Bug#737472: old and new

[hillhopper]

>> You have to compare to the version with
> the changed ending though.

Hi Tobias,

That's just it.  the original version I played ended being transported to a cave after going through the Doctor's oval window where assembly instructions could be modified resulting in the "ending" where Hurf was again transported to his home town and all the characters did an encore before the credits rolled with the game music.
>> "Also, the game can't be changed because it's
> closed source and the license doesn't even allow changes.
The license locks the original script written with SLUDGE and is the key to making changes.  I don't believe there is a decompiler to even cheat on the license if one were inclined to do so.  Not me.
The only hope I can see is to rewrite the whole game or get Hungry Software to make it open source.  Sadly, it is a very clever and fun game.  I can sympathize with the authors since the history of the game includes the history of making it free to users.
I don't know any more, but hope for the best.  My guess is that in the rewrite of three years ago, some verb coins were left out, and the writer(s) frustrated with the outcome, so they dumped it to Linux non-free.  It needs to be DEBUGged.

Patrick



On Sat, 08 Feb 2014 10:00:00 +0100
Tobias Hansen <thansen at debian.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> the game itself is exactly the same how it was offered as a Windows
> version by the author 3 years ago (and for many years, the homepage is
> offline now though). I think he changed it one time after 2000 and added
> an alternative ending. Also, the game can't be changed because it's
> closed source and the license doesn't even allow changes. The only thing
> that was changed and ported to Linux is the engine SLUDGE and any
> differences to the Windows version would be due to engine bugs. What do
> you think changed specifically? You have to compare to the version with
> the changed ending though.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tobias
> 
> Am 08.02.2014 03:38, schrieb hillhopper:
> > I ran this game on Windows 2000 as an .exe many years ago.  I also played it many times all the way through.  Some of it seems to have gotten lost or changed between Hungry Software's version and this one for Debian Linux.  I hopw it can be restored as it is a classic adventure game to me.
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