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On 2017-04-19, Rin Stowleigh <rstow...@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Oh, excellent, thank you. It turns out you can get to the biker bit in
about 5 minutes so I guess I didn't play this for as long as I
remember doing so!

Wow, what an annoying game, though.

-- 
-Toby
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