Commodore 64 Memories: The Farmer’s Daughter

CNN has a feature story on the Commodore 64 today. Brings me back to the summer of 1985 or 1986. I didn’t have my own C64, but I had a couple of friends who had them, and when we weren’t riding our bikes, or pool hopping, we were playing games like “Sporting News Baseball,” “Friday the 13th,” or, with the doors locked, and the lights dimmed low… “The Farmer’s Daughter.”

If you’re not familiar with it, “The Farmer’s Daughter” was a text-only adventure game with the goal being to get with the Farmer’s Daughter. You know? Like, do it with her. Solve the clues and she’s yours.

I think we spent hours playing this game, sweating over the keyboard, but I don’t ever remember winning the prize. Being hormone crazy teenage boys, we weren’t patient enough to make it to the end, so after about five minutes of playing, we would rapidly type in commands like “Give me the sex now!”

Too bad we didn’t have the internet back then. We could have solved the puzzle with cheat sites, like this (Scroll down and click on Farmer's Daughter. Warning! The link contains dirty, foul language). But it wouldn’t be the same now. In the 80s, I’m sure the farmer’s daughter was a perky, feminine flower, but if I had to guess, she probably hasn’t aged well… worn out old hag who smokes two packs a day and lives with pigs and kids. No thanks.