Ars Technica50 Years of Text Games parses the rich history of a foundational genre
Zork and MUD ? Sure. But also Universal Paperclips , AI Dungeon and Lifeline .
ferricoxide@arstechnica
I still remember playing Oregon Trail and Star Trek on our Apple II, in the late 70s, and then playing Nethack on the Vax at the local university's computer lab in the early 80s (part of my school's gifted program was a partnership with the local university that gave us lab time on their Vax ...which, if you were able to complete exercises early meant you got to play Nethack to kill time). Started playing the Wizardry series, at home, around that time, too (though I stopped after Wizardry III because their attempts at graphics were becoming too distracting).
I still remember playing Oregon Trail and Star Trek on our Apple II, in the late 70s, and then playing Nethack on the Vax at the local university's computer lab in the early 80s (part of my school's gifted program was a partnership with the local university that gave us lab time on their Vax ...which, if you were able to complete exercises early meant you got to play Nethack to kill time). Started playing the Wizardry series, at home, around that time, too (though I stopped after Wizardry III because their attempts at graphics were becoming too distracting).
Nahga@ferricoxide @arstechnica
Did not know about this until recently.
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990
Did not know about this until recently.
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990
