A few UI and game play updates
April 19, 2020
Just a quick note describing a few recent upgrades to the adventure UI:
The "Command List" button now shows a popup with a lot more information, including descriptions and examples for each command.
When the game asks you a Yes/No or multiple choice question during play, you can now answer the question with a key press rather than having to click buttons with the mouse. The active key is usually the first letter of the choice, unless more than one choice begins with the same letter. The active key for each option is underlined.
I also fixed a bug in the command recall feature. That is the feature that lets you scroll through past commands by using the up and down arrow keys.
In addition, I'm working on standardizing some of the game logic. Several recent adventures have some sort of commerce system in them. Since Eamon Classic and Eamon Deluxe didn't have a built-in BUY command, the original authors all implemented this a little differently. I'm updating these to show what is for sale in the current room, and to work in the same way. Most recently, I updated the Training Ground so that you can buy healing potions by typing "BUY POTION" instead of the old, obscure "GIVE 100 TO BOZWORTH."
One of the limitations of early Eamon systems was the inflexibility of the armor types. You basically got to use one of the three types of armor (leather, chain, or plate) and a shield. Eamon Remastered supports a number of different armor types like magic shields, scale armor, helmets, and protection rings. Unlike the earlier systems, these can be brought back to the Main Hall and kept permanently, just like weapons. However, the only new armor type that Marcos sells in the Main Hall is the scale armor. Other armor items have to be found in adventures.
New Adventure: Malleus Maleficarum
April 6, 2020
At long last, it's time for a completely new addition to the Eamon adventure catalog: Malleus Maleficarum by yours truly. Keith Dechant. This is an Eamon Remastered exclusive, following the journey to a nearby land that has outlawed magic and is conducting a witch hunt against all magic users. Your quest is to rescue a friend's grandmother and investigate a militant anti-magic organization called the Cobalt Front.
This adventure focuses heavily on NPC interactions, with the TALK and BUY commands featuring prominently in the story. The Cobalt Front is a very lawful organization, at least when it comes to magic and magic weapons, and you can easily find yourself getting into trouble with the law if you're not careful.
There are other things happening in the land of Virrat, too, and you'll find yourself battling some bizarre creatures as you learn what's really going on.
New Adventure: The Well of the Great Ones
Dec. 30, 2019
"Evenhold is in great danger!" you are told one day over drinks in the Main Hall. Rumors tell of zombies marauding through the countryside, and of strange magics deep in the Arcosian Swamp. Beware, adventurer, for the Great Old Ones may rise from their eternal slumber!
This is the latest adventure ported to Eamon Remastered, The Well of the Great Ones by Mike Ellis. This is a frightening journey into a world threatened by Lovecraftian monsters, and an eldritch cult intent on summoning the most horrific beasts from outer worlds.
The Well is a somewhat forgotten treasure among Eamon adventures. It was only partially completed by its original author back in the 1990s. Eamon Adventurers' Guid president Tom Zuchowski accepted the challenge to finish it himself for the Apple II. He mostly succeeded, but for a few missing pieces that prevented the quest from being totally completed. The Eamon Remastered version fixes the incomplete threads and ties up a few loose ends in the storyline, while attempting to preserve the horror of the original writing. Give it a try, if you dare.
New Adventure: The Manxome Foe
Nov. 30, 2019
The latest adventure ported to Eamon Remastered is The Manxome Foe by Ray Olszewski. This is a fun, whimsical adventure based on the novel Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. It is a land full of fanciful creatures, some friendly and some not so friendly.
When you reach the woods, you'll find that you don't necessarily make it to every room in the adventure each time you play. Consider that you are but a pawn on a great chessboard and it will make sense. (Notice that the woods is eight rooms wide, even.)
“And, as in uffish thought he stood,
   The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
   And burbled as it came!”
“One, two! One, two! And through and through
   The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
   He went galumphing back.”

New Adventure: The Lair of Mutants
April 26, 2020
The latest adventure ported to Eamon Remastered is another classic: The Lair of Mutants, by Evan Hodson, the same author who brought us the Quest for the Holy Grail. This is a fun excursion featuring characters from the DC Comics universe. There are a few ways to alter your character's stats in this one, some you'll like and one you might not.

New Adventure: The Mines of Moria
Dec. 28, 2020
The latest adventure on Eamon Remastered is The Mines of Moria by prolific Eamon author Sam Ruby. Sam wrote a trilogy of adventures set in Middle Earth, of which this is the first. It's an old-fashioned hack-n-slash adventure where you'll tear through hordes of Sauron's orcs and trolls, along with a few other surprises. Bring your magic battle axe for this one!
In case you're wondering, I'm also working on converting the second and third adventures from this trilogy. They should be arriving within the next few weeks.
New Adventure: The Treachery of Zorag
Aug. 16, 2020
The latest new adventure is a big one: The Treachery of Zorag by Derek C. Jeter. This is one of the newest adventures in the Eamon catalog, first written in 2015. It's the largest adventure by room count in the entire catalog, and has a number of advanced features like food and rest management and different types of environments (city, country, dungeon, swamp, etc.) with their own unique weather.
The Treachery of Zorag also has an interesting history to it. Derek first wrote it for Eamon Deluxe, but that system was no longer being maintained by the time he finished it. Before its release here on Eamon Remastered, its only published form was as a Java applet Derek used to publish it as a standalone adventure. Now, it's available within the broader Eamon universe, as originally intended.
Bring a few sheets of paper if you're going to map this one out! It's a big map.