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From: ceforma@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Christopher E. Forman)
Subject: Re: What are good text-based games w/ graphics?
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 01:48:14 GMT
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Sarinee Achavanuntakul (sachavan@scunix4.harvard.edu) wrote:
:     I'm looking for some suggestion on new games to play :) I'm
: interested in text adventures (having played most Infocom games), but
: nowadays I'm also spoiled by the graphics (e.g. Legend games). So the
: question is, which text-based games w/ pictures do you think are
: worthwhile to play? I've played the SVGA version of Multi-Dimensional
: Thief and am very impressed.

Hey there, Sarinee.  You might try Virgin's Magnetic Scrolls series.  It
has a Windows-like environment with separate windows for text, graphics,
inventory, map, compass, and items in the room.  The games on this list
are Wonderland, The Pawn, Jinxter, and The Magnetic Scrolls Collection,
which includes Fish, Corruption, and Guild of Theives.  The parser is
on par with Infocom in many ways, but the interface far surpasses it.  I
think you'll enjoy them.
