For my next trip through the dark side of the Internet Archive, I played Shenanigans (1984, Mark Dice Productions.)
In Shenanigans, your goal is to track down a leprechaun’s pot of gold. You really need the money. Just look at where you are living:
Everything in Shenanigans is a puzzle and that includes getting out of your apartment. Directly outside your bedroom door, your landlord is waiting. He wants the rent that you own him. I typed “hit landlord” several times but the game does not understand the hit command.
The only way to get by the landlord is to pay him. The money is in the room but it is not easy to find. Hint: look at everything more than once.
If you ever get out of the apartment, you can wander around the city. Be careful because it is surprisingly easy to die in this game. For example, you might run into muggers. If you remember to search everything, you will have an item that will save your life. If you miss something, you will die.
Assuming you survive, you will find a bar.
Make sure you order the right beer or you might die. If you do order the right beer, you can find a subway that will take you to this magical place:
Solving the puzzles in Shenanigans can be rewarding but the gameplay can sometimes be frustrating. Not only is it extremely easy to mess up but, like many games from the 80s, the game’s vocabulary is limited. I spent a lot of time playing “guess the verb.” Fortunately, there is a walkthrough available. Without it, I would have died even more times than I did.
Through the Shattered Lens 