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not to be a Heretic...

#1 Post by Nyrrick23 » Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:54 pm

Ever considered doing a remake of theZork games with graphics...that would be way wicked!!...your remakes of the KQ games are VERY entertaining

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#2 Post by Blackthorne519 » Thu Oct 14, 2004 1:09 am

Read the FAQ's. AGDI will not remake any other games, other than Sierra games.

BUT, maybe someone else will.


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#3 Post by dreammaster » Thu Oct 14, 2004 1:35 am

I don't know about the Zork games, but I've seen recently people saying they'll be making a graphic version of Enchanter and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Also, the BBC is arranging an official graphic remake of the Hitchhiker's Guide to promote their new Hitchhiker's Radio series.

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enchanter

#4 Post by bartonjo2 » Thu Oct 14, 2004 1:45 am

is enchantere that game with the weird wizard named simon who wander around and at some point he has to get past a dwarf by giving him the password beer?

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#5 Post by Swift » Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:40 am

That's "Simon the Sorceror" adventure game. There's also part 2, and Simon 3D. Can't recall the exact titles.

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blorb!

#6 Post by Radiant » Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:48 am

There exist a couple of Zork games with graphics, all made by Infocom. The first is Zork Zero: the Coconut of Quendor, which is text-based but shows a picture of each room a la The Hobbit only in pretty EGA, and several years later they had this game called Return to Zork, I believe, which featured digitized video for some characters, and a point-n-click interface. Also, it was absolutely horrible in terms of quality of the video, AND in terms of puzzle design.

Enchanter can be downloaded here:
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(and also its sequels, Sorcerer and Spellbreaker).
I'd recommend giving them a try, they're among the best text adventures ever made and score an excellent rating if you consider the amount of fun per kilobyte.

Keep on frotzin'

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#7 Post by bartonjo2 » Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:04 pm

thats the game simon the sorcerer i think i just played a demo of it when i was a little kid, fun game tho

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#8 Post by Broomie » Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:15 pm

Simon the Sorcerer is one of the greatest and funniest adventure games of all time. The second one is my favourite. So funny, and not because of the British humour, because I still don't get the difference between British humour and humour humour. Someone have the heart to enlighten me...

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#9 Post by dreammaster » Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:06 am

I think the Simpsons summed it up best:

British humour is basically a bunch of cops chasing a robber around in fast-motion with chase music playing.

American humour is a dumb guy going Doh! all the time.

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#10 Post by Angelus3K » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:23 am

I think the Simpsons summed it up best:

British humour is basically a bunch of cops chasing a robber around in fast-motion with chase music playing.

American humour is a dumb guy going Doh! all the time.
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#11 Post by Radiant » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:03 am

Sorry about that, I thought that since Zork is freeware, Enchanter would be too. My bad. (and no, I wasn't talking about Simon, and neither was the starter of the thread).
I found one link where an owner of a legal copy allows you to play his over a telnet connection, though... how's that for a workaround :)

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#12 Post by Angelus3K » Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:13 am

(and no, I wasn't talking about Simon, and neither was the starter of the thread).
Yea we know that, but bartonjo2 asked if the Enchated game was the one where you walk around as a guy called Simon then Swift said no thats Simon the Sorcerer. So whats your point?

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#13 Post by navynuke04 » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:25 am

We try to avoid giving links to sites where any abandonware software is hosted. Even if they were freeware, that site does not exclusively deal with freeware.

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#14 Post by Erpy » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:27 am

On top of that, we uphold a general ban on abandonware sites because we don't want to check out each site thoroughly and monitor them, just to see if there's one or more still copyrighted games in their collection.

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#15 Post by bartonjo2 » Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:52 pm

that would be a big pain, but i just find it interesting that you can play games like that over telnet, how is that even possible now im not going to go try it im just wondering.

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yes,

#16 Post by Radiant » Fri Oct 15, 2004 1:58 pm

And that's exactly why I apologized.

Bartonjo -> it seems a matter of piping the text commands (from the telnet client) into the text adventure, and sending the response from the adventure back through the telnet client. In Linux, it's easy to redirect input and/or output streams. In dos/windows it tends to be possible as well.

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so then...

#17 Post by bartonjo2 » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:11 pm

I think im straying from the topic but then would it be possible to telnet into a computer program on a webserver?

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#18 Post by Radiant » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:43 pm

Yes, at least in theory.
Note that most programs cannot be telneted to, the program must be able to receive the connection.
Also note that firewalls tend to prohibit this. For good reason.
But technically it's the same method as used in PHP scripts, online multiplayer gaming, and l33t haxxoring.

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#19 Post by bartonjo2 » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:45 am

makes sense i dont know the specifics on doing it in php though i do more databasing and calculations/design

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#20 Post by El Llano » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:58 pm

and several years later they had this game called Return to Zork, I believe, which featured digitized video for some characters, and a point-n-click interface. Also, it was absolutely horrible in terms of quality of the video, AND in terms of puzzle design.
I really enjoyed Return to Zork. I guess the video quality was pretty bad, but I thought the game was fun.

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