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  Re: Re: The Long Dark
  By: Ray Sbaitso to John Hiemenz on Sat Apr 04 2020 12:45 pm

If I recall, I never finished that one.  When this type of game was new, I
would sit for hours playing games where I would tediously map on paper and
maintain notes.  Because of the great amount of time this consumed, I didn't
get to play many of those until later, when computer games were starting to
incorporate these features, and I grew impatient having to do those things
myself and they would lose my interest.

I do have a version of THGTTG running on my BBS using DOSemu, but I haven't
spent much time with it other than making sure it would run as a 'door'.  I may
 have to go back and look at it again, since it can save progress. 

Thinking back to The Long Dark, I find myself talking back to the game a lot..
when I pick up a feather and my character complains they don't think they can
carry much more.  I don't think I've every carried so much that it resulted in
anything other than moving at a snails pace.

 RS> Did you happen to play Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Infocom? I am
 RS> the exact same way and I believe that's where the issue came from with me.
 RS> There was a point in the game where you got told you needed a certain item
 RS> to finish the game. If you didn't already have it, you had to start all
 RS> over because you couldn't go back. The first time I went back and started
 RS> over I didn't realize it was apparently random or there was at least a
 RS> list of items it could be because I picked up the item it mentioned the
 RS> prior time and it asked for a different item the next time. From that
 RS> point on I grabbed everything in sight! :)


 RS> On Saturday March 28, 2020, John Hiemenz said to Ray Sbaitso...

 JH>> That's me in a nutshell.  I have that game mentality from years gone
 JH>> by.. if I can pick it up and carry, there must be some importance to
 JH>> this that will become clear later in the game. Pick up and carry all
 JH>> the things!

... It would be illogical to assume that all conditions remain stable.
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