Thirsty Nellan screenshots

Starting location -- you (the penguin), Mr. Klinkoyn the banker, a vault and a portrait of Brigham Young for good measure.

Setting up the treasure hunt

An obstacle's error message; note the illustration of the milk and dish above the "N", which have been scanned from the game's initial 1980 printing in Recreational Computing magazine.

Is there any truth to rumours that early prototype versions of this game featured "Thirsty Nelly" as an unlockable character? (A: No.)

The very Thirsty Nellan of the game's title.

One further nod to the game's origins -- the magazine in which it first appeared and the TRS-80 on which it was designed to run.

Thirsty Nellan

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