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From: pprunka@unix.asb.com (Peter T. Prunka)
Subject: Re: The Decline of Computer Gaming
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 23:47:38 GMT

In article <4hi2p2$dun@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> mstaben@umich.edu (Matthew S. Staben) writes:

>>Tucker (tucker@vt.edu) wrote:
>>: >>>I currently personally don't know anyone
>>: >>>who played Ultima or Zork back when it was
>>: >>>new and is still playing games.
>>: >>       Well, now you do know someone.
>>: >Two someones.
>>
>>: make that three.  well, not _exactly_ when zork was new, but i played 
>>
>>Four. I'm just going back to Ultima 6 (again). The last version that was made
>>
>Five.  I played almost all the text-based infocom games.  However, I do
>restrict myself to flight simulators and games without the fancy shmancy
>animations, ie, Prince of Persia.

Six.

I've played ALL of the Infocom series, many of the newer IFs and still play 
ones that are new or interesting to me.

I played Myst and 7th Guest, but that genre is little more than pretty 
pictures overlaid on a weak game.

OBTW- I also listen to Public Radio serials - guess I just like exercising my 
mind more than my eyes or my mouse pointer fingers.

Peter



