TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoWhat's the oldest video game you still find yourself playing?message-squaremessage-square323fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the oldest video game you still find yourself playing?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square323fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-23 months agoEvery so often I’ll have another run at the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure from 1984. You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it would be if you could see it which you can’t. It is pitch black. > _
minus-squareb000rg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months ago > turn on the light > get out of bed > open the curtain As you part your curtains, you see that is a bright morning, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, the meadows are blooming, and a large yellow bulldozer is advancing towards your home. Must be a Thursday. I never could get the hang of those.
minus-squarepet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoAdams also wrote the game ‘Bureaucracy’, similarly rather difficult. And later ‘Starship Titanic’, which is a 3d adventure with textual conversations.
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoHeard of ST, but not Bureaucracy, will need to check that out, thanks! 👍
minus-squareheyWhatsay@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI slapped myself, and died. Most satisfying death in a video game I can remember
Every so often I’ll have another run at the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure from 1984.
Must be a Thursday. I never could get the hang of those.
Adams also wrote the game ‘Bureaucracy’, similarly rather difficult. And later ‘Starship Titanic’, which is a 3d adventure with textual conversations.
Heard of ST, but not Bureaucracy, will need to check that out, thanks! 👍
I slapped myself, and died.
Most satisfying death in a video game I can remember