I wonder if they used Inform for the control interface.
Mars
You are on the surface of Mars, millions of kilometers from Earth where you started your journey. The sun is rising in the red sky, only slightly easing the chill of the Martian morning.
There are some rocks here.
> look at rocks
I only understood you as far as you wanting to look at the rocks.
I would trade in 100 games with good graphics for one game with great playability.
Some of my favourite games over the last five years or so have been things like Baldur's Gate 2, Civ 3 and Sim City 4. None of those can claim to have great flashy graphics (although the artwork in BG2 is fantastic), but they offer an unparalleled level of depth and gameplay.
I'm certainly looking forward to whatever the "new Black Isle Studios", Obsidian Entertainment can come up with.
Why don't they just stick fucking Jar Jar Binks in it and be done with it. The movie's going to blow goats as it is, why not go all out and *completely* ruin it.
"Mesa turning into a penguin! Mesa betta stop it! wooooAAAAAAH!!" Followed by 10 minutes of him running around knocking things over. Bastard.
Seriously, Adams wrote what was probably a perfectly good screenplay, and Disney are going to collectively destroy what was possably the last thing he ever wrote.
Oh well, I couldn't expect anything more than the shameless milking of the Hitchhiker name from Disney.
OK, OK, "Just pointing out my spelling mistake (and not actually bothering to correct it, because hopefully it's obvious) before some other Nazi does."
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Robotron was/is completely manic.
I dig that out on an emulator every now and then to see if I can still do it. More as a test of my age and reflexes than anything.
I used to be able to go through level after level of that in the arcades, but now I'm lucky to get past the third level!
To quote Maddox: "Save points are for pussies."
Fond memories of typing w* [enter] on a BBC Micro with a satisfying *clack* *c-click* *clunk* :)
Sounds like the back of my desk!
Can I just say that I think that the character Galatea, from the game of the same name, is probably the best NPC I have ever encountered in a game.
Anybody trying to design an NPC should look to the standards set by Emily Short.
Maybe this would help in this terrible situation fnord.
It must have been installed back when they still employed sysadmins.
That was Quagaar. :)
"It's a name I made up. Double A actually."
I wonder if they used Inform for the control interface.
Mars
You are on the surface of Mars, millions of kilometers from Earth where you started your journey. The sun is rising in the red sky, only slightly easing the chill of the Martian morning.
There are some rocks here.
> look at rocks
I only understood you as far as you wanting to look at the rocks.
> take rocks
rocks: That's hardly portable.
> examine rocks
You see no rocks here.
> quit
Are you sure you want to quit? y
The big kids give you a wedgie. You must roll a saving throw...
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
Damn! I must be going nuts to drop the ball on that one.
I really slipped up. I'll try hard not to submit my posts half-cock any more.
I won't make that mistake again. Touch wood.
I grew up reading Viz, I have a pretty big collection of the early issues. Probably explains a fair bit ;)
He should really make sure to bone up on the law regarding this to make sure he doesn't blow it.
Though I have to admire his spunk. He's going to face some stiff competition when holding his own against firms like that.
...Ok, that'll do for the moment.
Mine always end up at the bottom of my case, rattling around and waiting to short something out.
I would trade in 100 games with good graphics for one game with great playability.
Some of my favourite games over the last five years or so have been things like Baldur's Gate 2, Civ 3 and Sim City 4. None of those can claim to have great flashy graphics (although the artwork in BG2 is fantastic), but they offer an unparalleled level of depth and gameplay.
I'm certainly looking forward to whatever the "new Black Isle Studios", Obsidian Entertainment can come up with.
Why don't they just stick fucking Jar Jar Binks in it and be done with it. The movie's going to blow goats as it is, why not go all out and *completely* ruin it.
"Mesa turning into a penguin! Mesa betta stop it! wooooAAAAAAH!!" Followed by 10 minutes of him running around knocking things over. Bastard.
Seriously, Adams wrote what was probably a perfectly good screenplay, and Disney are going to collectively destroy what was possably the last thing he ever wrote.
Oh well, I couldn't expect anything more than the shameless milking of the Hitchhiker name from Disney.
Ah, but Bruce Campbell should be in everything. I can't think of a single movie that couldn't be improved by some Campbell style zingers.
Good lord!
I've been wondering who would make a good Zaphod for ages. Ozzy would be absolutely spot on!
...as if a webserver cried out in terror, and was suddenly silenced.
I fear something terrible has happened.
I think you mean Hard Drivin'. Yeah, that was cool :)
But it was Taco who posted the original as well!
I always hoped for either Spike Milligan or Vivian Stanshall to play Slartibartfast, but they're both dead now, which kind of screws it.
That's OK, it's what /.'s all about! ;)
Gah! Foiled again!
;)
OK, OK, "Just pointing out my spelling mistake (and not actually bothering to correct it, because hopefully it's obvious) before some other Nazi does."
Better?
Why do I suddenly have the Revenge of the Nerds theme song stuck in my head after seeing that photo?