Finding Vic-20 IF? Identifying one in particular..

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OKay, finding any Vic-20 software is both hard, and tends to net
you annoying software anyway, but I remember playing some IF on the venerable
machine. I know, I know.. 20 columns made IF cumbersome, but it was done!
(Whereas the Commodore 64 had some greats as Magnetic Scrolls, the Vic 20
had such low system specs as to severely limit most games..)

There was a game where (going back deep into vague memories) the
storyline was that you were babysitting and some animal swooped in and stole
the child away; you adventured around to try and locate the child. I seam to
recall lots of animal involvement, but I was pretty young, and it was one of
my first IF games so blew me away. (Scott Adams games were popular at the
same time, and I think paved the way for these other even smaller games.)

The game I'm thinking of was cassette based...

Any clue?

jeff

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Jeff Mitchell <skeezix@fw.skeleton.org> wrote:

> There was a game where (going back deep into vague memories) the
> storyline was that you were babysitting and some animal swooped in and stole
> the child away; you adventured around to try and locate the child. I seam to
> recall lots of animal involvement, but I was pretty young, and it was one of
> my first IF games so blew me away. (Scott Adams games were popular at the
> same time, and I think paved the way for these other even smaller games.)

Might it have been Labyrinth, based on the film of the same name
starring David Bowie (Goblin King, sometimes appearing in form of an
owl) and Jennifer Connelly? I think that that game was released for the
Vic-20 too, but can't remember how graphical that version was, compared
with the C64 version for exampe (by LucasArts).

Viv Dunstan