rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie (05/17/89)
I got the Amiga version of Zork Zero recently. It's quite a nice game but there are a couple of problems. First the file requester for the save and restore options. These might be needed on lesser machines but the Amiga has multitasking. The whole point of this is that if you want to know what files are on the disk you just flick back to the Workbench screen and either open the disk window or type DIR in the CLI. The requesters are an irritating waste of time. OK this might be a matter of opinion but there's another thing that isn't. Some perfectly ordinary commands take shall we say an excessively long time to execute. For example go to the bend NE from the end of the drawbridge. Type INSTALL NW PASSAGE IN NW WALL. The program took 3 minutes 21 seconds to come back with the response that there was no NW passage in evidence. You might say the Infocom parser is very sophisticated but it's really nothing unusual by today's standards. If I'd typed in KILL THE STICK INSECT BY STEPPING ON IT WHILE SINGING "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE" and had the parser understood it it might be another matter but _any_ command the Infocom parser understands should come back in less than a second on a machine as powerful as the Amiga. Nice game, pity about the system. "To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem" Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie
erk@americ.UUCP (Erick Parsons) (08/22/89)
For anybody out there that likes adventure games... Really good Adventure games, you might want to try Zork-Zero by InfoCom. This game is good in every respect. It has a good intro. Nice interface with a good parser. Everything works as advertised and the save game feature is easy to use. User definable keys for moving about or doing anything repetitive. The game play is challenging with a lot of riddles thrown in and even some graphic games. I found a card game in one of the rooms that is very complex looking with absolutely NO instructions :-) I Love a good challenge! There are many rooms and on your first visit you are greeted by an icon and a short description of that room. From then on you will only have to bear the Room name unless you tell the game you want Verbose Descriptions. Navigation is with either the KB or Mouse :-) If that doesn't sound good enough get this... The Da*n thing multitasks and even gives your machine back for another try. I launch it with Mymenu! Never crashed on me yet. Looking for a good game to play while your Downloading from your favorite BBS ? try this one. Hearty Har Hartily recommended !! -- ------------------ // -----------Cut-Here---------------------------------- Erick Parsons // Words for the wise: *If it works don't fix it.* Sacramento Ca // mail to: ...pacbell!sactoh0!americ!erk ------------- \\// --------------------------------------------------------