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This is the Conversation Forum for Adventure Games Update Forum: A12675585 - Adventure Games >> Subject: Peer Review: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 8, 2006 by Bagpuss   Posting 1 Entry: Adventure Games - A12675585 Author: Bagpuss - U152404 I can't think of anything more to add, but let me know if you've any ideas. I'm considering suggesting this as an update for A291412 on Text Adventure Games. It's rather short and I think any links could reasonably go to this article instead. Should I go to the Update Forum? Also, can anyone confirm the drowning thing in Monkey Island? I'm loath to repeat it as fact without confirmation. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 8, 2006 by Gnomon does it all by himself This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 What is the drowning thing in Monkey Island? My daughters have played all the monkey island games so they may be able to confirm it. I think this Entry should mention the fact that Infocom dominated the text adventure market, long before there was such a thing as an IBM PC, with their Zork series and many others. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 9, 2006 by Ekaterin This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Would it be worth linking to websites where you can play adventure games online? Rinkworks (http://www.rinkworks.com/adventure/) has some excellent ones, although they work by selecting options from a menu rather than by typing commands. http://www.astrodragon.com/astro-adventure01.html has Colossal Cave and Zork available to play online. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 9, 2006 by Ekaterin This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Oops, "Zork - The Cavern of Doom" is NOT the same thing as Zork, but here's a better Zork link: http://thcnet.net/zork/index.php Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 9, 2006 by (Mahatma) 2legs - Resident loon and Cloud Cuckoolander -- Bliss is folding towels. This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 'adventure' was the pre zork game if I remember correctly, that morphed into Sork then I think sork I zork II and possibly III as well, then there was some other zork ones done... of course later on there were other ones, Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy game might be worth a mention plus lether godesses of Fobos Station fall, plannet fall spellbound, I've still got my two bumper CD roms of infocome adventure games wonder if I could get em working on XP as they're essentially DOS games I had em running on win 98 Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 9, 2006 by Rudest Elf This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 Managed to spot just one miserable typo : (Penultimate para) <puzzle or role-plkaying games.> [role-playing] You're no fun! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 9, 2006 by (Mahatma) 2legs - Resident loon and Cloud Cuckoolander -- Bliss is folding towels. This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 Gaming was never the same when they bought those awful pointless 'graphics/Pictures/moving pictures' into the scene Text based adventure games are the only* true gaming experiance.... though I do tend to get beaten up by my lodger if I say that (lunatic online first person shoot em up gamer) 'Chase floyd' Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 9, 2006 by toybox This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 If I remember well, Guybrush Threepwood dies in one of the episodes. I mean, this is a required part of the plot. Blast, spotted the same "role-plkaying" typo as Rudest Elf. Too late. Nice entry! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 9, 2006 by Bagpuss This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 Sorry, the drowning thing is footnote 5. I haven't time for extensive updates at the moment, but I'll bear the links and other suggestions in mind. I don't really want to end up with lists of games, though. Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 9, 2006 by AlgernonPondlife This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 Adventure games appeared on various computers in the early to mid 1970s. This was long before the advent (or even the idea) of home computers. I was never really interested in them and so can't tell you much more. According to Wikipaedia, the original, Colossal Cave Adventure, was devised on a PDP-10. Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 10, 2006 by Aurora This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 It is true that you can drown Guybrush in Monkey Island - yesterday I tried it out, and Guybrush does indeed die if you keep him underwater for ten minutes. It surprised me because, as you said, it's normally impossible to lose the LucasArts games (other than getting stuck and giving up). Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 10, 2006 by Aurora This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 Oops, forgot to post the screenshot: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/nybiara/dead_guybrush.jpg Warning: do not click on link if you are offended by dead cartoon characters. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 10, 2006 by Bagpuss This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 13 Thanks Aurora. I thought it was true, but I just wanted some confirmation. The entry is now more certain. Algernon - good point, though home computers appeared by the end of the 70s, surely? I've changed the wording a bit. 2legs - HHGTTG game has been added. Follow the link and you can play it. I hope you don't mind if I don't add your other comments, though. Ekaterin - I'm not sure about doing a huge number of links. A few more would be okay, but I'm not that sure about the ones you linked to. Rinkworks seems to be there own rather than any classics, and the other doesn't have many adventures. Gnomon - Infocom's been added. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 11, 2006 by McKay The Disorganised This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 14 There was another early text based adventure game called IIRC Queen of Sheba. This involved resourse management - it was an early God game I suppose. Then there was StarTrek - his used to throw up a 10x10 grid which showed the Enterprise and any enemies. Basically you shot up Klingons, tried to avoid Romulans, and called at bases for Spares and repairs. There was also an early PC game called Rogue - where you went looking for an amulet, picking up potions swords and wands, whilst fighting monsters. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 11, 2006 by Gnomon does it all by himself This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 15 Star Trek didn't fit into the "Adventure Game" category. It was more of a simulation, like Age of Empires. Rogue was more like a fantasy role-playing game. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 11, 2006 by Gnomon does it all by himself This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 16 I bought "Adventure" in about 1982 for my Apple ][. I still remember that feeling of wonder and amazement when I waved the stick and the computer replied: A CRYSTAL BRIDGE SPANS THE FISSURE. ("Adventure" was later renamed Colossal Cave Adventure to distinguish it from all the games made in its style.) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 12, 2006 by Bagpuss This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 17 McKay, I'm aware of Rogue: A2266788 Did anyone have any comments on making this a replacement for A291412? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 19, 2006 by Gnomon does it all by himself This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 18 Sounds like a good idea. If you decide to do that, you should probably credit Kate Schechter as a co-author of your entry, since she deserves credit for her entry, even if you've used very little of it. This should be done through the Update Forum. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 20, 2006 by Bagpuss This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 19 Okay, I'll withdraw from PR. Be back in the UF. I didn't really use the original article except for the Interactive Fiction Archive link. I wonder if I could give Kate an "additional research" credit. How do you do them again? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: A12675585 - Adventure Games Posted Aug 20, 2006 by Gnomon does it all by himself This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 20 I'd talk to Jimster before demoting Kate to an "Additional Researcher". The original idea was that the Researcher would continue to be an author, even if their entry was subsequently changed beyond recognition. Read the First Reply to this Posting Conversation list Conversation list

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