ObiFettUse the ForceAs You WishRegistered Userregular
edited March 2011
CYOA books were the reason I went to the library when I was a kid.
The best part was that the CYOA books were pretty good at throwing curveballs at you. Good or evil choices would result in your death equally as often. I died so many times in those stories.
Help the Old Woman? Go to page 14
Kill the Old Woman? Go to page 15
Obviously not killing the old woman is the right thing to do /turns to page 14
"The Old woman turns into a dragon and bites your head off. Your family is left fatherless and starves to death. Their deaths spread the disease you were trying to cure, humanity dies a horrific, slow death from the curse of <insert your name here>."
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CYOA books were the reason I went to the library when I was a kid.
The best part was that the CYOA books were pretty good at throwing curveballs at you. Good or evil choices would result in your death equally as often. I died so many times in those stories.
Help the Old Woman? Go to page 14
Kill the Old Woman? Go to page 15
Obviously not killing the old woman is the right thing to do /turns to page 14
"The Old woman turns into a dragon and bites your head off. Your family is left fatherless and starves to death. Their deaths spread the disease you were trying to cure, humanity dies a horrific, slow death from the curse of <insert your name here>."
That wasn't a good part of CYOA. There was a reason why you always had a finger on the old page. There's a difference between 'throwing you a curveball' and 'sandbagging you completely.'
The best ones where the ones that had a puzzle at the end of the book which the correct answer would lead you to the page number with the best ending.
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ObiFettUse the ForceAs You WishRegistered Userregular
That wasn't a good part of CYOA. There was a reason why you always had a finger on the old page. There's a difference between 'throwing you a curveball' and 'sandbagging you completely.'
The best ones where the ones that had a puzzle at the end of the book which the correct answer would lead you to the page number with the best ending.
Puzzle =/= Adventure
I wanted something I couldn't completely predict. And every CYOA had that one choice that would screw you for no reason other than to make you think about every choice from then on. I think it was a great aspect of those books.
And yes, always keep a finger on the old page was an important thing to remember. Which turned out to be good because I was already conditioned to save often when RPG videogames came out.
I went through my local libraries entire selection of CYOAs as a kid. I can't remember the title, but there was one where you are a kid at a martial arts tourny, and you get swept up into a spy vs spy situation. Before you know what's what your training your night vision in dark rooms out in the woods with other CIA assassin youth, people are killing you with poison tipped needles hidden under their finger nails, etc.
Paranoia was not a listed side effect on the cover!
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BeastehTHAT WOULD NOTKILL DRACULARegistered Userregular
edited March 2011
still racking my brains to figure out my favourite fighting fantasy book
was it island of the undead?
caverns of the snow witch?
island of the lizard king?
crypt of the sorcerer?
the keep of the lich lord?
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When I was young I had a little chart that I filled out saying which books I had read and how long it took me and whatnot.
Whenever I tried to read a Goosebumps CYOA it fucked my chart right up.
I remember in Trapped in Batwing Hall right at the start of the book there is an option to not go with the other kids my age to their little midnight horror club and the first time I decided not to go with them. And the book ended.
Does... does this mean I can put the book down on the chart?
Nintendo used to put out boatloads of CYOA that I loved dearly as a kid. They had like inventories and cool puzzles and everything. Too bad I always just borrowed them from the library and some jackass always wrote on the book and solved the puzzles. Harumph
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nooooo...
The best part was that the CYOA books were pretty good at throwing curveballs at you. Good or evil choices would result in your death equally as often. I died so many times in those stories.
The best ones where the ones that had a puzzle at the end of the book which the correct answer would lead you to the page number with the best ending.
Puzzle =/= Adventure
I wanted something I couldn't completely predict. And every CYOA had that one choice that would screw you for no reason other than to make you think about every choice from then on. I think it was a great aspect of those books.
And yes, always keep a finger on the old page was an important thing to remember. Which turned out to be good because I was already conditioned to save often when RPG videogames came out.
Paranoia was not a listed side effect on the cover!
was it island of the undead?
caverns of the snow witch?
island of the lizard king?
crypt of the sorcerer?
the keep of the lich lord?
found it
god damn this book was the best
You see, I love Star Wars.
In the '80s, even the books were Nintendo hard.
This gamebooks page is really takin' me back.
When I was young I had a little chart that I filled out saying which books I had read and how long it took me and whatnot.
Whenever I tried to read a Goosebumps CYOA it fucked my chart right up.
I remember in Trapped in Batwing Hall right at the start of the book there is an option to not go with the other kids my age to their little midnight horror club and the first time I decided not to go with them. And the book ended.
Does... does this mean I can put the book down on the chart?
No, of course not.
But I finished the book.
Not really.
But I sort of did...
it was surprisingly coherent
Just pretend they are interweaving stories like an episode of The Love Boat
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Lot of wasted hours there.
Never got to the fighting fantasy ones, though.
Seeing this, I wish I had:
Why I fear the ocean.
If you give it a cat treat, turn to page 57.
If you let it outdoors, turn to page 33.
I am inclined to believe that book's claim
I too am impressed by the way it backs up that premise
man, the dude's proportions are alllll fucked up
little toy legs and a torso that just keeps going
That was my shit right there. I owned every one
To be fair, Paul Granger spent all his time designing the vagina-headed alien.
That's why I was so surprised to see this at my local library:
It's a brand new adult CYOA book.
Unfortunately I find the main charater to be unpleasant.
Other than that it's been fun.
yes thank you this is what I want
i turn to page 86
that is the page where i throw it in the bedroom and shut the door
one of the endings turned you into that blue alien thing in the mirror - permanently
another ending had you de-evolved into a slime mold (also permanently!)
...the nightmares, the nightmares...
Your cat poops in your slippers and coughs up a hairball on your pillow.
dang it kitty, that's the third time today
turn to page 14, get the woolite and paper towels
I must have this. I would totally be the best animorph
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Actually? At least 2.
Why I fear the ocean.
Turn to page 8 to give away the uppity useless cats, and adopt a shelter dog. Congratulations. You win.
or is there a cat to dog ratio to figure this out
in hindsight they must have been awful but i loved them at the time
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