It’ll also wallop your ego should you arrogantly think you can keep going indefinitely.Īlter Ego isn’t pretty – visually or in terms of content. It’s like the concept behind Flappy Bird was caught in the TARDIS’s wake and hurled back to 1972, right into Atari’s lap. Over time, the bats shrink and the game speeds up. Space (or tap) makes the minimalist protagonist jump a bit. And rather than controlling the bat, you control the ball. Instead of two players, there’s you alone. Well, this game is, as its moniker suggests, ‘almost’ Pong. Endless frustration when both players realised how inept they were at returning said ball. Fortunately, you can save progress in your browser and continue at a later date. Logistics and supply management are as important as surviving animal attacks, and the adventure can be long and gruelling.
It’s a text- and menu-driven adventure in which you build up and maintain a successful community in a harsh wilderness. Youįor fine replicas of the original Infocom game packages and gimmicks.Coming from the same developer as Gridland (also in this list) and supplying a similar ‘thrive ‘n’ survive’ challenge, A Dark Room nevertheless takes a very different tack. Mind that this is only what you absolutely need for playing. (Don't forget to tell Frotz it can open any file, not only z*-files.) That should work.
ZIP file included in some of the games below, try starting Frotz first and opening the file from there. If your Frotz interpreter refuses to open a. ZIP gameįile (which in some cases is in the 'Data' directory). Originally designed for playing Infocom files and can interpret the. Z-machine (find a version for your platform on the left hand side). You can play the games either in DOS or - much more comfortably - with the Grab them, by all means, and let's hope for more. Please note: I took down Zork Beyond, Zork Zero and Planetfall since they are available as a package on GOG.com. Chances are that after playing, you will want to buy the original games, with all the beautiful fluff that comes with them. Until then, I hope they will be allowed to remain here so you can have fun downloading and playing. The day the games are republished in their old glory, I will gladly remove the files from this site. But I do not believe that it is in the spirit of copyright law that works of art drift into oblivion by unavailability. As far as I know, Activision have still not declared the games abandonware. If you were lucky enough to grab it, hold onto it by all means, as the games come with so many goodies, from feelies to Invisiclues for all games.įor the rest of us, it's back to the old issues. Sadly, it appears to have been discontinued.
Copyright issuesĪ collection of Infocom games, "The Lost Treasures of Infocom", was republished by Activision in 2012 as an app for IPhone and IPad. They have become mostly collectors' items, and non-playability is not the sellers' fault. Be prepared, however, to pay collector's prices, and don't rely on the floppies still being playable after 20 years' time. If you are lucky enough to find them, that's a great option, as they come with really beautiful boxes and goodies, which greatly enhance the games' atmosphere. Remember the Zork and Enchanter trilogies, Trinity, A Mind Forever Voyaging? Unfortunately, after the company was bought by Activision in 1986, the games soon went out of stock.
Infocom was the company that came out with some of the first and dearest adventures. A venerable old trophy case stands in a corner.