Beginner's Cave II

a.k.a. Eamon 186 - Beginners Cave II

created and published by EAG in 1989-12, running on Apple II E

type: adventure
perspective: other
player options: single player

game engine: Eamon Engine
languages: eng

Personal review

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#186 - Beginner's Cave II - by John Nelson

Reviewed by Starshine

MAIN PGM Version: 6.2 Extra Commands: none Deleted Commands: none Special Features: none Playing Time: 1 hour Reviewer Rating: 1.0 Average Rating: 2.0/2

Description: This Beginner's Cave was set up by the Warlord as a service to all free adventurers giving them a chance to try their skills in a not-too- dangerous setting. However, it is really a get rich quick scheme.

Comment: With John Nelson as author, I was expecting an improvement over the original Beginner's Cave but was disappointed. The warning sign read, "For Beginners Only," but I was able to enter with an armor expertise of 10%. The monsters in the cave consisted of the usual rat, troll, and snake, but the wild boar and bull were out of place in a cave. Treasure was misspelled. The Power spell caused an OUT OF DATA error. The action was dull with no exciting Trollsfire type weapons or hidden surprises. The treasures were give-aways with little hazard for the taking. The original Beginner's Cave remains the better of the two for me.

(Editor's comment: the OUT OF DATA error is a bug resulting from an incomplete conversion from Eamon II to version 6.2. See 'Bugs 'n Fixes', this issue. Likewise, non-beginners can enter even though it says "Beginners only" because I did not add any code to the basic 6.2 MAIN PGM to check for it. In other words, These two items are my fault and not John's. Tom Z)