Inhumane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author(s): Andrew Plotkin Genre: Satire Language: en First Publication Date: 1984 License: Freeware Rating: 3.0 (based on 20 ratings) ABOUT THE STORY A parody of Infocom's Infidel, written when the author was fifteen [sic -- probably 14], then converted to Inform. To collect a treasure, you must show an ancient guardian how awful an adventurer you are. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] EXTERNAL LINKS inhumane.z5 Requires a Z-Code interpreter[1] Walkthrough and maps by David Welbourn EDITORIAL REVIEWS SPAG > [...] it's actually kind of fun, with a few small laughs, and it brought > back some great memories of my own abysmal (though they seemed great at the > time) early attempts at I-F. (Christopher E. Forman) > > Inhumane (a game originally coded in basic by Plotkin when he was 14) [...] > is easily winnable within an hour. No guess-the-verb puzzles, no scenic > landscapes, no moral plays. Basically, it's the antithesis of everything > Andrew Plotkin has made since. (Francesco Bova) SynTax > It's good fun finding the traps and when you've undergone the 9 "deaths", > you are given the key to the coffin room, and the rest is easy. REFERENCES [1]