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Quicksand
About the software
Quicksand is a text adventure game for RISC OS computers, in which you take on the role of Stan Tyler...
You were in an accident, and you woke up dressed like some kind of 1970s throwback in what looks like some form of interactive fiction! What's going on? Are you in a coma? Have you gone mad? Or have you really been transformed into binary data?
What are you doing in a seemingly deserted woodland park? Perhaps you have to fulfill some kind of quest, the successful completion of which will enable you to return to the real world of the 21st century, where good - or, at least, modern - fashion sense prevails?
The only way to find out is to play the game!
The game has been written using Trellis and is provided free of charge from this website. Any rumours that lay claim to the notion that this is because it's so simple are completely true - this game is so simple, it's stunningly simple! Can you fail to complete it in a fairly short timescale?
The small print: There is no quicksand in this game.
Compatibility
Quicksand is only available for the RISC OS platform. The game is, by default, text only and runs in MODE 15, so should work on any RISC OS computer with RISC OS 3.1 or higher.
If you have a RiscPC or later with 1 megabyte of video RAM, running RISC OS 3.5/SpriteExtend 0.99 or higher, then you can also download the graphics for the game; with the graphics installed it runs in a 32 thousand colour, 800x600 screen mode.
If you have 2 megabytes of VRAM, or a more modern machine than a Risc PC, then you can download an additional file, which will make the game run in a 16 million colour 800x600 screen mode.
Availabilty and Pricing
Quicksand can be downloaded free of charge from here.
Download Quicksand for RISC OSRequirements and Dependencies
Quicksand requires the SRSLibrary relocatable module.
