NationStates Jolt Archive

Anyone play any other text based games? I'm totally blind and love love nationstates.net It makes me smile and I enjoy the sense of community. Does anyone play any other text based games?

There are no other games. Nationstates is the only one.

I'm a geek, I like the old text based games like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game, and Zyll :D

I'm a geek, I like the old text based games like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game, and Zyll :D

I thought I was the only one who played Hitchhiker's!! :fluffle:

I was absolutely obsessed with one called Zork Zero. I think that's when my parents decided getting me a computer was actually a bad idea...

Anyone remember the name of that textbased game that came bundled on the BBC Micro in the 80's .I think it became an RPG in the 90s?

I play quite a few. Most only take a few minutes, some I put much more time into.

Battlemaster.org, for example. It's good for my medieval roleplaying and politics fix. Nationstates might be superficially about political leadership, but it only is when alliances are concerned... you don't actually rule over anyone just cuz you have an NS. Battlemaster is different. There's a huge amount of politics and power involved. Me likes.

Cybernations.net - I'm still giving this a shot after reading about it on this very forum. It's kinda dull so far. Collect taxes, build infrastructure, pay bills. Rinse, repeat. Part of a big alliance, but not an important one...

Nexuswar.com - I like this a lot, it's like urbandead in gameplay, only much more so. Has a gotchic, good vs evil sorta feel, but really, at its heart, it's about killing people in fun, interesting and/or efficient ways. Kinda dull and pointless unless you have a clan though, especially if you're into levelling up past 20 or so, since experience-giving kills are hard to find unless you go on raid groups.

Urbandead.com - only every so often nowadays. Zombies vs humans. Usually the humans win.

Shartak.com - kinda like the last two, this one with a colonialization type theme. Natives and colonists. Not so fun, really. After a while, wandering around killing elephants with a machete gets dull.

I used to play the fuck out of Zork.

I actually got a little giddy when I saw a box for it at the Computer History Museum.

Zork! How could I forget Zork!

Yeah, I like how good graphics have gotten over the past few decades, but damn, the text-based games are still just fun.

By the way, how do you play the fuck out of something?

I thought I was the only one who played Hitchhiker's!! :fluffle:

I was absolutely obsessed with one called Zork Zero. I think that's when my parents decided getting me a computer was actually a bad idea...
Zork! I loved that game!

I used to play the fuck out of Zork.

I actually got a little giddy when I saw a box for it at the Computer History Museum.

Zork! How could I forget Zork!

Yeah, I like how good graphics have gotten over the past few decades, but damn, the text-based games are still just fun.

By the way, how do you play the fuck out of something?

Zork! I loved that game!

You can download Zork I - III here (http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/). :D

I used to write my own text-based games -- Zork-style things -- back in the '80.

I used to write my own text-based games -- Zork-style things -- back in the '80.

I had a program that let you do that, gad, it's been such a long, long, long time.

You can download Zork I - III here (http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/). :D

You have no idea how much trouble you just got me in to. :D

Edit: OMG! Ballyhoo! Moonmist!! AHHHH!! *explodes*

I had a program that let you do that, gad, it's been such a long, long, long time.

Ugh. I wish I'd had that. I did 'em all the long way, with endless strings of if/then commands.

I'm a geek, I like the old text based games like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game,
I played that for all of 5 seconds because I never managed to get more than 10 lines into it without dieing.

I played that for all of 5 seconds because I never managed to get more than 10 lines into it without dieing.

Kids today. :rolleyes:

By the way, how do you play the fuck out of something?

Never played Softporn ?
It was the basis for Leisure Suit Larry :p

You have no idea how much trouble you just got me in to. :D

Edit: OMG! Ballyhoo! Moonmist!! AHHHH!! *explodes*

Morgana, there are just too many ways to respond to that! :p

Try to remember to eat and sleep a little over the next few days, okay?

You can download Zork I - III here (http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/). :D

Damn you woman, I've been avoiding this!

Ah yes...text based games...
I play a few. Though it's not like nationstates or cyber whatever...
I play MUDs =)

www.Urbandead.com
Kickass zombie apocalypse text game.
http://www.dipbounced.com/
For anyone that has ever played the board game diplomacy this is an online version.

I played that for all of 5 seconds because I never managed to get more than 10 lines into it without dieing.

I got endlessly stuck at once point, trying to figure out which flange to dip into the tea or some such nonsense.

Of course, it's easy to find a cheat sheet (http://faqs.ign.com/articles/429/429003p1.html) these days.

Ah yes...text based games...
I play a few. Though it's not like nationstates or cyber whatever...
I play MUDs =)

Yeah, I moved on to MUDs and MUSHs in the '90s.

Yeah, I moved on to MUDs and MUSHs in the '90s.

Anybody remember Gemstone III? That was a great pay-to-play MUD.

Ya my first MUD I played was a ROM codebase
but now I usually look for SMAUG codebases to play on

Anybody remember Gemstone III? That was a great pay-to-play MUD.

nope, sorry. I don't do pay2play MUDs =\

Anybody remember Gemstone III? That was a great pay-to-play MUD.

The odd thing is, even though I sometimes spent all day and all night playing them, I can't for the life of me remember the names of any of them. :(

You're at end of road again.

Ugh. I wish I'd had that. I did 'em all the long way, with endless strings of if/then commands.

Ow...

That's pretty rough.

Londinivm is quite good.

www.armageddon.org

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Not only do I play Nationstates, but I play a game called NationWars. It's pretty decent, and I've been playing for a while. Here's a link: http://nationwars.net/register.php?ref=4408

I miss Mr. Crisp and the boot patrol from wishbringer. What was with infocom's platapi obsession?

I played that for all of 5 seconds because I never managed to get more than 10 lines into it without dieing.

well, duh, you have to get out of the house before the bulldozer levels...nevermind. i've said too much....

when you're done with hitchkiker, play planetfall

Never played Softporn ?
It was the basis for Leisure Suit Larry :p

I remember softporn quite well - I was 8 when i found a copy.

Of course I have to give it up to my first ever game - Adventureland.
Damn chiggers.

Lets not forget, Rogue, ADOM, and all the other roguelikes!

Lets not forget, Rogue, ADOM, and all the other roguelikes!

I was gonna ask if roguelikes count... :)

Nexuswar.com - I like this a lot, it's like urbandead in gameplay, only much more so. Has a gotchic, good vs evil sorta feel, but really, at its heart, it's about killing people in fun, interesting and/or efficient ways. Kinda dull and pointless unless you have a clan though, especially if you're into levelling up past 20 or so, since experience-giving kills are hard to find unless you go on raid groups.

Urbandead.com - only every so often nowadays. Zombies vs humans. Usually the humans win.
Nexus War is made of win, I can't wait for 1.4 to come out.
www.Urbandead.com
Kickass zombie apocalypse text game.

Urban Dead is largely made of lose. Zombies need buffing, or Survivors need nerfing.

Not really, the reason why i'm still on NS is because of its forum, and I have tried cybernations, which I hate, because it's the same stuff every day.

I was gonna ask if roguelikes count... :)

There has been quite a bit of discussion about ADOM and blind players in the past few months on the usenet group. It is certainly playable without sight, as are most of the other roguelikes with appropriate screenreaders or suchlike.

Link (http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.roguelike.adom/tree/browse_frm/thread/e2d5f47e31082c38/05556802e8d25300?q=blind&hl=en&rnum=-6&lnk=ol) and some chat about an application someone knocked up to make ADOM more playable for the blind here (http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.roguelike.adom/browse_frm/thread/4247c7b69d5cf3dd/2af0d97eebd159de?lnk=gst&q=blind+adombot&rnum=1&hl=en#2af0d97eebd159de).

If a blind player can get past the Tower Of Eternal Flames, they are obviously doing a lot better than some sighted players.

As a separate issue the Zen Monk challenge game hasn't been completed yet - to finish the game with a blinded monk character. Suffice to say, wiping your 'f'ace isn't allowed.

Ugh. I wish I'd had that. I did 'em all the long way, with endless strings of if/then commands."Programming" in BASIC for the win.

Actually, when I did it, it wasn't BASIC. It was whatever the hell the C64 used.

"Programming" in BASIC for the win.

Actually, when I did it, it wasn't BASIC. It was whatever the hell the C64 used.


The C64 used basic as its standard language.

"Programming" in BASIC for the win.

Actually, when I did it, it wasn't BASIC. It was whatever the hell the C64 used.

The C64 used basic as its standard language.

Yeah, it was BASIC on the C64. What an evil language. However, I do give it props for being easy to figure out, unlike the ones being used today.

What I'd like to know is this, though: what dumbass thought LOGO was even remotely useful or productive? "OOH! LOOKEE! I can make my turtle draw a line!"

I might play the discworld mud. I used to play kingdom of loathing and urbandead but got bored of them..

Zork rules.


Used to play Urban Dead and Nexus War. Hell, I was one of the original alpha testers for the latter. Never really managed to get back in after I left. It took way too long to level in NW, and UD, well, if a zombie isn't part of a major horde and doesn't raid, it's pretty much nothing more than an XP-cow. Only reason I manage is that I have well over 2000xp saved up, so I can buy any new skill that comes out.