Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!es2j+ From: es2j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward John Sabol) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Infocom Message-ID: Date: 24 Jul 90 23:51:33 GMT Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 28 Adam, Thanks for the disheartening info about Infocom. Do you know if one can still purchase their products? Neither MacConnection or MacWarehouse or any of my local software stores carry anything but a few old copies of Zork Zero and Arthur. Anything older than that is impossible to find (at least on the Mac). I wonder if I any future games will be released by this "new" Infocom. Without the founders and company though, it would be doubtful whether the games would be any good or have any of the same magic (thoughtful and clever packaging, touches of humor, detailed atmosphere described with maximum verbosity). As a long and faithful user from the Apple II+ days, I *own* over ten Infocom games and played considerably more. About half of which are still in Apple II format unfortunately. I would have liked to get at least some more of them in Mac format just for the fun of it since I no longer own my Apple IIe. When I got the issue of New Zork Times (I refuse to call it The Status Line!) that announced the Activision takeover, I remember calling a friend of mine and saying, "It's the beginning of the end for Infocom." I'm quasi-surprised that it lasted as long as it did. +-------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Edward J. Sabol | Arpa: es2j+@andrew.cmu.edu | | Carnegie Mellon University | Bitnet: R746ES2J@CMCCVB | +-------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | "The streets that Balboa walked were his own private ocean and Balboa | | was drowning." - August Wilson | +-------------------------------+---------------------------------------+