I would love this to be totally wonderful but it has some serious flaws. THe promary flaw for me is that the "inventory" command is off. I'm currently running the game again. I know that I have the keys, the lantern, the rod, the gold, and I might still be holding the bird. I'm probably holding something else. But I can't be sure, because when I run "inventory" it only tells me I have the lantern and the gold. It's frustrating to be blind about my man-purse. There are a couple of other things that just feel off from other iterations of this I've played. I'm kind of stuck with browser versions that play better, but that require contonuous play and online access.

I am writing this review based on having played it when I was a kid in the early 80s. Being that the game consists only of simple commands and text, without any graphics or sound, the experience is a bit like reading a book, where your imagination creates the rich world that you are exploring. This doesn’t at all make the experience any less engaging than playing a game with full graphics and sound. I would like to replay the whole game, but it is a commitment, and I am disappointed to hear critiques like the game doesn’t recognize that water and bottle are a single item, and that it doesn’t recognize “quit”. I’m not convinced that the game can be properly completed without these bugs being fixed? I am hoping for a response from the owner/developer - this is a total gem of a game - will you be fixing the bugs so that we can fully enjoy the experience again? I can’t wait!

I was playing adventure back in the 70’s. This version doesn’t understand the word “quit”. It also counts the water and the bottle as two separate item, and it shouldn’t. The water in the bottle (how can you carry water without the bottle?) should be combined into a single item.

As the other reviewer notes, the program doesn't recognize "quit", plus the concerns about the water and bottle. The source code is available online, how did these bugs creep in?