Winston Smith wrote in a message to Bob Jones:

 WS>   Re: maximus for Linux
 WS>   By: Bob Jones to Roy J. Tellason on Mon Oct 06 2003 09:16 pm 

 > pickup of the lamp.....  Finally someone who knows my obtouse (sp?)
 > referenc

 WS> I'll go you one better.  ADVENTURE! is one of *THREE* computer
 WS> games that both predate 1978 and whose names end in an exclamation
 WS> point.  Can you name the other two...  and no using a Search
 WS> Engine... ?  (Actually, there may be four, but there are three that
 WS> I am certain of....)  Bonus Question: Can you name the actual cave
 WS> system where Crowthers and Wood went spelunking that is the basis
 WS> for the ADVENTURE! cave system?

You mean it's based on a real one?  Jeez...  I didn't know that.  Where do
you find this stuff out?  :-)

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