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jlauro on 29 December 2008
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Grampy said:
jlauro said:
Grampy said:


There is no question that the ultra-realistic graphics appealed to me. I just prefer a sharp picture. But oddly enough in video gaming, I find all of the graphics, SD, HD, uber-PC disappointing. They are just different levels of disappointing. The problem is where my serious gaming began. My first big game was Zork ( I still have a copy if anyone wants to try it). ...

 

Zork brings back memories...   Zork I - III are free:  http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html

For a 28 year old game with no graphics, it's still a good game.  The scarry thing is...  I remember games even older then that.  Boy, I am getting old.

I loved them all. Did you ever play Hitchhiker's Guide. The Babel fish puzzle in that was to me the most elegant puzzle ever in any game.

 

I played it a little, but never did finish it, and don't recall the babel fish puzzle, so I probably didn't get that far.  Didn't get into it like the Zork games.  I finished all those (plus others in the series).  Might of been more interesting if I had read the book first.

Maybe I should give it a try again.  Haven't read the book, but at least I watched a couple movies based on it.  That said, I don't think they made that free and not sure if I could find a working copy.  Back then, I played those games on a TRS-80 Model I.