You jump onto the internet and make your way into the depths of NeoGAF. There you spot a topic poorly titled Text Adventure Games-Happy Love Making Time. Curiously you click on it and the following page states:
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WELCOME TO THE TEXT ADVENTURE TRIBUTE TOPIC
Back in the day, we didnt have fancy smancy polyhooligonal graphics, 9.875 DTSADD Surround Sound, and characters voiced by the great, almighty Kirk Cameron. We had to READ our games and imagine the world that they were trying to express. You young pricks think you know what a good game is, BAAH I say. Check out these games from our older gamers youths:
ADVENT / ADVENTURE
The grandpappy of them all. Advent was created by Will Crowther back in the 70s and was later worked on by Don Woods (which was then creatively retitled Adventure). The game took place in a Tolkien-esc fantasy setting where the player is to explore the Colossal Cave. Adventure may not have been the best of the text based adventure game (TBAG) but it lead the way to a genre I hold so dear to my black heart, the point and click adventures.
Where to play? Go here
ZORK I, II, III (and so on)
Where Adventure was the grandpappy, Zork became king. This game was rememberable for its opening setting: a white house in the middle of nowhere which hides the entrance to The Great Underground Empire. With all the advances in tech now a days its good that one thing has greatly improved over time, the writing. Check out this comparison:
Zork:
This is a path winding through a dimly lit forest. The path heads north-south here. One particularly large tree with some low branches stands at the end of the path. You hear in the distance the chirping of a songbird.
Gears of Wars:
Who loves ya baby ?! Cole Train
Where to play? Enter here
WIZARD AND THE PRINCESS/ ADVENTURE IN SERENIA
One of the first text adventure games that I played and also the first to have color screens to go along with the writing. Was never able to finish it, that damn snake always scared me.
MICKEYS SPACE ADVENTURE
Did I hear a big collective WTF? Well screw you as this was the first TBAG that I was able to finish. Im sure there is someone else out there that has warm nostalgic feelings towards this trippy title.
TREASURE ISLAND
Another game I dredged up from my slacker childhood. Dont remember much on this one, only that it was difficult and I died often. This game also contained a lengthy amount of text so those of you who like to have things spoken out for you, you might want to steer clear.
HOBBIT
I know what you all are saying Theres not enough hobbit-humping in this thread! Well wipe those tears away Nancy for here is a TBAG involving one of those furry footed, weed smoking hippies. Now you can pack one up with the grey wizard all you want in the best game adaptation of Tolkiens fiction. Whys it the best? Cause its just like reading the damn book.
LABYRINTH
Notable for two reasons: One, it was the first LucasArts games to be based on a film. The second is that it starts off as a plain text TBA but when you enter the movie theatre it become a fully colored graphic adventure game Wizard of Oz style. And who says games werent art?
HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Here is one TBAG I never got to play around with. I know a lot of gamers who hold this one dear to their fuzzy hearts so I put it on this list to make you all feel warm inside.
Where to play? This place
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You back out of the thread, shaken from the bizarre crankiness contained within. Behind you is a mallet wielding midget riding a dolphin. Ahoy he shouts. There is a rope, a chair and a bottle of lubricant also in the room.
What do you do >
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WELCOME TO THE TEXT ADVENTURE TRIBUTE TOPIC
Back in the day, we didnt have fancy smancy polyhooligonal graphics, 9.875 DTSADD Surround Sound, and characters voiced by the great, almighty Kirk Cameron. We had to READ our games and imagine the world that they were trying to express. You young pricks think you know what a good game is, BAAH I say. Check out these games from our older gamers youths:
ADVENT / ADVENTURE
The grandpappy of them all. Advent was created by Will Crowther back in the 70s and was later worked on by Don Woods (which was then creatively retitled Adventure). The game took place in a Tolkien-esc fantasy setting where the player is to explore the Colossal Cave. Adventure may not have been the best of the text based adventure game (TBAG) but it lead the way to a genre I hold so dear to my black heart, the point and click adventures.
Where to play? Go here
ZORK I, II, III (and so on)
Where Adventure was the grandpappy, Zork became king. This game was rememberable for its opening setting: a white house in the middle of nowhere which hides the entrance to The Great Underground Empire. With all the advances in tech now a days its good that one thing has greatly improved over time, the writing. Check out this comparison:
Zork:
This is a path winding through a dimly lit forest. The path heads north-south here. One particularly large tree with some low branches stands at the end of the path. You hear in the distance the chirping of a songbird.
Gears of Wars:
Who loves ya baby ?! Cole Train
Where to play? Enter here
WIZARD AND THE PRINCESS/ ADVENTURE IN SERENIA
One of the first text adventure games that I played and also the first to have color screens to go along with the writing. Was never able to finish it, that damn snake always scared me.
MICKEYS SPACE ADVENTURE
Did I hear a big collective WTF? Well screw you as this was the first TBAG that I was able to finish. Im sure there is someone else out there that has warm nostalgic feelings towards this trippy title.
TREASURE ISLAND
Another game I dredged up from my slacker childhood. Dont remember much on this one, only that it was difficult and I died often. This game also contained a lengthy amount of text so those of you who like to have things spoken out for you, you might want to steer clear.
HOBBIT
I know what you all are saying Theres not enough hobbit-humping in this thread! Well wipe those tears away Nancy for here is a TBAG involving one of those furry footed, weed smoking hippies. Now you can pack one up with the grey wizard all you want in the best game adaptation of Tolkiens fiction. Whys it the best? Cause its just like reading the damn book.
LABYRINTH
Notable for two reasons: One, it was the first LucasArts games to be based on a film. The second is that it starts off as a plain text TBA but when you enter the movie theatre it become a fully colored graphic adventure game Wizard of Oz style. And who says games werent art?
HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Here is one TBAG I never got to play around with. I know a lot of gamers who hold this one dear to their fuzzy hearts so I put it on this list to make you all feel warm inside.
Where to play? This place
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You back out of the thread, shaken from the bizarre crankiness contained within. Behind you is a mallet wielding midget riding a dolphin. Ahoy he shouts. There is a rope, a chair and a bottle of lubricant also in the room.
What do you do >
