Dr. Fortyseven ◣ ◥◣ ◥ 🥃 · @fortyseven
645 followers · 3014 posts · Server defcon.social
Sarah K Libman | Marr · @SarahKL
465 followers · 307 posts · Server mastodon.social
Relaxing Sunday morning with the apotheosis of gaming, Zork (courtesy of trs80gp on a slightly-OCed old eeePC running Windows XP).
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#RetroComputing #RetroGaming #xyzzy #TRS80
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #xyzzy #trs80
Hanon Ondricek · @HanonO
66 followers · 77 posts · Server zork.socialThe XYZZY awards for 2021 were worth the wait!. This is a good list if you're looking for new #IF #interactivefiction
#if #interactivefiction #xyzzy
Hanon Ondricek · @HanonO
51 followers · 56 posts · Server zork.socialXYZZY award nominations for 2021 are up! (somewhat late, they've been running behind) Even if you don't vote, this is a great list of well-received new interactive fiction if you're looking for some new modern games!
#xyzzy #if #interactivefiction
Janice M. Eisen · @janice_e_
214 followers · 84 posts · Server mastodon.mit.eduAnyone else out there interested in classic #text-based #InteractiveFiction? Like the old #Infocom #games. I know there's an #IF community out there — are you on Mastodon?
#TextAdventures #AdventureGames #Zork #Inform #xyzzy #ClassicGames #frotz
#text #interactivefiction #infocom #games #if #textadventures #adventuregames #zork #inform #xyzzy #classicgames #frotz
· @branko
15 followers · 559 posts · Server octodon.socialA golden oldie about beta testing.
https://web.archive.org/web/20020810034011/http://www.xyzzynews.com:80/xyzzy.8g.html
Also, if Google cannot find the phrase "napkin-thieving friend", something about this world is seriously broken.
#xyzzy #xyzzynews #interactivefiction #neildemause #betatesting #coding #google #darkweb
#xyzzy #xyzzynews #interactivefiction #neildemause #betatesting #coding #google #darkweb
Paco Hope · @paco
457 followers · 2176 posts · Server mastodon.org.ukThere was a thing on the birdsite that said “state your age by naming a social media app or platform”. Very cute in its naïveté.
The first way I met people online was using #xyzzy, a chat client that ran on the school’s VM system. I was meeting people on BITNET a year before the school got connected to the internet. I tried to google xyzzy and there’s one sentence about it on the xyzzy page.