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by Randall S. Matthews

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Every time you run this programyou will be in a different house. T h house will always have 4 floors (7rooms per floor), but the disposition ofdoors ( locked and unlocked) , secre tpassageways, ghosts, and roomnames is different each game. Your"luck factor" may be changed (+ or-)by what you f ind during a search. Youmay want to consider i t when makingdecisions during the game.So: are your nerves steady? Is youskin tingling? Do you feel t he wal ls ofthe tomb closing in around you? I thinkthe nightmare is about to begin...

Certain of the rooms in this houseare haunted by ghosts. They mayormay not be friendly. If you enter ahaunted room, you will get a warning(an eerie noise, and a message that"someone else is in the room" ). If youleave that room on your move you~ i l l not encounter the ghost; h o w ~ v e r ,If you remain in the room longer (inadvertantly or not), you will meet him.

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This program is loaded and run fromApple Integer BASIC. After turning theApple on, press RESET, press CTRLand B simultaneously and then pressRETURN. The prompt shouldappear. Type LOAD, press RETURNand press the PLAY button on the taperecorder. After a few moments theprogram should load and the shouldreappear. If you have difficulty loadingthe tape, see the Apple manual formore information on loading BASICprograms.Af ter ty ping RUN you will find

yourself in the following predicament:you are lost in one of several hallwaysof a haunted house; if you can find yourway out before midnight, you win;otherwise, you lose.The game is played by movingthrough the house, sea rchi ng therooms to discover the secretpassageway lead ing to safety(however, no t al l the secretpassageways you may find are socommodious!). You may find clues

a long the way; you may also increaseor decrease you r "luck factor.) Certainrooms of this house are haunted byspirits, which will either help or hinderyou.

The upper right hand section of thescreen contains the clock. You willnote that it is just after 6 p.m. ; youhave 6 hours to go. Beneath the clockis a brief description of your situation.Although this descr ip tion i tsel f contains all the information you need tomake your move, a small graphicrendition isalso given on the upper lefthand part of the screen. This consistsof an "arrow" (>,