Humbug!

Humbug is a text adventure game created by Graham Cluley in 1990. It was Cluley's second and final text adventure, following Jacaranda Jim, and gained widespread attention when it appeared on the cover disk of PC Plus magazine in December 1990.

You play as Sidney Widdershins, sent to your grandfather's crumbling estate at Attervist Manor for the Christmas holidays. Upon arrival, you discover your grandfather mysteriously caught in an unwakeable slumber. Lurking in the shadows is Grandad's evil neighbour, Jasper Slake — a particularly sadistic dentist who is after the manor. Your quest: uncover the secrets of a hidden time machine, find buried treasure to save the estate, and wake your grandfather from his enchanted sleep.

The game features over 200 interactive objects and is filled with quirky characters, including an octopus performing rituals and a clockwork shark. Strategy Plus Magazine praised it as "the most entertaining text adventure since Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," noting its "optimum balance of challenge, charm, silliness and sophistication."

While considerably more challenging than Jacaranda Jim, the game maintains a playful, witty tone throughout. Graham Cluley — now better known as a cybersecurity expert and blogger — placed Humbug in the public domain in 1997, making it free to download and play.

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