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Have you ever played a text adventure game?

Hmm, hard to pick one, it's kinda like Yes..................................... and that's it.

I tried playing The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy text game but couldn't work out how to get out of the first room. It went something like

"You are in a room. There is a door to the north"

:Open door to North

"The door is locked"

:Look West

"A bulldozer has flattened your house with you in it. Start again?"

I remember the day when they were the only option!!!

The only text game I have ever played was the original Leisure Suit Larry. It helped pass some time on the Nassau.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/ST_Leisure_Suit_Larry.png)

Nope before my time on the PC.

That game has graphics, aren't they killer? But anyways Leisure Suit isn't text based.

I voted for "Yes, but I want some graphics. "
Mainly because I have never played Zork so couldn't say if I would like it or not.

The main text game I ever played was The Famous Five on the C64.
I use to love the freedom you had, and the way you could type in all sorts of things... ended up getting stuck though.

Tass Times in Tone Town and Mindshadow FTW!!

These old school text adventures were hard.
I never really got far.  A lot tougher than your point'n'click adventures, that is for certain.

Open the canister... container... jar... cookie jar??  Just open it please!
It was tough being specific enough for the computer to register your action. 

Go forward... Go North.
Thats it.

Nope. I've never played any of them.

Well in that case, I have never played a text based game and I don't think I will start now.

Hugo's House of Horrors is a game I played but that had graphics, but the input was text based.

Yes. Zork rules! I like having something to the imagination.

http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html

I loved them text games.  Tass times was cool.  I beat all three Zorks and love all the Infocom games.  The Lurking Horror is another awesome game.  Ballyhoo, ahh the memories.  And yes text games can have graphics.  Leisure Suit Larry, Maniac Mansion?  Text games.

Yeah, I would describe them as text, as the main focus of the game is still left up to the players imagination, it's simply assisted slightly by graphics.

So we would also consider Snatcher and The Space Adventure on the Mega-CD also as text? (They are more graphic heavy than most so figured I should ask). If they are, I'm changing my vote up to I love them because these two games are THE games if you ask me.

i loved that game. i think i still have a floppy of it somewhere around. wouldnt these text games be just precursors to the rpgs that we have today? or just an adventure game?

They are definitely the precursers to RPGs!

You always had to either get a certain item, or communicate in a certain way, etc. in order to advance in the game. RPGs today still require elements of these concepts.

Good call. 

Took me AGES to figure it out. You have to snag your robe and assorted items first, use the hangover-depletion tablet in the robe, THEN try leaving. I got out of the house and the earth exploded. :(

So... do Thy Dungeonman I, II and III count?

I couldn't tell ya.  I never heard of them games.