Reposted by Jordan Mechner
If we go with "computer games": the first image. From the minute I realized stories could be interactive, I was hooked.
If we define "video games" as requiring graphics: the second image. Dramatic music, cinematic cutscenes... I fell in love. @jmechner.bsky.social you have much to answer for 😂
![The opening "scene" from Zork I: The Great Underground Empire, released on many systems but this is the C64 version.
Image is mostly white text on a gray background. At the top there is a static header in black that shows the location and score: "West of House [...] Score: 0/0". Beneath that, text reads:
"ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire
Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom,
Inc. All rights reserved.
ZORK is a registered trademark of
Infocom, Inc.
Revision 88 / Serial number 840726
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here."
Below this, there is a prompt ">" and a blinking black cursor awaiting input.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bfdtkiaf3x47wbjjtfbtsgwr/bafkreihdrbsndntxy66xevlu7qmaotxfjprr2qusnkyby4txmiubtxzfm4)
