Chris Newall 1984

Language:

English

Authors:

Chris Newall

Systems:

C , FORTRAN

Platforms:

PC , Prime

Entered by:

Canalboy, Strident

Added:

20-06-2025

Edited:

20-06-2025

Synopsis

Welcome to the world of CHIMAERA!

There is treasure to be found but also much danger. Few who venture here escape unchanged but you may succeed where others have failed!

Notes

A procedurally generated adventure inspired by Colossal Cave. There are eleven starting points, 1-10 are standard, 0 is random.

The game was originally produced using the Prime FTN variant of FORTRAN IV in 1984 by Chris Newall, writing as Nicholas Perre-Wetherall. The game continued to be developed until at least 1986.

The FORTRAN version of the game is archived on Mike Arnautov's Prime games page.

In 2002, Chris Newall produced a version written using C.

Arthur O'Dwyer has a website & GitHub dedicated to the game which also includes his own Z-machine port, from the C version.

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