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For those of use who used Apple computers in the early 1980’s, there have been two constants in the gaming world. The first was Oregon Trail which every school age child of that generation still recognizes today. The other, while not as recognizable, was just as influential in the Text Based Interactive Fiction realm. That would be Eamon, the adventure system created in 1980 by Donald Brown. Over the years since his initial version of the Beginners Cave appeared in…
The Eamon Adventures have long been one of the favorite adventure systems available for the Apple ][. With over 255 adventures written for Eamon, it is also likely the most prolific adventuring system as well. Eamon was designed in 1980 by Donald Brown and released in Recreational Computing Magazine as a public domain system. While the first dozen or so adventures were written by Donald Brown himself, most of the following 200 plus adventures have been written by over 50…
The latest incarnation of the Eamon Adventurers franchise, Eamon Deluxe 5.0 has been shipped to beta testers. Thus far, the program is only available in Win32 format, however, other formats including Mac OS X versions will be released in the coming days. Thus far, there are 20 beta testers with room for 10 more on the team. Frank Kunze, author of Eamon Deluxe has been continuing work on the system and also on the conversion of the older Eamon adventures. …
According to a post on the Eamon Adventurers Guild Online blog, the beta version of Eamon Deluxe 5.0 may go out to beta testers as early as today. Frank Kunze is in the final stages of squashing bugs with the new version and expects that the beta will be in testers hands at end of day.
Frank Kunze has put out a call for beta testers of his latest version of Eamon Deluxe. Eamon is an adventure system originally created by Donald Brown in 1979. The system has gone through several renditions and currently has over 255 adventures created by various authors globally. The Eamon Deluxe system was created by Frank Kunze to enhance the capabilities of the Eamon Adventure system and is now available for users of Windows Vista, Windows 7 in 32 Bit mode,…
The Eamon Adventurers Guild Online, curated by Matthew Clark, is looking for writers who have a penchant for writing. Eamon has long been the standard for Apple ][ interactive fiction ever since Donald Brown created it in 1979. Published in 1980 in a number of magazines, complete with Software Developers Kit and a number of adventures, the system soon became very popular among Interactive Fiction writers of the 1980’s. Currently, the Eamon Adventures Guild Online library contains over 255 adventures,…
