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About the StoryA mostly-faithful (and hence somewhat dated) recreation of the 1984 type-in BASIC game Micro Puzzle, originally published in Weird Computer Games by Usborne. Game Details
Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: May 8, 2020 Current Version: 1/200511 License: Creative Commons Development System: Inform 7 Forgiveness Rating: Polite IFID: 5A9DB5F6-1A3D-4C2E-9AD5-4D70ED603F7D TUID: 4dosh8oa6cn4ek7 |
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Come for the Puzzles, Stay for the History, August 1, 2021This game is interesting in a couple of key ways, so I'm glad to have experienced it, even if I didn't necessarily love the game itself. This is a 2020 Inform port of a BASIC game from 1984. Aside from one fun narrative twist near the beginning, it's mostly a game of "puzzles for puzzles' sake." The backstory (if any) is not explained, you solve a few puzzles leading to The Final Puzzle, then the game ends suddenly with no epilogue. Essentially, there's no story. But afterward, Gavin Lambert provides some lovely background, including his own very plausible head cannon of the prologue/plot, history of the game, and background on this period of text gaming. I enjoyed the post-game commentary more than the game itself, though you have to have played the game to make the post-game commentary worthwhile.
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