games/c64/mario-moeller/Overview.txt

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 <mmoeller@hotmail.com>.
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 <h0142kdd@rz.hu-berlin.de>.  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.