Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I.

Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I.
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	1988
Credits
Authors	Michael Berlyn and Muffy Berlyn
Publisher	Cascade Mountain Publishing, First Row Software
Reception
IFDB rating	3.5 out of 5 (7 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Science fiction
Language	English
IFDB play time	5 hours
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code 5
License	Former commercial
IFID	ZCODE-1-990223-FC83
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Versions

Unnamed release

Date: 1988

• Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I. (Michael Berlyn and Muffy Berlyn; 1988).
  • Originally written for Infocom, but cancelled before publication and the rights returned after the Activision takeover. (ref)
  • Published by the short-lived outfit First Row Publishing.
  • For Mac and PC.
  • MobyGames page.
  • Mac materials at MOCAGH.

Z-code release

Date: 1999

• Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I. (Michael Berlyn and Muffy Berlyn; 1999; Z-code 5).
  • Revision 4.11, Inform Version 1.1
    • (Previously published Z-code versions include 4.08 and 4.09.)
  • Release 1 / Serial number 990223 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
  • Inform translation by Mark J. Musante. Hints by Gunther Schmidl.
  • Published by Berlyn's own Cascade Mountain Publishing, electronically (with PDF supplemental materials), initially for $24.
  • IFID: ZCODE-1-990223-FC83
    IFID links: IFDB.
  • Download dumont.z5 from the IF Archive.
  • Manual, feelies, and maps, at the IF Archive.

Links

N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.

• [Announce] Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I. now available on rec.games.int-fiction (announcing the commercial Inform release) by Michael Berlyn (02-Feb-1999).
• Authorization to distribute the Inform version freely on rec.games.int-fiction (05-May-2000).

Spoilers

• Walkthrough and maps by David Welbourn (for the Inform version).

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I.}}. This will display as Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I. (Michael Berlyn and Muffy Berlyn; publishers: Cascade Mountain Publishing, First Row Software; 1988; Inform 6; Z-code).

Date: 1988

Date: 1999