Banana Republic
| Banana Republic | |
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| ◄Eamon adventure #257► | |
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| Author | Sam Ruby |
| Released | 1994 |
| Revised | 29 April 2000 |
| EAG number | SD152 |
| EDX number | 09-17 |
| EDX set | The Sam Ruby Adventures |
| Native format | Apple ProDOS |
| File | Eamon 257 - Banana Republic.dsk |
Banana Republic, also sometimes identified as Redemption II, is an Eamon adventure written by Sam Ruby and published by Softdisk. It is a sequel to Ruby's earlier Redemption.
Premise
Desperate to escape a dangerous fight while exploring a dungeon, you activate a mysterious talisman which throws you through a rift in space and time and deposits you on another world where magical bananas grow. The Banana Republic of Centraland where you landed is at war with its neighbors and uses its stores of magical bananas to defend itself; however, the enemy recently stole some of the seeds and plans to grow their own magic bananas in order to conquer the republic. The president asks you to help recovering the seeds, and in exchange will use a rare Time/Space Displacement Banana to send you home.
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You regretted it the moment you did it. Searching for the treasure of King Wrichdood in a vast cave system, you were surprised by an evil conjuror and his warriors who were similarly engaged. Well, neither party being disposed towards sharing, a battle ensued, in which you managed to break both of your swords and lose your shield to a conjured Fire Giant. Faced with your imminent demise, you pulled out a little talisman that you picked up years ago but never needed (and certainly never wanted) to use. But now it was your only hope. You held it out in front of you and spoke the magic word... The talisman exploded in a burst of magical energy, ripping a momentary hole in the space/time continuum. And into this rift you went... Suddenly you were falling. You prepared for the inevitable thud but all you got was a squish! You landed in... what? Bananas? Bananas! Recovering your wits, you looked around, finding yourself in a field of very strange looking banana trees. You tried to cast a Heal spell but your magic seems to fail here. The next thing you heard was an alarm being raised. The next thing you saw were the soldiers... Author's Notes Banana Republic is a sequel to Redemption which appeared on Softdisk number 137. Those familiar with the first game will understand the command system already and will perhaps be amused by structural similarities and themes, but it is not necessary to have completed the first adventure to succeed in this one, since the plot is completely different. Some notes on commands: Most commands involve a verb and an object or subject (
Enjoy the adventure! You've been in a prison cell for several days now. The only thing anyone will tell you is that you are under arrest for Trespassing — and "Destroying Magic Bananas." They've got to be kidding! But apparently they think you are some sort of spy or saboteur. They don't believe your story any more than you believe this stuff about magic bananas. You keep saying "Take me to your leader," and eventually they do. "You are in the Banana Republic of Centraland. I am President Dole. I have decided to take the risk of believing that you may be telling the truth about yourself. If indeed you are, you are probably concerned with returning to your own time and place. We can provide you with the means to do so. But our resources are most precious and you will have to earn our help. "The Banana Republic is facing its darkest hour. Once we were the most powerful and important nation on this continent, and we enjoyed mutually beneficial relationships with our neighbors. However, in the last five years these nations have been swept by ethnic nationalism and have turned into military dictatorships. Now they wish to conquer our Republic and divide it amongst themselves. "Our stores of magic bananas have, until now, kept the balance of power in our favor. But our enemies have started their own biological weapons programs. We have developed a new crop of extremely powerful bananas that could turn the tide and save the Republic. Unfortunately, the four sets of genetic prototypes (which look like seeds) have been stolen by the four powers that oppose us." You can see what President Dole is leading up to. He wants you to try to recover the seeds. And you realize that you don't have much choice. "If I make your world safe for democracy and banana splits, how will you get me back to my own world?" you ask. "In our orchards there is an ancient tree that bears but a single ripened Time/Space Displacement Banana every decade. This banana we will give to you if you accomplish your mission. Once consumed, it will correct your spacio-temporal displacement." "Right," you say, "I'm on the job. For starters, I'll need some string, a Holocaust Cloak, a wheelbarrow, and—" "I have not completely dismissed the possibility that you are an agent of our enemies. You shall have to find, or earn, such things. Yet I shall provide you with a little help." HOLD readies weapons and ammunition for use. |
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External links
- Eamon Adventurer's Guild Library Master List
- The Interactive Fiction Database: Banana Republic
- Interactive Fiction Reviews: Banana Republic
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