If you're a fan of the 2600, you should check out for ALL kinds of goodies. ĪSIDE FROM TEXT ADVENTURES, I'm also very pleased to own a pair of Atari 2600s and a bunch of cartridges. I'm still doing a little more extending and tweaking and bug-proofing, but at my own pace and on my own schedule. I've been in contact with one of the authors of that one, and some day will get it uploaded into the IF database website. I've even written a text adventure based around the home of some friends and extended one you can find at the IF Database - HOBBIT, which is NOT the tale that Tolkien told, exactly (a parody not suitable for kids). Such sadness when I finally tried calling from the airport and didn't reach the author by phone, and my parents dragged me away ☹. I remember that when our family went to New York for a wedding, I didn't care at all about New York City or the occasion, and I don't think I was even aware of anything special to be seen in the city, but I was excited because our copy of Adventure had listed the author of that particular version and his phone number, which was a New York City area code!!! It meant that I could actually call to speak to him on a pay phone I couldn't take our computer, but I took the phone number carefully copied onto paper. I do still have those maps from grade & high school, though! And a new copy on my phone and on my computer. Finding the first shortcut into the cave (no spoilers here) was exhilarating because it meant we could get *even further* into the game before we were shut out! Heh, we had so much fun tracing our printouts and working out every bit of efficiency in our choices to get a bit farther! Later, my dad got a copy of Adventure for the Kaypro IV computer, and I played the heck out of it, exploring and mapping and discovering - and I still have yet to complete the game. Adventure is one of my favorites of all time, both because it was my first (I have to be honest there), and also because the *writing* is so darned *good*! I first found it in 1980 on a university computer that we were able to access with a teletype terminal and good old 150(?) baud modem at a boy's club I belonged to, and which only allowed 30 turns on the days and times we could connect. Of course, there's also Adventure (which some people over time have come to call Colossal Cave or Colossal Cave Adventure), the very first text adventure game - which directly inspired Zork, in fact. I *did* get a copy of Zork 3 for my dad's Kaypro IV computer a long time ago, and did completely solve that one - I was so proud it was my first complete solve (at least that I can recall)! Interesting historical note: "The first build of the game that went under the title Dungeon was actually the complete Zork trilogy, but when the game was released commercially it had to be separated into three parts due to data compression issues." Played some through this copy and began mapping, but like I said, I have to wait till I've got more time. Played in high school at a friend's house some.
I've got a copy of Zork sitting on my laptop, waiting for me to have the time to sit and work all the way through. I never got the chance to play all of the Zork games, and I never got to play Zork all the way through. It's available on computers and mobile devices, for free!
#GAMES AARP DOWNLOAD#
And look for the free program/app Frotz which lets you play TONS of text adventures in the one program, including letting you search and download more from the IF Database. The website is another great place to go play free text adventures. And there's still an active community preserving and creating more! Visit The Interactive Fiction Database as a great, great place to start. If you're a fan and looking for more, they're often called "Interactive Fiction" these days. Oooh, my Lord, YES! I LOVE text adventures!
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