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From: Matthew Murray <i9717029@wsunix.wsu.edu>
Subject: Re: EAMON??? 
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On 13 Apr 1995 sqm1847@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone had heard of/remembers a game system for the 
> Apple IIe called eamon...it was something of a rpg style system where
> you could take your character to and from different scenario discs...
> if anyone knows if they made other versions of it, or even better,
> has the source code, *PLEASE* *PLEASE* e-mail me and tell me where I might
> find it...I don't have an apple anymore, but I'd love to get my hands on
> something like it...

     Oh yeah, I rememeber this!  I used to play it all the time.  I saw 
the original adventure (don't remember the name, but I think it was just 
something like Starter Cave, or something like that), but haven't seen 
any of the other adventures in probably close to ten years or more, and 
am not sure that I have ever seen the source code.  But I remember this 
gaming system well, and fondly.  I also find it interesting to note that 
this game's philosophy was in place in the very early 1980s, and other 
companies have STILL not picked up on it.  Why can't they make simply 
designed, but well-programmed, games available for a low price where you 
can create new characters all the time and play dozens of different 
adventures?  Eamon is really the only one that has ever seen the 
potential of this, although programming limitations of the era and things 
of that nature did not make the series all it could have/should have 
been.  If you ever find any of the other adventures, please let me know.  
Thanks a lot, and good luck in your search!

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