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From: olorin@world.std.com (Mark J Musante)
Subject: Re: System Shock hint needed
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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 17:31:21 GMT
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Werner Punz (werpu@inflab.uni-linz.ac.at) wrote:
> nkg@vcn.bc.ca (Neil K. Guy) wrote:
> >Werner Punz (werpu@inflab.uni-linz.ac.at) wrote:
> >
> >: How about a Doom on text basis:
> >: You are standing in the middle of a huge room. Monsters surround you.
> >: You suddenly have the feeling that they are not here to party. 
> >
> > Someone's already done it.  Seemed like a pretty elaborate and 
> >pointless one-off joke to me, but there you go.
> Well I meant is as a joke either. But I've never dreamed of that
> somebody implements something stupid like a doom clone on a text base
> (Despite the fact the doom itself exists which should have proven me
> wrong at the time I wrote my message). Definitly one of the games I'll
> never play.

Actually, I found it to be quite clever and highly amusing.  Whatever your
feelings are towards Doom, this parody of it isn't half bad.

> Werner.
> werpu@inflab.uni-linz.ac.at
> http://witiko.ifs.uni-linz.ac.at/~werpu

 - Mark
