Lightning Eamon - Basic Set

Everts launched his Shever Software venture around 1986, but after the first product (a Traveller character generator) failed to achieve any sales, he decided he needed to come up with a new project idea;

"I remembered my love of Eamon and I was enjoying programming so I thought about doing an advanced version. A software utility company called Beagle Bros made an Applesoft compiler. One issue with running Eamon on an original Apple II was it was a bit slow. So I thought it would be a great idea to rewrite it to easily support hard drives and use their Beagle Compiler to make it lightning fast. It was a lot of work with extending the Main Hall and getting everything to work under the compiler. Eventually I got the Basic Set with the enhanced Main Hall and Beginner's Cave."

Everts converted four additional adventures to work with the system;
"An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: Lair of the Minotaur"
"An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: FutureQuest"
"An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: DharmaQuest"
"An Adventure for Lightning Eamon: The Prince's Tavern"

The Basic Set consisted of a double-sided diskette and a 12-page printed manual packaged in a Ziplock bag; each individual adventure consisted of a diskette and a printed card packaged in a smaller Ziplock bag. Everts recalls that his distributor didn't care for the packaging:

"My previous Traveller package was shrinkwrapped and they thought Ziplock made it look old and cheap." Nevertheless the distributor did purchase a dozen or so copies.

Everts says that years later he was able to reacquire several copies of his game which he found still sitting in a surplus store, "back in a dusty corner with stacks of other Apple II games."