@betelgeuse93 @gloriouscow @grumpygamer My mind went to Nuclear War, but yours seems more likely. I think "Ghanji" in that game was programmed to never use violence.
(Screenshot from MobyGames.)
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Torbjörn Andersson
@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
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Torbjörn Andersson
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Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
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@grumpygamer But it was relaxing!
Then again, I haven't had the time to play Death By Scrolling lately. I've been more into Return to Dark Castle. It's the nostalgic kind of non-relaxing for me.
Then again, I haven't had the time to play Death By Scrolling lately. I've been more into Return to Dark Castle. It's the nostalgic kind of non-relaxing for me.
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@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
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Apr 08, 2026
@danielsaidi @grumpygamer @thomasfuchs I do that with Loom. Unfortunately I don't have the EGA version of MI1 so the VGA floppy version is as close as I get.
At least that one has the "stump joke". The first time I played MI2 I had only played the VGA CD version so the "stump joke" joke went right over my head.
The Special Edition is technically impressive, and I can see the love that must have gone into it. But to me it feels a bit awkward. Haven't played it since it was released, though.
At least that one has the "stump joke". The first time I played MI2 I had only played the VGA CD version so the "stump joke" joke went right over my head.
The Special Edition is technically impressive, and I can see the love that must have gone into it. But to me it feels a bit awkward. Haven't played it since it was released, though.
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Mar 27, 2026
@aaronsgiles Good thing too, because it says on the box that Maniac Mansion is included. I've heard the "Enhanced Mac Version, Power Macintosh Native" sticker was supposed to cover that, but if so someone must have missed that memo.
Unfortunately the Easter egg doesn't yet work in ScummVM. Much of the work has been done, but there's currently no easy way to even detect the Mac version of Maniac Mansion.
Unfortunately the Easter egg doesn't yet work in ScummVM. Much of the work has been done, but there's currently no easy way to even detect the Mac version of Maniac Mansion.
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@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
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Feb 25, 2026
Today's "I never saw Zork II do that before" bug is...
The JIGS-UP routine doesn't kill the player, it kills the current actor. That's a feature. But when a timer routine is run, it doesn't change the current actor back to the player.
So simply by talking to the robot, I can save myself from death by timed event.
I had hoped to use this on the Wizard, but apparently his action routine terminates too early. That too may be a bug, but one that cancels the first one.
#Infocom
The JIGS-UP routine doesn't kill the player, it kills the current actor. That's a feature. But when a timer routine is run, it doesn't change the current actor back to the player.
So simply by talking to the robot, I can save myself from death by timed event.
I had hoped to use this on the Wizard, but apparently his action routine terminates too early. That too may be a bug, but one that cancels the first one.
#Infocom
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@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
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Feb 15, 2026
@aaronsgiles Very nice to see this sort of thing, even if it's not my kind of games. But with luck, eventually there will be one that is. Pity it appears to be Windows only, when at least DREAMM runs so well on other platforms.
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@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
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Torbjörn Andersson
@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
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Feb 02, 2026
@scummvm @dada78641 My experience on Linux was that it sounded terrible. But I'm clearly not the target audience since I find missing subtitles far more bothersome than missing speech.
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Torbjörn Andersson
@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
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Oct 19, 2025
@aaronsgiles Running them is easier than ever. Buying some of them is unfortunately harder than ever. 😕
I know there are plenty of places where you can find them, but I'd prefer if there were official re-releases. (I'd also like it if some of the current re-releases weren't quite so shoddily made.)
I know there are plenty of places where you can find them, but I'd prefer if there were official re-releases. (I'd also like it if some of the current re-releases weren't quite so shoddily made.)
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Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
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Torbjörn Andersson
@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
idlethumbs.social
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Oct 01, 2025
@grumpygamer Took you long enough! Then again, there are vaguely Monkey Island shaped islands all over New Zealand, but this particular Monkey Island is apparently not one of them.
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