Infocom's Zork & More In CoD: Black Ops - LGR

There's some totally rad easter eggs in Black Ops and as a retro computing geek I am quite pleased. A text adventure on your modern game console? A UNIX-like command line interface and a Smash TV clone? Excellent.

Watch in 720p for best visual results, Zork's text is appropriately small!

Played on a Windows 7 PC, recorded with Fraps (which oddly resulted in some random choppy footage).

Call of Duty Black Ops and footage shown is the property of Activision and Treyarch, all rights belong to them.

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[SharinganSX1995]

Ok dude, your not telling me you find this out on your own, you looked it up just as everyone else xD.... don't talk in your vid like you discovered it all by yourself

[phreakindee]

@SharinganSX1995 You are correct, I am not telling you I found this out on my own. I said "this is something completely awesome that I discovered" and that can be taken how you did, or that I discovered that you can access those games. Did I say I found it all by myself? Nope. Discovery takes place in all sorts of ways, including seeing a blog post about it and trying it myself. I guess you'd have wanted me to say "I discovered that this is something you can do"

[HardWarUK]

@phreakindee, getting breathless over the geekiness is now called a "gamegasm" - which is used when open and old game box you own and getting misty eyed over the huge manual and poster or whatever, or in your case, going back over 20 years in your gaming history! :)

I say this has someone who own the Infocom Collection, that has all 30 infocom adventures with the manuals, extras and hint books! It was released about a decade ago and I snapped it up! :) I also have big box Suspended and Deadline

[phreakindee]

@HardWarUK Gamegasm certain applies as a term for this. What's the term for intense jealousy of your complete Infocom Collection? Very nice, been looking out for those collections the company released. I only have Zork in the box.

[Flalaski]

did you ever play MUD? or MUD2? (Multi User Dungeon)

[phreakindee]

@Flalaski Don't think so, though I've some text-based multi-user "door games" like Legend of the Red Dragon / Green Dragon... but from what I understand those are a bit different? In any case, I love me some interactive fiction.

[Hergonan]

Sup dawg, we heard you liked games so we put 2 games in your game

[Mr534Ice]

@SharinganSX1995 fagot

[isorSOT]

@HardWarUK wtf?!

[OpTicindigo]

your actually loving life :L

[starvedsanity]

god i hate Call of Duty but i love Smash Tv. LMAO

[Gruntness5]

decode: try puting in the numbers from the second to last level (view them by pausing) that might work

[JuggB]

I loved Super Smash TV!

[thecooldude9999]

It's linux there are several Linux command and you can dial up to dreamland or login as other users

[SinSlayne]

I wouldn't even respond to these trolls and haters.

[Kael522vids]

U can do the same thing on PS3!

[wierddancer1]

In the actual levels, who is the man who has you strapped to the electric chair and talks like a wierdo??