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The Fool's Errand

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Category:	Puzzle
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Year released:	1987
Author:	Cliff Johnson
Publisher:	Miles Computing
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Download FoolsErrand.img_.sit (505.81 KB)
For System 6.x - Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Download the_fools_errand_original.sit (889.41 KB)
For System 6.x - Mac OS 8 - 8.1

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Emulation
This game works with: SheepShaver, Basilisk II, Mini vMac

Cliff Johnson's breakthrough debut: a "meta-puzzle" that weaves dozens of nested challenges into a storyline and an ultimate solution.

A self-published sequel, The Fool and His Money, was released in 2012 and is available through the author's website.

See also: At the Carnival, 3 in Three

Added Disk Copy 4.2 images of the two original floppy disks, compressed with StuffIt 4. Also added a scan of the disks. These require B&W.

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by mrdav - 2012, March 28 - 11:18am

Just aded Disk Copy 4.2 images of the two original floppy disks and a scanned picture of the disks as well.

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by IIGS_User - 2010, February 14 - 9:04am

The download is now wrapped into a Ready-to-use Disk image, just to be added to the emulator's drives list or simply dragged onto the Mini vMac window to mount it.

The game runs particularly in Mac OS 9, but its menu names doesn't display the original text, so the best play is up to Mac OS 8.

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