Yep, the ol' text adventures. I have them on my PC at home (currently at Uni) - but haven't got around to playing them.

Cheers for this - interesting read.

;D Wow... I'm impressed to find a Zork Forum... ;D I'll admit, I have severe insomnia - so I decided to go trawling the 'net for stuff about childhood games, and Zork naturally assumed first place (along with Space Quest and King's Quest ;) ;D). Uh, have vaguely played some of the original trilogy -...