> A runaway success in the early days of home computing, the text-based adventure game is enjoying a resurgence on modern mobile devices. CHRIS GLITHERO explains how you can get started
>Take a look at some of the latest video games with their impressive graphics, complex gameplay and epic scope, and you could be forgiven for thinking that simple textbased adventure games are a forgotten relic of the digital primordial soup. But in fact they are alive and well, and currently experiencing something of a resurgence thanks to their packaging as phone apps that can be easily indulged during the daily commute.