Arrived in the mail, Apple II Version of Scott Adams’ ADVENTURELAND. I opened the NIB floppy disk, and it felt like it was 1982. I unfolded the docs, and read the instructions. I went to my machine and inserted dick into the floppy drive...

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Arrived in the mail, Apple II Version of Scott Adams’ ADVENTURELAND. I opened the NIB floppy disk, and it felt like it was 1982. I unfolded the docs, and read the instructions. I went to my machine and inserted dick into the floppy drive...Cont’d
Arrived in the mail, Apple II Version of Scott Adams’ ADVENTURELAND. I opened the NIB floppy disk, and it felt like it was 1982. I unfolded the docs, and read the instructions. I went to my machine and inserted dick into the floppy drive...Cont’d
The anticipation was high, as the venerable game was sliding into the drive... soon the tapping sound would emit from it, then the wholesome sound of the head reading the data...

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The sweet sounds were interrupted by that heinous machine gun sound, something like the pteranodon in Atari’s JOUST when it enters the screen! Oh no! An I/O error!

Not on my new/old disk from the early 80’s!

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The sweet sounds were interrupted by that heinous machine gun sound, something like the pteranodon in Atari’s JOUST when it enters the screen! Oh no! An I/O error!Not on my new/old disk from the early 80’s!Cont’d
The sweet sounds were interrupted by that heinous machine gun sound, something like the pteranodon in Atari’s JOUST when it enters the screen! Oh no! An I/O error!Not on my new/old disk from the early 80’s!Cont’d
The sweet sounds were interrupted by that heinous machine gun sound, something like the pteranodon in Atari’s JOUST when it enters the screen! Oh no! An I/O error!Not on my new/old disk from the early 80’s!Cont’d
First trick, restart and reboot. This yielded a different, but equally inhibiting break in the line. I did this many times, and even changed the floppy driver it was booting from. Slowly, it started to load...? That’s weird.. I got to this screen.

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First trick, restart and reboot. This yielded a different, but equally inhibiting break in the line. I did this many times, and even changed the floppy driver it was booting from. Slowly, it started to load...? That’s weird.. I got to this screen.Cont’d
First trick, restart and reboot. This yielded a different, but equally inhibiting break in the line. I did this many times, and even changed the floppy driver it was booting from. Slowly, it started to load...? That’s weird.. I got to this screen.Cont’d
Then the pteranodon/machine gun sound happened 4 times, but the screen responded with this

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Eagerly, I tried the other side. Alas, it gave me another negative response.
But I knew an old trick from the 80’s. Sometimes, the head on the floppy drive can’t read the diskette b/c the actual floppy is dirty. I got q-tips and water and slowly rotated the internal floppy, and cleaned the surface. I did both sides, and it was THIS DIRTY!
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But I knew an old trick from the 80’s. Sometimes, the head on the floppy drive can’t read the diskette b/c the actual floppy is dirty. I got q-tips and water and slowly rotated the internal floppy, and cleaned the surface. I did both sides, and it was THIS DIRTY!Cont’d
But I knew an old trick from the 80’s. Sometimes, the head on the floppy drive can’t read the diskette b/c the actual floppy is dirty. I got q-tips and water and slowly rotated the internal floppy, and cleaned the surface. I did both sides, and it was THIS DIRTY!Cont’d
I tried again to boot the diskette. When I had tested the driver on other disks, it partially made the bad sound on games which heretofore had no problem. This meant that I was prob right; the grime had transferred slightly to the driver reading head. Would it boot now?

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IT DID! I fixed it with a trick I learned in grade 4!
IT DID! I fixed it with a trick I learned in grade 4!
IT DID! I fixed it with a trick I learned in grade 4!
IT DID! I fixed it with a trick I learned in grade 4!
IT DID! I fixed it with a trick I learned in grade 4!
Playing this game again has been fulfilling. I’m gonna finish it. This version has graphics, which the old Vic 20 did not. There are also animation f/x used for highlighting text!

Thin Bear, *Royal Honey*, and Chiggers; I am coming for you!
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