greenween Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I have a box full of these and my daughter is loving them!! The D&D ones are the best! Anyone else have these or remember them? "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_In_The_Valley Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I don't remember those greenween, what are they? Just books that you choose your way through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I don't remember those greenween, what are they? Just books that you choose your way through? Yes Fire......you start off reading the first page then at the bottom of the page there's a choice to be made. Whichever choice you choose, it directions you to a certain page number that continues the story and so on and so on. Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I read a lot of these as a kid. "The Forbidden Castle" was a particular favorite of mine. www.gamebooks.com has an exhaustive database of them and similar series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroVideoGameNerd Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yes Fire......you start off reading the first page then at the bottom of the page there's a choice to be made. Whichever choice you choose, it directions you to a certain page number that continues the story and so on and so on. *Looks at spaceman in Image* Hey, Samus! How'd you get so slim? :'D LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 *Looks at spaceman in Image* Hey, Samus! How'd you get so slim? :'D LOL Nice call! I have this one and never even noticed! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire_In_The_Valley Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Those seem really cool, not sure how I missed out on these. They're just the perfect level of geekdom for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 hell, send me your address Fire, I'll hook you up with a couple!! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 This place is about sharing memories, good times! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I picked these up about 15 years ago at Goodwill. They're CYOA-style books based (loosely, as far as I can tell) on the Zork text adventure games. I hadn't noticed before, but they're written by Steven Meretzky, who worked for Infocom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 This place is about sharing memories, good times! That is so right on, Greenween! I'm glad you get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Those are cool! I don't think I ever had any. What's the copyright date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Those are cool! I don't think I ever had any. What's the copyright date? If you mean the Zork books, #1-3 are copyrighted 1983 and #4 is 1984. (I have 1, 3, and 4.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I have some duplicates! Maybe I should give them away! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I also have some MAD paperbacks someone may want! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Oh, hell! I got a pretzel!!! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Oh, hell! I got a pretzel!!! I saw that. Congratulations greenween, you're the first person on the site to do that. I wonder what happens next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcade Dude 44 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Man, I had totally forgotten those awesome "CYOA" books! I recall one actually had you write in the isbn code on the spline (which every book has, sort of like a serial #), with a cool name for it (using "isbn" as it's acronym)! I need to add some of those to my collection, my kids would get a kick out of those, as well. My YouTube Channel: youtube.com/arcadedude44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leolinden Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I loved Choose Your Own Adventures. My dad told me about them a few years ago and read all of them in my school library. MAD paperbacks? You mean like MAD Magazine? young Atari lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Yes Leo, I have a box full of them. During the 70s and 80s Mad released a ton of paperbacks that were pretty much just greatest hits and compilations of a particular artist. Been collecting them since I was a kid. Very cool. "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Man, I had totally forgotten those awesome "CYOA" books! I recall one actually had you write in the isbn code on the spline (which every book has, sort of like a serial #), with a cool name for it (using "isbn" as it's acronym)! I need to add some of those to my collection, my kids would get a kick out of those, as well. I remember that one too!!! Can't remember which book it was but do remember having to use the isnb code for it!!! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leolinden Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 That's cool Greenween. MAD is cool. I watch the Cartoon Network show and my friend has a book that has some of the "greatest hits" or something like that. young Atari lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted April 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 I've had a subscription to Mad for 30 years!! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leolinden Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 That's crazy greenween! It's awesome too! young Atari lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted May 4, 2015 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 I had a HUGE collection, and yes...the D&D ones were amazing! I remember making a CYOA game on my Vic-20 until it ran out of memory. "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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