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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:31:01 -0500
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:50:41 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
..../v wrote: 

>Of the games I paid for as a youngun, I consider Elite the best, only 
>rivaled by (you'll probably laugh at this) Zork III.

No laughing at that. I remember playing Spellbreaker in my high school
computer lab. My teachers looked at it and said, "Yeah, go ahead."

Zork III was ahead of its time. It was totally possible to screw the
pooch and think you were making progress. You'd even get points!

-- 
Zag

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