#48: Parsing Error
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Most of the older adventure games had limited dictionaries of terms. They could understand a few simple commands, and usually whatever nouns were thrown in based on people and items you'd discover as you played through the game. Most of the rest of the words you gave it would be ignored with a "I don't understand what you're saying" bit.
Sometimes, such as when you cursed at the game, it would act all shocked and indignant. That was always good for a quick laugh.
The limits of the dictionary were always the worst part of the game. I remember trying to defeat a dragon with a bucket of water in King's Quest, which is how you get past it, and the computer didn't get "throw water on dragon." The trick? "Douse". Yes, someone thought "douse" made more sense than "throw on".
Sometimes, such as when you cursed at the game, it would act all shocked and indignant. That was always good for a quick laugh.
The limits of the dictionary were always the worst part of the game. I remember trying to defeat a dragon with a bucket of water in King's Quest, which is how you get past it, and the computer didn't get "throw water on dragon." The trick? "Douse". Yes, someone thought "douse" made more sense than "throw on".
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