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    The Text Adventure Games That Ate Our Brains

    Secret History of Infocom's Never-Released "Restaurant at the End of the Universe" Game

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/04/09

    In reply to The Text Adventure Games That Ate Our Brains
    ADVENT!

    How fondly I remember gathering around the one CRT at the school lab with the other geeks, arguing which direction to go, what to throw, and when to say XYZZY.
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    06/04/09

    In reply to The Text Adventure Games That Ate Our Brains
    I was partial to "Suspended". Sometimes, it was fun to ask Poet random stuff just to see what the hell he'd say....
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    06/04/09

    In reply to The Text Adventure Games That Ate Our Brains
    "The game progresses through years in the simulated city, and you observe the slow growth of dystopia"


    DRINK!

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    06/04/09

    @Daveinva: Ya want some rye? 'Course ya do.
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    06/04/09

    In reply to The Text Adventure Games That Ate Our Brains
    And for those of us with longer memories, who got our start on Unix systems, there was Moria. I still have a copy for PC somewhere (on a floppy!), that I played up until about '93.
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