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Lightning Eamon - Basic Set
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Lightning Eamon - Basic Set (c) 1987 Shever Soft. In addition to being compiled and ProDOS-based, Lightning Eamon adds several new features to the Main Hall. - TRIVIA - Everts launched his Shever Software venture around 1986, but after the first product (a Traveller character generator) failed to achieve any sales, he decided he needed to come up with a new project idea; "I remembered my love of Eamon and I was enjoying programming so I thought about doing an advanced version. A software utility company called Beagle Bros made an Applesoft compiler. One issue with running Eamon on an original Apple II was it was a bit slow. So I thought it would be a great idea to rewrite it to easily support hard drives and use their Beagle Compiler to make it lightning fast. It was a lot of work with extending the Main Hall and getting everything to work under the compiler. Eventually I got the Basic Set with the enhanced Main Hall and Beginner's Cave." Everts converted four additional adventures to work with the system; "An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: Lair of the Minotaur" "An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: FutureQuest" "An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: DharmaQuest" "An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: The Prince's Tavern" The Basic Set consisted of a double-sided diskette and a 12-page printed manual packaged in a Ziplock bag; each individual adventure consisted of a diskette and a printed card packaged in a smaller Ziplock bag. Everts recalls that his distributor didn't care for the packaging: "My previous Traveller package was shrinkwrapped and they thought Ziplock made it look old and cheap." Nevertheless the distributor did purchase a dozen or so copies. Everts says that years later he was able to reacquire several copies of his game which he found still sitting in a surplus store, "back in a dusty corner with stacks of other Apple II games." - STAFF - by: Scott Everts
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Lightning Eamon - Basic Set (c) 1987 Shever Soft. In addition to being compiled and ProDOS-based, Lightning Eamon adds several new features to the Main Hall. - TRIVIA - Everts launched his Shever Software venture around 1986, but after the first product (a Traveller character generator) failed to achieve any sales, he decided he needed to come up with a new project idea; "I remembered my love of Eamon and I was enjoying programming so I thought about doing an advanced version. A software utility company called Beagle Bros made an Applesoft compiler. One issue with running Eamon on an original Apple II was it was a bit slow. So I thought it would be a great idea to rewrite it to easily support hard drives and use their Beagle Compiler to make it lightning fast. It was a lot of work with extending the Main Hall and getting everything to work under the compiler. Eventually I got the Basic Set with the enhanced Main Hall and Beginner's Cave." Everts converted four additional adventures to work with the system; "An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: Lair of the Minotaur" "An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: FutureQuest" "An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: DharmaQuest" "An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: The Prince's Tavern" The Basic Set consisted of a double-sided diskette and a 12-page printed manual packaged in a Ziplock bag; each individual adventure consisted of a diskette and a printed card packaged in a smaller Ziplock bag. Everts recalls that his distributor didn't care for the packaging: "My previous Traveller package was shrinkwrapped and they thought Ziplock made it look old and cheap." Nevertheless the distributor did purchase a dozen or so copies. Everts says that years later he was able to reacquire several copies of his game which he found still sitting in a surplus store, "back in a dusty corner with stacks of other Apple II games." - STAFF - by: Scott Everts
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