BSE

BSE
Game
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Published	1996
Credits
Author	Chris Smith (BSE author)
Reception
Events	Acorn User 1996 Interactive Fiction Competition 1st
IFDB rating	2 out of 5 (4 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code 5
License	Freeware
IFID	ZCODE-3-970110-C23A
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Versions

Release 1

Date: 1996

BSE (Chris Smith; 1996; Z-code 5).
- Release 1 / Serial number 960728 / Inform v6.03 Library 6/1
- Acorn User 1996 Interactive Fiction Competition: 1st place of (unknown number) entries.
- About this version: "Acorn User release, issue 12/96. More bug-riddled than a termite mound."
- Note: This game was probably originally written in Inform 5, considering the date.
- Included on cover disc of issue 175 (December 1996) of Acorn User.

Release 2

Date: 1996

BSE (Chris Smith; 1996; Z-code 5).
- About this version: "First internet release."

Release 3

Date: 10 January 1997

BSE (Chris Smith; 10-Jan-1997; Z-code 5).
- Release 3 / Serial number 970110 / Inform v6.03 Library 6/1
- IFID: ZCODE-3-970110-C23A
  IFID links: IFDB
- About this version: "Loads of bugs changed into different, less obvious ones, and a few actually fixed."
- Included on the cover CD of issue 188 (December 1997) of Acorn User.
- Download bse.z5 from the IF Archive.

Links

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General info

BSE (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
BSE - at IFDB.

Spoilers

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Date: 1996

Date: 10 January 1997