hosoda@well.UUCP (Craig Hosoda @ Whole Earth Lectronic Link) (12/03/85)
> My wife recently discovered the original (or nearly so) ADVENTURE on a > Wang system where she works, and had a great time with it. I later > tried her on Zork, but it seemed to be a bit much. She has no interest > in some of the more visual games (Dungeon of Doom, etc.). Can anyone > suggest a text-only (or text-mostly) game for a computer neophyte? I'm > considering something along the lines of Suspect or Witness, but have > no other experience with such games, and would dearly love some advice. > Hints from those with non-technical mates is especially welcome. Why not get her the original Adventure? I'm sure she'd like to finish the entire game. It is available in unsecured BASIC source code, so not only can you play the game, you can see how Adventure games are programmed (Also cheat if you need to :-)). Requires MS-BASIC. Cost is $29.95 from: LW James & Associates 1525 E. County Road 58 Ft. Collins, CO 80524 303-484-5296 I got this info from page 188 in the October 1985 issue of MacWorld. [Usual disclaimer - I have no connection with LW James, except for the fact that I've used their WordWise word processor on Hewlett-Packard desktop computers.]