pre:

> open closet

You find a bunch of old clutter left behind by Chet's parents, first from when
they used this as the spare room, then from when it was the nursery for Chet
himself. There's a lot of history in this pile, and also probably a lot of gross
birth fluids or whatever it is that happens.

> examine clutter

You give a cursory, half-hearted browse of the cultural rubble. This room must've
also been the man cave before Chet showed up. Man, if walls could talk...

Of the debris, the two items that catch your eye are a battered Playstation 3
and a clothing catalog.

> examine playstation 3

It appears to be late model. You don't know what firmware it's on, but you're
pretty sure it doesn't have the PS2 backwards compatibility stuff.

> take playstation 3

Taken.

> take playstation 3 games

I don't know what "playstation 3 games" is.

> examine catalog

A catalog for one of the many kids clothing stores that used to litter stripmalls
from coast to coast. "BACK 2 SKOOL!" is printed on the front in enthusiastic
Comic Sans, above a fellow twelve year old dressed in a baggy school uniform
and shades giving the least enthusiastic thumbs up ever.

There but for the grace of God, huh?

> take catalog

Taken.

> place playstation 3 on windowsill

You carefully place the games console on the windowsill, making sure it doesn't
fall off into the yard below. That'd be hard to explain to Chet's parents.

> place catalog on windowsill.

You slip the catalog half-under the PS3 to keep it from blowing away in the
evening breeze.

> south

Bleary-eyed, you take a few steps into the kitchen to grab a quick lemonade
before bed.

Behind you, you suddenly hear a frenzy of activity from the room you just left.
It lasts all of a second, with the slam of a window acting as the dot on an
exclamation point of noise.

> north

You step back into the bedroom, and witness a preculiar sight. The catalog has
vanished completely, and the Playstation 3 has been hooked up to a period-
appropriate CRT television (that wasn't there before) running Bonk's Adventure in
a version of MAME that's older than you are. As the attract mode loops silently
and endlessly, you get the feeling that you've appeased some mysterious entity,
and that it's spared your life in return.

The rest of the night is uneventful. You fall asleep shortly thereafter and your
parents pick you up in the morning. As the neighborhood rushes by your passenger-
seat window, you reflect on the previous night and wonder - did kids REALLY grow
up playing Bonk's Adventure? Because wow, that game kinda blows.

** You Survived **

** You scored 69 points out of a possible 420 **

Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO the last
move, see your FULL SCORE, or QUIT?