Wombats II

Will Wally the Dragon get his moped tuned? Will Lord Kumquat deny denying his last denial? Will Chuckles the Clown ever get his funhouse renovated? On this issue's START disk, Alex Leavens takes one part lazy college days, one part Alice in Wonderland and a dash of Groucho Marx to brew up the wildest text adventure ever.

Chase wombats around the omniverse with Wombats II!

A long time ago, there was Wombats I, a parody text adventure game for the Atari 800 computers which some people (about three) actually saw. It received rave reviews (well, okay, one rave review) and confused everyone who played it. Then there was Wombats II, which, aside from its two creators (myself and Shirley A. Russell), no one saw. This may have been a good thing, since it was an altogether weirder game--quite an accomplishment, considering how weird the first one was.

This was originally published in STart, vol. 3, no. 5, December 1988.