I'd have to look around, but i may still have copies of Jungle Hunt and Adventure around here somewhere. Ah,those were the days weren't they?
Bryan Peterson wrote: > Yes! Jungle Hunt! That's another one I have. Actually the last level of > Hunter kinda reminded me of the first level of Jungle Hunt. It would've been > exactly the same except for the waterfall. Jungle Hunt didn't have a > waterfall. But Adventure was still one of my favorites. I've always liked > RPG type games like the Legend of Zelda series, and Adventure is widely > believed to be the precursor to those types of games. For those unfamiliar > with the game, you had three castles to explore, each with a resident > dragon. You had to find one key for each castle and a special sword for > killing the dragons. The idea was to get to one castle in particular, > recover the stolen chalice and return it to the first castle. On higher > difficulties there was a bat who would periodically fly by and steal > whatever item you had (you could only carry one at a time), and replace it > with another one. This usually happened right as you were about to enter a > castle. You had the proper key and then all of a sudden the bat would be > there, steal that key and replace it either with one of the other keys or > the sword. The fact that there wasn't a whole lot you could do about the bat > other than to try to wait for it to come by again and swap you for the right > key, it added to the challenge. Then of course there were the three dragons > who would roast you on sight, especially if you didn't have the sword. Oddly > enough, after the dragon got you you could move around in its belly. But the > coolest part was that if you killed a dragon and had to leave your sword in > order to get a key, you could leave the sword in the dragon's body and > they'd both still be there if and when you came back that way. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
