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From: STU_GLMCELHA@vax1.acs.jmu.edu (Greg McElhatton)
Subject: Re: Infocom difficulty levels
In-Reply-To: caress@turtle.ecn.purdue.edu's message of Tue, 8 Feb 1994 14:03:20 GMT
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In <CKwsDL.BuC@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> caress@turtle.ecn.purdue.edu writes:
 
> On volume I: Infidel, Lurking Horror, Suspect, Ballyhoo, Hitchhiker's
> Guide, Suspended, Starcross, Deadline, Witness, Moonmist, Planetfall,
> Stationfall, Enchanter, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker, Zork I, Zork II, Zork
> III, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero
> 
> On volume II: Border Zone, Mind Forever Voyaging, Plundered Hearts,
> Bureaucracy, Cutthroats, Hollywood Hijinx, Seastalker, Sherlock,
> Wishbringer, Nord and Bert (well, this isn't really an adventure),
> Trinity. 

Beginner: Moonmist
          Seastalker
          Wishbringer
          Witness  (ok, it wasn't, but it should have been;
                   Infocom even admitted it.)

Standard: Lurking Horror
          Ballyhoo
          Witness (*SNORT*)
          Planetfall
          Stationfall (???) (Maybe Advanced)
          Enchanter
          Zork I
          Plundered Hearts
          Cutthroats
          Hollywood Hijinx
          Border Zone (???)
          Nord and Bert

Advanced: Infidel
          Suspect
          HHGTTG
          Sorcerer
          Zork II
          A Mind Forever Voyaging
          Bureaucracy
          Beyond Zork
          Zork Zero

Expert:   Suspended
          Starcross
          Deadline
          Spellbreaker
          Zork III

I *think* that's accurate.

Hey!  They didn't include Shogun, Journey, Arthur, Fooblitzky, Quarterstaff,
or Cornerstone!

(In their defence, Foobiltzky was an electronic board game, Quarterstaff
was only released for the Mac (which was a pity), and Cornerstone was a
database.  But if they stuck Zork Zero in, they should have stuck the other
three graphics games (Shogun, Journey, and Arthur) as well.  *grumble*  And
I really wanted to play Journey, too; I played it at a convention and solved
about 3/4ths of it, and I want to do the rest.)

-- 
Greg McElhatton     Bitnet:    stu_glmcelha@jmuvax.bitnet
GEnie:  DRIZZAN     Internet:  stu_glmcelha@vax1.acs.jmu.edu
"The horror, the horror!"  --Greg's reaction to, um . . . good question
