Humbug

Graham Cluley 1990

Language:: English
Authors:: Graham Cluley
Platforms:: PC
Entered by:: Gunness, Strident
Added:: 23-04-2013
Edited:: 09-02-2021

Synopsis

Plot

You, Sidney Widdershins, are sent to your Grandad's for the school holidays.

- Why is Jasper the dentist so desperate that Grandad should sell the manor?
- Why has Grandad hidden a time machine in the cellar?
- Why does the octopus insist on performing the ancient ritual of Wubble-A-Gloop with you?
- What doesn't Kevin the clockwork shark like about your haircut?
- What would you do with a trombone, a terrapin and half a pound of lard? Yes, quite.

All this, and more, is revealed in Humbug. Humbug is a major advance on Jacaranda Jim, featuring far more locations and over 200 objects.

Notes

Following the success of Jacaranda Jim I unleashed Humbug on an unsuspecting world in about 1990 whilst studying computing in Bristol, UK. I intentionally set out to write a more professional, entertaining and deeper game than Jacaranda Jim - and as a result I am much prouder in Humbug than JJ (which is something of an embarrassment).

[from the author's website].