The Coast House

The Coast House
Game
Main links	Play onlineDownload IFDB IF Archive
Published	2001
Credits
Authors	Dan Newton and Stephen Newton
Reception
Events	IFComp 2001 15th of 51
IFDB rating	3 out of 5 (6 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Location	City
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	TADS 2
Format	TADS 2
License	Freeware
IFID	TADS2-96EBC06212F16BE96E4AA325ABCA7BF4, TADS2-3E8D948AABAAC35C320908EC3E204721
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How it begins

You are back at an old family vacation house on the coast of Texas looking for something your aging grandfather had mentioned your deceased grandmother wanted you to have.

Versions

Competition Release ver. 1.0

Date: 2001

• The Coast House (Dan Newton and Stephen Newton; 2001; TADS 2).
  • Testers: Steve "Nutz" Rossi, John Conner, Lisa Conner, and Christine Scott.
  • IFID: TADS2-96EBC06212F16BE96E4AA325ABCA7BF4
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 2001: 15th place of 51 entries.
  • Download coast.gam from the IF Archive.

Bug Fix Release ver. 1.1

Date: January 2002

• The Coast House (Dan Newton and Stephen Newton; Jan-2002; TADS 2).
  • IFID: TADS2-3E8D948AABAAC35C320908EC3E204721
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Download coast.zip from the IF Archive.

Links

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

General info

• The Coast House (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• The Coast House - at IFDB.

Reviews

• The Coast House - at SPAG.
• The Coast House - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough and map by David Welbourn.
• Transcript by ClubFloyd.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|The Coast House}}. This will display as The Coast House (Dan Newton and Stephen Newton; 2001; TADS 2).

Date: 2001

Date: January 2002