Does anyone know what this game is that was on the oldddd Apple?

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Ok around the time I was in 6th grade (199?), I was using the old Apple computer with the thin, black floppy disc and there was this kind of Halloween game where you try to get items in order to solve a riddle in the house?

I remember the first thing was getting rid of the pitchfork and it would get rid of the hay and later reveals a passage down to the cellar. Down in the cellar you'd pick up items thus revealing more passages in the house. I think the point was to solve the mystery of the "haunted house" and get out.

Well this was a really old game IMO since you barely see those kind of old Apple computers with the thin floppy anymore =T. But does anyone recognized the game? Of course it's all in green with Mmm 8 bits I'm going to say. That's about it.. if anyone knows the title and a possibility of where I might be able to get my hands on one, it'd be cool.

(the idea struck to me when I saw the topic of http://www.abandonia.com/ by Scorch thanks!)
 
It wasn't Maniac Mansion, was it?

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I'm not sure if it was ever released for the old Apple computers or not, but the description sounds like it.
 
[quote name='1SwtDeception']Ok around the time I was in 6th grade (199?), I was using the old Apple computer with the thin, black floppy disc and there was this kind of Halloween game where you try to get items in order to solve a riddle in the house?

I remember the first thing was getting rid of the pitchfork and it would get rid of the hay and later reveals a passage down to the cellar. Down in the cellar you'd pick up items thus revealing more passages in the house. I think the point was to solve the mystery of the "haunted house" and get out.

Well this was a really old game IMO since you barely see those kind of old Apple computers with the thin floppy anymore =T. But does anyone recognized the game? Of course it's all in green with Mmm 8 bits I'm going to say. That's about it.. if anyone knows the title and a possibility of where I might be able to get my hands on one, it'd be cool.

(the idea struck to me when I saw the topic of http://www.abandonia.com/ by Scorch thanks!)[/quote]

I remember those old ass Apples, I used to play Number Munchers like non-stop, that and this pizza one where you had to deliver pizzas by solving math problems. The 6th graders got the paint program where you got to use an actual mouse, bastards. OH!!! and Oregon Trail, THE BEST GAME KNOWN TO MAN!!!!!
 
[quote name='GTmaster39'][quote name='1SwtDeception']Ok around the time I was in 6th grade (199?), I was using the old Apple computer with the thin, black floppy disc and there was this kind of Halloween game where you try to get items in order to solve a riddle in the house?

I remember the first thing was getting rid of the pitchfork and it would get rid of the hay and later reveals a passage down to the cellar. Down in the cellar you'd pick up items thus revealing more passages in the house. I think the point was to solve the mystery of the "haunted house" and get out.

Well this was a really old game IMO since you barely see those kind of old Apple computers with the thin floppy anymore =T. But does anyone recognized the game? Of course it's all in green with Mmm 8 bits I'm going to say. That's about it.. if anyone knows the title and a possibility of where I might be able to get my hands on one, it'd be cool.

(the idea struck to me when I saw the topic of http://www.abandonia.com/ by Scorch thanks!)[/quote]

I remember those old ass Apples, I used to play Number Munchers like non-stop, that and this pizza one where you had to deliver pizzas by solving math problems. The 6th graders got the paint program where you got to use an actual mouse, bastards. OH!!! and Oregon Trail, THE BEST GAME KNOWN TO MAN!!!!![/quote]

You are me.
 
And Gertrude's Secret (??? Sounds like a porno). We had that one in 7th grade along with Oregon trail.

Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken were both great.

This guy I knew had this game for his Apple 2e called the Bilestoad which was an overhead view of two knights fighting each other. Pretty fun.
 
I loved Oregon Trail. I could never make it to the end with everyone though. They would always get typhoid or something like that. And hunting was a blast.
 
fuck you and your $5 ferry.

Get those wheels off, we're fording this mutha!

Also, Number Munchers was a staple of my childhood.
 
Wow, sixth grade...I remember playing the HELL out of Carmen SandDiego, Oregon Taril (fo-shizzle!), and this other wierd ass 'build your own car out of this cube and give it wheels and test it' game. God, I miss the old green-n-black joy of three programs all running off a 5.25" floppy. bastards these days and their UMDs and minidiscs and microDVDs don't understand WHY they're revolutionary- WHY having the ability to store 1G's worth of space in something the size of a thumbnail is so friggin sweet. They just think it's cool. ROOTS, DAMMIT!!

BTW, typhoid ALWAYS killed me. I'd just roll em off the wagon and keep on truckin. Oregon trail = the original 'Halo". Proof that Apple DID have one thing over Microsoft at one point in history.

ROOTS!
 
I was just thinking of oregon trail the other day, Theres nothing quite like killing a rabbit to feed your family of 5
 
And forget buying food at the beginning. Just buy as many bullets as possible. Why pay for food when the bounty of the frontier awaits you at every step?
 
Oregon Trail rocked.
Number Munchers rocked.
Carmen Sandiago (sp.) rocked.

Anybody else play the Olympics game? That game kicked major ass as well.

I really want one of those Apples now! :(
 
Bard's Tale was my favorite!

My dad got pissed when he died right before the end of the Oregon Trail and ended up pulled out the floppy in anger and it got bent. We still don't let him touch a computer.
 
Hmm...No one mentioned Avoid The Noid....it rocked

and in Oregon Trail I almost got to the end and then drowned, you know the part where you have to lead it down the river.

And I have no idea what game you are talking about.
 
You guys are lucky to have apple 2. Commodore PET was the computer in my school ( nothing against the school PET was in most schools at the time).
 
I was playing Number Munchers today. :lol:

There's a website online that lets you play virtually all of the Apple games. Do you guys know about it? I'll have to dig up the link again.
 
When I was in 3rd grade (around the year 1989 or so) there was a game where you would mix these potions together and it would create a weird animal. Anyone know the title of that Apple 2 game?
 
There was also some crazy adventures in Number land or something like that where you had to travel around an island that you got stranded on because some crazy fair guy turns you into a doll. You solve simple puzzles and timing games to gather parts of a potion to turn back into a human and get off the island. Also, there were 3 people to choose from representing the difficulties. The mini-game I remeber about that one was where you had to move tires back and forth across two poles and get them in order from biggest to smallest.

PLEASE someone tell me they know the name of that game!! It rocked my cock.
 
Geeez how great of me to ignore my own thread.. anyways.. that haunted house game.. No it isn't Maniac, or umm Gertrude Secret.. or the ones that was listed .. =[. The one I played did not have color at all, except green. So that mystery still needs to be solve =P. Although my brother said it was call "Pick Your Adventure". -.- but I remember it had Mansion in it..

Oregon Trail.. haha man that was a funny game, but now it's pretty umm "boring". I remember just dling it and in like 5 minutes I'm done. But man it was fun like hell back when you're a kid. Then it got upgraded to 3-D like and blah..

Number Munchers.. good ol' times. But we played it so many times I somewhat got tired of it after thinking so much.

Carmen Saniago and this one Crypt tale? mystery solving games were sweet. Going around and solving mysteries was fun on the Apple.

The lemonade game was funny..and I don't recall mixing potions and creating strange animals..but I remember a pizza game ^_^?

Well I could sorta go on and on about these games, but it's best I should go try and play them again :wink:.

But thanks for the help on my OP =]. If anyone else reads this thread.. do you remember the Alice in Wonderland games? =P
 
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pwnd!

ppl who use ferries are teh suck! take it like a man !!

i played a few apple games in elem school :(..i remember this game about time travel or sumthing, like it was in a museum....and the password was "the sands of time" and a driving game where u built a town...and carmen sandiago!....and states and capitals :) and oregon trail was def my fave...
i remember when i shot a bear in the ass...every1 sitting near me was laughing theyr ass off for like 2 hours..hell we still laugh about it!...well..we wud if i heard from them anymore :(...
i also remember that when the "tombstone" pizza was out, ne1 remember those commercials? where it wud be like..wat do u want on ur tombstone! and sum1 wud be like..peppers!
i remember i dief in orgeon trail and it said "what do u want on ur tombstone" i put pepperoni...if we still had those comps im sure it wud sitll be there...
 
I was awesome at Carem SanDiego - mainly because I noticed that the drive was busier for longer if you went to a town that Carmen was in. So if the drive light didn't stay on for several seconds, I didn't bother to ask any questions or search for clues - I just hopped on another plane :twisted:
 
There was only one state that got its own Broderbund-licensed Carmen Sandiego game: North Dakota. And guess who lived in ND at the time? Aww yeah. Talk about rare games -- you can barely find a mention of it on Google.
 
[quote name='1SwtDeception']Ok around the time I was in 6th grade (199?), I was using the old Apple computer with the thin, black floppy disc and there was this kind of Halloween game where you try to get items in order to solve a riddle in the house?

I remember the first thing was getting rid of the pitchfork and it would get rid of the hay and later reveals a passage down to the cellar. Down in the cellar you'd pick up items thus revealing more passages in the house. I think the point was to solve the mystery of the "haunted house" and get out.

Well this was a really old game IMO since you barely see those kind of old Apple computers with the thin floppy anymore =T. But does anyone recognized the game? Of course it's all in green with Mmm 8 bits I'm going to say. That's about it.. if anyone knows the title and a possibility of where I might be able to get my hands on one, it'd be cool.

(the idea struck to me when I saw the topic of http://www.abandonia.com/ by Scorch thanks!)[/quote]

Do you remember if you had to look for jewels or solve a mystery?

If so, it sounds like the adventure game Mystery House. Written by Ken Williams (before/at the same time he & Roberta created Sierra On-line) and published by Edusoft.

For other games that you're looking for, try scrolling down the list at ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/site_index.txt

You can't download anything at the moment, but it's certainly a trip down memory lane.
 
[quote name='OiBoy'][quote name='1SwtDeception']Ok around the time I was in 6th grade (199?), I was using the old Apple computer with the thin, black floppy disc and there was this kind of Halloween game where you try to get items in order to solve a riddle in the house?

I remember the first thing was getting rid of the pitchfork and it would get rid of the hay and later reveals a passage down to the cellar. Down in the cellar you'd pick up items thus revealing more passages in the house. I think the point was to solve the mystery of the "haunted house" and get out.

Well this was a really old game IMO since you barely see those kind of old Apple computers with the thin floppy anymore =T. But does anyone recognized the game? Of course it's all in green with Mmm 8 bits I'm going to say. That's about it.. if anyone knows the title and a possibility of where I might be able to get my hands on one, it'd be cool.

(the idea struck to me when I saw the topic of http://www.abandonia.com/ by Scorch thanks!)[/quote]

Do you remember if you had to look for jewels or solve a mystery?

If so, it sounds like the adventure game Mystery House. Written by Ken Williams (before/at the same time he & Roberta created Sierra On-line) and published by Edusoft.

For other games that you're looking for, try scrolling down the list at ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/site_index.txt

You can't download anything at the moment, but it's certainly a trip down memory lane.[/quote]

Sweet!
 
[quote name='lebowsky']Did any of you guys use Logo Turtle? It was sort of an early programming/drawing application. I think I started using it in around the 3rd or 4th grade.

http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/logo/turtle.html[/quote]

Hell yea I did! haha someone told me that's like a TRUE BASIC program? But I love that program and loved at least "feeling smart" since I'd help other people.


Also Mystery House isn't it.. =T.. but yes it is a mystery adventure type. I remember the first thing you enter the house.. and then you had to go right, all the way down till you reached some place with a pitch fork and hay. So you pick up the pitch fork and use it to pick up the hay and you've uncovered the cellar. MMm later on.. I remember a part where you're in a dust room and you find a gem in this room.

Basically going room to room and picking up stuff that trigger something else and so you can go to another room and try to get closer to solving the mystery of the house.. It's quite fun and no one in my 6th grade class had beaten it yet and I guess no one ever will and I've been itching to what game it is.
 
Wow you old bastards suck at oregon trail. We had the original oregon trail in my 3rd and 4th grade class (like 97 and 98) and we used to get on that shit during recess and beat it in a school days worth of playing. And we had the class-wide feuds when someone hijacked your game f they finished their work before you. good times...
 
They released a new Oregon Trail game and I bought it. Same classic goodness only you really have to manage your food that time around.
Hunting is still the same though.. rock on!

Also, if anyone cares you can stick the game CD in a CD player and listen to the game's music.
 
[quote name='1SwtDeception'][quote name='lebowsky']Did any of you guys use Logo Turtle? It was sort of an early programming/drawing application. I think I started using it in around the 3rd or 4th grade.

http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/logo/turtle.html[/quote]

Hell yea I did! haha someone told me that's like a TRUE BASIC program? But I love that program and loved at least "feeling smart" since I'd help other people.


Also Mystery House isn't it.. =T.. but yes it is a mystery adventure type. I remember the first thing you enter the house.. and then you had to go right, all the way down till you reached some place with a pitch fork and hay. So you pick up the pitch fork and use it to pick up the hay and you've uncovered the cellar. MMm later on.. I remember a part where you're in a dust room and you find a gem in this room.

Basically going room to room and picking up stuff that trigger something else and so you can go to another room and try to get closer to solving the mystery of the house.. It's quite fun and no one in my 6th grade class had beaten it yet and I guess no one ever will and I've been itching to what game it is.[/quote]

Does this reader review of Cranston Manor sound like a match?
http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/apple2/review/R25024.html

It also could be one of the Scott Adams Advetures games. He did at least one that was a direct sneer at the Sierra games.
 
I guess there isn't a rom image of odell lake anywhere.

I always used to shallow attack the food and end up being hooked by a fisherman.
 
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