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Text-based games!(?) (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by brewbellyblueberry@sopuli.xyz to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Even though we got a computer in the mid to late 90's, a shitty DOS-box that no-one kind of really knew how to do anything with, I was infinitely interested in anything to do with it. I remember playing Guerrilla Wars and some dungeon crawlers on it and such, but I feel like I almost entirely missed out on text-based games. I vaguely remember playing two, but I guess I was just excited about computer graphics or something that I didn't really care for them or the ones I tried just sucked.

I'm sure there's people here that have more experience with them so I ask you to bring forth all your favorite text-based adventures, regardless of genre. What classics should I go for?

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[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy was and still is a favorite. Not easy, even if you know the source material, but fun.

[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

This was going to be my recommendation! A lot of fun and definitely a lot of Adams trolling the player going on...

The BBC put up a complete version free to play on its website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1z6wqcbQx8V5bpfltD5PQBg/how-to-play

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Beware: A Babel fish is a slippery mf.