[Info-vax] ADVENTURE (colossal cave adventure) on OpenVMS x86

[Chris]

On 12/08/20 18:19, John Reagan wrote:
> We now have ADVENTURE working on x86.  Here's the output from the beginning and the end.  I skipped the steps in the middle.  Find your own way out of the cave.
>
> $ show system/noproc
> OpenVMS V9.0-F  on node X86VMS    8-DEC-2020 13:17:51.31   Uptime  0 00:11:26
> $ write sys$output f$getsyi("arch_name")
> x86_64
> $ show cpu
>
> System: X86VMS, VBOX   VBOXFACP
>
> CPU ownership sets:
>     Active               0
>     Configure            0
>
> CPU state sets:
>     Potential            0
>     Autostart            0
>     Powered Down         None
>     Not Present          None
>     Hard Excluded        None
>     Failover             None
> $ run adventure
>
>
>   VAX Vobiscum!
>
>
>   Welcome to VAX/VMS Adventure!!  Would you like instructions?
> n
>
>   You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.
>   Around you is a forest.  A small stream flows out of the building and
>   down a gully.
> enter
>
>   You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring.
>
>   There are some keys on the ground here.
>
>   There is a shiny brass lamp nearby.
>
>   There is food here.
>
>   There is a bottle of water here.
>
> get keys
>   OK
>
> get lamp
>   OK
> <skipping ahead...>
>
>   The grate is locked.
> blast
>
>   There is a loud explosion, and a twenty-foot hole appears in the far
>   wall, burying the dwarves in the rubble.  You march through the hole
>   and find yourself in the main office, where a cheering band of
>   friendly elves carry the conquering adventurer off into the sunset.
>
>
>   You scored 350 out of a possible 350, using  330 turns.
> Outstanding !!!  You have broken the current record of 100
>
>   >>>>>  Go find the Wizard and have the record changed<<<<<
>
>   All of Adventuredom gives tribute to you, Adventurer Grandmaster!
>
>   To achieve the next higher rating would be a neat trick!
>
>   CONGRATULATIONS!!

Good to see you guys still have a sense of humour after all your
efforts.

Stay light, stay sharp, struggle builds character, right :-)...

Chris