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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
My first computer was a Vic-20. No nothin'. Not even a monitor. You hooked it up to your TV, put in a game cartridge, and got a text-only game on the screen...
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Mine was a Sinclair ZX81.
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"You are now at a crossroads, and can go east [E.] west [W,] or north [N.] Enter... "N"
You can see a tree and a chair. You can climb [C,] or sit [S,] or walk forward [W.] Enter...
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Text adventure games are still alive and well. I've got all the old Infocom games running under the "Frotz" app on my iPhone. It works very well.