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On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:09:12 +0100, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
wrote:

>On 2017-04-17, Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The first computer game I owned - barring whatever came on the
>> "Getting Started" diskettes for my Apple IIc - was Zork I. It wasn't
>> the first video game I played - that was probably Pong - or even the
>> first computer game - my memory is hazy in this regard, but I think it
>> was Ultima I - but Zork is where I officially count my start as a
>> computer gamer. Not dependent on an endless stream of quarters or the
>> use of somebody else's hardware, I could play Zork whenever I wanted
>> and at my own pace.
>
>Embarrasingly, I never played Zork, but I did put a lot of time into
>the parody game: "Pork 2 - The Gizzard of Showbiz", a spin off of
>"Zork 2: The Wizard of Frobozz".
>
>I spent a long time struggling uphill with the interface because it had
>a "Lewd mode" and, in 1989, this 11 year old boy would seek out any
>sources of titilation he could get access to. I make no apology for that.

Heh.  There is a fun sub-culture to explore in these retro
adult-themed games.  I remember some home made graphical adventure
game for the Atari ST from around that same timeframe (late 80s) that
had a Zork-like command line.  You went to all this trouble,guessing
commands and solving weird puzzles, just in order to chase down a girl
so that you can have sex with her, then after you finally do, the game
reveals the girl was.... well, not a girl.  lol.  

Loading up Atari ST and Amiga emulators is a good way to find these
hilarious low-fidelity smut games.  I think the graphical limitations
of the era were what brought out the humor creativity.

>My memories of it are very thin but I can picture a scene by a
>cliffside with some motorbike gangs that may have been where I got
>stuck.

You can play it (as well as the Zork games) on classic reload:

https://classicreload.com/pork-2-the-gizzard-of-showbiz.html