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Summary:
    It is the summer and all your friends are away at camp. You have nothing to do. Deciding to go for a walk, you eventually return home to find the same old problem... nothing to do. You must explore your house and solve the puzzles there-in to ultimately find a way to cure your boredom.


Description:
    A short and simple text-only adventure originally written entirely from scratch on the Commodore 64. You type one or two word commands to move around the game. The game supports 'SAVE', 'LOAD' and 'HELP' functions, so you can play at your lesure. Finally, there is a time limit. You must finish the game within a certain amount of moves. For more details, see the faqs.

                                 - Good luck.

Solutions:
    If you are stuck at some point, check out the maps & hints on the site here. Only use this as a last resort or if you have finished the game as finding the solutions yourself is much more rewarding. Spoiler alerts are at each link to warn you of the amount a particular page will give away.

Newbies:
   If you are new to playing this type of game, check out the instructions and tips pages below. New players may find the game somewhat challenging. I hope you enjoy it.

NAVIGATION

        DOWNLOAD 

       - Download HOUSEQUEST!

       

        NEWS & FAQS

       - The latest News

       - The HOUSEQUEST! contest rules

       - General FAQ

       - Gameplay FAQ

       

        INSTRUCTIONS

       - How to play HOUSEQUEST!

       - Tips on playing all types of Interactive Fiction Games

       - A list of usable commands in HOUSEQUEST!

       - Transcript of a sample game similar to HOUSEQUEST!

       

        MAPS

       - Room layout only (Spoiler Alert: LOW)

       - Rooms names, and light (Spoiler Alert: MEDIUM)

       - Rooms names, passageways, light and Item locations (Spoiler Alert: HIGH)

        

         HINTS

        - Hints to all puzzles in HOUSEQUEST! (Spoiler Alert: HIGH)

        - Have you tried? (Spoiler Alert: HIGH)

        - Easter Eggs found (Spoiler Alert: LOW)

        

        

        

        

        
        

          HouseQuest!

          

           Written by Peter Zunitch 1995, 2002-2003

           Commodore64 to PC conversion by Rene Bisschop 2003

          

          

          

           Special Thanks:

          

          Rene Bisschop

          Who graceously volunteered to convert the program into PC basic for me and compile it. Rene really went over the top to preserve the original look and feel, including bring up the
          old C-64 interface! Thanks!

          

           Dan Zunitch

           My brother, who took the time to pass on a ton of

           programming knowledge and explain how it all works.

          

           "The Commodore 64 Reference Manual"

           The C64 bible, where I learned the rest of C64-Basic programming on my own

          

           "Compute!'s guide to Adventure Games", by Gary McGath

           The definitive starter book of how to write text adventures.

          

           'Lemon64' www.lemon64.com

           A Commodore fan site, for keeping up the almighty world of the Commodore 64.

          
        
        

        

          Copyright information:

          

           HOUSEQUEST!

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           Copyright 1995-2003 Peter Zunitch

          

           This game is completly Free! It can and should be distributed

           to anyone, anywhere, anytime, and should never be paid for.

           However, if you choose to spread it around in any way,

           I ask that you drop me an E-mail me about it. Just for fun.

           Permission is not given for commericial and/or profit purposes

           without prior consent! This game, or any of it's related files

           including this site), may never be altered without my prior consent.

          

           This software is provided "as-is," without any express or implied

           warranty. In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages

           arising from the use of this software.

          

           Peter Zunitch.

           01052003 09292003