Frustration
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Author(s): Jim MacBrayne
Website: https://older-timer.itch.io/frustration
Language: en
First Publication Date: 1990
License: Freeware
Rating: 3.0 (based on 4 ratings)


ABOUT THE STORY

  Chasing after a wayward shopping list given to you by your Aunt Maud, you
  accidentally plummet down an open manhole. What adventures await you at the
  other end? [blurb from The (Other) TADS Games List version 1.2]
  
  Originally published as a HiSoft BASIC game for Commodore Amiga in 1992.
  
  The TADS port dates from 1995.
  
  In 2020, the original author produced a new version for Windows PC using
  QBASIC64.


EXTERNAL LINKS

  Windows / DOS version <https://older-timer.itch.io/frustration>
    Available from the author's itch.io page

  frust.zip <http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/pc/frust.zip>
    Requires a TADS interpreter[1]

  Frustration.dms <http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/amiga/Frustration.dms>

  frust.sol <http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/frust.sol>
    solution


EDITORIAL REVIEWS

  SynTax
  <http://www.syntax2000.co.uk/issues/53/frust.rev.txt>
  > The game is one which you will certainly not finish quickly and it will give
  > the old grey matter a lot to puzzle over. My verdict? A really good game
  > that you should have in your collection. Get it now! -- Peter Clark

  SynTax
  <http://www.syntax2000.co.uk/issues/59/frust.rev.txt>
  > Frustration is spread over a large area geographically, about 180 locations
  > at a rough count. The total score is 350 points, which are awarded for
  > certain rooms reached and puzzles solved, and not for finding valuables.
  > This is decidedly *not* a treasure hunt type of game, nor is there any
  > fighting to do; although three characters in the game have to be dealt with
  > before they allow you to continue on your travels. But in all cases violence
  > is not the answer, and Frustration is definitely a more cerebral type of
  > adventure. -- Bev Truter

  SPAG
  The Jim MacBrayne games <http://www.spagmag.org/archives/j.html#jim>
  > [...] the plot is all but irrelevant to these games; the objective amounts
  > to object- collecting. (True, in Frustration, the idea is to pull together
  > items on your shopping list--but it doesn't really change the game
  > significantly, since you don't find the relevant items in places you're
  > looking for them, unless you look for honey by climbing trees in deserts.)
  > -- Duncan Stevens


REFERENCES

  [1] <https://www.ifwiki.org/TADS_interpreters>