Re: CRAP Poll: Favorite Era of Gaming

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:49:33 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 19:08:21 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:49:32 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:32:58 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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** I learned the word analgesic from an Infocom's games... can you
guess which one?

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That would be HHGTTG.

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Ding-ding-ding! Get this man a satchel, a towel, a floor grate and
some mail!
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Oh that fucking babel fish puzzle. The InvisiClues actually gets to the
point where it says, "Congratulations! You've read the longest hint in
InvisiClues history." or something to that effect.

Yeah, but credit where it's due: it's one of the most MEMORABLE
puzzles in computing history.

I take pride in that I solved that puzzle all on my lonesome, albeit
largely through trial and error (and sheer obstinance). It helped, of
course, that I was familiar with the source material so I knew what
the ultimate goal was. Without that, I'm not sure I would have kept at
it so long.

Then I proceded to keep playing and got stuck at that bit at the end
which was dependent on you doing something _right_ at the start of the
game (I forget exactly what; something to do with the microscopic
starfleet, I think). After several months of frustration, I realized I
had to restart the game... but by then I'd forgotten how I'd solved
all the puzzles the first time around. Then I found out I'd _still_
fucked up. The game got shelved for a while but eventually I dug it up
and (with the assistance of a walkthrough from some BBS) I _finally_
got past that sticky bit and finished the game.

The things you had to do for entertainment before your had a video
game library numbering in the thousands ;-)