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       Show HN: Burglar simulation "The Clou" from 1994 ported right in
       the the browser
        
       Author : midzer
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-01-02 20:03 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (theclou.netlify.app)
 (TXT) w3m dump (theclou.netlify.app)
        
       | midzer wrote:
       | German version -> https://derclou.netlify.app/
        
       | jansan wrote:
       | Slightly off-topic: When I was a teenager we played "They Stole a
       | Million" on the Commodore 64 for hours. You had to plan different
       | heists by hiring a team and giving detailed instructions. The
       | team would then perform the heist accordingly. It was a bit like
       | programming a heist-script and then running it to see if it
       | works.
       | 
       | Does anybody know if such a heist planning game exists today?
        
         | syntheweave wrote:
         | "They Stole a Million", "the Clou!" (1994), and "The Sting!"
         | (2001) are all in the same related series, in fact. So I
         | suggest playing those sequels first.
        
         | christkv wrote:
         | The closest I have found was
         | https://store.steampowered.com/app/313080/The_Masterplan/ its
         | in the spirit of they stole a million.
        
         | christkv wrote:
         | There is also
         | https://store.steampowered.com/app/113020/Monaco_Whats_Yours...
         | but I've not played it.
        
       | Arainach wrote:
       | An overlay with UI instructions would be useful. It seems like
       | clicking dismisses all dialogue rather than progressing to the
       | next line, while the pace at which text in a dialogue box
       | advances is incredibly slow. Maybe that's a quirk of the 1994
       | game (which I never played), but it makes this version almost
       | impossible to follow.
        
         | midzer wrote:
         | Mouse support via SDL is not optimal, yes.
         | 
         | Try to play the game with arrow keys and ENTER. Thats how the
         | original game was played.
        
       | chilling wrote:
       | My random right click just killed the game ):
        
       | meheleventyone wrote:
       | Amazing, my younger brother and I played loads of this back in
       | the day. Thanks for the massive nostalgia kick.
        
       | makerofspoons wrote:
       | If the logo and sound effects of this game sparked some nostalgia
       | for you but this wasn't the game you expected, you might have
       | actually played the sequel instead like me:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sting!
        
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