This description clearly intrigued Gemini, and it asked if I wanted to talk more about these classic games, play chess, or play a text-based adventure that it would create.

In the late 70s, the first real text-based game, Colossal Cave Adventure, was burning up the very limited interconnected networks of ARPANET, which was the precursor to the internet.

I asked Gemini to play a text-based adventure game with me and the AI whisked me away to a word-based fantasy News By Lance Ulanoff published 9 March 2025 It's like Zork but more earnest Comments (0) ...