B I Z A R R O
| B I Z A R R O | |
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| ◄Eamon adventure #227► | |
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| Author | Allan Porter |
| Released | September 1994 |
| Revised | 21 June 1995 |
| EAG number | 227 |
| EDX number | 19-20 |
| EDX set | Worst of the Classic Adventures |
| Native format | Apple DOS 3.3 |
| File | Eamon 227 - B I Z A R R O.dsk |
B I Z A R R O is an Eamon adventure written by Allan Porter.
Premise
The adventure's short introduction describes the mission:
A neighborhood has been terrorized! The police chief of De Bunk, Iowa, has called you to stop 5 renegade hackers who have barricaded themselves inside a local software publishing house. These persons have lost their minds after feeding piles of confusing BASIC commands to innocent machines.
"I asked you to help," the chief says, smiling, "because I need someone who understands computers and remember — Michelangelo was probably known as a hacker in his time so give these guys a break — or two."
The "infamous and bizarre Eaton Publishing House" is the publisher of the "Eaton" computer game.
Walkthrough
Location
The adventure is set in "De Bunk, Iowa", a play on "Des Moines." In his review, Tom Zuchowski suggests that the house in which the adventure is set is modeled after John Nelson's residence; Zuchowski's upload to the IF Archive described the plot merely as "Trash the NEUC leader's house." The "renegade hackers"—John, Steve, Jeff, Bob, and Dan—are thought to be the National Eamon User's Club staff.
Review
Tom Zuchowski gave B I Z A R R O a rating of 2 of 10, explaining the low rating by noting its brevity and suggesting that the game was "not badly done, but there's little of interest to do or see." In the September 1994 newsletter Zuchowski says he believes B I Z A R R O had originally been received by the NEUC who had "decided not to release it in a fit of quality control."
Trivia
- B I Z A R R O has a conceit in which the player may accidentally walk into a computer program, the only escape being from SAYing "GOTO 63999."
External links
- EAG Online: Master List
- Eamon Adventure Browser: B I Z A R R O
- The Interactive Fiction Database: B I Z A R R O
- Interactive Fiction Reviews: B I Z A R R O
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