the underground caverns was the first “real” game i ever made, written in my ninth grade programming class. it’s basically a complete rip off of the board game hero’s quest except that it uses ascii graphics and the gameplay is horrible.

i never finished it, which is painfully obvious if you try to play. i still like the title screen though.. it took me a whole class period to draw in little ascii symbols. if you’re into programming and want a good laugh you should check out my source: it’s complete garbage (hey, i was 14, and i don’t think i even knew what a pointer was.)

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Source + Executable: uc.zip (28 Kb)

the file is named ‘hrsqst’ after the game which this is based on.