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AnSionnachRua · 4684 days ago · link · · parent · post: Philip Bump: Revisiting 'Zork': What We Lost in the Transition to Visual Games
Makes me feel sad that I missed out on the era of text-based adventure games; they were before my time.
> Makes me feel sad that I missed out on [...] text-based adventure games
There's a hobbyist community still making these games. They're free and many of them are quite good: http://ifdb.tads.org/search?sortby=rcu&newSortBy.x=0&...
No reason why you can't live the adventure today! http://pot.home.xs4all.nl/infocom/zork1.html
Protip: Stay out of the dark. :) Honestly, the game does have a great mix of humor, puzzles, and exploration.
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thenewgreen · 4684 days ago · link ·
This is fun, took up way too much of my time though... but fun.
AnSionnachRua · 4684 days ago · link ·
Thanks for linking it. I'm, well, lost. But at least I've discovered where that line "You are likely to be eaten by a grue" comes from.
I should make a map...
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Spoiler alert. http://almy.us/image/dungeon.jpg This was the one used by the developers, if I remember correctly.
"You are likely to be eaten by a grue" I think it should say very likely. :)