Ask HN: Great text based games to play?

Re:Ask HN: Great text based games to play? by poisonarena on Saturday January 21, 2023 @09:13PM (#34473431)

I actually am from the box/manual generation and never heard it called 'feelies'.. I remember to register some games i would have to look up charts or keys in the manual, or on page numbers

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Re:Ask HN: Great text based games to play? by medwards666 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @08:01AM (#34476936)

IIRC 'feelies' was a term coined at Infocom by Brian Moriarty for the extra gewgaws that wound up in the boxes. I don't think the term was used much elsewhere in the industry, even though it did become part of the general gamer vernacular at the time.

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Re:Ask HN: Great text based games to play? by ghaff on Sunday January 22, 2023 @03:15PM (#34481751)

I should ask some of the other Infocom folks one of these days. I imagine one of them remember.

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