Source:The Role of Computers
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Excerpt from "The Role of Computers", a column published in issue #143 of Dragon magazine. |
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| Date |
March 1989 |
| Author |
Patricia Hartley and Kirk Lesser |
| License |
It is believed that the use of this copyrighted item in Eamon Wiki qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. |
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Before we present our game hints, we would like to make note of a letter we received from Thomas Zuchowski of Clemmons, North Carolina. Tom publishes a small newsletter dedicated to the Eamon gaming environment. Eamon is a public domain role-playing system for the Apple II computer; it has been around for at least seven years. Some of the games are boring, but perhaps 50 or so of at least 165 adventure scenarios rival commercially produced text-adventure games.
The Eamon system has been through a number of major revisions over the past few years; the latest version is fast and powerful. Eamon adventures may be obtained from almost any Apple public domain software distributor for only a few dollars per disk. This makes Eamon a worthwhile bargain. However, probably the best news about Eamon is that a complete set of tools is readily available to help gamers write their own adventures.
The Eamon Adventurer's Guild is a nonprofit organization dedicated-to promoting Eamon and selling the public-domain Eamon disks. If you are interested in contacting Tom or in subscribing to his informative newsletter, you can write to the following address:
Tom Zuchowski
7625 Hawkhaven Drive
Clemmons NC 27012