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We are of the same ilk!. Same age. My buddy Morgan had a tandy 1000 and got a modem. Long story short:

We discovered BBSing from Lake Tahoe to San Jose to play the Pit, and all sorts of other things.. PCLink, $926 long distance bill leads to month long grounding, and me convincing mydad that he needed a computer to run his business... and a printer!.... oh yeha... and a modem. O.o

Rolls nat 20!

Here I am But my first love then was Ultima ][ -- Bards tale...

Morgan retired from the gaming world as a top exec at several of the AAA gaming cos...

All because these games that game the perfect mix of reality. Fantasy Reality (that which you see in the computer) and Full Blown Imagination.

You internal visual overlay still carried a huge % of the game experience.

Something I Lament for todays youth. Need to start "Cult of the Dip Switch" 4K?? - EGA ALL THE WAY!



Yep. Rolled a natural 20. I played Bards tale,and mapped it. Hack was my game from the random levels, little story, and Dungeon Master.

EGA all the way, and 43 line mode. I cannot remember if it worked on zorktools.


Hack was/is brilliant and is still one of my favourite games. It is so engrossing. No fancy tiles, just the @ character and # for tunnels.


I still run up a new Pit character once or twice a year. Great fun, that.




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