Strange Odyssey was a text-based adventure program written by Scott Adams and Neil Broome .
Published by Adventure International, this text-based adventure game was one of many from Scott Adams.
Gameplay involved moving from location to location, picking up any objects found there, and using them somewhere else to unlock puzzles. Commands took the form of verb and noun, e.g. "Take Shovel". Movement from location to location was limited to North, ...
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Strange Odyssey was a text-based adventure program written by Scott Adams and Neil Broome .
Published by Adventure International, this text-based adventure game was one of many from Scott Adams.
Gameplay involved moving from location to location, picking up any objects found there, and using them somewhere else to unlock puzzles. Commands took the form of verb and noun, e.g. "Take Shovel". Movement from location to location was limited to North, South, East, West, Up and Down.
The game begins with the player stranded on a tiny asteroid in a damaged spaceship. The player must use an alien teleportation device to travel to distant worlds, collect treasure, and find the materials to repair the spacecraft.
Strange Odyssey was reviewed in issue #42 of The Dragon magazine. The reviewer, Mark Herro, comments on some of the difficulties of the game: "My present situation in this game is opposite that of Pirate Adventure. I’ve found treasures but I don’t know where to take them! ... The game...
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