Lunatix: The Insanity Circle

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Science Fiction Building IF Comp 1999 12th of 37 XYZZY Awards 1999 Finalist - Best Game, Best Puzzles, Best Story, Best Writing

Lunatix: The Insanity Circle
Author(s)	Mike Snyder
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	1999
Authoring system	QuickBASIC
Platform(s)	MS-DOS
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color	TBD
Graphics	required
Sound/Music	TBD
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

Contents 1 How It Begins 2 Notable Features 3 Trivia and Comments 4 Versions 4.1 Release 1.1 (Competition entry) 4.2 Release 1.1 (Post-comp release?) 4.3 Multiplayer version 5 Links 5.1 General info 5.2 Reviews 5.3 Spoilers

How It Begins

Notable Features

Trivia and Comments

• Also known as just Lunatix or The Insanity Circle.

Versions

Release 1.1 (Competition entry)

• Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; 1999; MS-DOS). Written in QuickBASIC
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  • IF Comp 1999: 12th place of 37 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 1999: Finalist for Best Game, Best Puzzles, Best Story, Best Writing.
  • Download lunatix.exe ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - MS-DOS executable, the story file.
  • Download lunatix1.dat ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Data file 1 [more info needed].
  • Download lunatix2.dat ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Data file 2 [more info needed].
  • Download readme.txt ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Author's blurb.
  • Download ltic_src.zip ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - BASIC source code files in a zipfile.

Release 1.1 (Post-comp release?)

• Download luntic11.zip ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - [more info needed].

Multiplayer version

See Lunatix Online: "A conversion of the classic BBS game, by the original authors, taken to a whole new level! © 1995-2006 by Prowler Productions."

Links

General info

• Lunatix: The Insanity Circle - at Baf's Guide.
• Lunatix Online - Home to a browser-based, multiplayer version of the game, by Mike Snyder and Anna Kasl.

Reviews

• Lunatix - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.

Spoilers

• Download lunatix.sol ( ftp, random) from the IF Archive - Solution.