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From: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games,rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: Infocom games information (the Mac versions)
Message-ID: <357@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 91 19:09:06 GMT
References: <354@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM> <1991Feb26.155736.10788@visix.com>
Reply-To: dbarnhar@oiscola.UUCP (David C. Barnhart II)
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In article <1991Feb26.155736.10788@visix.com> sean@visix.com (Sean E. Trowbridge) writes:
>In article <354@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM>, 
>dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM writes:
>> Now I have this question:  Does anyone have a list of the actual 
>> "creator" types for all the games? 
>> 
>> For example Zork I (the new version) has the creator of "INZ1", 
>> Zork II's creator is "INZ2", etc.
>> 
>
>All of the creator types ar INxy, where x is a letter correspoding 
>to the "series", and y is the number of the game in the series.  
>The letters (as I remember them) are:
>   Z:   Zork, Enchanter, etc.
>   A:   Adventure games:  Infidel, etc.
>   S:   Science Fiction:  Starcross, etc.
>   M:   Mystery:  Witness, etc.
>
>I think there's another one; I can't remember what it is. (I?)
>

Plus, I do know that the code for Wishbringer is INwG, and that for
Lurking Horror is INH1.  Those are two of the new games I actually have.

>As for mapping the correct number to the correct game, the code 
>should be on the outside of the game box. (On the "Macintosh" 
>sticker, I believe.)

Unfortunately, since most of my games are the OLD ones, the box doesn't
tell me very much in this circumstance.  Actually, if my games were new
enough to have this code, I wouldn't have to convert them in the first
place. :-)

>
>P.S.  Be sure to change the file type of the save files from
>"ZSAV" to "ZSxy" as well (where x & y are as above.)

Thanks, I eventually figured this one out by trial and error too.

>
>--
>Name: Sean Trowbridge  Job:Software Engineer   Quote: "Moo."
>Employer: Visix Software Inc.                      Bessie.
>Disclaimer: Yeah, like I know anything.         E-mail: sean@visix.com

Dave Barnhart
NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division
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Dave Barnhart
NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division
3245 Platt Springs Rd.
West Columbia, SC  29169    email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar