Yep artic was the first learned as well and titanic was the first gamei ever played. Then I went to infocom and wishbring and so on. Talking about infocom does anyone have any info on a mind for ever voyaging? what I want is maybe a spoiler for it, thanks. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Treat for text gamers!
> The Artic synthesizer and screen reader was the very first one on the PC > I learned in 1990. The first set of games I played in DOS were the > Infocom games like Zork and Leather Godesses. Man, those were the days. > Soon after learning Artic Business Vision which was the DOS screen > reader, I learned of Vocal-Eyes and saw it was much better, so I > switched to it instead, and well, 18 years later, here I am, actually > working for the company who made Vocal-Eyes, and now, Window-Eyes. The > cool thing is I can still play all those old text adventure games and I > don't need DOS to do it in either. > > Still, it was interesting to read about this. In fact, I think I > stillhave an Artic synthesizer laying around somewhere. last time I saw > it, my 3 year old boy was playing with it in his room. > > dark said the following on 1/7/2008 12:27 PM: >> Hi. >> >> I've never even heard of an artic note taker before, much less used one, >> and >> thus have no idea about any of the games you mention or those available >> on >> this site. If they are text games, can you play them on a normal windows >> Pc, ----- either by running the files directly, or with some sort of >> interpreter program? >> >> More information would deffinately be appreciated. >> >> Beware the Grue! >> >> Dark. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 4:24 PM >> Subject: [Audyssey] Treat for text gamers! >> >> >>> Hi guys, >>> First, before I talk about the games, because this is where I found >>> them, >>> do >>> you guys still remember the Artic notetakers? Was it ever true that you >>> could put games onto them, why I'm also asking is because one of my >>> friends >>> might be using a BrailleDesk that the uni lends out next year, so it >>> will >>> be >>> a great experiment. Anyway, I hope these could somehow work under JFW >>> and >>> command prompt, but remember the card collection for visually impaired >>> people, or the collection of table games, or even some other cool ones >>> like >>> Skyland, Time for Church, etc? Anyway, these absolutely hard-to-find >>> games >>> are all at the following link, which is a site I've at last found with >>> info >>> about Artic, by the way, a bit OT, but have they actually closed down, >>> the >>> site doesn't say anything. Here's the link to the games >>> http://www.articannex.ws/ >>> enjoy, and please get back to me about whether it is possible to use a >>> Braillepad, Ergo Braille, or Braille Desk to play games on! >>> Thanks >>> Ari >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos -- http://www.asmodean.net > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1211 - Release Date: > 6/01/2008 11:57 AM > > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
