Many moons ago, back on the newsgroup alt.religion.kibology, I wrote the following post, entitled “Infocom Presents: Tetris”:
You are looking at the shaft. A large red block, four units by one unit, is above your head, dropping slowly. It has its long edge horizontally aligned.
>turn the block
I don't know how to "turn" something.
The block descends lower.
>rotate block
The block rotates in mid air, now with the long edge vertically aligned.
The block descends lower.
>move block left
The block shifts to the left.
The block descends lower.
>drop block
You aren't holding the block.
The block descends lower.
>move block down
The block drops into the narrow gap, filling the four columns. The columns flash twice, then vanish, dropping the blocks above them down. A musical tone is heard.
[Your score increased by 20!]
A square grey block, two units by two units, is now overhead, slowly dropping.
Now someone else has done a similar thing. Katamari Damacy: A Text Based Adventure.
I’m scared that I recognized the “>gnusto rezrov” reference the moment I read the subject line.
cast cleesh on legomancer
get newt
Or the other way around: Tetris implemented in zcode, playable by zcode interpreters.