ryanmercer Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 basicly you are talking about text adventures we called them in Europe? Yes. Games that are mostly, if not all, text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper of Death Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 The Scott Adam adventures where the first i played on my 16K Atari 600XL. Yep most Scott Adams Adventures only neede 16Kb of ram. And were also on tape. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Scott Adams Adventure games were pretty good. Nowhere near the quality of infocom text adventures. However I do remember playing through a few. Funhouse is the only one I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbking67 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 My favorite was definitely Planetfall. Had an amazing experience with this one... Hitchhikers was just too hard and I don't think I ever finished it. I played through the Zorks... a few of the other Infocom games were very hard and not as enjoyable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Yes, Planetfall was my favourite as well. The puzzle that took me forever was the amoeba in the computer - I missed the obvious hint in the text for the longest time. I've still got the complete game in one of my Atari storage bins, complete with the postcards etc. And, of course, who can ever forget O, they ruled the solar system Near ten thousand years before In their single starcrossed scout ships Mining ast'roids, spinning lore. Then one true courageous miner Spied a spaceship from the stars Boarded he that alien liner Out beyond the orb of Mars. Yes, that ship was filled with danger Mighty monsters barred his way Yet he solved the alien myst'ries Mining quite a lode that day. O, they ruled the solar system Near ten thousand years before 'Til one brave advent'rous spirit Brought that mighty ship to shore.O, they ruled the solar system Near ten thousand years before In their single starcrossed scout ships Mining ast'roids, spinning lore. Then one true courageous miner Spied a spaceship from the stars Boarded he that alien liner Out beyond the orb of Mars. Yes, that ship was filled with danger Mighty monsters barred his way Yet he solved the alien myst'ries Mining quite a lode that day. O, they ruled the solar system Near ten thousand years before 'Til one brave advent'rous spirit Brought that mighty ship to shore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Planetfall was excellent! Got emotionally invested in that one as a kid. Cried over Floyd dying... Yes, 30 years later I can admit that. I'll throw my hat in for Hitchhiker's, too. There were a few good ANALOG ones, too... Though the titles escape me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Hollywood Hijinx is pretty good. Also Nord and Bert couldn't make heads or tails of it. However that one I know never made it to the 'ol 8-bit. The biggest key in Hitchiker's is to remember to give the sandwich to the dog... Or you will be in BIG trouble later on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) I always thought that Suspended was an interesting take on the genre. The inability to move your character, and instead have to maneuver your robots around which each had different sensors (based off the senses, Sight, Hearing, etc.) was innovative. That Poet character was always annoying, never answering anything directly and resorting to rhymes. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspended Edited August 14, 2014 by CapitanClassic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Love Infocom, see my collection here: http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=202027 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I liked Suspended, Zork, and Starcross(it came in a flying saucer, I think this was the title). They were all Infocom and very addictive and difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) Love Infocom, see my collection here: http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=202027 Wow! Quite a lot of rare and late ones there. Have you played all of them? Edited August 27, 2014 by slx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Jymm Pearson's "Escape from Traam" and "Curse of Crowley Manor" were both part of the first adventures I played on the Atari and, as such, remain favourites. The tension building in Curse of Crowley Manor (with that added sound effect) was well done. I do mean to make a AtariMax FlashCart compilation one day in tribute of Jymm's work, similar to the Scott Adams and Brian Howarth carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmercer Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 My sio2pc came today but I spent most of the evening playing asteroids, space invaders and trying to figure out Doctor Who Adventure. I'll probably dig into all the great recommendations you have all made for text based games this weekend. I need to figure out a better seating arrangement though as my back is killing me from 2 hours of play the way I was sitting heh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRV Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I remember some nice articles about the Synapse adventures: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-essex_1879.html http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-mindwheel_3404.html http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-brimstone_793.html But I don't know if they are at the level of the Infocom ones. The manuals looks nice anyways (and you need them for the password protection). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idavis Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Lets not leave out Sands of Egypt. And there was also a game called Hacker. You didn't need any instructions, because it didn't come with any. You had to hack your way in from the get go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Lets not leave out Sands of Egypt.Not entirely text based but a very nice game indeed. Quite advanced for its time with animated graphics and 'overlay' objects appearing and disappearing as the story progresses, imho it runs circles around Scott Adams games. Actually that was my first adventure game ever and as I'm not a native speaker it required a lot of browsing in the dictionary to solve but eventually I solved it on my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashv Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) Hitchhiker's Guide and the first Zork were both great! But let's not forget such gems as: Leather Goddess of Phobos And Farmers Daughter Edited September 4, 2014 by dashv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper of Death Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Dont forget the Adventure "Mordon's Quest". (by Melbourne House) I once had this game on tape. It needs 32Kbyte ram. Didnt work on my 16K Atari 600XL. But works on (of course) 32K or more Atari 8bit computers. Here is a link with some info on mobygames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-8-bit/mordons-quest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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