The title character is a programmer for Appalachia Networked, a painfully
transparent Sierra Online parody. Your goal is to create the game that will
ensure the company's financial future. Small and very simple - almost all
the puzzles consist of giving items to people to make them stop blocking
doorways. Unfortunately, if you don't have the necessary item, you can't
leave the room - in other words, unpredictable death. Gives hints via the
"help" command.
I'ts probably worth noting that the "100 MHz 80586" mentioned in the game would, at the time the game was written, have been considered ridiculously advanced (if it had actually existed then).
Rating: ***
Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (11 Jul 2000)
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