The good ol' days

Anybody know if Text Adventures are still available? Or even if they are in-production? I am learning Python and came up with the idea from my old days of 'you are likely to be eaten by a Grue'. Especially with the 'retro' trend in gaming, who here would like to see more of our old command-line games back in action? I wouldn't mind typing away for the sake of saving a princess.

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dsgm

(Insert cricket sounds here)

dsgm

Just kidding, unfortunately i have never experienced such a game, when i started playing video games i only had a nintendo and never touched a PC till yrs after that, i do remember turbo graphix 16 though

Mow

Zork - Play online at textadventures.co.uk

kohr-ah

I dont know about text adventure games but maybe to help learn see if any MUDs still exist.
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This would be a great way to learn and still do your text based adventures.

N2IT

Zork haaaaa

My mother and father are programmers and all their friends are were programmers back in the 80's. I would go over to these parties and they would plop me in front of their 386 with a vga graphics card and go to town. That was so much fun! I remember all those games, I was geeked out on Mech Wars!

TheStoddemeister

Thanks! I have heard of these, but never really looked into them. I will definitely take some time to check into them now. Maybe even look into how to make them, it sounds really cool.

tpatt100

I remember copying commands in BASIC for text based games into my TI-994A and Timex Sinclair computers as a kid (get off my lawn). Wasn't really as fun because I saw all the options and results but I was a kid and was just fascinated with it.

whatthehell

Howdy!

I used to MUD a lot back in the day via telnet and zmud (MUD client) -- used to play Kaos MUD hosted by Temple I believe.
Personally, I thought MUDing left a lot to the imagination which is now done for you by Graphical MUDs or MMORPGS.
Good luck if you decide to do it!

VinnyCisco

Of course I heard of Text RPGs. I used to play them as a kid on my Vic 20 and 64, although they got kind of boring.

You can use DOSBox and download all types of Dos Games from a site I have used alot: Free games: Download over 600 DOS games. Shareware and freeware, reviews, help getting games working!

They have text games, as well as popular stuff like Doom and such. I find it works great in DOSBox.