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With glow in the dark surprise

Ran across this pattern online and had to make it.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Zork. Wow. I remember that my friend's dad actually mapped out the entire thing by hand on grid paper.

[โ€“] letter_d 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I suspect that's the smart way to do it. Would make a pretty cool map.

[โ€“] Jsprad 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It can take a few tries. Sometimes you'll exit a room to the east, but have to go north to get back. That's not usually immediately obvious, and can mess up your maps.

Source: just played through Trinity for the first time since I was a kid.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah. My maps were a mess, but they got me where I needed to go.

[โ€“] Sylver 3 points 10 months ago

My cousin and I tried making a map of the maze by dropping items in each room. We got some parts mapped out reliably, but it was still a long process that ended up with a few questionable paths

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

There's a blast from the past. It's been a long time since I thought about Zork.

[โ€“] BleepBlip 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Return to Zork" was one of the very first CD-Rom games I ever played. It's not a great game exactly but it's very near and dear to my heart.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Exact same thing here. I was stuck for years because no internet and I didn't figure out I needed to ask Boos for his keys. Then a friend got a hint book which unblocked me. I still loved the game even back when I was stuck lol. The atmosphere, the music (man, the music!), the weirdness. Love that game.

[โ€“] BleepBlip 4 points 10 months ago

I had to make a 10 min dramatic movie for my high school Spanish class and my friend and I used the Return to Zork soundtrack for it while we edited on two VHS tape players. Banger after banger!

[โ€“] NielsBohron 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

My...my...my keys? I guess I am too drive to be drunk...

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And they're aaaaaaaall dead. Burp

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

What a throwback! Super clever with the glow-in-the-dark message.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The Zork anthology is on Steam. FYI.

And on sale atm.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I need a new battery. Can you here me?! A new battery!!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Am I the only one in these text based adventures like Zork, King Arthur and Alice in Wonderland who did KILL SELF to see what happened?