Hunt the Wumpus

Hunt the Wumpus
Hunt the Wumpus
	Hunt the Wumpus (Front Cover)
Publisher(s)	Texas Instruments (TI)
Original Retail Price	$24.95
Programmer(s)	Kevin Kenney
Part#	PHM 3023
Format(s)	Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module
Release	1980 (4th quarter)
Genre(s)	Adventure, Maze, Strategy

Hunt the Wumpus for TI-99/4A is based loosely on the 1975 text-based adventure game of the same title created by Gregory Yob. Kevin Kenney's TI-99/4A version differs significantly from the original in that it introduces graphical gameplay versus the original's text-based gaming system. Hunt the Wumpus was published and distributed by Texas Instruments (TI) in the fourth quarter of 1980. It initially sold for $24.95, and was distributed on Solid State Software^TM Command Module. It was programmed for the TI-99/4A by Kevin Kenney.

Gameplay

Hunt the Wumpus pits the player in a contest to search for, and hunt down a mythical creature known as the Wumpus. The player navigates through an invisible cave. The visited chambers of the cave become visible once they have been visited. If the player enters the chamber where the Wumpus resides, he/she loses. Besides the beastly Wumpus, the cave system hosts other dangers including bottomless pits and cave bats. As the player navigates from chamber to chamber within the cave system, certain chambers will alert him/her to dangers close to him/her.

Fun Facts

This was the first title programmed by Kevin Kenney who went on to create multiple titles for the TI-99/4A home computer including A-MAZE-ING and Tunnels of Doom.

Hunt the Wumpus, A-MAZE-ING and Blasto were originally intended to be included on a single cartridge. However, Kevin Kenney added extra features to each of the titles making them viable stand-alone products.