Randy
I smoke and I drink
and each time I blink
I have a tiny dream
As bad as I am,
I'm proud of the fact
that I'm worse than I seem
- Ani DiFranco

Click on the link to Zork and download it - Maybe this is what you're thinking of. The file contains both source and executables ported for the PC.

A shame I dont have those games anymore :-( I just downloaded Zork from the link on your post. Have you got any more text games that are on your web server?

Another set of games that I thought was really cool was the PC versions of arcade games. There was a vector graphics rendering engine available in the 80's and games like "Tempest" and "Asteroids" ran on it. There were literally dozens if not hundreds of other popular games too, but those are just the ones I remember the best. I probably might have those around here somewhere too, so I think I'll go have look for them. This little walk down "memory lane" has made me want to revisit some of these old fun things.

Didn't run on no XT, by gum, it ran on a REAL computer, the floorstanding kind, and it LIKED it that way!

Randy
I smoke and I drink
and each time I blink
I have a tiny dream
As bad as I am,
I'm proud of the fact
that I'm worse than I seem
- Ani DiFranco

I consider those days to be the "wonder years" of the computer industry. Big iron was the only thing in business, education or government, the microprocessor had just been invented, Intel stock could be bought for next to nothing and Microsoft didn't even exist yet.

But you need to have either a hint file or someone who has played the game with you to really get into it. It's hard to even get underground if you don't know that's the object of the game. Most of the action happens down there, so if you don't know that, you will just wander around in the house or the yard. So if you don't have some familiarity with the game, I want to send you a hint file. I'll have to look around and see if I have it handy, but it's worth it.

Once you have that, you'll find that "your sword is glowing with a faint blue glow."

Yes, I'd like to have a hint book. Your correct on the wandering around above ground part. Still it's a fun game. I enjoy games like this more than the new super duper graphic based games. Let me know if you find that hint guide. Jerrod

Is the "Mcleodusa.net" E-Mail address I have for you still current? If so, I'll send to that address. I'll also put the hint files on the Zork page on the Parham Data web site. I don't think the help files will "fit" in your Yahoo account, but maybe so.