aareed.itch.io 50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to AI Dungeon by Aaron A. Reed
A definitive book about the first half-century of interactive fiction.
Has anyone read this? It exclusively covers text games, but goes a lot into the development of graphics in parallel, including when Infocom was a major competitor in the adventure gaming marketing.
I got an advance copy from Aaron to review and was expecting it to be a fluffy/coffee table book, but it turned out to be really good. My reaction is here.
Curious what other people's thoughts are.
What's an underrated classic you feel more people should know about?
Wadjet Eye Games's The Shivah (old enough to be a classic at this point! But still pretty obscure and underrated.)
1