Hatrack II

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Introduction

HATRACK II was a Text Adventure authoring system written for the Commodore Amiga computer by Tony Heap of Heley Software in 1990 and updated in 1991. It was written in HiSoft Basic and came on one bootable floppy disk.

The program came with a default set up containing enough information for a basic game to be created. Finished games could be published onto a floppy disk for distribution.

Mechanics

Hatrack II was essentially a database system where the author filled in tables of descriptions, messages, objects, variables and vocabulary that were then compiled into a playable game.