# Trying to find a truly ancient computer game from vague memory

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** video-games-e-games\
**Created:** [October 27, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-truly-ancient-computer-game-from-vague-memory/1034192 "2026-10-27T14:26:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-truly-ancient-computer-game-from-vague-memory/1034192/29 "2026-11-02T23:00:49Z")

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Have you seen the thread on nostalgia for text-adventure games?

> [@A hollow voice says 'Fool.'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hollow-voice-says-fool/1034313/):
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> Who loved and maybe still loves those old school interactive fiction games? I actually downloaded an emulator that plays the games on my phone which has way more juice than a Radio Shack Tandy ever did, I love those games so much. Who else recalls reading the New Zork Times? Who remembers typing 'XYZZY" to see that happened? Any of you deviants finish “Leather Goddesses of Phobos?” Fess up!

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