18 Aug 07
Originally posted by wormwoodThis is a classic.
west of house.
you are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
there is a small mailbox here.
You don't need a key to the mailbox. Most residential mailboxes in America do not require a key.
If you were to open the mailbox, you would have found a pamphlet describing this game, which is called Zork. Google it.
18 Aug 07
Originally posted by SuzianneI didn't expect to be in America. But I have figured out that it's all about a game called Zork anyway, thanks to the grue and the Urban Dictionary.
This is a classic.
You don't need a key to the mailbox. Most residential mailboxes in America do not require a key.
If you were to open the mailbox, you would have found a pamphlet describing this game, which is called Zork. Google it.
18 Aug 07
Originally posted by NordlysIt is an offspring from the original Colossal Cave Adventure. When I took some basic programming in school, we covered this extensively, especially the Fortran version.
I didn't expect to be in America. But I have figured out that it's all about a game called Zork anyway, thanks to the grue and the Urban Dictionary.
Today I guess it's called Interactive Fiction and there is an entire community surrounding it. They even have an online magazine, called XYZZY, which was a magic word in the original Colossal Cave Adventure.
18 Aug 07
Originally posted by SuzianneI remember very little from my computer lessons at school (about twenty years ago), but I am quite sure we didn't cover any games. I remember we had to write a program that simulated a clock.
It is an offspring from the original Colossal Cave Adventure. When I took some basic programming in school, we covered this extensively, especially the Fortran version.
Today I guess it's called Interactive Fiction and there is an entire community surrounding it. They even have an online magazine, called XYZZY, which was a magic word in the original Colossal Cave Adventure.
19 Aug 07
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Originally posted by zeeblebotripped it off a grue in a dark forbidden cave of questionable morals. I have a 95x95 version of it too, but had to resize for rhp. it was damn hard to get it all to fit under 32kb... should make something similar of my own, but I feel too lazy...
where did you get the cool avatar? is there a large version somewhere?