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Article #165072Re: Crowther (pre-Woods) "Colossal Cave"
From: Welmoed Sisson
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:00
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Yeah, I remember playing that one too ... there are still "images" in my memory of parts of that game. (Hmm... something about being in a balloon and not stopping at the correct ledge, and floating away, thus losing one game ... or was that a later Zork?) Do you think that present hyper-detailed computer games have dulled the imaginations of today's gamers? Would they even have the patience to play the old Zork text adventures? I'm also remembering another text game from some time ago, where the opening screen was merely a directory prompt, and the idea of the game was to hack into this computer simulation. What was that? --Welmoed Scott Peterson wrote: > > Another comparision. The first Zork from Infocom came on a bootable > 5- 1/4" floppy. The newest one is on a DVD disc. > > > Scott Peterson > > Notice. Spelling mistakes left in for people > who need to correct others to make their > life fulfilled.
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