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Zork was a flattering rip-off of Colossal Cave Adventure. Go play that instead. Still has the maze(s) and yes, you have to map them out tediously. But try to re
by stmfreak 10y ago
Zork was a flattering rip-off of Colossal Cave Adventure. Go play that instead. Still has the maze(s) and yes, you have to map them out tediously. But try to remember we had no graphics back then. Text console was fairly new. It was awesome at the time.
- WalterBright 10y agoYes, ADVENT was a minor sensation. It was my first taste of OOP, as in "the troll is a modified dwarf".
- DonHopkins 10y agoZork has a tribute to Don Woods, one of the authors of Adventure: The "one lousy point" Don Woods Commemorative stamp featured an image of a Frobozz Magic Lamp Company brass lantern with "Donald Woods, Editor Splelunker Today" printed beneath. One of these stamps was part of the Treasures of Zork. +--v----v----v----v----v--+ | _______ | > One / \ G < | Lousy / \ U | > Point | ___ | E < | | (___) | | > <--)___(--> P < | / / \ \ o | > / / \ \ s < | |-|---------|-| t | > | | \ _ / | | a < | | | --(_)-- | | g | > | | /| |\ | | e < | |-|---|_|---|-| | > \ \__/_\__/ / < | _/_______\_ | > | f.m.i.c. | < | ------------- | > < | Donald Woods, Editor | > Spelunker Today < | | +--^----^----^----^----^--+ That's what passed for "graphics" back then. More stamps, bills, portraits and coins: http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/interactive-fiction/solutions/Dungeon32b-Solution-Hints-Trivia.txt http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/interactive-fiction/solutions/Dun...