Game Classification

Caves of the Wumpus 1995  

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Classification

VIDEO GAME

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Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

Similar games


Caves of the Wumpus A fully hypertextual rendition of Hunt the Wumpus, this implementation adds a couple of intriguing factors to standard Wumpus gameplay (explore caves, fire arrows at suspected Wumpi from adjacent cave, try not to fall into pits). The first innovation is of cycling through various cave system shapes from game to game, from the traditional dodecahedron to a Moebius strip and every geometrical curiosity in between, only revealed upon player death. The next element to spice things up is a new play mode, "Hunt the Exit", which a player can jump right into or which is activated upon expending the total complement of arrows fruitlessly. Once the Wumpus realises that its would-be hunter is now disarmed, it becomes enraged and goes on the war path, rampaging through the catacombs until it reaches the player and puts an end to them. The player, in turn, hopes to locate the cavern's exit and put it to good use. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Browser (Flash)

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