Can James Be Found? is a 1997 World Builder comedic mystery adventure
game created by James Waller (Bonkers Software).


[This link][1] is the original (but now archived) download page of
[The Bonkers Software Home Page][1] from March 5, 2005.

Can James Be Found? was the second in a series of games that appears
as though it was never completed. Lost In Kookyville is in the Garden,
but Johnny's Nightmare World DEMO and Harcon-5 haven't been found.


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> Bonkers Software World Builder Games:
>
> [Lost In Kookyville][2] v1.2.4 (1.7 MB)--you have been taken by the
> evil Toymeister to the city of Kookyville in order that the
> Toymeister may take over the world. In Kookyville, your job is to
> find all 8 crystals hidden in the town and return them to the
> gatekeeper, who will then let you leave Kookyville and return home.
> You obtain the crystals by helping out the many famous residents of
> the town, such as Ronald McDonald, The Terminator, Bert & Ernie (of
> Sesame Street), and more. There are many puzzles to be solved and
> places to visit. A challenging but fun game for all ages. Recently
> updated
>
> Can James Be Found? v1.1.1 (1.4 MB)--you are a private investigator
> who is hired to track down the kidnapper of Mr. James Drake,
> councilman of the city of Drakeville, California. It is your job to
> sort through all the clues and find the kidnapper and Mr. Drake
> before it's too late. Clues can be found throughout the town, and
> you are furnished with a list of 10 suspects. The kidnapper and
> clues are different each time you play, so in essence, it's 10 games
> in one! A must for detectives everywhere!
>
> Johnny's Nightmare World DEMO 2 (1.6 MB)--you are Johnny, a kid
> stuck in his own nightmare. It is your job to escape the dreamworld
> and return home to consciousness. There are 3 "levels" in the
> dreamworld, each one with its own set of challenging puzzles and
> obstacles. A wonderful adventure game for fans of adventure games.
> DEMO version allows play of first 2 levels. Final version due out
> sometime between April and December 1999.
>
>
>
> * * *
>
> Coming soon:
>
> Harcon-5--The sequel to Lost In Kookyville, Can James Be Found?, and
> Johnny's Nightmare World, Harcon-5 is the largest and hardest of all
> of Bonkers Software's games. The Toymeister, in an act of revenge
> against you for escaping from Kookyville, has sent you to Harcon-5,
> a planet not that different from Earth. Again, your mission is to
> escape. You are stuck in Harcon-5's capitol and largest city,
> Hartown. All your favorite characters from all of Bonker's
> Software's games are here--Dan Quayle, Mayor McCheese, and more! (No
> set release date.)

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It appears as though the Johnny's Nightmare World DEMO was released,
so if anyone can find it, then please upload it.


Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

Without even testing this app, I'm sure all of the Bonkers Software
World Builder games are 32-bit-compatible, so they should work on all
OSs and emulators except Mac OS 9.x. (None of the World Builder games
are FAT or PPC.)

  [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20050305195336/http://we.got.net/~mapman/bonkerssw/
  [2]: http://macintoshgarden.org/games/lost-in-kookyville