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Troublebot · 07-24-2003, 07:35 AM

I'm looking for the old school text games Like "adventure" on-line.

Anyone know where I could find them?

seretogis · 07-24-2003, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troublebot
I'm looking for the old school text games Like "adventure" on-line.

Anyone know where I could find them?

I would check out Apple ][ emulators or something.

johnnymysto · 07-24-2003, 11:28 AM

Adventure was so cool!!!!! But, I always got lost in the maze. Never won it.

magua · 07-24-2003, 12:52 PM

Not entirely sure if you just want old school text games, or if you're looking for text games at all, but I'll jump in.

Go to Baf's Guide To Interactive Fiction: http://www.wurb.com/if/index

Get yerself z-machine interpreter for your machine (I use WinFrotz for my Windows box), and then download some games. Adventure has been ported to the z-machine numerous times, but there are plenty of great new games. Some recommendations of mine would be: Anchorhead, Christminster, and Jigsaw.

mrquackers · 07-24-2003, 03:48 PM

No idea. But if you find "Leather Goddesses of Phobos" lemme know! Man, was that fun!

stuckshut · 07-24-2003, 04:41 PM

I agree with magua, find yourself a z-machine interpreter. But pick up the Zork series if you can, that was always my favorite.

I'd also recommend www.nethack.org. Nethack is an RPG based on Rogue, I believe. It's really a top-down dungeon diving rpg, but the display is made of text characters so it sorta meets your requirements.

CyCo PL · 07-25-2003, 12:27 AM

Heh, you could check out the whole free MUD scene, go to www.mudconnect.com and see if there's anything that sounds interesting... there's thousands and thousands of muds to play

IckUber · 08-11-2003, 02:37 AM

Zork!!!! Beyond Zork is amazing.

wondash · 08-11-2003, 05:21 AM

Here's one:
Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

wondash · 08-11-2003, 05:31 AM

You can download the Zork games here.

wario · 08-11-2003, 05:37 AM

Try http://www.the-underdogs.org
They have a rather large database of old games, and often provide links for where the games are downloadable. Careful. though, the page loves its pop-ups.
And just for mrquackers, go to http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=3487 for Leather Goddesses of Phobos

wondash · 08-11-2003, 05:39 AM

All of them can be played online here via telnet!

the_marq · 08-11-2003, 06:16 AM

I remember in high school (80's) there was a "mostly text" game called Crypt of Medea that I played a lot of. If anyone knows where I could find it that would be bitchin.'

Devilinmypants · 08-29-2003, 06:20 AM

An online adventure. Well dragons gate is an online text RPG, you end up having to pay for it since that is really the only way they can ensure that only avid roleplayers will play on it. It ate like a year of my life when it was free on aol

MrWynd · 08-29-2003, 06:21 AM

if you can find Trinity, that was a great text game

dragonhawk · 08-29-2003, 10:34 AM

I never did finish Suspended.
Zork was great!

Got to play on Dungeon one time (the adventure the Zork series was ripped out of)

Really interesting, dead ends in Zork were all connected in Dungeon. Made more sense on how it all fit together.

collide · 08-29-2003, 03:57 PM

Yes, the-underdogs is a great place to find abandonware and classic games (I think classicgaming.com has some text based games too). Aside from the ones already mentioned, I recall playing a text based game called Colossal Cave, which is available here that you might enjoy. Have fun!

Plan9Senior · 08-29-2003, 04:50 PM

Great links guys. On my way to play Zork

legolas · 08-29-2003, 10:01 PM

I didn't know it was so popular but I had a lot of fun with Zork.

Order_of_Monkey · 08-30-2003, 10:23 AM

You got too love zork i mean you can fit all three of them on to one floppy disc

wondash · 09-02-2003, 04:38 AM

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Originally posted by dragonhawk
I never did finish Suspended.
Zork was great!

Got to play on Dungeon one time (the adventure the Zork series was ripped out of)

Really interesting, dead ends in Zork were all connected in Dungeon. Made more sense on how it all fit together.

I've got the source code (Fortran) for Dungeon. The main game became Zork I and Zork II. The End Game became Zork III. I agree, it worked much better as a single game.

txd · 09-03-2003, 02:29 AM

Adventure was the greatest game ever, and yup that damn maze always got me, although I did manage to get out of it on a number of occasions by accident

wondash · 09-03-2003, 04:38 AM

My friend and I actually mapped the maze. We did it by first killing the thief who keeps stealing your stuff, then leaving inventory items laying around like bread crumbs.

Dano069 · 09-04-2003, 05:53 AM

I still have my C64 just so I can play the text based games like Zork. A blast from the past.

utang · 09-04-2003, 08:10 AM

You might wanna look into some Multi User Dungeons, or MUDS. I used to play one called Lost Souls, its good. Way to fucking addictive though, kinda like Evercrack lite. I think you can find info on it at Lostsouls.org

Jack Ruby · 09-05-2003, 11:17 AM

http://ifarchive.org/

I fell in love with Zork years ago and I still love all the old Infocom games. I wrote a couple text games of my own too, with the Inform text adventure authoring system which you'll find somewhere in the archive above. Interactive Fiction = teh cool.

Zenow · 09-06-2003, 10:44 AM

wow, thanks for all the links, I can spend a retro-weekend just checking them out

Zargix · 09-06-2003, 09:19 PM

those games are the best. i tried my hand at making one once, it wasn't that good, but it was fun anyway. its done with something called Inform if i remember right.

losthellhound · 09-07-2003, 09:06 AM

www.firedragon.com/shadowgate

online MUD, and probably the best one Ive ever played

CBlend · 09-07-2003, 04:49 PM

Thanks for the link, wondash! I loved Douglas Adams's books, but never heard of this text game. I want to go back and try it out later, when I have time for it! It's bookmarked now - thanks!

07-24-2003, 07:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Troublebot Intently Rocking Location: Davey's	Old School Text Games I'm looking for the old school text games Like "adventure" on-line. Anyone know where I could find them? __________________ Howard Moon: The wind is my only friend. Wind: [whistling] I hate you.

07-24-2003, 11:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
johnnymysto Overreactor Location: South Ca'lina	Adventure was so cool!!!!! But, I always got lost in the maze. Never won it. __________________ "I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request." - Capt. Barbossa

07-24-2003, 03:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
mrquackers Exhausted Location: Northeastern US - please send help!	No idea. But if you find "Leather Goddesses of Phobos" lemme know! Man, was that fun! __________________ "If you're walking on thin ice, you may as well go ahead and dance."

07-24-2003, 04:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
stuckshut Upright	I agree with magua, find yourself a z-machine interpreter. But pick up the Zork series if you can, that was always my favorite. I'd also recommend www.nethack.org. Nethack is an RPG based on Rogue, I believe. It's really a top-down dungeon diving rpg, but the display is made of text characters so it sorta meets your requirements. __________________ fear the Ninja Pirate Monkey

08-11-2003, 02:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
IckUber Funran Location: Norman, OK	Zork!!!! Beyond Zork is amazing. __________________ How much is y'all Piolkles?

07-24-2003, 12:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
magua Tilted	Not entirely sure if you just want old school text games, or if you're looking for text games at all, but I'll jump in. Go to Baf's Guide To Interactive Fiction: http://www.wurb.com/if/index Get yerself z-machine interpreter for your machine (I use WinFrotz for my Windows box), and then download some games. Adventure has been ported to the z-machine numerous times, but there are plenty of great new games. Some recommendations of mine would be: Anchorhead, Christminster, and Jigsaw.

07-25-2003, 12:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
CyCo PL Addict Location: Tulsa, OK	Heh, you could check out the whole free MUD scene, go to www.mudconnect.com and see if there's anything that sounds interesting... there's thousands and thousands of muds to play

08-11-2003, 05:21 AM	#9 (permalink)
wondash Psycho	Here's one: Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

08-11-2003, 05:31 AM	#10 (permalink)
wondash Psycho	You can download the Zork games here.

08-11-2003, 05:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
wario Insane	Try http://www.the-underdogs.org They have a rather large database of old games, and often provide links for where the games are downloadable. Careful. though, the page loves its pop-ups. And just for mrquackers, go to http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=3487 for Leather Goddesses of Phobos

08-11-2003, 05:39 AM	#12 (permalink)
wondash Psycho	All of them can be played online here via telnet!

08-11-2003, 06:16 AM	#13 (permalink)
the_marq All hail the Mountain King Location: Black Mesa	I remember in high school (80's) there was a "mostly text" game called Crypt of Medea that I played a lot of. If anyone knows where I could find it that would be bitchin.' __________________ The Truth: Johnny Cash could have kicked Bruce Lee's ass if he wanted to. #3 in a series

08-29-2003, 06:20 AM	#14 (permalink)
Devilinmypants Hippie relocationist. Location: Greensboro NC	An online adventure. Well dragons gate is an online text RPG, you end up having to pay for it since that is really the only way they can ensure that only avid roleplayers will play on it. It ate like a year of my life when it was free on aol

08-29-2003, 06:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
MrWynd Upright Location: colorado	if you can find Trinity, that was a great text game __________________ the-neighborhood.com Webmaster http://www.the-neighborhood.com

08-29-2003, 10:34 AM	#16 (permalink)
dragonhawk Psycho Location: In Games.	I never did finish Suspended. Zork was great! Got to play on Dungeon one time (the adventure the Zork series was ripped out of) Really interesting, dead ends in Zork were all connected in Dungeon. Made more sense on how it all fit together. __________________ ---------------------------------------------- "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

09-07-2003, 09:06 AM	#29 (permalink)
losthellhound Thats MR. Muffin Face now Location: Everywhere work sends me	www.firedragon.com/shadowgate online MUD, and probably the best one Ive ever played __________________ "Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?" -- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

08-29-2003, 03:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
collide Turn off your TV. Location: ... .- -. ..-. .-. .- -. -.-. .. ... -.-. --- --..-- -.-. .-	Yes, the-underdogs is a great place to find abandonware and classic games (I think classicgaming.com has some text based games too). Aside from the ones already mentioned, I recall playing a text based game called Colossal Cave, which is available here that you might enjoy. Have fun! __________________ "inhuman fiery goat worship" is an anagram for "information superhighway" -kingvolc

08-29-2003, 04:50 PM	#18 (permalink)
Plan9Senior Banned Location: Orange County, California	Great links guys. On my way to play Zork

08-29-2003, 10:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
legolas shit faced cockmaster Location: CT	I didn't know it was so popular but I had a lot of fun with Zork. __________________ "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

08-30-2003, 10:23 AM	#20 (permalink)
Order_of_Monkey Tilted Location: Canada	You got too love zork i mean you can fit all three of them on to one floppy disc __________________ Have a day

09-03-2003, 02:29 AM	#22 (permalink)
txd Addict	Adventure was the greatest game ever, and yup that damn maze always got me, although I did manage to get out of it on a number of occasions by accident

09-03-2003, 04:38 AM	#23 (permalink)
wondash Psycho	My friend and I actually mapped the maze. We did it by first killing the thief who keeps stealing your stuff, then leaving inventory items laying around like bread crumbs.

09-04-2003, 05:53 AM	#24 (permalink)
Dano069 is Nucking Futs! Location: On the edge of sanity	I still have my C64 just so I can play the text based games like Zork. A blast from the past. __________________ I may look attentive, but I'm taking peeks down your blouse faster than the human eye can follow.

09-04-2003, 08:10 AM	#25 (permalink)
utang Crazy Location: In a Dorm	You might wanna look into some Multi User Dungeons, or MUDS. I used to play one called Lost Souls, its good. Way to fucking addictive though, kinda like Evercrack lite. I think you can find info on it at Lostsouls.org __________________ I am a ridiculous man- Fyodor Doestoevsky

09-05-2003, 11:17 AM	#26 (permalink)
Jack Ruby Psycho Location: Belgium	http://ifarchive.org/ I fell in love with Zork years ago and I still love all the old Infocom games. I wrote a couple text games of my own too, with the Inform text adventure authoring system which you'll find somewhere in the archive above. Interactive Fiction = teh cool. __________________ You don't know what you don't know.

09-06-2003, 10:44 AM	#27 (permalink)
Zenow Banned	wow, thanks for all the links, I can spend a retro-weekend just checking them out

09-06-2003, 09:19 PM	#28 (permalink)
Zargix Crazy Location: Everywhere, Simultaniously	those games are the best. i tried my hand at making one once, it wasn't that good, but it was fun anyway. its done with something called Inform if i remember right.

09-07-2003, 04:49 PM	#30 (permalink)
CBlend Junkie Location: Classified	Thanks for the link, wondash! I loved Douglas Adams's books, but never heard of this text game. I want to go back and try it out later, when I have time for it! It's bookmarked now - thanks!