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From: awrc@cs.ed.ac.uk (Al Crawford)
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Subject: Re: How to play Ecology?
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Date: 11 Feb 91 13:35:32 GMT
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In article <5440154@hplsla.HP.COM> andyc@hplsla.HP.COM (Andy Cassino) writes:
>Join the club! It looks like great fun but the only thing I've managed to do
>is eat a blade of grass here and there. I've concluded this is meant as a
>demo, not a playable game. If someone knows otherwise, I'd like to hear about
>it as well!

From the descriptions I've read of this it sounds very much like the game
"Eco" that was released by Ocean back in 1988 ie it was a commercial product
and sold for #20. However, it's now a very *old* game and I've not seen it
around for ages so I suppose it's not impossible that it's been placed in
the public domain since.

If I remember correctly (I sold the game to a friend ages ago) once you've
eaten enough grass you should try to mate with another bug. If this is
successful you get a chance to modify your DNA and evolve a bit. From their
you can evolve into a dog or a bird and eventually into a human being. There's
not a great deal to do and the game doesn't really *go* anywhere but it's just
so surreal that I love(d) it.

Hmmm. Maybe it's about time I tried to get it *back* from the friend I sold it
to...

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