https://github.com/savetz/scavange

A text adventure game for the Atari 8-bit computer, written in Atari BASIC
https://github.com/savetz/scavange

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A text adventure game for the Atari 8-bit computer, written in Atari BASIC

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/savetz/scavange
• Owner: savetz
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-05-13T04:53:07.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-05-13T05:22:00.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-01-01T01:14:44.098Z (6 months ago)
• Size: 50.8 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Scavange

A text adventure game for the Atari 8-bit computer, written in Atari BASIC

![start of game screenshot](scavange1.png)

I wrote this game circa 1988. It was on floppy disk of Atari computer games that I wrote in middle-to-high school.

This is a text adventure game called SCAVANGE, with a spelling error right there in the title. It's a scavenger hunt that I wrote for use by callers to Weird City BBS (I still remember the number: 213-273-5234.) I don't know if anyone ever played it.

The game doesn't have a traditional parser because I was lazy and/or didn't know how to implement one. It only allows a small number of one-letter commands (such as P for push.)

Scavange-original.ATR is the game as I left it in 1988, playable in your Atari emulator...except for the two showstopping bugs that I found and fixed in 2020. As much as I wanted to fix other things (like my spelling) I didn't.