From: dmb@lf.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett)
Newsgroups: rec.games.int-fiction,rec.games.misc,comp.sys.mac.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,comp.sys.atari.st,rec.games.programmer,rec.arts.int-fiction
Subject: The Unnkulian Unventures : Commerical Quality Text Adventures for FTP
Summary: Latest versions available now!
Keywords: text adventures interactive fiction unnkulian unventure games
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:28:45 GMT
Reply-To: dmb@ai.mit.edu
Followup-To: rec.games.int-fiction
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory


[I post this message approximately once a month.  New games are on the
way; they're in beta-test now and we're mainly waiting on a stable
version of the latest TADS.  Watch this space for more info.]


                    The Unnkulian Unventure Series
                   Interactive Fiction for the 90's


Remember the good old days, when adventure games challenged you with
great puzzles and evocative descriptions without resorting to using any
graphics at all?  We really miss the emphasis on gameplay rather
than glitz, so we've decided to write our own adventure games along the
lines of the early games we liked so much.

If you're looking for top-quality interactive fiction comparable to
1980's commercial offerings, check out the Unnkulian Unventure series
of games, shareware text adventures available from an archive site near you!

In _Unnkulian Underworld: The Unknown Unventure_ you play the part of
Kuulest's slave, and must recover the Orb of Studosity from the evil
Unnkulians.  Kuulest, the old geezebag, has died and left you with
nothing to go on but a cryptic message about saving the planet.  You'll
encounter amazing Acme products, the infamous Guardian, those witty
creatures known as Drolls, a giant beaver, and even the Unnkulian
Warrior.  <Gasp!>

In _Unnkulian Unventure II: The Secret of Acme_ your adventure
continues as you try to create some good press for yourself -- wouldn't
want to fade into anonymous obscurity, now would you?  Along the way,
you'll find the answers to these compelling questions, and more:

	o What happened to the Unnkulians?
	o Why are Acme products so bad?
	o What is this cheez stuff, really?

Plus, you'll get to explore Dawg Rock, a Duhdhist Retreat, Acme's
clandestine prototypes laboratory, and even pay a visit to Acme HQ.

The Unnkulian Unventure games have already gotten rave reviews from
numerous adventure game connoisseurs, so why not give them a try?

The games are available for FTP:

PC and compatibles:
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	msdos.archive.umich.edu:

		msdos/games/textadv/unnkul12.arc
		msdos/games/textadv/unnk2v20.zip

Mac:
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	mac.archive.umich.edu:
	
		mac/games/adventure/unnkulian1.03.sit.hqx
		mac/games/adventure/unnkuliantwo2.0.sit.hqx

Atari ST:
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	atari.archive.umich.edu:

		atari/games/tads/unnkul12.arc
		atari/games/tads/unnk2v20.arc

Amiga and Unix:
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	We get a lot of requests for Amiga and Unix versions of our
	games.  We'd love to have versions running on all the
	major machines, but unfortunately converting our games
	to other platforms is beyond our control since the games
	were written with a system called TADS; TADS only runs
	on PC's, Mac's, and Atari ST's.  If you'd like to know
	about plans to port TADS to other platforms (if there
	are any such plans), you can send email to Mike Roberts,
	principal author of TADS, at <73737.417@compuserve.com>.

	He gets flooded with mail about this every time I post
	this message, though, so please be kind and brief for
	his sake.

	Notes on where to obtain TADS itself are included below.

Both Unnkulian games are shareware ($10 registration fee for each) --
registering gets you maps and hint sheets from the authors.  Support us
and you'll continue to see fun text adventures like these.

Questions and comments are welcome!

Late-breaking news:  Look for _Unnkulia 1/2: The Salesman Triumphant_
coming to an archive site near you, along with demos of _Unnkulia
Zero:  The Search for Amanda_ and _The Legend Lives!_, the first
adventure in the science fiction Unnkulian Universe Unventure series.
Three exciting new Unnkulian games for you to fry your brain with!
What could be better?!

Dave Baggett
dmb@ai.mit.edu


Appendix A
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Where to get TADS via FTP:

TADS is available for the PC, Mac, and Atari ST, from the following sites:

	msdos.archive.umich.edu: msdos/games/textadv/tads.zip
	atari.archive.umich.edu: atari/games/tads/tads.lzh
	mac.archive.umich.edu:   mac/games/games.utilities/tads1.04.cpt.hqx

TADS is also shareware, and we strongly encourage you to register if
you use it since we feel it is a powerful, innovative, and very inexpensive
development system that deserves to be paid for.

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