Comments on: Zork over AIM!

Zork over AIM!

mathowie — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:04:56 -0800

Play Zork directly in IM. Send an instant message to InfoComBot and choose from a list of available text-based games. You can even save games and return to them later. One thing's for sure: I'm not getting any work done this week.

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:16:02 -0800

You're not the only one.

By: angry modem

angry modem — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:16:09 -0800

no 'adventure'? pfft. :)

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:17:24 -0800

There, I just added Adventure for you. Let me know what you think.

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:28:40 -0800

Dear God, waxpancake... You are evil. EVIL! I love you! I hate you! I love you! I hate you! Mother, sister, mother, sister, mother, sis *slap!.. Tea.. no tea.... *faints*

By: ao4047

ao4047 — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:30:04 -0800

This beats that Zork 404 error message as well as porting it to a handheld. w00t!

By: anathema

anathema — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:46:00 -0800

Fun stuff, waxy! Thanks.

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 21:34:13 -0800

It's getting laggy from Metafilter users flooding it, but it's surprisingly not getting kicked off the AIM network. If you're having trouble getting a response, try back later.

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 21:56:01 -0800

Okay, try InfocomBot2 instead. I set up a second bot that people can use.

By: vorfeed

vorfeed — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:02:43 -0800

How cool... and it even has The Lurking Horror and Planetfall! My favorites!

By: namespan

namespan — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:25:41 -0800

You are all likely to be eaten by a grue.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 05:18:54 -0800

I just like the fact that there is a Vectrex system displayed prominently on the page. A classic piece of video game history there. I still get mine out a couple of times a year and step back in time.

By: tiamat

tiamat — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 05:45:34 -0800

and to think I spent an hour *just last night* downloading and setting up HHGTTG on my Clie.

By: angry modem

angry modem — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 07:19:07 -0800

There, I just added Adventure for you. Let me know what you think. * angry_modem gives a thumbs up

By: perplexed

perplexed — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:41:31 -0800

What do I have to do to get Bureaucracy added?

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:32:39 -0800

I originally had Bureaucracy in there, but the game uses all sorts of cursor control codes for filling out forms. It would be unplayable in AIM (or any other dumb terminal), so I removed it.

By: Grod

Grod — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:12:40 -0800

I don't use AIM, does it have The Hitchhikers Guide To the galaxy and (my personal fav) Leather Goddess of Phobos?

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:29:59 -0800

Yes and yes.

By: tsarfan

tsarfan — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:17:11 -0800

thank you for the hitchhiker's guide! i remember selling $1,000 kaypro and zenith 386 machines simply with that one, WordPerfect, and Managing Your Money. ah, monocrome monitors....