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June 12, 2005

Michele: Ode 64

Scott sends me to a flat in London.

What a bloody mess. Smashed rum bottles, cracker crumbs, a shelf with a slew of books. I pull one out at random; it’s splotched with blood and the cover informs that the magic word is "Yoho!"

Pirates. I should have known. Damn you, Scott.

Against my better judgment, I mutter "Yoho!" and woosh, I’m on a beach, in view of a pirate ship. I sigh. I know that somewhere between the stinking pirates and buried treasure there’s going to be a dark cave.

I’m likely to be eaten by a grue.

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Comments

Reminds me of a 'video' game my brother and I loved. It played from a cassette and was a text adventure. He would never listen to me when I said put the swamp gas in the leather canteen thing and use it to blow up the entry.

Pirate's Cove, Pirate Island, Adventure Island? My memory gets worse each year.

Posted by: Ith at June 12, 2005 1:21 PM · Permalink

Ith gets the gold star today!

Pirate's Cove a/k/a Pirate Adventure.

Posted by: michele at June 12, 2005 1:28 PM · Permalink

Yay! :) I really loved that game. My brother and I used to fight over who typed the stuff in.

I know I'm not with the modern age and all, but I still enjoyed the old text adventures more than I do the graphic driven ones.

Posted by: Ith at June 12, 2005 1:53 PM · Permalink

So do I, Ith. That's why I still have a working Commodore 64.

Posted by: michele at June 12, 2005 1:55 PM · Permalink

"Because who would EVER need more than 64K of RAM!"

:)

Posted by: Jim Parkinson at June 12, 2005 3:03 PM · Permalink

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That brings back memories...

Posted by: Shawn at June 12, 2005 7:12 PM · Permalink