Hunt the Wumpus, A-MAZE-ING and Blasto were originally intended to be included on a single cartridge. This was the first title programmed by Kevin Kenney who went on to create multiple titles for the TI-99/4A home computer including A-MAZE-ING and Tunnels of Doom. You have only one arrow! (Joysticks recommended.) Seek him out while avoiding perils, and be careful when you think you've found him. Lurking in his loathsome lair is the dreaded Wumpus. slime pits, giant bats, and the Wumpus itself.Īn exciting hunt in a marvel of mazes, hidden caverns, and twisted tunnels. At the same time, you must avoid perils of the maze. In Hunt the Wumpus, you play a hunter, looking for clues to help you find the Wumpus and fire an arrow into its cavern.

Hiding in its lair, the Wumpus waits to ambush careless explorers who enter its cavern. As the player navigates from chamber to chamber within the cave system, certain chambers will alert him/her to dangers close to him/her.Īn exciting simulated hunt in a hidden maze of caverns and twisting tunnels! Seek out the lair of the Wumpus, while avoiding perils along the way!ĭeep in a dark and twisting maze lives a creature called the Wumpus. Besides the beastly Wumpus, the cave system hosts other dangers including bottomless pits and cave bats. If the player enters the chamber where the Wumpus resides, he/she loses. The visited chambers of the cave become visible once they have been visited. The player navigates through an invisible cave. Hunt the Wumpus pits the player in a contest to search for, and hunt down a mythical creature known as the Wumpus.

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