DOS Games Discussion

Does anyone recall this game? I have been trying for years to recall what it was called or how to find it.

You were presented with a track, and the "urkel" (I seem to recall that being the name, but I might be wrong) would travel along it in a random spot every time, invisible to you, but you could close him off by destroying blocks around the path. You'd know where he was, but not where he was going--that was invisible. Eventually, he would be trapped between two blocks--which was your goal. You'd be rewarded with a message of "You've caught the urkel!" (or whatever its name was.) The urkel was apparently a frowny face in this case.

If you destroyed the block he was on, you got a "dead" smiley face and lost. You also only had so many destroyed blocks before he got away for good.

The graphics were horrendously old school.

Anyone remember this or know where to find it?

Reminds me of Hunt The Wumpus.

Does that game still exist??

GAMER

p.s. It's not the game you're after. I'm just curious.

Yes, the wumpus still exists.
You can download it and even play it online if you can't make the *.bas running.
http://wurb.com/if/game/442

About 'urkel' .... unknown, no idea.
Isn't there a mixup with that ADHD telly character?

Wasn't wumpus also the creature you could catch in M.U.L.E if you took to the mountains in your spare time?

Poor thing, always harassed by the people...


EDIT: btw, what's up with my avatar? I seem to have some kind of dual personality.

EDIT2: ...at least I see both the Larry pic and my own avatar...

That's normal, Larry's head goes with your 'rank' here -(newbie)-.
Must be painfull, having Larry on every post you make.

Yes, very!

What can I say? We're used to larger avatars!

Yeah, not Hunt the Wumpus, unfortunately. This thing was seriously retro.

Thanks, though!

I remember the game. Can't find it either.

He was an annoying little bastard who used to MIDI laugh at you when you couldn't catch him. But if you landed on him he died. You had to corner him before your number of turns are used up.

Let's keep hunting him!

Two possible game-groups where it might be hiding:

https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/hu ... s-variants

https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/ge ... -in-a-grid

(One of them is called 'Hurkle' so it might just be the droids you are looking for)