The Shrunken Adventurer
| The Shrunken Adventurer | |
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| ◄Eamon adventure #241► | |
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| Author | Adam Myrow |
| Released | December 1997 |
| Revised | 26 November 1997 |
| EAG number | 241 |
| EDX number | 18-03 |
| EDX set | Classic Eamon Adventures, Vol. 6 |
| Native format | Apple ProDOS |
| File | Eamon 241 - The Shrunken Adventurer (ProDOS).dsk |
The Shrunken Adventurer is an Eamon adventure written by Adam Myrow and released in December 1997. It is the only published adventure authored by Myrow.
Premise
One day you decide to pay a visit to the home of your friend Professor Johnson, a talented inventor, but before he can come downstairs you hear him scream in fear. Running upstairs to his lab you find him missing and a strange potion splashed on the table; touching it, you shrink to the size of an ant, fall through a vent, and land in the jungle of grass that is the back yard. You must locate the professor and find a way to restore yourself to your normal size.
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One hot summer afternoon, you went to see an old friend named Professor Eric Johnson. He is the most famous inventor in the entire Eamon universe. He has invented many great things including the latest healing potions which can heal up to 20 hit points. You are looking forward to visiting him since you haven't seen him in more than 3 years. You are also curious about what sort of inventions he's been cooking up in his upstairs lab. You encounter Professor Johnson's wife of 10 years at the house. "Oh hi!" she says. She then calls out, "Dear?" He responds, and Melinda tells him to get down here. Moments later, you hear the sound of shattering glass followed by a scream of terror. Never have you heard such a scream from a man. Your friend is in serious trouble. You run upstairs to Eric's lab. It is a mess! There is a broken bottle on a table. It contained a blue liquid that smells like sulfur and bleach. There is also a large notebook. Eric is nowhere to be found! You grab the notebook to have a look. You never get the chance. As you grab the notebook, you run your hand through the liquid and suddenly find the room growing. On second thought, it's you who are shrinking! You are helpless. You are the size of an ant, unarmed and without armour. You wish you had brought your weapons and armour. As you clutch the shrunken notebook, you can't help wondering why the desk didn't shrink. Melinda comes running up and seeing nobody lets out a blood-curdling scream. It seems that your eardrums will shatter. She then steps forward towards you. You attempt to dodge her foot which appears to you to be the size of a monster truck. You fall towards the fan that Eric always has running to suck toxic fumes outside. You are sucked in and through a long vent at nearly 300 MPH (your best guess). You find yourself in a jungle of grass that is so tall that it blocks out the sun's heat. You must now find the professor who must have also been sucked outside, get back into the house, and finally, get yourself back to normal size. |
Walkthrough
Reviews
EAG president Tom Zuchowski reviewed The Shrunken Adventurer in the December 1997 issue of the Eamon Adventurer's Guild Newsletter, giving it a 7.5 out of 10 and praising it as "an outstanding Eamon from a first-time author." Zuchowski called it "well written, involving combat, puzzling, and plot development in fairly equal proportions."
Trivia
- Other adventures in which the adventurer is shrunk to a very small size include Robert Parker's Anatomy of the Body and The Body Revisited.
- Johnson's wife Melinda states that the professor was the creator of Trollsfire, the famous weapon from The Beginners Cave.
External links
- EAG Online: Master List
- Eamon Adventure Browser: The Shrunken Adventurer
- The Interactive Fiction Database: The Shrunken Adventurer
- Interactive Fiction Reviews: The Shrunken Adventurer