Did any of you ever play this game?
http://www.javapuppy.com/infocom/GamesDocs/Wishbringer/wishbringer.jpg
It was a text-based, Zork adventure game about a magical stone that grabted wishes. It came with a book, a map, a letter, and most tangily (to my memory) a glow-in-the-dark mock-up of the Wishbringer itself.
http://infocom.elsewhere.org/gallery/wishbringer/stone.jpg
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Hilltop
You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron.
**MORE**
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 01:52 (eighteen years ago)
*grabted = granted, obv
Oh my goodness this all looks v rad but that glowing fingervagde is freakng me out summat.
― Abbott, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 03:37 (eighteen years ago)
i'd hit it
― remy bean, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 03:47 (eighteen years ago)
Is this the one where the world changed halfway through?
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:01 (eighteen years ago)
I have the novelization! It's odd.
― f. hazel, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 08:01 (eighteen years ago)
you can play it online y'know
― BATTAGS, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 08:40 (eighteen years ago)
Give me a link, Battags!
Also, I wish I had the novelization. What's it like?
IIRC, the world is pretty static in this one, Autumn.
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 19:11 (eighteen years ago)
here ya go
― BATTAGS, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 19:51 (eighteen years ago)
was this Infocom? I had like 80% of all Infocom games.
― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 19:58 (eighteen years ago)
oh, duh. xp
― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 20:00 (eighteen years ago)
BATTAGS YOU WIN ROXY'S HEART.
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 20:15 (eighteen years ago)
This was supposed to be an easy game for kids and beginners, but the puzzles would be considered difficult by today's standards. I beat it with a few hints.
Is this the one where the world changed halfway through? After the introductory part, you climb up a hill, and when you come down everything has turned eeeeeviiill.
― abanana, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)
THIS GAME WAS SO FUCKING AWESOME
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 20:38 (eighteen years ago)
After the introductory part, you climb up a hill, and when you come down everything has turned eeeeeviiill.
OTM, I had forgotten this. Also, when you leave the Magick Shoppe everything becomes dark and foggy (when the witch touches your head).
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)
Is there some concensus on the best Infocom game? It has to be between Zork and Hitchiker's for me.
― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:28 (eighteen years ago)
I will always rep for Hitchhiker's although Leather Goddesses of Phobos was also great (when I was 11).
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:29 (eighteen years ago)
My vote's for Lurking Horror on this one.
― robertwolf8080, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)
is it supposed to look like a vagina?
― Maria :D, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:47 (eighteen years ago)
... xpost?
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:48 (eighteen years ago)
xpost abanana - i was heavily into zork et al and also distinctly remember that wishbringer was supposed to be an 'intro to infocom' game, and i skipped it as a result. it's kinda fun now though, if not easy.
― BATTAGS, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 07:36 (eighteen years ago)
The original Zork is awesomely poetic! I just finished playing that shit.
― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 07:37 (eighteen years ago)
Leather Goddesses of Phobos was the first thing i ever did on a computer i think
― chaki, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 08:05 (eighteen years ago)
Wishbringer was definitely the first thing I did.
― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 08:59 (eighteen years ago)
-- abanana, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 07:35 (13 hours ago) Bookmark Link
Yes! This is the one then.
Zork I is my favourite, probably because I had it on the Commodore 64 when I was little, but also because it builds a fascinating and absorbing world with few words.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 09:42 (eighteen years ago)
"Leather Goddesses of Phobos was the first girl i ever did on a computer i think"
― Ste, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 11:07 (eighteen years ago)
(sorry)
― Ste, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 11:08 (eighteen years ago)