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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this is the first time I've seen a Zork reference basically anywhere really

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I was pretty shocked when I saw the pattern online.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is amazing!! So nostalgic. I love the glow in the dark message.

I never did beat that damn game.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go back, play it again. It's still pretty damn solid, for its age. Hell, it can be worth digging in deeper, too. There's a surprising amount of Zork titles.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can play it on frotz or just online in a few places.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tip!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Nor did I. Granted, I was only 3 or 4 when that game game out for the C64, but I did try my best!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

That's awesome, especially with the glow in the dark bit. I would totally buy one of those.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

No game has ever home close to Zork for me. I was the right age for it, and there was so much imagination in it, and more importantly, it inspired so much imagination in the player. Nothing wrong with new games, but nothing's ever come close to that feeling.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

YOU ARE THY DUNGEONMAN!

Ye find yeself in yon dungeon. Ye see a SCROLL. Behind ye scroll is a FLASK. Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH and DENNIS.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Ye cannot get ye flask.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It’s beautiful! I love the little mailbox and the secret message.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Right in the nostalgia.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried to use glow-in-the-dark thread for a Halloween piece and it did not work at all. I was so disappointed. Some people online suggested holding it up to a bright light for a while, I did that and still nothing 😭

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's finicky stuff for sure. And the texture is odd. Apparently there are a few different kinds, some glow better than others, and they're all a little weird. Some are more plastic like. This glows pretty well (it's brighter in person than in the photo) but it also fades kinda quick.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would buy one of these if they were for sale

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The pattern is for sale. And cross-stitching is pretty easy to pick up! (It's not my pattern. I stumbled on it and had to make it)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My eyes just bugged out of my head. this is the coolest thing I've seen on the internet all day

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should post this in the cross stitch community! I'm sure everyone there will like it, and I'm totally stealing that hidden message idea lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually tried to (the instance I subscribed to) but I kept getting an only mods can post error.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Awesome! Thanks.