Hi Jim, Yeah, I don't believe I played many text games when I could see either. When I could see I had an Atari 2600, an Atari 7800, a Nintendo Entertainment System, and so on so played most of the classic arcade games available for those consoles.
It was only in the 90's when I began to have difficulty with console and PC games that I began looking for text games for Dos and Windows that worked with Jaws. Thus I started to get into text adventures like Zork, Wishbringer, Arthur, and Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy because that was really all that was accessible to me at that time. As far as spelling goes I am not a great speller either. The difference between myself and some other blind listers is I try to spell check everything I post to have the highest amount of legibility possible. I'm sure I do make mistakes now and then, but people aren't likely to notice since I do proofread everything I post to the list. However, regarding text adventures I would be lost if I could not review the screen. I've made mistakes of misspelling certain items before and that can be slightly annoying typing something like "examine panal" when I actually meant to type "examine panel." However, since I can't see the text on the screen it is easy to forget how to spell that word, and I have to go review the text on the screen for the correct spelling for this or that. Cheers! On 7/15/13, Jim Kitchen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Thomas, > > Yeah, I don't believe that I ever played a text adventure game back when I > had sight. I played games on my Atari 2600 and Atari 800 XL home computer. > And games that I wrote like my casino games, Star Mule etc. But back then I > also was not yet connected to a BBS or the Internet. It wasn't until I > became totally blind and got my first talking computer that I got connected > to the BBS PC Ohio. > > Speaking of spelling, some times in my games I misspell words on purpose. > One that I always do is reed with two E's rather than read. You know to > make sure that it says do you wish to reed the instructions rather than do > you wish to red the instructions. And I spelled the game yachts-e rather > than yahtzee just because the sapi5 voices say it better that way. > > But I am not a good speller, never have been. The tag line below is the > truth. > > BFN > > Jim > > I wouldn't even write Email without a spell checker. > > [email protected] > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
