I am just about to begin another semester of school, so my mission in these final days is to waste as much time as humanly possible. I've managed to keep IQ-lowering stuff to a minimum. When it involves the TV, it is something of quality like Renoir or Ozu. I read an entire series of mysteries by Robert Crais. Harry Potter...check. In fact, if you have finished Harry, check out the wiki. I had to use it a couple times just to figure out who the heck so-and-so was. Unfortunately, something brainless was bound in enter the scene in these dog days of Agosto: Rogue!
The 1980 UNIX classic lives on, now as an addictive java game. There are tutorials for the curious, but my overview goes like this: You are the @ symbol. You get objects that look like punctuation. You fight letters of the alphabet that represent monsters. Excited? Go there now: http://www.hexatron.com/rogue/
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haha, sucker, gotta start school! :)
Speaking of old games, I played Zork online the other day and still couldn't get any farther than I did when I was in 7th grade.
Rogue definitely has a more time tested and universally interesting concept. Explore, grab treasure, fight monsters, flee monsters, and die. Yep, the Icemonster froze me.
I wish some of the modern game designers would take notice of these old gems, since most games these days are more about graphics than gameplay.
Where is Zork Online? As for Rogue, try the "Old Rogue" game linked to the main Rogue site. I have found it to be easier to play. Just remember that E means floating eye, not emu, in this version. The hex version is Not Very Good.
I don't remember where I played Zork, but there are multiple versions available if you google "Zork online"
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