ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/c64/mario-moeller/ This directory contains the following Commodore 64 adventures: Dracula II (1987) two-part text-only adventure, written with The Quill Stowaway! (1988) text-only adventure, written with The Quill Escape to Freedom (1989) text-only adventure, written with The Quill Hotel Hell (1990) adventure with digitized graphics My House (1991) small joke game, text-only, written with The Quill All games were written in Australia by Mario Moeller. "Stowaway!", "Escape to Freedom", and "Hotel Hell" have been sold commercially but are now in the Public Domain. Using the disk images --------------------- All programs (except "My House") have been uploaded as disk images (.D64 files). There are many ways to transfer these images to real disks; check out the comp.emulators.cbm FAQ or do a WWW search. If you have access to a PC then the easiest way would be to hook up your 1541 to the PC using a custom-built cable. Several programs (most notably "Star Commander") will allow you to write the D64 disk image directly back to a C64 disk. Instructions for building the cable are usually included with the transfer program. Playing "Hotel Hell" with a C64 emulator: "Hotel Hell" uses a fastloader. To play it on a C64 emulator that does not support fastloaders, you can circumvent the fastloading routines by starting it with: LOAD "P2",8 POKE 320,5 RUN Reaching the author ------------------- If you have comments on the games, bugs to report, or questions to ask, you can reach the author, Mario Moeller, at . This address is valid as of February 1998 and will remain valid forever (or at least that's what they say). If you have any problems not directly related to the games you can mail me (Paul David Doherty) at . I will also try to help with problems in transfering the games to your C64. Please _don't_ mail Mario if you have emulator or transfer questions.