Anyone remember Waldo, Sensa, and Iris ???

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-06-05 11:28pm

I found a site on the web where you can play the old infocom games via a telnet session. Im not sure if I can post think, since it might violate the policy of the board. But I do personally own the Infocom Treasures collectoin so "technically" I think its okay for me to play. Even though my copies wont load on any modern machine.

Anyhoo, I never did solve Suspended, I could never figure out how to get through the acid leak, but now I figured it out.

I still dont like Poet that much, the dude must have been made in Berkeley.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-05 11:53pm

Is that website licensed to do this? Is the game in the public domain?

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-06-06 12:19am

phongn wrote:Is that website licensed to do this? Is the game in the public domain?

Zork 1, 2, and 3 are in the public domain. The other infocom games are still property of Activision if I recall correctly. They put out a collectors edition with all the games oh, maybe 7-8 years ago. I bought it, but it wont run on Win2K.

They guy has the same edition, but he figured out how to run all of them over a telnet session on a BSD box.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-06 12:28am

The legalities are iffy, so I ask that you refrain from posting the link.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-06-06 12:33am

phongn wrote:The legalities are iffy, so I ask that you refrain from posting the link.

Roger...roger...

I forgot how much writing you do playing the old style games where you create your own maps with pencil and paper.