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Old 03-06-2001, 05:59 PM   #19
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Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Upstate NY USA
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Originally posted by Epona:


Text adventures were my favorite, I used to write them too (in Basic). The worst bit about them was trying to get the syntax right - you knew that the rope HAD to be tied to the cart, but after trying 40 permutations of "TIE ROPE TO CART" you would give up in disgust. And then the keyboard would break....

Oh yes, those were the days ????? (not!)

Yes! Try 60 permutations! THAT was what was so funny about those games. The interface wasn't consistant. tie rope, tie rope cart, tie cart rope, rope cart, bah screw the rope and the cart :rope tied to the cart, proceed to east wing... HAHAHAHA!



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