On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 01:29:28 -0500, Metal Guru <
MetalGuru@IsItYou.com>
wrote:
Not sure if this is common knowledge but today I found out if you go to >google.com and search for "text adventure" then press Ctrl+Shift+J, the >console opens up with this:
Would you like to play a game? (yes/no)
Doesn't work for me.
It worked on Chrome (after disabling uBlock origin) and MS Edge,
surprisingly enough.
Ah, I probably would have to disable UBlock. No, even though I could
turn it right back on, it's not worth that much effort.
I have never played an adventure game in my life and most certainly
never will but if you like that kinda thing have phun :)
Text-adventures were - if not the first computer games I ever played - certainly my gateway into the larger world of computer gaming (it's
been a while, the memory's gone a bit hazy on the timing). I unwisely
started with "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", which is a fun but
grossly unfair game... but there's nothing like jumping into the deep
end to learn how to swim, I suppose. I found the "Zork" and
"Enchanter" games more to my liking but I consumed the majority of
Infocom's library.
(Plus a "Star Wars" text adventure that had you take on the role of
Luke Skywalker trying to escape from the Death Star. Unfortunately, it
was an... erm... 'unlicensed copy' from a friend so it lacked a manual
or really any information about it... like who published it or what it
was called. I really wish I knew more about it because I never
finished it and would like to give it another chance)
But after immersing myself for years in text-only adventures,
eventually I accepted that graphics, too, have their place in computer entertainment... and after that I rarely went back. Even mixed text-and-graphics games (like Legend's "Eric the Unready" or "Guild of
Thieves" by Magnetic Scrolls) never attracted me. Eye-candy ruled the
day. Besides, if I wanted to use my imagination to envision an
interactive world created through the words of another, I'd just play
D&D. Which I did. ;-)
Still, I have a soft-spot in my heart for those old games. There's
something magical about seeing that white text on the black screen,
with the prompt patiently waiting for me to tell the computer what to
do.
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