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Dave Doty wrote:
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> Andy Fischer wrote:
>
> > So far, the games I know of that have time-travel as a major theme:
>
> Just recent stuff?  If you want to go back to The Classics, Sorceror,
> Spellbreaker, and Trinity all have time travel components.

And Zork III and Beyond Zork and HHGttG.  Not to mention TimeZone and
TimeQuest (one from Sierra and one from Legend, but I'm not sure at the
moment which is which).

> On the new stuff front, you left out Curses.  (Depending on what you mean by
> time travel.)

At least one of the puzzles involves reverse causation, so I'd say
there's no need for a qualifier.

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