Old skool text based computer games???
25 February 2005, 05:17 PM
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Old skool text based computer games???
Does anyone remember these. You started in like a DOS window and then a few lines of text appeared explaining the environment you were starting in. you then had to type certain commands to progress through the game like n for north etc and pick up (obvious 
) Basic though they were, for some reason I quite enjoyed playing them. I seem to recall playing such a game on somthing like a ZX Spectrum. Are there any out there that can be downloaded and played on todays PC's???
Hopefully someones knows what I'm on about
) Basic though they were, for some reason I quite enjoyed playing them. I seem to recall playing such a game on somthing like a ZX Spectrum. Are there any out there that can be downloaded and played on todays PC's???Hopefully someones knows what I'm on about
Always ended up going around in circles trying to progress because I'd forgot to 'examine' something 
25 February 2005, 07:00 PM
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there's plenty of online versions here:
http://top50.onrpg.com/mud/
Or you can download the old school infocom "Zork" series here:
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/
http://top50.onrpg.com/mud/
Or you can download the old school infocom "Zork" series here:
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/
25 February 2005, 09:14 PM
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Aaah, The Hobbit on Speccy....
You are in a comfortable tunnel like hall.
http://hob.emuxhaven.net/play.php?snap=hobbit
You are in a comfortable tunnel like hall.
http://hob.emuxhaven.net/play.php?snap=hobbit
25 February 2005, 09:56 PM
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You are in a small bedroom, There are no freinds here, you are thirteen, you can see a crap computer, There are exits to the North, what do you want to do
?_
SUCK MY ****
Sorry I do not understand "SUCK MY ****"
What do you want to do
?_
?_
SUCK MY ****
Sorry I do not understand "SUCK MY ****"
What do you want to do
?_
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25 February 2005, 09:58 PM
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Anyone remember an obscure c64 adventure called 'Quest of Merravid' ?
We got obsessed by it, I learnt how to crash it and alter the code (was basic), saved it and left it for my dad with some choice additional lines of dialogue !
We got obsessed by it, I learnt how to crash it and alter the code (was basic), saved it and left it for my dad with some choice additional lines of dialogue !
25 February 2005, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by J4CKO
You are in a small bedroom, There are no freinds here, you are thirteen, you can see a crap computer, There are exits to the North, what do you want to do
?_
SUCK MY ****
Sorry I do not understand "SUCK MY ****"
What do you want to do
?_
?_
SUCK MY ****
Sorry I do not understand "SUCK MY ****"
What do you want to do
?_
I thought that was just me
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Originally Posted by GaryK
Yep something like 'Hunt the wumpus'
I smell something....
God thats ancient!
I smell something....
God thats ancient!
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THORIN SITS DOWN AND STARTS SINGING ABOUT GOLD
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++ SLICE THORIN OPEN WITH LARGE AXE
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>>SORRY I DON'T UNDERSTAND "SLICE"
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++ SLICE THORIN OPEN WITH LARGE AXE
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>>SORRY I DON'T UNDERSTAND "SLICE"
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Ah, memories, memories:
Level 9 - Lords Of Time, SnowBall, Return To Eden, etc...
http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure...Computing.html
Magnetic Scrolls - The Pawn, Guild Of Thieves
http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure...c_Scrolls.html
A timeline of all the important adventure games:
http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure/timeline.html
Level 9 - Lords Of Time, SnowBall, Return To Eden, etc...
http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure...Computing.html
Magnetic Scrolls - The Pawn, Guild Of Thieves
http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure...c_Scrolls.html
A timeline of all the important adventure games:
http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure/timeline.html
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