How popular are text games these days?


26 Aug 1995 17:04:52 -0700

sinister (atticus@access5.digex.net) wrote:
: I am curious about this. Is it mostly computer game veterans who
: play text games. Let's say I made a text adventure (a good one,
: hopefully) would only a dozen people be interested, several hundred,
: several thousand, etc.?
: --

Well, today it seems that most everyone wants their
mice and GUI and whiz-bang processors, so most all
companies cater to that with games like Mortal Kombat
and Ultima VIII. However, my guess is that there
would be a hundred or so interested in Real Games (tm).
Of course, it all depends on how well written it is.


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