# Gah, this is really random. Help me find an old BASIC game (3d maze, simple text combat) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 12, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-this-is-really-random-help-me-find-an-old-basic-game-3d-maze-simple-text-combat/542880 "2010-06-12T02:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-this-is-really-random-help-me-find-an-old-basic-game-3d-maze-simple-text-combat/542880/1 "2010-06-12T02:21:19Z")
I played this on my dad’s [Compaq Portable](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable) back in the day. “The day” meaning mid-80s. It was a BASIC game, that I’m pretty sure of. My dad had a disk collection of a bunch of BASIC games. He’d take me into the office at night during tax season (he’s an accountant) when mom was working. To keep me busy while he worked, I got to play a bunch of fun early PC games. Anyways, this one - I’ve downloaded a few “collections” of classic BASIC games but I haven’t found it yet. You were exploring a 3d maze. The graphics were simple (natch), mostly vector-looking representations of a 3d maze. You’d wander around this maze. Occaisonally you’d stumble across food (+HP or whatever they called it), a weapon (These were all silly - I think I remember a gun was one, but there was also something like “A Beverage” that counted as a weapon). Once in a while you’d stumble into an enemy. I _think_ (and it’s been a long while) that these enemies were called “Lumpies” or “Lumpys” or something like that. Some basic text based combat would ensue. Is this ringing a bell for anyone? I was mad about this game as a 6-year-old, haven’t managed to find it since. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-this-is-really-random-help-me-find-an-old-basic-game-3d-maze-simple-text-combat/542880/2 "2010-06-12T02:38:26Z")
A quick online search brings up the following: [Lumpies of Lotus IV](http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue77/lumpies.php) ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-this-is-really-random-help-me-find-an-old-basic-game-3d-maze-simple-text-combat/542880/3 "2010-06-12T02:41:27Z")
> [@Trion](#): > > A quick online search brings up the following: > > [Lumpies of Lotus IV](http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue77/lumpies.php) Hey, that looks like it! Now where to download… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-this-is-really-random-help-me-find-an-old-basic-game-3d-maze-simple-text-combat/542880/4 "2010-06-12T03:06:48Z")
I’ve been meaning to post a thread about a game I can’t find from the mid to late 80’s. It was a sci-fi text adventure. I remember if you headed east from the start, you got a message that said, “looks like a storm is a brewin’” and that you had to deal with computers at the end. That’s it. ☹ Miss that game. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-this-is-really-random-help-me-find-an-old-basic-game-3d-maze-simple-text-combat/542880/5 "2010-06-12T21:51:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve been meaning to post a thread about a game I can’t find from the mid to late 80’s. It was a sci-fi text adventure. > > I remember if you headed east from the start, you got a message that said, “looks like a storm is a brewin’” and that you had to deal with computers at the end. > > That’s it. ☹ > > Miss that game. Maybe it’s in [here](http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Category:Science_fiction) somewhere.