Tag: INFOCOM

What do you get when you combine the Z-Machine text adventure engine with open source phone exchange system Asterisk? Zasterisk, a novel combination of voice recognition and text-to-speech that allows you to play Zork and other Infocom text adventures over the phone. Is this something anybody really needs? Well, duh, no. Is it pretty cool? Yes. However, I take no responsibility for the looks ...

Yesterday's Time Waster was a collection of old C64 games you can play in your browser. Let's go even more retro with the encore: here's 18 classic Infocom text adventures you can play in your browser. The original four Zork games, Planetfall, the Lurking Horror, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy--it's all there. The games have been ported to Java and are just as immersive/frustrating as ever. ...