Humbug
MS-DOS Game
- SharewareLicence
- Graham CluleyDeveloper
- 4 Oct 2026Page Updated
Details
- Developer
- Graham Cluley
- Released
- 1990
- Licence
- Shareware
- Page Updated
Screenshots
Overview
Humbug is a comic text adventure by Graham Cluley, who later became known as a computer security writer. It is full of jokes and puzzles, and you play it by typing commands.
How to Set It Up
- Install DOSBox Staging or another DOS emulator.
- Unzip the download into a folder of its own.
- Start DOSBox Staging and type
mount c "<folder>\humbug", where<folder>is where you unzipped the download, thenc:. - The download holds a self-extracting archive. Type
mkdir game, thencd game, then..\HUMBUG.EXEto unpack it. - Type
HUMBUGto start the game.
