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Miser

Code Works, The, Cursor info 1981

Aka:
Morloc's House, Explore the Morloc's House, Mystery House, Miser's House
Language:
English
Authors:
Andy Stadler, Mary Jean Winter info
Platforms:
C64/128 info, PET, VIC20
Genres:
Type-in info
Related:
1: Miser, 2: Miser II
Entered by:
Alex, dave, Garry, Strident
Added:
10-05-2010
Edited:
19-02-2022

Synopsis

Plot

Explore the miser's house.

Notes

Published by as a type-in game for the PET in Cursor magazine, issue 27, August 1981, instructions p. 2. (Cursor was a program subscription service issued on cassette and was published by Ron Jeffries of The Code Works) The authors was given as Mary Jean Winter and the program was edited by Andy Stadler. In game, the author is given as M. J. Lansing; the Lansing may be a maiden name or simply be a geographical reference to the city in Michigan where the author was based.

The game also appeared as a type-in the first Commodore 64 Fun and Games book by Ron Jeffries, Glen Fisher and Brian Sawyer; published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill in 1984; pp.43-52. The game itself is credited to Mary Jean Winter there and the listing states (c)1983 The Code Works.

There are many other unofficial ports to the Commodore 64 and VIC-20. Some of the ports have fanciful names like Explore the Morloc's House.

A PC port, from 1981, by Tom Croley, was entitled The Miser's House; this is another common name for the unofficial ports.

The original game has also been translated to Dutch.

In 2013, John Rumpelein reprogrammed the game in object-orientated PHP; see here.

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Rating

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User Comments

FredB74 (26-09-2021 16:59)

A short but interesting and classic game for the Commodore PET.

Exemptus (22-09-2022 20:36)

Short and easy design, few dangers, very traditional. Adequate for beginners. The PC version is badly typed, but fortunately not broken.