<s>
Valley	B-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
Minotaur	I-Device
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
,	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
fact	O
it	O
relies	O
on	O
a	O
simple	O
verb-noun	O
parser	B-Language
,	O
it	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
games	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
collect	O
treasures	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
deposit	O
them	O
in	O
a	O
telephone	O
booth	O
(	O
whereas	O
in	O
Zork	B-Application
I	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Underground	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
,	O
the	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
collect	O
treasures	O
to	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
trophy	O
case	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
giant	O
bat	B-Application
,	O
which	O
will	O
pick	O
up	O
the	O
player	O
(	O
without	O
consent	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
carry	O
him	O
to	O
various	O
other	O
locations	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
a	O
feature	O
nearly	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
giant	O
bat	B-Application
in	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
trilogy	I-Application
games	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
travel	O
by	O
boat	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
featured	O
in	O
Zork	B-Application
I	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valley	B-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
Minotaur	I-Device
features	O
many	O
aspects	O
which	O
,	O
at	O
that	O
early	O
period	O
in	O
gaming	O
history	O
,	O
were	O
essentially	O
unique	O
to	O
itself	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
encounter	O
with	O
a	O
tribe	O
of	O
cannibalistic	O
headhunters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
treasure	O
collection	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
secondary	O
goal	O
,	O
necessary	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
The	O
slaying	O
of	O
the	O
dreaded	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
some	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
but	O
that	O
is	O
difficult	O
to	O
determine	O
without	O
confirmation	O
from	O
the	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
appear	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
may	O
have	O
simply	O
been	O
the	O
off-beat	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
he	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Nick	O
Van	O
Dyke	O
on	O
a	O
second	O
text	O
based	O
adventure	O
project	O
,	O
'	O
Return	O
to	O
the	B-Device
Valley	I-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
Minotaur	I-Device
 '	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
finished	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
writing	O
and	O
concepts	O
were	O
heavily	O
influenced	O
by	O
popular	O
text	O
based	O
exploration	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
,	O
including	O
'	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Adventure	O
 '	O
,	O
'	O
Zork	B-Application
I	I-Application
 '	O
and	O
'	O
II	O
 '	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
maps	O
from	O
'	O
Wizardry	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
influences	O
in	O
the	O
writing	O
of	O
'	O
Valley	B-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
Minotaur	I-Device
 '	O
were	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
props	O
from	O
Doctor	O
Who	O
;	O
specifically	O
the	O
telephone	O
booth	O
which	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
TARDIS	O
.	O
</s>
