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From: london@ERE.UMontreal.CA (London David)
Subject: Re: What was this game?
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 01:59:05 GMT
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In article <42the1$sim@newsbf02.news.aol.com> hayeq@aol.com (Haye Q) writes:
>I used to play a game on a Sun that started out on a space ship that was
>about to explode.  You left and ended up on an island.  You met a princess
>who gave you an amulet and wandered around this island getting treasure,
>etc. and fighting the enemy in an underwater cavern.  This is driving me
>crazy, so I hope someone recognizes the game and can let me know where to
>find it again.  I was THIS CLOSE to winning years ago, when some overly
>zealous system admin felt they had to delete it.  Thanks!  Alison

The game I believe you are referring to is called "battlestar". It used to 
come (probably still does) with most UNIX systems - you can find it in
/usr/games. I won it a long time ago. You find one amulet on the space ship,
the princess gives you another, and you have to find the third. It's fun.
You can find the source for it at ftp.gmd.de in if-archive/games/sources.

David London
