 | | Re: Zork —Erik Olson
| | | | (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Zork —Kyle McDonald
| | | | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Zork —Frank Filz
| | | | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Zork —Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Zork —Frank Filz
| | | | | (...) So did any make it? Frank (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Zork —Bruce Schlickbernd
| | | | | (...) Wasteland and Heroes of Might and Magic. I didn't work on the original Bard's Tale except for conversions, so I don't count that one. Bruce (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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