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From: lavonius@cc.helsinki.fi (Ville Lavonius)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Infocom Games
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.103855.5434@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 6 Mar 91 10:38:55 GMT
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In article <3.27D1E539@mmug.edgar.mn.org>, nordling@f13.n396.z1.mmug.edgar.mn.org (Bob Nordling) writes:
> In a previous message I mentioned that I was compiling a master list 
> of commecial games that have been released for the Mac and that I 
> would like some input regarding Infocom and Magnetic Scroll games.
> Here are the Infocom games that I am aware of, please send me e-mail 
> or post a message here filling in all the ones that I left out!
>  
> Beyond Zork    Bureaucracy    Captain Blood    Enchanter  
> HitchHiker's Guide    Hollywood Hijinx    Infidel
> Nord & Bert    Planetfall    Sherlock    Spellbreaker
> Starcross    Stationfall    Suspended    Trinity
> Windwalker    Wishbringer    Witness    Zork
> Zork II    Zork III    Zork Zero

Ahem. Windwalker is not an Infocom game, it was produced by Origin, and neither
is Captain Blood an I game, it was programmed by the Frech sw firm Infogrames.

Ok. Off the cuff I can add some games to your list: Sorcerer, Arthur,
BorderZone (this one's rare-I've never seen it), Cutthroats, Plundered Hearts,
Suspect, Deadline, Shogun, Seastalker, etc etc. In rec.games.misc there's been
discussion of the various titles and some guys posted their complete lists 
there.
>  
> Maybe I should have included Journey and Quarterstaff?
Why not Journey, but Qs is not an Infocom game, they merely marketed it. 
>  
> The only Magnetic Scroll games I am aware of are:
>  
> Guild of Thieves, and one called something like Firebrand.

I've never heard of Firebrand, their publisher was Firebird so there may be a
wee bit of confusion somewhere. Their games in semi-chronological order are:
Pawn, GoT, Jinxter, Fish, Myth (available onl from Confidential secrets club)
and their newest, Wonderland.

>  
> The list is up to 263 games and climbing! As whimpy as game 
> production has been for the Mac, 650 or so shareware/freeware/pd 
> games and around 300 commercial games is more than I expected to 
> find when beginning to compile the game lists.
> 
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