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A Fable

Author:Stan Heller
Genre:Surreal
Released:1985
Review:

A peculiar little psychodrama in which you wander dreamlike through the protagonist's thoughts and memories. Written, oddly enough, in the third person. Not very interactive, with only three objects and one puzzle. Some events are embedded in room descriptions, the sure sign of someone not quite grasping how the development system works. This game was floating around - first on BBS's, then on the net - for ten years before the author found out and issued a disclaimer. Apparently, it was written as demo code for AGT, and was never intended for public release.

Rating: *

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)

Related Links:SPAG review
Downloads:
fable.zip (57.99 KB)
AGT executable (bundled with MS-DOS runtime)
fablesrc.zip (6.51 KB)
AGT source code
Fablesrc.zip (11.84 KB)
Z-code 5 executable (version: Release 3, ported by Stuart Moore)
fable.z5 (93.50 KB)
Z-code 5 executable (version: Release 3, ported by Stuart Moore)


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