Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!media-lab!adam From: adam@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam Glass) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Infocom Summary: Try Triton's 1-800- number. Message-ID: <2986@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: 25 Jul 90 16:52:16 GMT References: Reply-To: adam@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Adam Glass) Distribution: na Organization: Carnegie Institute of Technology Lines: 31 es2j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward John Sabol) writes: > Thanks for the disheartening info about Infocom. Do you know if one > can still purchase their products? There's a company called Triton, Inc. They sold all of Mediagenic's companies' software... I believe they had an 800 number, so if you call 800 information, you might be able to get more info there. > 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). Yep. About two years ago, Infocom sold off all their current stock to bookstores like Waldenbooks. The rest of their stuff went to Triton. > I wonder if I any future games will be released by this "new" Infocom. I doubt it. Not only do I think they have more respect than that, but I think their games would be compared to Infocom's earlier works, and the comparison would greatly dampen the new releases. > it would be doubtful whether the games would be any good or have any > of the same magic ... Exactly. > I *own* over ten Infocom games I own every release they made for the Mac... except for Plundered Hearts. Being a tester has it's advantages... ;) Adam