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Re: Crowther (pre-Woods) "Colossal Cave"

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From: Welmoed Sisson
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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