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Re: Zork
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Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:15:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Sean Devolites writes:
> Thanks for the info guys.
> But not being one who usually gets into games and the like,
> Is zork a kind of game that some people put on their TI-83 calculators,
> or am I way off on that one?
> Hasta La Vista, Sean
> P.S About that xyzzy command, does fool mean you shouldn't use it
> or does fool mean something else?
xyzzy doesn't work, fool!
Before there was Zork, there was Colossal Cave. 'xyzzy' only works in
Colossal Cave.
Both programs were named 'adventure' at one time, though Zork also went by
the name 'dungeon'. There were family resemblances: you go north and south
and se from room to room of a cave with lots of palatial things to see (in
your mind's eye.) You meet trolls and occasionally throw axes while solving
puzzles that get you treasures. There are mazes of twisty little passages,
all alike, and funny things that are not quite essential to collecting all
the treasures (winning), and you can meet various nasty ends, each with its
timeless comment:
"You probably shouldn't have done that..." "One swing of the troll's axe
neatly severs your head from your body. You have died." EAT NASTY KNIFE. "Oh
dear. It seems that nasty knife didn't really agree with you. You have died."
It's obvious that these games are kin to tabletop role playing where one
person is telling the story.
I first played Colossal Cave adventure in 1981 on a VAX, rather late. An
Apple ][ version was going around by then.
read this:
http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/halloffame/zork_a.shtm
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| (...) Did that 'xyzzy' have anything to do with the 'xyzzy' BITNET chat program (It was kinda like 'talk' on UNIX but not really,) I remember using on the VAX at my university oh way back when??? -Kyle (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Assuming the TI-83 has a reasonable way to input text, I would say theoretically yes. It seems to use the same Z-80 processor that the TRS-80 used, and appears to have enough RAM. Some models come with Flash ROM, which if useable for user (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) any of the games I worked on made it into the hall of fame. :-) There was the Scott Adams abbreviated version around that time. Bruce (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Thanks for the info guys. But not being one who usually gets into games and the like, Is zork a kind of game that some people put on their TI-83 calculators, or am I way off on that one? Hasta La Vista, Sean P.S About that xyzzy command, does fool (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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