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The History of Text Adventures: From Colossal Cave to Infocom

Text-adventure history collage with Scott Adams, Adventureland artwork, a Zork text screen and The Pawn

The house is locked. Knocking does not help. Neither does asking the computer to open the door again, although you give that a try. Beside the path is a mailbox. Well, you might as well look. That is how an evening disappears in Zork. You go looking for a way into a house and end up underground, carrying a sword, worrying about your lamp and wondering where the thief has put something… Read more