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From: klo@nexusprime.org (Kevin Lo)
Subject: Re: the masterpieces of infocom
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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 08:38:32 -0400
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In article <sv686j58ek.fsf@tuna2.Berkeley.EDU>, rusty@tuna2.berkeley.edu 
says...
> For those who haven't heard about it this is like the Lost Treasures
> of Infocom I and II except that it's everything on one cd (including
> Leather Goddesses of Phoebos), and incldues all of the manuals and
> hint books on the cd in Adobe Acrobat .pdf files.  All for a measly
> $19 if you order it from Activision.  Dunno if any stores have it.

	This has been the "big debate" (stores carrying it). I just 
grabbed the last copy at Best Buy in Orlando, so I guess they are selling 
them, albeit in limited numbers.

> I have some questions:
> 
> 1) It's back ordered and should ship in September.  Is it new and
> that's why it's back ordered?  Does anybody else already have it?
> Please comment on it if you do.

	I think that's because nobody could ever find it in stores, so 
they all went directly to Activision, putting them out of stock. Or maybe 
they're just confused, and have tons of them sitting in the back under a 
different title from that in the computer. :)

> 2) Do the .pdf files include all of the paraphenalia that came with
> the original games; the newspapers, id cards, and such, that often
> contain essential clues for solving the game?  I seem to remember that
> the Lost Treasures were missing some essential stuff for some of the
> games.

	As far as I can tell, the .PDF files do contain all the needed 
material, including Lurking Horror's ID card, Moonmists' maps, and the 
Leather Goddess' "comic book". Though it might be missing some things 
that I just haven't needed yet...
 
> 3) It includes 6 previously unreleased games that were winners of the
> SPAG Interactive Fiction Contest.  Are these Infocom games, written by
> the usual Infocom writers?  If not, what's the story on them?

	The 6 unrelased games are those that won the IF Contest -- A 
Change in the Weather, The Magic Toyshop, The Mind Electric, Toonesia, 
The One That Got Away, and Uncle Zebulon's Will.

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