''Pyramid 2000'' is an interactive fiction game. The game is an altered version of '' Colossal Cave'' that takes advantage of an Egyptian setting, re-theming some of the locations, objects, and puzzles. For instance, the "little bird" from Adventure is now a "bird statue" and the "clam" is a "sarcophagus."

Development

The system was written by Robert Arnstein using a custom p-code machine with 32 instructions. Unlike the

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z-machine, this machine was specific to this game (e.g., command 13 asserted the player was carrying the emerald and only the emerald).

Reception

It was panned by '' 80 Micro'': "This game is yet another example of Radio Shack's inability to deal with the consumer in a consumer's market... ''Pyramid'' suffers from the lack of a command word base... You can try typing HELP, but don't expect any."

References

External links

Pyramid 2000 Solution page
* 1970s interactive fiction 1979 video games Adventure games Single-player video games TRS-80 Color Computer games TRS-80 games Video games developed in the United States {{adventure-videogame-stub