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Profanity Adventures

Posted by Zonk on from the swearing-at-character-based-characters dept.

Ant writes " Profanity Adventures is a nostalgic look at what used to happen when you tried typing swear words into 8-bit text adventure games. From the web site: "I typed in swear words into as many games on the Spectrum 48k as I could find, and below are the ones which understood - which a pleasing amount did."

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  1. Better days. by CodeRed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ahh the good old days. Now when voice recognition hits its peak, will games understand swear words like this? Something to think about :)

    I can imagine this:

    I say: "F--king Conservitives"
    Reply: "F--king liberals"

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  2. What, "Asylum" isn't listed? by Dr.Dubious+DDQ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Nothing too amazing, just swear three times and the game ends.

    Then again, this was a game that did something unexpected when you looked up, too...

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  3. PSO by maskedbishounen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of my favorites was Phantasy Star Online. Can't say if this occurs in the newer versions, but in v2 at least the filter takes out the phrase "hoes", regardless of context.

    Fun for when you're talking about your latest pair of s@#$%-- err, sh0es.. ;)

    Always wondered if the filter was also in effect for international players, but alas, swearing in kanji isn't my strong point. Never did get a chance to test it.

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  4. Dr. Sbaitso by _Sexy_Pants_ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If anybody remembers Dr. Sbaitso, it was an old computer psychiatrist sort of thing that came with old school Sound Blaster Pro cards. Messing with by using curse words and asking it about sex was about as much fun as I remember having at 8 years old.

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    1. Re:Dr. Sbaitso by Dmala · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I remember having a very early speech synthesizer program on the Commodore 64. You didn't "talk" to it like Dr. Sbaitso, it would just repeat anything you typed. A friend and I had a grand time making it say every swear word we knew, until my mom walked in the room. Good times, good times...

  5. While it wasn't a text adventure... by BlueCodeWarrior · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...the original You Don't Know Jack! did some pretty funny stuff when you swore at it.

    It swore back, and changed your name to "Wanker" or other such things. It also put you into the -$100,000 range. If you did it twice it would call you a child, tell you to go whack off, and come back when you were ready to be a bit more grown up.

    Some of the funniest stuff in a game ever, IMHO.

  6. apple II space sim by prockcore · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can't remember the name of it, but there was a Space sim on the Apple II that would swear back at you... with puns.

    Type in "Fuck you" and the game would respond with "Up your asteroid!"

  7. Re:Reminds me of my early Linux exploits by bobbozzo · · Score: 2, Interesting
    On a VAX at CSUF, typing 'why' at the shell resulted in:

    Why Ask Why?
    Because you aren't a Golabi, that's why.

    I still don't understand the meaning/reference of this, and Google isn't much help.

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  8. King's Quest IV... by bindster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...(and maybe other versions) would suggest you to buy Leisure Suit Larry (another Sierra title) whenever you suggested the Princess Rosetta do something naughty.

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