I remember playing Zork 1&2 and Planetfall on my cousin's C64 when I was a kid. It was one of my first experiences with gaming on a computer. I loved Zork, and I can still remember some of the areas almost word for word.
I don't think I would go out of my way to play text-only games now though.
If you're going to try make a text adventure game (or interactive fiction, as it is called nowdays), let me recommend you try either of these languages/programs to help you make it:Playing these two games has rekindled my desire to make my own text adventure game. I'm seriously thinking of trying to make one for my two boys.
If you're going to try make a text adventure game (or interactive fiction, as it is called nowdays), let me recommend you try either of these languages/programs to help you make it:
- Inform 7 (based on Infocom's text adventure language): http://inform7.com/
- TADS 3: http://www.tads.org/
Also, this is a good site for news and articles on adventure games: http://www.brasslantern.org/
I need some sort of graphics.