Re: Looking for a "real-time interstellar navigation" program

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 23:58:30 -0500
Message-ID: <CAALmim=C6V-1cPipMyH2L3iXNN8hxPW8FDyBQf8F_jRLc=TTpg@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:10 AM, gsteemso <gsteemso@commodore128.org> wrote:
>> I've heard of that one. If you leave it running for a few (hundred?)
>> years, a dot appears in the middle of the screen with the words, "Welcome
>> to Alpha Centauri. Now go home."
>
> That would be the one.  Anyone remember what it's called or where
> there's a copy of it to download?

Thanks for the quote from the game - that was exactly what it said and I
was able to google on that to find it...

It wasn't specifically for the PET, it was a short Interactive Fiction game...

http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=nidzkipeux0uusqk

Source: http://ifarchive.heanet.ie/if-archive/games/source/inform/Alpha.inf

Thanks for helping me find this.

If anyone knows of a version of this for CBM BASIC, I'd love to see it.

-ethan

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