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Eviltree · 06-12-2003, 02:34 PM

Does anyone remember one of the first games made for PC? You were represented as a little smiling face, and the environment and enemies were represented as ASCII characters, there were lots of levels. I can't remember anything else right now. I would really like to know.

Fake Alias · 06-12-2003, 03:37 PM

Was it called Dungeons of Kraz?

hilbert25 · 06-14-2003, 05:29 PM

That's a whole genre of games, ascii games. Are you thinking of something rogue-like?

Eviltree · 06-15-2003, 09:19 AM

umm, rogue-like? I remember you could get whips to kill enemies or smash doors.

hilbert25 · 06-15-2003, 02:16 PM

Rogue is an old school rpg, still around today (still updated today).

Otherwise, it could be any of a whole genre of ascii games involving little ascii characters running around. I remember one with a whip, but I can't remember what it's called.

livewirerc · 06-16-2003, 05:23 PM

ZZT? If you're looking for ASCII games, check this out:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/8111/zzt.html

heyal256 · 06-16-2003, 06:40 PM

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Originally posted by Eviltree
umm, rogue-like? I remember you could get whips to kill enemies or smash doors.

Hmmm.... This rings a bell..... I remember that some of the old moraff's revenge games used a whip to clear enemies and walls.

Also rogue was a game that was based on/along the same lines as nethack http://www.nethack.org

Eviltree · 06-19-2003, 02:27 PM

well, alias, you were close, it was Kingdoms of Kroz. Unfortuneately, after dowloading, I realized that it went insanely fast on my computer due to the fact that it was made somewhere in the 80's. Sigh.

LNCPapa · 06-19-2003, 10:46 PM

Use Slo-mo or some other application to slow things down for old games. There are a few out there but I've only ever used Slo-mo

Fake Alias · 06-20-2003, 09:05 AM

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Originally posted by Eviltree
well, alias, you were close, it was Kingdoms of Kroz. Unfortuneately, after dowloading, I realized that it went insanely fast on my computer due to the fact that it was made somewhere in the 80's. Sigh.

Ya dude I used to have the whole series. That was the best game ever! You could get whips and canes and teleport and shit lol. If only I could get it on my old computer!

06-12-2003, 02:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Eviltree Psycho Location: British Columbia	The ooollld game Does anyone remember one of the first games made for PC? You were represented as a little smiling face, and the environment and enemies were represented as ASCII characters, there were lots of levels. I can't remember anything else right now. I would really like to know.

06-19-2003, 10:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
LNCPapa Crazy Location: Notre Dame	Use Slo-mo or some other application to slow things down for old games. There are a few out there but I've only ever used Slo-mo __________________ No mercy for the bandwidth impaired

06-12-2003, 03:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fake Alias Crazy	Was it called Dungeons of Kraz?

06-14-2003, 05:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
hilbert25 Psycho Location: nOvA	That's a whole genre of games, ascii games. Are you thinking of something rogue-like?

06-15-2003, 09:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
Eviltree Psycho Location: British Columbia	umm, rogue-like? I remember you could get whips to kill enemies or smash doors.

06-15-2003, 02:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
hilbert25 Psycho Location: nOvA	Rogue is an old school rpg, still around today (still updated today). Otherwise, it could be any of a whole genre of ascii games involving little ascii characters running around. I remember one with a whip, but I can't remember what it's called.

06-16-2003, 05:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
livewirerc Insane Location: Austin, TX	ZZT? If you're looking for ASCII games, check this out: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/8111/zzt.html

06-19-2003, 02:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
Eviltree Psycho Location: British Columbia	well, alias, you were close, it was Kingdoms of Kroz. Unfortuneately, after dowloading, I realized that it went insanely fast on my computer due to the fact that it was made somewhere in the 80's. Sigh.