Tempest Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 We've all played Infocom text adventures in our youth, but how many have you actually beaten? Which ones did you think were really easy and which ones did you find impossibly hard? What was your favorite? Here are the Infocom games I've beaten: Zork I Zork II Zork III Beyond Zork (my favorite) Zork Zero Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Leather Goddesses of Phobos Planetfall Stationfall (once long ago) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Infidel Hollywood Hijinx Bureacracy The Lurking Horror Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It Arthur Shogun Journey Battletech: The Cresent Hawk's Inception Zork: Grand Inquisitor Hardest: Bureacracy (Spellbreaker is a close second) Easiest: Enchanter Favorite: Beyond Zork Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter Sorcerer (Most... loved this game) Planetfall Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Granted had some help in these in suggestions from friends, books, etc. The Zork series to me was equal to the Harry Potter fandom in kids today. Really inspired my interest in fantasy/adventure. The gateway game to Dungeons&Dragons, Amtgard (live action), reading the Myth Adventures series by Robert Asprin.. oh the evils that game spawned... (Speaking like my church back in the 80's with the D&D scare...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 So Tempest, you've never beaten Leather Goddesses of Phobos? By the way, *anyone* on this thread who hasn't played our own Chris++ 's Infocom-style text adventure, called "Fork" is missing out: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=117600 Well, I guess the humor would be understood by anyone who likes old video games, but some of the inside jokes will be gotten mostly by the collectors here, I think. (I did consider writing one that actually featured the AA "characters" themselves, but I was afraid I'd accidentally leave out a couple people and hurt their feelings.) If you have no idea about classic games, it's hopefully an entertaining adventure anyway. Please enjoy Fork: The Great Underground Dining Room. Anyone who wouldn't mind giving it a shot has my appreciation. Included in this compressed folder are two files: Fork itself, plus the .exe needed to run it -- the interpreter called WinFrotz. Just select "Open new story," highlight Fork and click "Open." (Double-clicking sometimes triggers the "Hit any key" prompt that scrolls to the end of the intro, unfortunately.) Assuming the settings have saved along with WinFrotz, I've configured the foreground & background colors to look like the C-64 screen, because I'm an Infocom fetishist that way; but it's pretty obvious how to change them on the interface at the top. http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/server/2990/Fork.zip Thanks for trying it out! I finished it and highly recommend it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 So Tempest, you've never beaten Leather Goddesses of Phobos? Bah missed that on my list. Yes I have. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 i'm 28 years old and i've never played nor heard of any of those games. When I was in elementary school, Oregon Trail and Number Munchers was the "in" games as far as computer games went. Never had a PC of my own until I got a 486 Packard Bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasholzer Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Battletech: The Cresent Hawk's Inception Zork I THGTTG Hollywood Hi-Jinks Plundered Hearts Ciruit's Edge Mines of Titan Foobliztky (with friends) Return to Zork Zork the undiscovered Underground Gamma Force Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2 Just in the middle of playing Zork Grand Inquisitor Edited May 15, 2008 by thomasholzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsiddall Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Zork I - on my Atari 800 Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy - on my Atari 800 Return to Zork (video captured / not really text-based) on my Mac I've got The Lost Treasures of Infocom but haven't revisited any of the games. I've played some of Roberta William's early stuff like Wizard and the Princess and Micro Fun's Death in the Caribbean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasholzer Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 i'm 28 years old and i've never played nor heard of any of those games. When I was in elementary school, Oregon Trail and Number Munchers was the "in" games as far as computer games went. Never had a PC of my own until I got a 486 Packard Bell. Infocom was huge on Apple ][ though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 i'm 28 years old and i've never played nor heard of any of those games. When I was in elementary school, Oregon Trail and Number Munchers was the "in" games as far as computer games went. Never had a PC of my own until I got a 486 Packard Bell. Infocom was huge on Apple ][ though That's what I played them on. I think I read somewhere that the Apple II and Mac (later on of course) sales were highest followed by PC and Amiga. Oddly I see more Infocom games for the C64 than any other system. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangest Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 planetfall and hitchhiker's guide, the only two i had for my apple IIe. i'm so glad that i knew even as a kid to keep all of the packaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasholzer Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) i'm 28 years old and i've never played nor heard of any of those games. When I was in elementary school, Oregon Trail and Number Munchers was the "in" games as far as computer games went. Never had a PC of my own until I got a 486 Packard Bell. Infocom was huge on Apple ][ though That's what I played them on. I think I read somewhere that the Apple II and Mac (later on of course) sales were highest followed by PC and Amiga. Oddly I see more Infocom games for the C64 than any other system. Tempest Hm, I doubt Amiga sales of Infocom titles were higher than C64 or even A8. I also finished Cornerstone, wasn't much of a game Edited May 15, 2008 by thomasholzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 The first one I got for my Apple ][ was Deadline. I did beat that one. Then I got Zork, played it for a little while, and then lost interest in interactive text adventures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 Hm, I doubt Amiga sales of Infocom titles were higher than C64 or even A8. Well the memo I saw was from the very late 80's, so maybe the C64 had cooled down a bit then? The A8 was mostly dead then as well. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iratanam Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 No way I can remember all of them but here goes: BallyHoo Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Deadline Zork I,II,III Planetfall Sorcerer Leather Goddess One I beat that I can't recall the title of now, had something to do with egypt, pyramids, sand, all that stuff I do believe, God that's been 20yrs ago or more on most of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I can't remember! Zork 1 Zork 2 Zork 3 Infidel I think thats it but other text games I've finished are (C64 versions): The Hobbit Night of the Walking Dead Revenge of the Moon Goddess Perils of Darkest Africa Death in the Caribbean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasholzer Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 No way I can remember all of them but here goes: BallyHoo Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Deadline Zork I,II,III Planetfall Sorcerer Leather Goddess One I beat that I can't recall the title of now, had something to do with egypt, pyramids, sand, all that stuff I do believe, God that's been 20yrs ago or more on most of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Beyond Zork (my favorite) With or without getting the Crocodile Tear and defeating the dust bunnies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Zork I, II, III Enchanter, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker Planetfall Stationfall (once long ago) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Seastalker I got pretty far in Suspended but I don't think I finished it. Don't really remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I have beaten all of these and then some. Long live Infocom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Battletech is the only one I've beaten. Despite its flaws, I just loved that game! The text games I never did get too into. I fooled around with Zork I a fair bit, and got quite far in Hitchhikers but got stymied trying to get some Tea! I've since learned that you needed to feed the dog near the beginning of the game or you hit a dead end late in the game so I would've been screwed anyhow! Damn you Douglas Adams! There was a few others and some non-Infocom text games I got into but essentially Zork and Hitchhikers were the ones I spent the most time with on my 64. I've been getting more and more interested Infocom and text adventures these past couple months and I think I will make it a goal this year to finally sit down and conquer Zork! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I've played quite a few but only played these to the end Zork I Zork II Zork III and the modern Zork with graphics its either Beyond Zork or Return to Zork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I once played entirely through Zork I without saving. Why? Because I was writing my own 6809 Infocom Interpreter for the TRS-80 Color Computer (Infocom wouldn't advertise their own for another six months) and I hadn't written the disk routines yet. Also, in Zork II, there was a "diamond" puzzle in one area, and I actually disassembled the code to figure out how it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Also, in Zork II, there was a "diamond" puzzle in one area, and I actually disassembled the code to figure out how it worked. The diamond puzzle was in Zork I (I assume you mean the coal in the pressure machine puzzle). I once played entirely through Zork I without saving. Why? Because I was writing my own 6809 Infocom Interpreter for the TRS-80 Color Computer (Infocom wouldn't advertise their own for another six months) and I hadn't written the disk routines yet. Really? That's awesome. There's an interesting FAQ on how Radio Shack made Infocom change some of the language in the games by setting something called the "Tandy Bit". Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Here are the Infocom games I've beaten: Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter Leather Goddesses of Phobos Planetfall Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Lurking Horror Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It Shogun Hardest: Bureacracy (I gave up without getting very far), Deadline (haven't finished this one yet either), Arthur, Journey. Easiest: Leather Goddesses of Phobos Favorite: Planetfall I needed a small amount of hint/walkthrough help for each of the three Zorks, Lurking Horror and Shogun. I finished Enchanter and Leather Goddesses without walkthrough help mostly simultaneously with a friend, sometimes playing together at one of our homes, and at other times simply exchanging clues and ideas about possible solutions. Ditto Hitchhiker's Guide, with a different friend who dropped out after about the first half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobus Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Zork I,II,III Starcross Witness Planetfall Deadline Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Infidel Cutthroats (I know, it hardly counts) Hitchhikers Suspect Hollywood Hijinx Stationfall Lurking Horror First - Witness Hardest - Starcross Easiest - Spellbreaker (found this one ridiculously easy - I guess I was in the groove) Favourite - Planetfall & Infidel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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