In the House of Professor Evil: The HAM HOUSE

In the House of Professor Evil: The HAM HOUSE
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	2 November 2006
Credits
Author	S. John Ross
Publisher	Cumberl, Games
Reception
IFDB rating	2.5 out of 5 (6 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Comedy
Location	Home
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Polite
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 7
Format	Z-code 8
License	Freeware
IFID	355289CB-C0DB-42FF-BEAF-F9BB933582D6, 22BB9017-9117-4729-A87B-C13C6E9B0C9E
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How it begins

You might be anyone, wearing a cloak and carrying a walking stick and a dinner roll. You're gorgeous. You are in an unlocked and miserable cell; the exit is upwards. Your tormentor, Professor Evil, lies dead at your feet.

And you crave ham. Okay, everybody craves ham. But you really REALLY need ham.

Notable features

• Short game. The main puzzle is a hunger puzzle and you only have 45 turns to solve it.

Trivia and Comments

• "You want HAM. Like ... devil-bunny style" is a reference to Cheapass Games's board game Devil Bunny Needs a Ham.
• The front yard contains a Wishbringer reference.

Versions

Release 1

Date: 2 November 2006

• In the House of Professor Evil: The HAM HOUSE (S. John Ross; publisher: Cumberland Games; 02-Nov-2006; Z-code).
  • Release 1 / Serial number 061102 / Inform 7 build 3Z95 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
  • IFID: 355289CB-C0DB-42FF-BEAF-F9BB933582D6
    IFID links: IFDB

Release 3

Date: 4 November 2006

• In the House of Professor Evil: The HAM HOUSE (S. John Ross; publisher: Cumberland Games; 04-Nov-2006; Z-code).
  • Release 3 / Serial number 061104 / Inform 7 build 3Z95 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/11N)
  • IFID: 22BB9017-9117-4729-A87B-C13C6E9B0C9E
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Room count: 8.
  • Download ham-house.zip (dead link 🔍) from Cumberland Games.

Release 10

Date: 24 November 2008

• In the House of Professor Evil: The HAM HOUSE (S. John Ross; publisher: Cumberland Games; 24-Nov-2008; Z-code).
  • Release 10 / SN-081124 / I7-5U92 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
  • IFID: 22BB9017-9117-4729-A87B-C13C6E9B0C9E
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Download Ham_House.zip from the IF Archive.
  • Download ham-house.zip (archive) from Cumberland Games.

Links

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

• Free Stuff from Cumberland Games (archive) - The game's former homepage. (game fell off this page in late 2007 / early 2008)

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Date: 2 November 2006

Date: 4 November 2006

Date: 24 November 2008