PoorYorick:
I admit, I kind of miss the golden age of text based games. To me, the difference between a text based game and a graphics-based game is like the difference between a book and a movie, one not necessarily better than the other. I know that this marks me as someone over forty.
There are still people out there writing these games! Check the external links section of the Wiki article on “interactive fiction” for some good leads.
PoorYorick:
I admit, I kind of miss the golden age of text based games. To me, the difference between a text based game and a graphics-based game is like the difference between a book and a movie, one not necessarily better than the other. I know that this marks me as someone over forty.
I have a special place in my heart for Planetfall, the first text based game I actually completed.
I spent way too many hours of my youth on Wishbringer. The best part about it?
To complete the game with max points, you didn’t need to use a single wish.