DavidMil Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Anybody remember the names of some of the old text adventure game? You remember, the ones that you would type... eat coconut and the game would say." you can't do that." then you type... Get rock use rock on Coconut eat coconut I've got a great grand daughter that has been playing 'Myst' and I wanted to show her the humble begins of that game. Of course at the time our old text adventures were state of the art. DavidMil Kingwood, Texas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) have a read here The attachments on posts 12 & 21 may suit Edited January 4, 2017 by Wrathchild 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanicjay Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Zork is kinda the big one, (based on the older game called Adventure). There was a Zork I, II and III, easily found for 8-bit Ataris. I understand the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy was a popular one of these as well, though I've never played it.The Serpent's Star was very engaging (to me) and an evolution, still all text based interaction, with some static pictures on the top 1/2 of the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEditor Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Scott Adams Adventures were very popular as well as anything Infocom. Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) "Feelies... nothing more than feelies. Trying to get the most out of adventures of text. Feelies... oh woah my box has feelies..." Infocom rulez! (Though I played a lot of Scott Adams too)./ http://gallery.guetech.org/ Edited January 5, 2017 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I'm just amused that the first memory someone has of these games is saying "eat coconut". My favorite of these at the time was Enchanter, though I'm not sure if it was on Atari 8 bits. That's the only one of these I think I ever finished, though I owned several. Hitchhiker's Guide was good too, but I remember it being *really* hard even for someone who had just read the books like 3 times. Lots of stuff in those games made no sense, let's face it. It was just trial and error figuring out the process the game wanted you to go through to accomplish a certain task. But I think in the Guide game there seemed to be an awful lot of ways to die that wouldn't be obvious in advance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwilove Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 My old favourite was "Lords of Karma" a 48k game that came out on tape - that you should find easily these days. It took about 5 minutes? to initialize itself at the very start, when it would say "working...". It's one of the few games in which you can die, and then restart again on a mountain top. While not exactly capturing the flavour of - do good deeds and you'll do well in the game - it's a little bit different to others of the standard text adventure game - although it is one. I did manage to map it out - and it's not as hard as say the Scott Adams text adventure games. Harvey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Level Nine also made some great a8 adventures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 I remember 'eat coconut' because I had an argument with my eight year old son (at the time) because he was sure that coconuts grew wild so all you had to do was take a bag and collect a bunch of the little white stringy pieces of coconut. There was no internet in those dark ages, so I had to take him to the library to find pictures of coconuts and people opening them with machetes. The Liberian thought it was cute, and I just wanted to go home and get a beer. DavidMil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) Wishbringer is a fantasy adventure thats easier than Zork and the Enchanter series and might appeal a bit more to kids. It is a bit younger than Zork and AFAIK has an improved parser and some hint features. I think you need to download the Wishbringer map as well but that's easily found using google. (One of my kids gave it a try but didn't finish it.) Edited January 5, 2017 by slx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I played through all 3 Zorks a year or so ago with the help of a walkthrough. I dont believe 1 person finished Zork III without the hint guide. Some much of that game made no sense that even guessing wouldnt have helped IMHO. Zork I was puzzling but possible to finish with enough trial and error. My neighbors finished that one. I think they gave up on Zork II. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 I also gave up on Zork II. I never even tried 3. You know how twisted programmers brains get when they sit in front of a screen for days at a time! Having tried programing for a couple of years, I can sympathize... I've been writing down all the suggestions (except Zork) so please feel free to add any more if you think of them. Thanks, David Milsop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Seastalker was made especially for kids and afaik gives hints to the player but has a rather technical/scientific setting. Scott Adams adventures come in all kinds of settings, some with very basic graphics, but I found them not that easy to play as you usually have to find the exact word to proceed (which sometimes required a disc editor for a non native speaker without a thesaurus ). Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 You might also want to try Sierra's Hi-res adventures like http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-hi-res-adventure-6-the-dark-crystal_2468.html if you want graphics but I have not played any of them through. If you great granddaughter happens to like Phineas and Ferb on TV, Wishbringer has the bonus feature of containing platypuses, btw. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Recently a new adventure has been ported from Amstrad CPC: The Saga of Erik the Viking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 His Dark Majesty from a couple of years ago here in The 8-bit forums was popular for awhile.. His Dark Majesty _V1.01.atr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I remember 'eat coconut' because I had an argument with my eight year old son (at the time) because he was sure that coconuts grew wild so all you had to do was take a bag and collect a bunch of the little white stringy pieces of coconut. There was no internet in those dark ages, so I had to take him to the library to find pictures of coconuts and people opening them with machetes. The Liberian thought it was cute, and I just wanted to go home and get a beer. DavidMil Well he was partly right, Coconuts grow wild. I used to enjoy the occasional coconut while on Guam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Wishbringer is a fantasy adventure thats easier than Zork and the Enchanter series and might appeal a bit more to kids. It is a bit younger than Zork and AFAIK has an improved parser and some hint features. I think you need to download the Wishbringer map as well but that's easily found using google. (One of my kids gave it a try but didn't finish it.) To me as a kid Zork was my Harry Potter series. If you think about it, the backdrop has a lot of similarities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Hitchhiker's Guide was good too, but I remember it being *really* hard even for someone who had just read the books like 3 times. Lots of stuff in those games made no sense, let's face it. It was just trial and error figuring out the process the game wanted you to go through to accomplish a certain task. But I think in the Guide game there seemed to be an awful lot of ways to die that wouldn't be obvious in advance. I don't think I ever laughed so loudly, playing a videogame by myself, as when I thought I had figured out the Babelfish puzzle, only to have yet ANOTHER problem show up. I remember 'eat coconut' because I had an argument with my eight year old son (at the time) because he was sure that coconuts grew wild... There was no internet in those dark ages... I was going to guess you were referring to MUD2, but if you didn't have the Internet, then I guess it must've been some other game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Well he was partly right, Coconuts grow wild. I used to enjoy the occasional coconut while on Guam. All I remember about Guam was the way to the e-club and lots of beer. Oh, and the gigantic rats! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 I have a game called Starship Titanic that I thought was a Scott Adams game, but as I look at the title I see that is was written by Douglas Adams. Is this the same person? It's a good game with a very Scott Adams like theme and a rather droll sense of humor. I tested it and it plays well on my computer with XP but nothing after that. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 I don't think I ever laughed so loudly, playing a videogame by myself, as when I thought I had figured out the Babelfish puzzle, only to have yet ANOTHER problem show up. I was going to guess you were referring to MUD2, but if you didn't have the Internet, then I guess it must've been some other game. Remember this was 1981. Most people, myself included, had no idea what the internet was. At the time only expensive colleges and some high tech businesses had internet. In those dark and dreary days you had to pay a long distance charge (by the minute) if you wanted to call a BBS outside your area code. Downloading a game at 300 baud took hours. I remember those days with fondness but I'm sure glad they are gone! David code Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper of Death Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Most Scott Adams adventures on tape can also be used with a 16K atari 600XL. My first Atari was a standard 600XL, so i bought a lot of these adventures from Adventure International. Fun to play and I also improved my English language skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 In those dark and dreary days you had to pay a long distance charge (by the minute) if you wanted to call a BBS outside your area code. Oh, definitely. I can't imagine how people could afford to play MUD back in its heyday. Heck, even around '98 when I was getting into text adventures and MUDs, I couldn't imagine subscribing to one. Around ten years ago, they made MUD and MUD2 free-to-play, but there aren't very many players today =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 There are some decent text adventures from ANALOG computing and the public domain from back in the day, too... I remember Crash Dive and Spare Tire being fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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