FIRST WAVE, Then Jump Up and Down Screaming

FIRST WAVE, Then Jump Up and Down Screaming
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	10 September 1999
Credits
Author	L. Ross Raszewski
Reception
Events	Speed-IF 4 Participant
IFDB rating	3 out of 5 (3 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genres	Comedy Science fiction
Location	Building
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Merciful
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code 5
License	Freeware
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FIRST WAVE, Then Jump Up and Down Screaming
Or 'Eeeagh! Alien INVADERS made me a FUGATIVE by starting a WAR OF THE WORLDS on INDEPENDANCE DAY'

How it begins

The game begins with an obviously fake Nostradamus quote, which predicts that aliens will be up to no good at the top of a tall construction in France. Strangely enough, this prediction is coming true.

You are a penniless drifter, carrying nothing, who has come to Paris to stop the aliens' scheme, whatever it is. You start at the base of the Eiffel Tower, stairs leading up.

(CAUTION: Some mildly vulgar language.)

Notable features

Frequent use of footnotes.

Trivia and Comments

The opening prologue references several things from popular culture, including the television shows The Fugitive and Quantum Leap.

Versions

Competition release

Date: 10 September 1999

FIRST WAVE, Then Jump Up and Down Screaming (L. Ross Raszewski as "DorianX"; 10-Sep-1999; Z-code 5).
- Release 1 / Serial number 990910 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7
- Speed-IF 4 entry.
- Story file: n.z5

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