XYZZY!

manaheim · Jun 28, 2009

Ok, come clean... who all knows what the heck that is, and you're not allowed to google it before you answer. That's cheating!

Threesia · Jun 28, 2009

Hmmm, a cheat code of some sort?

Dylan-Fishman · Jun 29, 2009

Had no idea until I googled that son of a *****. Wikipedia FTW.

KmH · Jun 29, 2009

It's the name of a road in Southern California north of Barstow off I-15.

Or was that Zyzzxy?

manaheim · Jun 29, 2009

I see SOME people knew. Yeah wikipedia for the win. It's interesting how many places you will find reference to this and the other magic word... which oddly, I can never seem to remember.

manaheim · Jun 30, 2009

I'm growing very dissapointed that more people aren't commenting on my exciting poll. :lol:

Dylan-Fishman · Jun 30, 2009

Because no one knows what the hell it is! and most members fail to even enter the off-topic forum. Where did you learn it from originally Manaheim?

Chris of Arabia · Jun 30, 2009

If they can't be bothered to vote on the various photo comp polls, why vote for this one... :er:

fast1 · Jun 30, 2009

i thought it was something exciting, turned out to be the name of a place

manaheim · Jun 30, 2009

Dylan-Fishman said:
Because no one knows what the hell it is! and most members fail to even enter the off-topic forum. Where did you learn it from originally Manaheim?

Oh I picked it up 30 years or so ago when I first played the original adventure game "colossal caves" on an old VT100 at a friend's house. First computer game I ever played (ignoring pong) and hoooooo boy I was hooked. XYZZY became one of about a trillion little bits of absolutely useless game knowledge that became perpetually lodged in my skull.

Chris of Arabia said:
If they can't be bothered to vote on the various photo comp polls, why vote for this one... :er:

Happy!!!! HAPPY!!!!

fast1 said:
i thought it was something exciting, turned out to be the name of a place

Well,not so much the name of a place as a magic word that can take you to one.

Nicholas James Photo · Jul 12, 2009

i'm sorry but I did google it and still dont have a clue what anyone is on about....

manaheim · Jul 12, 2009

Somewhere in the "original" computer adventure game there is a "word" written on the wall. It's XYZZY. Later on if you say that particular word, it teleports you instantly back to that location. (something along those lines, anyway... I may be off on where it sends you, but it sends you somewhere)

xyzzy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

monkeykoder · Jul 14, 2009

While I didn't ever actually play the game (for more than a few seconds the various engines for it never worked too well for me) I have heard it referenced MANY times it's probably as big as the whole "all your base are belong to us" thing in the right circles.