8 Apr
2017
8 Apr
'17
2:15 a.m.
On April 6, 2017 10:32:34 AM PDT, "Shoppa, Tim via cctalk" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
Yes, I know the video was made by using
?retro-terminal? software
http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/?<http://www.secretgeometry.c…
on modern hardware, but the spirit of the Infocom games is still there
:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvVNxqosZ7s
The spot halfway through where the screen matches the lyrics is really
cool.
I seem to recall the Infocom games could ?pace? with realtime delays in
the text scrolling but that may be mis-remembering things.
Tim.
The z-machine can do timed events, but not the kind of text timing shown in the video.
--
David Griffith
dave at 661.org