Re: [Audyssey] Infocom

2014-07-31 Thread Danielle Antoine
Oh yeah, I used to play Hitchhiker too. I forgot about that one! On 7/31/14, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi, > > Well, as far as my all time favorite Infocom game goes I think Arthur > was my favorite. Not sure why, but I played that one quite a lot until > I finally finished it. Unfortunately, I don't

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom

2014-07-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, as far as my all time favorite Infocom game goes I think Arthur was my favorite. Not sure why, but I played that one quite a lot until I finally finished it. Unfortunately, I don't think I have a copy of the documentation any more which really bites since it is needed for specific puzzle

[Audyssey] Infocom

2014-07-31 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Danielle, Yes! Leather Goddesses of Phoboes and then Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy were my favorite text adventure games as well. Zork and the spoof Pork were pretty fun even though I never finished them. Oh yeah I also never finished but very much liked Deep Space Drifter. (not an Inf

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-03 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! I am using the figures from the infocom doc project files i downloaded the other day. At 01:50 p.m. 3/12/2012 +, you wrote: Hi Shaun. The only difference between the patched version and the standard is the watch time always remains

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-03 Thread shaun everiss
: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! well ibriham stationfall works now, the patched file doesn't but I havn't seen any advantage in playing the patched versions just the origional is what I play anyway so its not a problem now. At 08:44 p.m. 2/12/

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-03 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
the computer, what source material are you using? All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: shaun everiss Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 3:51 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! well ibriham stationfall works now, the patched file

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-02 Thread shaun everiss
al Message- From: shaun everiss Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 8:17 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! Well in station fall say I type time. then I get the numbers I need, then type time again and the time has changed so I need to put in ano

Re: [Audyssey] infocom archive updates

2012-12-02 Thread john
Just an fyi: .dat files are zcoe infocom games. - Original Message - From: shaun everiss Note this zip probably has some stuff that is missing buggy or just bad I just basically rounded up all the data I had on my hard drive. Most of this is from the ifarchive or the times ashes collec

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-02 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
me problem? All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: shaun everiss Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 8:17 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! Well in station fall say I type time. then I get the numbers I need, then type time aga

[Audyssey] infocom testing

2012-12-01 Thread shaun everiss
Hi ibriham and all. After testing the files out it seems that the stationfall patched file has issues, I am assuming that all patch zcode games will also have issues. Right now the origional game and the game that has just the release number in the title works but I am assuming anything with p

[Audyssey] infocom archive updates

2012-12-01 Thread shaun everiss
Hi. Note this zip probably has some stuff that is missing buggy or just bad I just basically rounded up all the data I had on my hard drive. Most of this is from the ifarchive or the times ashes collection. What isn't was either pulled of friend's floppies, pulled of my now dead 1990 computer,

Re: [Audyssey] infocom files

2012-12-01 Thread Fred Olver
December 01, 2012 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom files What files are you looking for. It's a lot easier for me to just email those individually than it is for me to zip everything. Were I to put it all up on dropbox, I'd probably do the games as well. - Original M

Re: [Audyssey] infocom files

2012-12-01 Thread john
What files are you looking for. It's a lot easier for me to just email those individually than it is for me to zip everything. Were I to put it all up on dropbox, I'd probably do the games as well. - Original Message - From: "Fred Olver" Could you just put them in drop box and send us

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-01 Thread shaun everiss
All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: shaun everiss Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 9:46 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! Hi ibriham indeed there are patches and unprotected patches zip files. However there are instructions t

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-01 Thread shaun everiss
viour you're referencing with WinFrotz? What do you mean by jumping cycles exactly. All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: shaun everiss Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 9:52 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! yeah the

Re: [Audyssey] infocom files

2012-12-01 Thread Fred Olver
Could you just put them in drop box and send us all a link to make it easier on yourself? I'd like the files as well. Fred Olver goodfo...@charter.net - Original Message - From: "john" To: "gamers" Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 5:28 AM Subject: [Audys

[Audyssey] infocom files

2012-12-01 Thread john
I've sent several people files for the infocom games. Unfortunately, my computer has been having problems with some of my emails. If you haven't gotten the files you requested, please contact me offlist so I can figure out who I need to email. Thanks, John. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@a

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-01 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
ssion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! Hi ibriham indeed there are patches and unprotected patches zip files. However there are instructions to get a decription program and other things. To be honest, it would be better if the files for those patches were compiled wit

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection: files

2012-12-01 Thread john
There are several different formats, they all work on my braillenote, and I'll convert anything proprietary to plain text. - Original Message - From: shaun everiss sertainly these would be good enhancements to send just zip em up and send them over. on that note I assume we can read th

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-01 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Shaun. What is this behaviour you're referencing with WinFrotz? What do you mean by jumping cycles exactly. All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: shaun everiss Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 9:52 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] in

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-01 Thread shaun everiss
yeah the archive is mostly good the pdfs I can get round but the scans are all jpgs and useless. Also unless I have winfrotz set wrong time is jumping foreward by 7-10 cycles in station fall and no number seems to work even with the info. I havn't done starcross but still. The fact the archive w

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection: files

2012-12-01 Thread shaun everiss
sertainly these would be good enhancements to send just zip em up and send them over. on that note I assume we can read the hints with notepad else we will need them converted to web files or something. At 07:08 a.m. 30/11/2012 -0500, you wrote: I have several files that might help solve some o

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-12-01 Thread shaun everiss
AM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! Hi all. I have a major bug to report with the infocom colection ibriham posted. No the files are not corrupted, but, all the scans are in picture form. Thats fine, but for games like amfv, stationfall, starcross and others there a

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection: files

2012-11-30 Thread Sharon
Hi John, I sure would like what you have for cutthroat and alsoAMFV. Thanks, Sharon -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of john Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 6:09 AM To: gamers Subject: [Audyssey] infocom collection: files I have several

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection: files

2012-11-30 Thread john
I don't have Arthur, sorry. I wasn't overly intrigued, so never really looked for it. I forget the website, but there was a decent source that provided a lot of the materials I have in an accessable form (I believe I used a mind forever voyaging as muy search), it might be worthwhile to do a qu

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection: files

2012-11-30 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
bject: [Audyssey] infocom collection: files I have several files that might help solve some of the issues here. Specifically, I have a manual for AMFV, which has a text version of the code wheel, and I have a walkthrough for cutthroats which takes the place of the mariner's book. I've also got a

[Audyssey] infocom collection: files

2012-11-30 Thread john
I have several files that might help solve some of the issues here. Specifically, I have a manual for AMFV, which has a text version of the code wheel, and I have a walkthrough for cutthroats which takes the place of the mariner's book. I've also got a walkthrough for lgop somewhere which gives

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-11-30 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
riss Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:02 AM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! Hi all. I have a major bug to report with the infocom colection ibriham posted. No the files are not corrupted, but, all the scans are in picture form. Thats fine, but for games

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-11-30 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
e best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: lenron brown Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:52 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! awesome thanks this would have been easier if we shared a folder lol. Beecause my inernet is very slow at downlo

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-11-30 Thread lenron brown
ance > > to download it previously. > > All the best, Ibrahim. > > -Original Message- > From: lenron brown > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:17 AM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! > > i would love to get a copy o

Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-11-30 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
rahim. -Original Message- From: lenron brown Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 9:17 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom collection major bug! i would love to get a copy of that archive On 11/30/12, shaun everiss wrote: Hi all. I have a major bug to report with the in

[Audyssey] infocom collection major bug!

2012-11-30 Thread shaun everiss
Hi all. I have a major bug to report with the infocom colection ibriham posted. No the files are not corrupted, but, all the scans are in picture form. Thats fine, but for games like amfv, stationfall, starcross and others there are parts that need someone to enter the right numbers to progress.

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-22 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm thats cool. Well that does mean that djgpp tads will work thats using go32 so it must. At 08:54 a.m. 22/11/2012 -0500, you wrote: Hi Shaun, Any 32-bit binary is compatible with Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 8 64-bit. The only problems are with older 8-bit and 16-bit binaries compiled for MS

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-21 Thread shaun everiss
aah I didn't know that tads 32bit would run on windows 64 true I have used the djgpp 32bit go32 compiler but never thought of it as being a console app just a protected mode app like vsmee or dmee. At 09:57 a.m. 21/11/2012 -0500, you wrote: Hi Shaun, There is already a version of tads that

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-21 Thread shaun everiss
well tom there is an old console frotz there is supoosedly source with it but I am using frotz in windows with speech. its not as snappy as a reader though. At 09:54 a.m. 21/11/2012 -0500, you wrote: Hi Ibrahim, I'll see what I can do. As I said I personally liked Dosfrotz more than Winfrotz s

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters

2012-11-21 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Ben. OK, here is the link to the interpreters, enjoy: http://www.sendspace.com/file/4hp6gz -Original Message- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:52 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters Hi Ben. Please keep your cool

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters

2012-11-21 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Ben. Please keep your cool, I'll upload the interpretors to sendspace and share the link. -Original Message- From: Ben Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:50 PM To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters No man just an error when I

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters

2012-11-21 Thread Ben
No man just an error when I try to get the file. -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Ibrahim Gucukoglu Sent: 21 November 2012 10:54 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters Hi Ben. What happens when you click

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters

2012-11-21 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Ben. What happens when you click on the link? Are you getting a page not found error? All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: Ben Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 10:00 AM To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters I'v

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters

2012-11-21 Thread Ben
I've got the games but can't get the interpreters. -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of shaun everiss Sent: 21 November 2012 08:08 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters I'll do that now. At 0

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters

2012-11-21 Thread shaun everiss
I'll do that now. At 01:34 a.m. 21/11/2012 -0600, you wrote: if anone would like to add me to db so i could get this file and the games my email is lenro...@gmail.com thanks because my net is really slow on downloading like this On 11/21/12, Ibrahim Gucukoglu wrote: > Hi Everyone. > > Just tho

[Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters

2012-11-20 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Everyone. Just thought I’d make things easier for everyone looking for all the Infocom interpreters we’ve discussed here. This zip file contains the entire contents of the if-archive’s Infocom Interpreters folder, so while a lot of the files here will probably not be relevant, all the inter

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
nt required by me or anyone else. All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: Kimberly Qualls Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:59 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox! Hi all...I have 2 requests...First, I am looking for XBox f

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:12 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox! Hi, Agreed. I'm currently running Winfrotz on a Win 7 64-bit computer and while the Sapi support is a bit patchy as yo

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread shaun everiss
I wouldn't mind dosfrotz built for windows in fact i wouldn't mind dos hugo built for windows console same with tads. At 06:12 p.m. 20/11/2012 -0500, you wrote: Hi, Agreed. I'm currently running Winfrotz on a Win 7 64-bit computer and while the Sapi support is a bit patchy as you say its not b

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread shaun everiss
nvisiclues and indeed the manuals sinse I've never read those before. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread shaun everiss
Dark. - Original Message - From: "john" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox! I've got a few of the clues myself lying around somewhere, and I can send them to you if needed. I&

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread Kimberly Qualls
der tts custom program > somewhat redundent. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > - Original Message - > From: "Lora" > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on drop

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread Lora
I know! I'm a dork because I'm excited by the prospect of reading the manuals. Go figure. -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:33 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infoc

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread dark
ually has! sapi support anyway, albeit that it's a little patchy, making the older tts custom program somewhat redundent. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Lora" To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:26 P

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread dark
--Original Message- From: dark Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:21 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox! thanks ibrahim, I shal have a look. if you've got the invisiclues I'd be really pleased to see those. I got the infocom games

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
ion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox! Hi Lora, I don't know about Jaws but you can always use Winfrotz with Sapi turned on which works well enough with NVDA. Of course, NVDA works well enough with Winfrotz without Sapi so maybe give Winfrotz a try. On 11/20/12, L

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread Lora
Of Ibrahim Gucukoglu Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:45 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox! Hi Everyone. OK, for all you Interactive Fiction nerds and for those of you who mightn’t have played an IF title before, I’m delighted to enclose my Infocom coll

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread Lora
st Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox! I've got a few of the clues myself lying around somewhere, and I can send them to you if needed. I've not got nearly everything though, and I tend to have more walkthroughs than anything. - Original Message ---

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
er 20, 2012 6:21 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox! thanks ibrahim, I shal have a look. if you've got the invisiclues I'd be really pleased to see those. I got the infocom games from http://if.illuminion.de/index.html but while I r

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread dark
Well I'll check ibrahim's archive, sinse it sounds like he's done a complete job with it (it's downloading now). Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "john" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:49 PM

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread john
I've got a few of the clues myself lying around somewhere, and I can send them to you if needed. I've not got nearly everything though, and I tend to have more walkthroughs than anything. - Original Message - From: "dark" I got the infocom games from http://if.illuminion.de/index.html

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Archive - now on dropbox!

2012-11-20 Thread dark
s the verb situations. I'd rather not use a walkthru however sinse that unfortunately takes all fun out of exploring the game. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters?

2012-10-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Tobias, Well, I use Windows Frotz with NVDA without any serious issues so maybe this is a Jaws issue. You can enable Sapi support in Windows Frotz which might be better for you accept that you don't currently get a lot of control over Sapi currently. I've heard Filfre is a good alternative, but

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters?

2012-10-12 Thread Agent Orange
October 2012 01:11 To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters? Hi, What are people using to play Z-Code/Infocom games on Windows nowadays? I tried the latest WindowsFrotz, but I wasn't able to read som eof the text with Jaws. Is there any other good modern accessible

[Audyssey] Infocom Interpreters?

2012-10-12 Thread Tobias Vinteus
Hi, What are people using to play Z-Code/Infocom games on Windows nowadays? I tried the latest WindowsFrotz, but I wasn't able to read som eof the text with Jaws. Is there any other good modern accessible Z-cod interpreter? Thanks, Tobias --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If yo

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-13 Thread dark
nt: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games Hi Dark, Shrugs. All I can say is I got almost everything Infocom has made from ifarchive.org. I got Arthur, Wishbringer, Station Fall, Leather Goddesses, Hitch Hikers of the Galaxy, all the Zork games, and several oth

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-13 Thread Thomas Ward
(thank goodness). > > Have if archive changed their policy? > > Beware the grue! > Dark. > - Original Message - > From: "Thomas Ward" > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 6:43 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey]

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-13 Thread dark
ent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games Hi Keith, Sure. Head over to ifarchive.org and you can find everything and anything to do with interactive fiction including the classic Infocom games. :D On 9/12/12, Keith wrote: Anyone know where I can find the

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-13 Thread john
There are invisiclue booklets written into game files, but they are not the game themselves. Basically, you can get two different files, one is invisiclues and the other is the game. - Original Message - From: "Keith" Thanks Dark. Someone on the list had mentioned that the Infocom gam

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-13 Thread john
Ifarchive actually doesn't have many of the games, due to the way (I believe activision?) took them over. I know there are sights that have all or most of them, but ifarchive isn't one. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward anything to do with interactive fiction including the classic

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-13 Thread Keith
- From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 2:12 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games hi kieth. I think you might have a crossed wire somewhere. the invisiclue site just! had the invisiclues, but is unfortunately not working.

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-13 Thread dark
. - Original Message - From: "Keith" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:56 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Infocom games Anyone know where I can find the complete list of Infocom games for download? Dark posted a website with the gam

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-12 Thread john
You can find almost all, if not all, the infocom games just by googling the title. One of the websites will have a large collection, bumt I don't remember the url. If you want anything in particular, email me offlist, as I have a lot of them. - Original Message - From: "Keith" Anyone k

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Keith, Sure. Head over to ifarchive.org and you can find everything and anything to do with interactive fiction including the classic Infocom games. :D On 9/12/12, Keith wrote: > Anyone know where I can find the complete list of Infocom games for > download? Dark posted a website with the g

[Audyssey] Infocom games

2012-09-12 Thread Keith
Anyone know where I can find the complete list of Infocom games for download? Dark posted a website with the games with the included invisiclues built into the game files, but the website would not load for me. A 404 not found error I believe. Thanks Keith --- Gamers mailing list __ Ga

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Lisa Hayes
Yeah maybe or maybe not enough, grin. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures HI Lisa, Beats

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Thomas Ward
HI Lisa, Beats me. I never got the point of that game either. Perhaps the authors were smoking too much weed when they wrote that one? :D On 9/2/12, Lisa Hayes wrote: > the only infocom game I could never understand was a mind forever voyaging. > What was the point of that game. > Lisa Hayes >

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Lisa Hayes
infocom games the way winfrotz does. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Mike Maslo" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures Is there a imterperter for the mac Sent

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Mike Maslo
27;ll play the older zcode stuff in more unusual formats like the > infocom games the way winfrotz does. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > - Original Message - From: "Mike Maslo" > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 201

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread dark
It's usually help or hints, or there are sometimes speciic hints files with the games the ways h2g2 had. beware the Grue! dark. - Original Message - From: "Keith" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Keith
list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures Ah kieth, obviously the site is no longer up. Still, as I said, most infocom games include the invisiclues as part of their hints now (h2g2 certainly does for instance). All the best, Dar

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread dark
ot;Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures Dark, I'm the same way about old games like Zork, and it's part of the reason AA has it's "no catrub puzzles" policy. I don't like playing

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread dark
Sunday, September 02, 2012 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures I tried to go to this site and got a page saying something about being unable to open that page. Keith - Original Message - From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread dark
e the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Mike Maslo" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures Is there a imterperter for the mac Sent from my iPhone On Sep 2, 2012, at 9:34 AM, "

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Dennis Towne
Dark, I'm the same way about old games like Zork, and it's part of the reason AA has it's "no catrub puzzles" policy. I don't like playing guessing games; I like to learn little things, and put them together in interesting ways to do other things. I like to explore and see what's going on, to le

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Keith
I tried to go to this site and got a page saying something about being unable to open that page. Keith - Original Message - From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Mike Maslo
redownloading them from there, and opening the dat or zip > files with winfrotz as I dscribed. > > All the best, > > Dark. > - Original Message - From: "Keith" > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 3:09 PM > Sub

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread dark
Actually tom, most versions of the infocom software usually hve the invisiclue hints built into them, and even those that don't the hints can be found on http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pete/Infocom/Invisiclues/ However, I really dislike a game where the choice is look at hints or remain stuck forever

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread dark
. - Original Message - From: "Keith" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures then perhaps it's just the copies of these games I have that do not allow playing. Keith - Original Message

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Keith, Yeah, that's exactly why I gave up on a lot of the Infocom games. Its not just that the puzzles would drive me half insane, but a lot of them depended on the documentation that came with the product. I guess they did that to try and protect the software from piracy, and without the books

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Keith
then perhaps it's just the copies of these games I have that do not allow playing. Keith - Original Message - From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures Hi. Actual

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread dark
gends of zork, this seems fine to me. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Fred Olver" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures Are the Infocom games yet available?

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread dark
Hi. Actually Arthur, shogun etc are quite playable with the standard version of windows frotz, all you need to do is set the file type in the open dialogue to "infocom files dat, zip" and then open them, or use the winfrotz program in internet explorer to open the zip or dat file (not to be co

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Fred Olver
Are the Infocom games yet available? If So, Where? Fred Olver - Original Message - From: "Keith" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures I do wish there was an interpreter that would a

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Keith
can't play them. Keith - Original Message - From: "Lisa Hayes" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures and the advent game had the maze one alike and one different you know the

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Lisa Hayes
, September 02, 2012 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures Hi Kieth. To be honest i never even got that far in zork, in zork 1 I was always stuck on how to get the silver bar out of the echo room. I think for me what irritates me with those sorts of puzzles is that you

Re: [Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread dark
rest of the game and the story than just banging my head against one particular brick wall, which is probably why I don't play if anymore. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Keith" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2

[Audyssey] Infocom text adventures

2012-09-02 Thread Keith
My only complaint about the infocom series of text adventures is that seemingly all of them either have mazes or puzzles that are next to impossible to figure out. Zork 1 has the mines and the theif's lair, zork 2 has the bank puzzle, and zork 3 has the wall pushing puzzle. Sure if you have

Re: [Audyssey] infocom games for all

2011-05-24 Thread Siddhant Jain
hi, the download link is not working anymore. and, how to play these games? is there any programme or engine to be used in order to run these games? thanks, regards, sid. - Original Message - From: "michael barnes" To: Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 5:35 AM Subject: [Audysse

[Audyssey] infocom games for all

2011-05-19 Thread michael barnes
Hey, here is the download zip for the infocom games that I have so enjoy. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29695335/infocom.zip -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.

Re: [Audyssey] infocom and z interpreter games

2010-06-28 Thread Hayden Presley
it quite a bit easier to navigate. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of shaun everiss Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:49 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] infocom and z in

Re: [Audyssey] infocom and z interpreter games

2010-06-27 Thread shaun everiss
www.ifarchive.org is the site thats also ftp though you probably will have better luck with one of the mirrors they are listed on the main page At 04:06 p.m. 24/06/2010, you wrote: Hi all, I can't find the FTP site for downloading text adventure games. Does anyone know a good active link for dow

Re: [Audyssey] infocom and z interpreter games

2010-06-27 Thread Jacob Kruger
on Boston" To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:06 AM Subject: [Audyssey] infocom and z interpreter games Hi all, I can't find the FTP site for downloading text adventure games. Does anyone know a good active link for downloading these games? E

Re: [Audyssey] infocom and z interpreter games

2010-06-27 Thread Hayden Presley
s then you could shake a stick at! Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Jason Boston Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:07 PM To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Subject: [Audyssey] infocom and z inter

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