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(based on 6 ratings) About the StoryYou, Sidney Widdershins, are sent to your Grandad’s for the school holidays. Game Details
Language: English (en)
Current Version: 5.0 License: Former shareware Baf's Guide ID: 531 IFID: Unknown TUID: z37lzijvuz5gtsu2 Adapted by Humbug, by Campbell Wild |
The Adventurers Guild
Missed Classic 63: Humbug (1990)
Joe Pranevich's indepth review of "Humbug" for The Adventurers Guild.
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SPAG
There are over 200 objects and 100 locations in this game, so it's pretty big, and the locations are varied, and when I say that I mean Varied with a capital V, there are such bizzare locations as a alien bar, a trip back in time, a fairies den, a junk yard, a bus stop, and all of this takes place in the manors cellars!! (Crispin Boylan)
Overall, Humbug is a good game and is worth playing. Just be prepared for some illogical puzzles here and there. It could have been an excellent game if the puzzles had been better. (Alex Freeman)
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SynTax
Trying to get the right balance of humour while juggling flags and counters and trying to ensure a good story and mix of puzzles at the same time seems an impossible task. But luckily there are a few people who have achieved the impossible and one of them is the author of Humbug [...]
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