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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ian Warfield writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
> > >
> > > I thought it was an incorrectly spelled reference to
> > > Apogee's adventure game...
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> > Would that be Crystal Caves vol. 1: The Trouble With Twibbles? :)
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> That's the one! I'm pretty sure it was a spoof of the Star Trek episode, but
> don't know for certain...
Eh, only marginally. It's mostly like Lode Runner, with space references
built in. Have a look at http://www.3drealms.com/caves/.
> > I love those old adventure games and lighthearted shareware arcade games.
> > So much more fun than the brainless shoot-em-ups of today. Even Myst III
> > wasn't as good as the first two in the series... *sighs wistfully*
>
> Well, I don't like first person shooters either, which is probably why the last
> PC game I spent much time playing was "Lemmings" (except for "Oh, no, more
> lemmings" and "Christmas lemmings"). And 3-d lemmings was such a let-down!
>
> ROSCO
What's cool nowadays is that people are starting to write their own text
adventure games. There's a bunch archived up at
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/. And the Zork trilogy is now freeware!
Ian
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