visit safe havens and of course, get in fights. The
>idea was to find the underground tunnels. Once found, you entered the
>tunnels and had to find the treasure (I believe it was guarded by a dragon).
>I remember some rooms were dark and you had to feel your way around. Does
>anyone remember it and have the name of it?

    There were several Apple II RPG's that loosely fit that description.
Could this one be TSR's Dungeon Computer Adventure? It also
sounds like the Ultima series, or maybe one of the similar clones
(Questron, or that one that specifically competed with Ultima V 
and came out the same time in 1988-89; can't remember the name).
 
>Another one I remember was a stratergy type game I played on the apple 2.
>You were on a deserted island and you had to dig for gold, build a ship and
>fetch water. I thought it was called gold rush island, but I could be wrong
>as I can't find any reference to it.

   This sounds like "Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure" (sic)
    
>Finally there was one by EA Games I believe where you had to treck through
>the desert. Sorry, I can't remember much of this one... it was a long time
>ago.

    The Sands of Egypt? Mask of the Sun? (neither came from EA though).

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca