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You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 1:40:39
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| Hello everyone!
I'm an old time Amiga user who now mainly uses Linux at home and Windows at work.
I've got an Amiga 4000D I fire up occasionally, a Power Mac G5 with registered MorphOS (I haven't tried 3.10 yet, but soon) and an Amithlon system too.
I got the urge to write some Amiga-ish software again, so I thought I'd track down a forum and get reacquainted.
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 3:26:49
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| @Wumpus
Just what kind of name is Wumpus ?!
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 4:39:29
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Welcome! What are you thinking about writing?
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 5:13:20
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If you aren't familiar with "Find the Wumpus" then you haven't been into personal computing since its inception.
Its a game, along with Star Trek, Lunar Lander, and Hangman. These last three I remember converting into Wang BASIC in order to run them on my High School's computers (before they or I had PCs).
Thanks for the memories. Last edited by arthoropod on 13-Apr-2018 at 05:14 AM.
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 7:03:42
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| @remotenemesis Quote:
remotenemesis wrote: @Wumpus
Welcome! What are you thinking about writing?
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I hate fantasy project announcements.
If I never post about it, then just know I had fun working on a platform I love for a change of pace.
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 7:07:01
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It mainly stuck in my head from M.U.L.E, but you're right, it was a nod to the past even in the early 80's.
I love that game, I just can't convince my kids to play it with me. |
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 11:12:22
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I love that game, I just can't convince my kids to play it with me. |
Yesterday evening I took my C64 Mini with me and I introduced it to my 10-year-old Wii-U-addicted son: "let's play something coming from my youth's age". Could not stop laughing when I saw him in trouble with a joystick ("where's my pad?") and I can't even imagine his reactions if he had to wait 10 minutes or more of loading time before actually playing. |
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 15:08:25
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Don't go back that far, only as far back as Choplifter for the 64. |
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 15:28:34
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 15:45:46
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Winter Games were fun too |
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 16:43:20
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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
I on the other hand am a Wumpus... sort of an earthy, peaty aroma with a touch of lilac.
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 17:13:50
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Welcome! |
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 17:50:10
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| I just realized I never said thanks for welcoming me.
So thanks everyone!
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 18:16:38
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Welcome back! _________________
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 13-Apr-2018 22:23:41
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welcome back Wumpus _________________ ____________________________ c64-2sids, A1000, A1200T-060@50(finally working!),A4000-CSMKIII ! My Master Miggies- Amiga 1000 & AmigaOne X1000 ! mancave-ramblings X1000 I BELIEVE |
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 14-Apr-2018 0:31:49
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| I see a few "welcome backs", but this is my first time here.
Although we may both be ruggedly handsome and have impeccable taste in usernames and operating systems, I'm not your previous Wumpus if in fact there are multiple Wumpii.
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 14-Apr-2018 2:20:14
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| @Wumpus,
Welcome back to when computing was fun. Glad you could join the party/troll site.
Chris
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 14-Apr-2018 2:23:15
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Wumpus wrote: I see a few "welcome backs", but this is my first time here.
Although we may both be ruggedly handsome and have impeccable taste in usernames and operating systems, I'm not your previous Wumpus if in fact there are multiple Wumpii.
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welcome back to Amiga as once an amigan always one _________________ ____________________________ c64-2sids, A1000, A1200T-060@50(finally working!),A4000-CSMKIII ! My Master Miggies- Amiga 1000 & AmigaOne X1000 ! mancave-ramblings X1000 I BELIEVE |
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 14-Apr-2018 6:53:14
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Well it all sounds nice. I don't yet see an avatar. Will your image mirror your description ? |
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Re: You found the Wumpus! Posted on 19-Apr-2018 11:24:05
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Whew! "Hunt for the Wumpus" was the first home computer game I've ever played, back in the '80s... My father bought it for me to play it on our TI99/4A. I spent lots and lots of hours playing it, collecting tons of fun moments.
Thank you for bringing back that memories!
Last edited by ErikBauer on 19-Apr-2018 at 11:25 AM.
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