In today's games a lot of our imagining is done for us, so there's still something very intriguing about the long-retired genre of text-adventuring. The king of the interactive fiction hill was undoubtedly Infocom, with Zork as their crowning glory. Adventure Collective has interviews with original staffers Dave Lebling and Steve Meretzky. You can play many of the classics online through the wonder of java, or if you prefer the MUD feel, try telnet (if it's not too busy that is).
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OK so I downloaded Zork 1 and now I'm addicted, I'm even contemplating drawing a map, is there any hope for me?
Posted by Dan on 23 Jul 2001 at 09:04 PM
If you also remember the semi-graphical magnetic scrolls series, check out this site with info and downloads galore.
Posted by Anonymous on 23 Jul 2001 at 09:45 PM