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From: ceforma@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Christopher E. Forman)
Subject: Re: Your First Game (was Re: Inhumane out)
Message-ID: <1995Aug23.155519.34961@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 15:55:19 GMT
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Erik Hermansen (daedulus@eskimo.com) wrote:
:   10 print "You are standing on a road.  A monster attacks!"
:   20 print "Type 'R' to run or Type 'A' to attack."
:   30 input x$
:   40 if x$ = "R" then goto 70
:   50 if x$ = "A" then goto 90
:   60 goto 20
:   70 print "Good move.  You get away without a scratch!"
:   80 end
:   90 print "The monster eats you!"
:   100 end

I must've done dozens of these crappy multiple-choice games.  I even did a
few that recognized two-word commands.  By far the best (even though that
isn't saying much) was "Escape From Torture Cave" (*snicker*).  Looking back,
it's just terrible, and my old programming techniques are a howl, but it sure
looked good at the time. B-)
-- 
C.E. Forman                                      ceforma@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
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