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BeyondWalls
06/26/21 12:03:27 AM
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Anyway to make that happen besides scouring ebay for dirty moldy books? All of these classic books seem to be long out of print. Is there some site with pdf scans or something?

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Shotgunnova
06/26/21 12:04:46 AM
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I remember this one being good:



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NightRender
06/26/21 12:07:48 AM
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The infamous one you can't win.



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BeyondWalls
06/26/21 12:10:58 AM
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NightRender posted...
The infamous one you can't win.
There's no good ending?

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Hayame Zero
06/26/21 12:11:41 AM
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They made a couple of them into board games a few years ago. My gf and I played one



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NightRender
06/26/21 12:15:27 AM
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BeyondWalls posted...
There's no good ending?

From my vague memory, there are a few goodish endings, but one of the main plot threads established early on is that trying to get to a paradise planet. But during normal play, you can't get there in any way, choice will lead you to the page with that ending.

However, if you just scan the pages, there is a page that goes: Woah, how the heck did you get here? It's impossible to get here without cheating. Well whatever, congratulations on breaking the rules. Welcome to paradise.

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Ruvan22
06/26/21 12:19:34 AM
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Hayame Zero posted...
They made a couple of them into board games a few years ago. My gf and I played one


How was it?

And TC check your library.. mine had a few in the kids section
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Xethuminra
06/26/21 12:22:21 AM
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ModLogic
06/26/21 12:24:35 AM
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Xethuminra
06/26/21 12:25:12 AM
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ModLogic posted...
goosebumps
The mummy one I remember being fantastic
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BeyondWalls
06/26/21 12:40:25 AM
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NightRender
06/26/21 12:43:15 AM
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BeyondWalls posted...
https://archive.org/details/raceforever00mont_0

Woah! I feel like this one is infamous too, but for reasons I can't remember. Gonna dive in and find out!

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Proto_Spark
06/26/21 12:45:59 AM
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you can buy "You are a miserable excuse for a hero!" CYOA on Amazon. its also in ebook format so you don't even need a physical copy. about 10$ last time I checked.
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LArcEnCieIX
06/26/21 1:48:39 AM
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Vampire Express is really good

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Zikten
06/26/21 2:09:16 AM
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I remember one that had an ending where you are on a boat at sea with a bad guy and a girl. The bad guy ties am anchor to you while the girl cries. Your character tells her everything will be fine and then you are pushed into the water. And you sink and think "I wonder how long I can hold my breath ". Even as a kid I remember being surprised such a dark ending was in one of those books. Many of the CYOA endings involved death. But that particular one always stood out to me
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BeyondWalls
06/26/21 2:18:22 AM
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Zikten posted...
I remember one that had an ending where you are on a boat at sea with a bad guy and a girl. The bad guy ties am anchor to you while the girl cries. Your character tells her everything will be fine and then you are pushed into the water. And you sink and think "I wonder how long I can hold my breath ". Even as a kid I remember being surprised such a dark ending was in one of those books. Many of the CYOA endings involved death. But that particular one always stood out to me
Damn. What the hell. Which book was that?

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Zikten
06/26/21 2:20:36 AM
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BeyondWalls posted...

Damn. What the hell. Which book was that?

I dont know, sorry. I think this was back in 1991 that I read it.
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ModLogic
06/26/21 2:43:38 AM
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Zikten posted...
Many of the CYOA endings involved death.
that was the appeal of the CYOA books. loved flipping through then and just reading the fucked up endings.

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Hayame Zero
06/26/21 9:02:36 AM
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Ruvan22 posted...
How was it?

And TC check your library.. mine had a few in the kids section
It's alright. It's exactly like the books, except you have an inventory. There's a danger meter that increases and also determines some "pages" you can go to.

Fun for one campaign, zero replayability.

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Cheater87
06/26/21 9:07:23 AM
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They need them for a new audience today, I'd love to see them make a comeback.

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gunplagirl
06/26/21 9:13:40 AM
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Not quite the same, but I do love me some visual novels/ dating sims. Especially ones like Amagami where you don't just choose what you do each period but who you're with, and you get dialogue choices or the conversation mini game frequently.

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yutterh
06/26/21 9:18:55 AM
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Xethuminra posted...

That sounds amazing wish I was able to read it.

Also on topic f these books I remember one about motorbiking. I don't think I was able to beat it but I rmemeber really enjoying that one. Sad to hear most of them are out of print though. These would be really cool in this day and age.

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Ruvan22
06/26/21 9:54:01 AM
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Hayame Zero posted...
It's alright. It's exactly like the books, except you have an inventory. There's a danger meter that increases and also determines some "pages" you can go to.

Fun for one campaign, zero replayability.

Aww I was hoping it would be reusable.. "How to host a murder" games suffered this same flaw
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BeyondWalls
06/26/21 11:28:37 AM
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Cheater87 posted...
They need them for a new audience today, I'd love to see them make a comeback.
Would these books not be perfect on a smartphone app? Just tap a button to take you to the page of your choice. Have a Choose Your Own Adventure app where you can add books for 99 cents.

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Hayame Zero
06/26/21 11:30:44 AM
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Ruvan22 posted...
Aww I was hoping it would be reusable.. "How to host a murder" games suffered this same flaw
Yeah, there are some branching paths, but they all converge. And when we got the best ending on our first try, there's not much incentive to play again.

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BeyondWalls
06/26/21 5:52:18 PM
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I wish I could find Cave of Time (the first book) online somewhere.

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DandyQuackShot
06/26/21 8:55:30 PM
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theres a Jurassic park one that was good but had a flaw on which pages to turn to

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BeyondWalls
06/26/21 9:06:45 PM
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InTheEyesOfFire
06/26/21 9:13:56 PM
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I had this really cool Mario cyoa when I was kid. Even after doing all the puzzles it was still a fun read.

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Ruvan22
06/26/21 9:24:37 PM
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BeyondWalls
06/26/21 10:09:22 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
Oh neat these are all free?
Yeah.

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