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T.SANTA CLUES

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000007B0: 2A 0D                                             |*.              |
..^U:FUNWARE.        S A N T A    C L U 
E S..             BY IAN ADAM..    PICTU
RE THIS.  YOU'RE ENJOYING.THE CRACKLING 
FIRE IN YOUR FIREPLACE.AND LOOKING FORWA
RD TO A PEACEFUL.WINTER IN THE COMFORT O
F YOUR 78.DEGREE HOME WHEN THERE COMES A
.TAPPING AT YOUR FRONT DOOR.  IT'S THE.L
AST THING YOU WANT -- A TELEGRAM!..    A
CCORDING TO THE MESSAGE, SANTA.CLAUS HAS
 DISAPPEARED AND, THANKS TO.YOUR ASSISTA
NCE TO LA MORT IN THE.MUSEUM FIASCO, YOU
 ARE NEEDED TO.INVESTIGATE.  WHAT WOULD 
YOU DO?.WHAT WOULD YOU DO?...    WELL, U
NLESS YOU ARE MORE OF A.SCROOGE THAN YOU
 APPEAR, YOU'LL PUT.OUT YOUR FIRE AND LE
ND A HAND.  BUT.WHAT IF YOU DON'T?  DON'
T WORRY, IAN.ADAMS' SANTA CLUES HAS AN A
NSWER FOR.THIS COWARDLY RESPONSE, AS WEL
L AS ANY.OTHER BUMBLING ACTION YOU MAY T
AKE AS.YOU SEARCH HIGH AND LOW FOR THE.F
AMOUS FAT MAN...    THIS INGENIOUS PROGR
AM HAS AN.ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING, AND I'M
 AFRAID.YOU WON'T LIKE MOST OF THEM.  SO
ME OF.THEM ARE DOWNRIGHT INSULTING!  THI
S.SHOWS HOW FAR COMPUTERS HAVE COME IN.T
HE PAST FEW YEARS -- FIRST, THEY ARE.MAN
'S HUMBLE SERVANT, THEN THEY GIVE.HIM A 
DIGITAL RASPBERRY...    YOU DON'T HAVE T
O TYPE IN.ANYTHING FOR THIS MYS-ADVENTUR
E; JUST.PRESS A FUNCTION KEY (OR OFTEN, 
ANY.KEY) AND YOUR ACTION WILL BE.REGISTE
RED.  EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO.KNOW IS ON 
THE SCREEN, WHICH IS.USUALLY A CLEVER MI
XTURE OF TEXT AND.GRAPHICS.  F8 WILL QUI
T THE GAME, BUT.I DON'T THINK YOU'LL WAN
T TO QUIT.ONCE YOU LEAVE YOUR COZY HOUSE
 AND.BEGIN YOUR SEARCH.  IT'S TOO MUCH F
UN...    USUALLY WE HAVE A HINT OR ANSWE
R.FILE FOR ADVENTURE GAMES, BUT THIS.ONE
 IS MAINLY FOR FUN AND I DON'T.THINK YOU
'LL NEED ONE.  IN ANY CASE,.THERE ISN'T 
ONE, SO DON'T BOTHER.LOOKING...    I'D L
IKE TO THANK IAN FOR GETTING.THIS VERY C
LEVER PROGRAM TO US IN.TIME FOR THE CHRI
STMAS ISSUE.  I HOPE.HE COMES UP WITH SI
MILAR MYS-.ADVENTURES FOR OTHER OCCASION
S.  I.SURE WOULDN'T MIND SEEING THE EAST
ER.BUNNY IN HOT WATER..                 
                FT.         **** END OF 
TEXT ****.
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