Well, according to Wikipedia, Zork was the best selling game of 1982 and continued to increase in sales year over year (selling 150,000 copies in 1984). So it seems like it was pretty popular.
What I mean by archaic is people aren't used to playing text-only games now. They were then, so much that Zork was the best selling computer game. I mean, Minecraft is pretty archaic in terms of technical capability, but it's not archaic as a style of game. It's actually pretty popular, and a lot of people would call it beautiful and innovative.
Hadean is bringing back a long-dead (for over 20 years, again according to Wikipedia) style of game with a modern twist. Text adventures were popular three decades ago, then died out, and this game hopes to bring them back to a modern audience.
What I mean by archaic is people aren't used to playing text-only games now. They were then, so much that Zork was the best selling computer game. I mean, Minecraft is pretty archaic in terms of technical capability, but it's not archaic as a style of game. It's actually pretty popular, and a lot of people would call it beautiful and innovative.
Hadean is bringing back a long-dead (for over 20 years, again according to Wikipedia) style of game with a modern twist. Text adventures were popular three decades ago, then died out, and this game hopes to bring them back to a modern audience.