The version that I saw was table driven; it was half a century ago, but I vaguel recall a response of "You've got to be kidding", but I may be confusing that with the response to "throw troll".
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 3, 2023 5:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OSMF I once spent a pleasurable few days hacking (or rather trying to hack) Colossal Cave's "magic mode". The DEC-10 machine at the college I worked at back then had very little security; I could <Ctrl-C> a program and then examine the machine code at leisure. I got quite a few steps into the rather lengthy process of establishing myself as a "wizard", but didn't finish before I ended up doing something else - taking another job somewhere else, I think it was, but I don't remember for sure. And yes, experimenting with various strategies in a complicated game is often more fun than just playing it. Once I discovered the application of statistics to "games theory", I began to think it'd be fun to work on that. But that was before I became a coder, which still keeps me interested. Out of curiosity, did the game know what to do with "eat bird"? I guess if they were doing their job, the writers needed to match every verb with every object and invent a result, just to satisfy people like you. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* When the omniscient God asks you a question, it is not because He is seeking information. -from "The Final Quest" by Rick Joyner */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Monday, July 3, 2023 17:53 I always found writing games to be more interesting than playing them, and will run experiments rather than concentrating on winning. An example was when I wondered what Adventure would do with absud actions such as "eat bird" or "throw troll". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
