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  1. Infocom by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 1 · on Loyalists Preserve Past Through Text-Only Games

    The Era of Infocom is fondly remembered indeed.

    http://www.latz.org/infocom/

    Unfortunately it looks like at the moment the various collections from Activision are out of print. It's too bad. The design of the games seperated data from code quite cleanly making it possible to write a play enine for just about any platform. I have many of these wonderful classics on my Palm handheld.

    Frotz!

  2. Re:What do you think, Ford? by Natchswing · · Score: 1 · on Both Tea And No Tea - Updated Hitchhiker's Game

    Sure, just download the game and Z interpreter.

  3. Re:What do you think, Ford? by Natchswing · · Score: 1 · on Both Tea And No Tea - Updated Hitchhiker's Game

    Sure, just download the game and Z interpreter.

  4. Ask and thou shalt receive... by NaugaHunter · · Score: 2, Informative · on Adventure Story Game for iPod Released

    Does that Handspring still use Palm OS?

    Here you go.

    It has a couple of interpreters, and if you hop around it has the games. I just refinished Hitchhikers and am working through Planetfall.

    Note - there are other Frotz's around, though I got the OS X one through Fink. Using Terminal really brings out the throw-back experience if you set the background to black and get some neon green for the letters. Though I am 'cheating' with a larger than 80*24 screen for legibility. :)

  5. Re:Planetfall? For shame! by CaseyB · · Score: 2 · on Interactive Fiction Competition 2001
    Are you kidding? Losing Floyd was probably the most emotional moment I'll ever have playing computer games. (Of course, it helps that I was 10 at the time.)

    The Ballad of the Starcrossed Miner still tugs at my heartstrings.

  6. Not exactly, but... by Carlos+Laviola · · Score: 2 · on Slashdot Ghost Stories?

    There's Infocom's excellent text adventure The Lurking Horror, which is a horror story based on G.U.E. Tech (Great Dome, anyone?). It is an excellent story, and it can get scary as hell as you play it.

    You can download it here (direct link), as well as pretty much all of Infocom's adventures. You can also find these high-quality scans of the manuals that came with original Infocom games very helpful -- you should always read them before actually playing the game, as you'll discover with The Lurking Horror.

    Sidenote: in order to play these games, you'll need something like frotz. Good luck.

  7. Not exactly, but... by Carlos+Laviola · · Score: 2 · on Slashdot Ghost Stories?

    There's Infocom's excellent text adventure The Lurking Horror, which is a horror story based on G.U.E. Tech (Great Dome, anyone?). It is an excellent story, and it can get scary as hell as you play it.

    You can download it here (direct link), as well as pretty much all of Infocom's adventures. You can also find these high-quality scans of the manuals that came with original Infocom games very helpful -- you should always read them before actually playing the game, as you'll discover with The Lurking Horror.

    Sidenote: in order to play these games, you'll need something like frotz. Good luck.