Text-Based Adventure Games

Early Adventure Games such as Zork and Beyond Zork relied on the simple text descriptions to transport a player to other worlds as rich as his or her imagination. No marvel of computer graphics can approach the complexity and atmosphere of these spaces.

Zork Screen Shot

The player interacts with the world by typing simple commands such as 'Go North' 'Get leaflet' 'Say Hello'.

The game responds by describing the scene and the behaviour of the characters inhabiting the world being explored.



Beyond Zork Screen Shot

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