RetroGaming @lemmy.world rustyroofrack @lemm.ee 4 mo. ago

Found my old non floppies… oh no, a Grue!

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It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
- https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4nigRT2KmCE
- 😋
ELI5 ?
- They 3d printed the save icon
  
  Honestly I haven't even seen it used as a save icon in a long time
- Zork is a text adventure where you enter text commands and then the game responds in text - to describe the surroundings, highlight items or places of interest, etc. Like, the game says "You are in a forest," and you type "go south," and the game updates to tell you what's in your new location. It's like the AI text adventures you see now (which are based on Zork-style games), but with every command and response hand-coded.
  
  The Grues are monsters that eat you in Zork. "You were eaten by a grue" is a common bad ending.
  
  It's like the AI text adventures you see now
  
  but actually good and written by a human with lots of warmth and humor, unlike the pale AI imitations
  
  Oh a floppy you are the hero so. Thanks for the explanation.
  
  Edit : but why a non floppy ?
  
  Essentially artisanal AI. Hand made by proud hard working native developers of old silicon valley.
- Zork is a text-based adventure game first released in 1977
  
  Old-school adventure game, one of the OG. I think it was CoD BlackOps 1 where one of the secrets was breaking out of your chair in the main menu, being able to walk over to a pc....and literally play the whole of Zork!
- Macintosh is an apple variant.
  
  Do you mean like Sylvie is a variant of Loki ?
I wonder how long it will be before this is known by everyone as a save icon instead of a floppy disc
I had this on the 5 1/4" disk. The kind that actually was floppy.
I never finished that damn game lol. I should probably give it another go one of these days.
- I never figured out what the eventual goal was. I remember solving various puzzles, like opening the gates to hell, getting through the maze of twisty passages, killing the troll, etc. But I don't remember ever figuring out what the win condition was supposed to be.
- You can carry it around in your phone nowadays!
I believe the technical term is Stiffies
I have an immense urge to fwap the little metal thing back and forth until my mom tells me I’m wrecking it.
I went through a phase in middle / high school where grues were constantly appearing in any story or program I made... Great times
It's getting dark
"Stay away from my gorls!"

- Grue

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