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From: aard@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Tony Ard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Infocom, Infocom, where has't thou gone?
Summary: I need your text adventures!
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Date: 20 Mar 91 10:47:30 GMT
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All right, let's  see a  show   of hands. How   many of you  out  there are
bewildered/pissed-off that Infocom is no longer a reality. ME TOO!

How many of you out there think that the  graphic adventures  they released
before they went belly-up were nothing more than sacreligious?

Well,  I could ramble on and  on about the  philosophy of adventure gaming,
but I'll spare you. What I am really interested in is obtaining any and all
Infocom adventures for the Mac that  I can. In  other  words, I have turned
into a collector! I've solved the first fifteen or  so adventures that they
produced and have most  of the original packaging (left  over from my Apple
// days). But now I'm a Mac-maniac and would like to get as many as a I can
for the Mac - which brings me (finally) to the point of this post.

      I WANT TO BUY, STEAL, KYPE, ETC. ANY INFOCOM GAMES THAT I CAN!

If anyone out there would like to sell their  old  Infocom games I would be
more than  happy to  buy, buy, buy. That's  right,  I'm willing to  pay top
dollar for your old text adventures (with all docs, of course)!

If you  have   any   games you  would  like   to  sell, or    know of   any
retailers/wholesalers  who still have some  games in stock. Please, please,
please, please, let me know. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

And remember, TEXT ADVENTURES ARE MORE THAN GAMES - THEY'RE AN ART FORM!


- Tony Ard (aard@sdcc13.ucsd.edu)

P.S. Does anyone know exactly what really happened to Infocom?

P.P.S.  About the part regarding stealing - I'm not a  pirate that was just
a joke, I'd rather purchase them.  But, just out of curiosity,  does anyone
know who owns  the rights to  the games now?   Will they  eventually become
public domain?  Does anyone really care if I copy them? Just asking.