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Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:30 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 10:58:05 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I have fond memories of the simple text adventures on the Specky 48k 
>>(with even more simple names such as Adventure A with the follow up 
>>being Adventure B) in the early days as that was one of the staples 
>>along with arcade games. It didn't take long for devs. to be more 
>>ambitious and you got titles like Sherlock, Valhalla and even hybrids 
>>such as The Forth Protocol.
>
>>The nostalgia is bringing a tear to me eye!
>
>
> Even on PC, text adventures lasted surprisingly long. I always thought
> text-adventures as mainly an 8-bit thing; a genre that had its heyday
> in the very early 80s but was quickly supplanted by more graphical
> fare. But even into the 90s, there were still commercially-released
> text-adventure games (albeit enhanced with pictures). Games like
> Legend's "Homeworld" and "Spellcasting" series, or smaller titles like
> "Scapeghost", "Transylvania", "Demoniak" and numerous games from
> Magnetic Scrolls (although the last were ports of older games).
>
> The genre of course exists to this day, but it's incredibly niche and
> most releases are freeware put out by dedicated modders. There's a
> host of great games on IFDB.org for those still inclined towards
> interactive fiction.
>
> Amongst all examples of the genre, I probably enjoyed "Portal" the
> most (no, not THAT one; the game released in 1987). Although purists
> might argue it's not really a text-adventure, since there's no
> parser... and really, no game. It's more akin to a 'walking
> simulator', except you're browsing through a database trying to piece
> together the story (there are no real puzzles; the trigger to open new
> articles is reading older ones). But it was a story told almost
> entirely through text, so I think it qualifies. ;-)


Honestly, that sounds exactly like the kinda game I'd like, considering
one of my favorite games is literally a internet simulator with the
only gameplay being reading (Hypnospace). Are there any roms available?
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-10-31 10:39 -0500
    Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-01 01:40 +0000
  Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-10-31 13:54 -0400
    Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-01 05:35 +0000
      Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-11-01 08:39 -0400
        Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-01 10:40 -0400
          Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-11-01 14:22 -0400
            Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2024-11-04 11:10 +0200
        Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-02 01:39 +0000
          Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-11-02 09:21 -0400
            Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-02 10:38 -0400
              Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> - 2024-11-05 19:45 -0800
                Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-06 10:58 +0000
                Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-06 09:30 -0500
                Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-07 21:50 +0000
                Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-08 20:06 -0500
                Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-06 18:49 -0600
                Adventure games (was Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-07 02:17 +0000
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                Re: Adventure games (was Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom) Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-07 10:47 -0600
                Re: Adventure games (was Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-07 21:13 +0000
            Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-11-07 17:13 +0100
              Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-11-07 13:58 -0500
                Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-11-08 10:40 +0100

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