I never played it, but lots of others! I always wondered if these would make great audio-only games. Announcer reads out the text, you give voice commands back. That should work, wouldn't it?
Also, there's two types of text adventures: those that let you paint yourself into a corner and/or die, and those that make sure you can always finish the game. I don't like the hardcore games, where you can't finish the game because you thought it would be funny to throw the Goblet Of Eternal Doom at the monkey instead of keeping it till the end and placing it on the Altar Of The Cosmic Gods.
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is a great modern text adventure by Infocom legend Bob Bates. No corner-painting, super advanced parser, and really funny!
