>The British Infocom, superb text adventures.>never mentioned, ever.today that ends.anyone whos a fan of Infocom or text adventures in general needs to check out their back catalogue, its a goldmine.they wrote games for the speccy, C64, Atari, MSX, Amiga, Apple II and more.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_9_Computing
>>12006198Most notable accomplishment is coining the term "game engine" (before Id Software). The games aren't Infocom tier.
>>12006721name a better developer of text adventures after infocom
>>12006759Magnetic Scrolls was one of those companies. >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_ScrollsTbh might download every Infocom, Level 9 and Magnetic Scrolls game and make a compilation + set them up via dosbox. I know Frotz etc exist but I like the idea of running the originals instead.
This story in particular was so good and imaginative. As a game it was meh but the story really deserves to be experienced, equal parts out there, funny, and silly
did Level 9 make the Hobbit adventure?
>>12006841I do remember that game, it was on C64 among other things, but not sure about the dev.
>>12006841The Hobbit is a Melbourne House game. Level 9's Jewels of Darkness games originally had direct Tolkien references, which were later scrubbed away when they were bundled for the compilation.
>>12006874its a great game, so comfy
what's the best text adventure for a noob?
>>12006907>https://ajroach42.com/10-essential-interactive-fiction-games-for-beginners/Or maybe pick up one of those Level 9 games. Infocom games are bit sadistic, not sure if they are exactly for beginners.
>>12006907what do you like? sci-fi? fantasy? detective noir?
>>12006198If these games weren't the text equivalent of point-and-click adventures, they might have been worth playing.
