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guess what NEW MMO is being developed by Jolt?

can you guess?

huh? anyone?

here's a hint (http://www.legendsofzork.com/#).

so... any thoughts on this?

I wonder how this will be played...

should I sign up for the beta?

You.

Are.

Kidding.

Me.

*cries*

Buh?

Is this like LotR or something?

guess what NEW MMO is being developed by Jolt?

can you guess?

huh? anyone?

here's a hint (http://www.legendsofzork.com/#).

so... any thoughts on this?

I wonder how this will be played...

should I sign up for the beta?

Now this was the real good old days. I remember playing this in I think 84-85? Anyway its a classic. BTW played it on a old Epson laptop that was probably the thickest laptop I had ever seen.

I just hope this is not a glimps of things to come...
http://www.crispygamer.com/_img/comics/backward/Backward-2009-01-16_Publish.jpg

Now this was the real good old days. I remember playing this in I think 84-85? Anyway its a classic. BTW played it on a old Epson laptop that was probably the thickest laptop I had ever seen.

Classic? Pfft. Zork sucked. But I know making it into an MMO will make it worse.

surely a time of great unemployment is the last time you want to be out on adventures?

Classic? Pfft. Zork sucked. But I know making it into an MMO will make it worse.

You were playing it in the 80's? That was top line back then. It inspired the Legend of Zelda.

surely a time of great unemployment is the last time you want to be out on adventures?

You lost your job, home and dont have a bucket to piss in? Why not take an adventure!

You were playing it in the 80's? That was top line back then. It inspired the Legend of Zelda.

Nah, it was my third Text adventure, and seventh computer game I played. 1998. It sucked.

hey its a good franchise. if they can make it work its a good thing.

Classic? Pfft. Zork sucked. But I know making it into an MMO will make it worse.

I never really got into Zork. Adventure had it beat for general cave crawling, while some of the Phoenix games are much more interesting (and tricky). And then there's Galatea - while released much later, it has one of the most believable AIs in any game ever released.

You lost your job, home and dont have a bucket to piss in? Why not take an adventure!

All you need is to sell yourself in order to raise money for a computer...

You have been eaten by a grue.

You think Zork sucks? Really??


Try the single-player Zork Online (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Game:Zork), it only takes a browser.

whats mmo? sounds like a load of... nothin

I want to see a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy MMO.

guess what NEW MMO is being developed by Jolt?

can you guess?

huh? anyone?

here's a hint (http://www.legendsofzork.com/#).

so... any thoughts on this?

I wonder how this will be played...

should I sign up for the beta?

http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/jolt-reviving-zork-as-browser-.html

I gather everyone together, build a table, whittle some dice, and play an RPG.

>.>

Ooh, neat. I like the idea of a Zork MMO. I'm old enough to remember playing it when it was still pretty new and high-tech (although I was young enough that I had no idea it was new or high-tech), and I whiled away several happy afternoons with it and the Hitchhikers text-based game. :)

Ooh, neat. I like the idea of a Zork MMO. I'm old enough to remember playing it when it was still pretty new and high-tech (although I was young enough that I had no idea it was new or high-tech), and I whiled away several happy afternoons with it and the Hitchhikers text-based game. :)

That was a fun one, eh?

I remember it coming with a bit of pocket lint... ;)

I want to see a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy MMO.

I'd totally play that. And, what the hell is Zork?

I'd totally play that. And, what the hell is Zork?

*lies* He was the bad guy from "The Fifth Element". *nod*

I'd totally play that. And, what the hell is Zork?

Classic interactive text game for PCs fgrom the late 70s, and old school icon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork

That was a fun one, eh?

I remember it coming with a bit of pocket lint... ;)

I think it may actually have been more fun for my parents and older brother to watch my reactions to the game than for me to play it. I was young enough I hadn't read the books yet, and so I kept expecting things to, y'know, make sense. :p

When I was a kid, my parents bought the Lost Treasures of Infocom collection. Zork was great, but I preferred the Enchanter series.
Classic? Pfft. Zork sucked. But I know making it into an MMO will make it worse.
You probably just didn't realize that you're supposed to move the rug in order to enter the dungeon. The first time I tried to play it, I couldn't figure out how to get anywhere until someone told me that there was a trapdoor.
Those Infocom bastards were tricky like that.

I loved the Zork series!
I think I remember the grand inquisitor the most.

That was a fun one, eh?

I remember it coming with a bit of pocket lint... ;)

You got the pocket lint??
I only got some shiny yellow thing. bah. ,)

Twisty little corridors all alike! TWISTY LITTLE CORRIDORS ALL ALIKE!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

*lies* He was the bad guy from "The Fifth Element". *nod*

I know that. The Fifth Element is a great movie.

When I was a kid, my parents bought the Lost Treasures of Infocom collection. Zork was great, but I preferred the Enchanter series.

You probably just didn't realize that you're supposed to move the rug in order to enter the dungeon. The first time I tried to play it, I couldn't figure out how to get anywhere until someone told me that there was a trapdoor.
Those Infocom bastards were tricky like that.
thats where i first played it. i probably still have the box with the floppy disks in it somewhere around.

You have been eaten by a grue.

Jack Vance invented that.

Description of the hybrid (taken from The Eyes of the Overworld): "Grue: man, ocular bat, the unusual hoon."

When I was a kid, my parents bought the [i]Lost Treasures of Infocom collection. Zork was great, but I preferred the Enchanter series.

You probably just didn't realize that you're supposed to move the rug in order to enter the dungeon. The first time I tried to play it, I couldn't figure out how to get anywhere until someone told me that there was a trapdoor.
Those Infocom bastards were tricky like that.

Not a patch on what the phoenix guys would do. In Fyleet you can die in four different and interesting ways within two moves of the start.

I loved the Zork series!
I think I remember the grand inquisitor the most.

You got the pocket lint??
I only got some shiny yellow thing. bah. ,)

Series? What is this madness. There was one game, and it was called dungeon. Everyone should know that.

Twisty little corridors all alike! TWISTY LITTLE CORRIDORS ALL ALIKE!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Ah, Colossal Cave/Adventure/ADVENT, don't you have to love it?

[/interactive fiction geek mode]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/pwned.png

You have been eaten by a grue.Anyone else hack this one? I did.
You have had your prostate milked by a grue. Better check into the clinic.

guess what NEW MMO is being developed by Jolt?

can you guess?

huh? anyone?

here's a hint (http://www.legendsofzork.com/#).

so... any thoughts on this?

I wonder how this will be played...

should I sign up for the beta?
By Mods, yes!~

Run from the grues!

I think it may actually have been more fun for my parents and older brother to watch my reactions to the game than for me to play it. I was young enough I hadn't read the books yet, and so I kept expecting things to, y'know, make sense. :p

Heheheh..


You got the pocket lint??
I only got some shiny yellow thing. bah. ,)


It came with a bunch of stuff - including no tea. ;)

Classic? Pfft. Zork sucked. But I know making it into an MMO will make it worse.

Dude, have you even played the orginal Zork?

I loved that game.

yay!.......?

Ah, I rememebr playing Zork on my Commodore 64... and while we're at it..

>LOG IN

You log into the internet. The sun is setting.

>OPEN BROWSER

You visit Nation States General. It is night. A grue is likely to post.

I killed a grue last night.

Ah, Colossal Cave/Adventure/ADVENT, don't you have to love it?

[/interactive fiction geek mode]

I do. I finished it last year in college. Playing in class is a bad thing to do. I wanted to scream "w00t" but my teacher would have looked very strangely at me!

I do. I finished it last year in college. Playing in class is a bad thing to do. I wanted to scream "w00t" but my teacher would have looked very strangely at me!

Haha. Which variant?

My family collectively cracked the 660 point flavour a couple years ago.

The traditional 351 point variant. Because it's in the repositories of most distroj.

660 is a great idea though.... where can I get that from ;)

The traditional 351 point variant. Because it's in the repositories of most distroj.

660 is a great idea though.... where can I get that from ;)

Have a gander here (http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/e_downloads.html), and pick your preferred flavour - we went for Adventure 4. Compile and run. The first chunk of the cave will be easy and well known to you, but it then extends in many devious ways.

Oh, you'll probably want to knock up a little script to let you resume play instantly, instead of waiting.

Is it normal that gcc complains horribly?


advcust.c: In function ‘adv_data_path’:
advcust.c:35: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcpy’
advcust.c:36: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strlen’
advcust.c:37: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strncat’
advcust.c:39: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcat’
In file included from advkern.c:29:
advkern.h:3: warning: built-in function ‘j0’ declared as non-function
In file included from autop0.c:2:
advkern.h:3: warning: built-in function ‘j0’ declared as non-function
In file included from autop1.c:2:
advkern.h:3: warning: built-in function ‘j0’ declared as non-function
In file included from autop2.c:2:
advkern.h:3: warning: built-in function ‘j0’ declared as non-function
In file included from autop3.c:2:
advkern.h:3: warning: built-in function ‘j0’ declared as non-function
In file included from autop4.c:2:
advkern.h:3: warning: built-in function ‘j0’ declared as non-function

Now it's just a matter of time... (http://wasteland.rockdud.net/wasteland.html)

Is it normal that gcc complains horribly?

No idea - I haven't compiled it in a couple of years. I wouldn't be surprised if it's somewhat outdated and thus complained about.

Does it work?