External Links
- Wander (AWS)
The "Wander" page at the Internet Archive, including downloads and links to more information. - Wander (IF Archive download)
Includes four games (castle, a3, library, tut). Unix source in C from the Usenix 1980 conference.
This is a pseudo-format used to represent download adviser records that apply to multiple formats. - (Wander) Github repository
Likely most complete archive of Wander files.
This is a pseudo-format used to represent download adviser records that apply to multiple formats.
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Ratings and Reviews
Wander is maybe the first IF-writing system. It's playable on an instance running on Amazon Web Services, and comes with 4 'databases', or game worlds, you can choose from: Aldeberan III, Castle, Library and Tut (Binary Arithmetic Tutorial). I spent some time poking around it, but found myself frequently stymied by guess-the-verb and un-clued puzzles.
Regardless, it was an interesting experience, probably best accompanied by the saga kicked off by Jason Dyer:
https://bluerenga.blog/2015/03/19/lost-mainframe-games/
The game was ultimately found:
https://ahopeful.wordpress.com/2015/04/22/wander-1974-a-lost-mainframe-game-is-found/
Jason Dyer also has a review of the 'Castle' database here:
https://bluerenga.blog/2015/12/21/castle-using-wander-system-1974/
1 Off-Site Review
CRPG Adventures
Not having an explicit goal intrigues me [...]. I'm probably building it up too much in my mind, but these unanswered questions make me feel like this game has a stronger story than any other text adventure I've played for the blog. It's not just another treasure hunt, and that's really refreshing.
See the full review
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Development System: Wander
IFID: Unknown
TUID: 7ncaptb2qlx4j17a
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