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From: goetz@cs.buffalo.edu (Phil Goetz)
Subject: Re: New/Old Games
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In article <AiUQV1K00gpI4Ka4dK@andrew.cmu.edu>,
Andrew C. Plotkin <ap1i+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>Excerpts from netnews.rec.arts.int-fiction: 22-Sep-94 Re: New/Old Games
>Felix Lee@cse.psu.edu (1633)
>
>> >Size is a red herring. The Scott Adams games were (on average) about as
>> >large as the Infocom ones. I'm measuring in number of rooms, number of
>> >objects, and number of commands needed to win.
>
>> Are you sure?  I've only played about 4 of the Scott Adams games, but
>> I remember they were all much smaller than Zork I.
>
>Mmm, I guess. It's been a while for me. I would put it in the same order
>of magnitude, though.

Scott Adams adventures usually had about 20 locations.

Phil
