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From: keith@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart)
Subject: Re: Original Infocom Packages
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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 09:18:39 GMT
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In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.960225081256.29981A-100000@unicorn.it.wsu.edu>,
Matthew Murray  <i9717029@wsunix.wsu.edu> wrote:
>	Yes, the original Infocom packages were great.  I have quite a 
>few, and each one of them is great.  One of Infocom's finest traits 
>was their ability to get you completely immersed in the game-playing 
>experience before you even put the disk in the disk drive, but back in 
>the early 1980s, they were doing that before you even bought the game.  
>The way almost everything in the package was completely dedicated to 
>whatever the game was about, like the magazine in Infidel, or the 
>guidebook in Suspended--it really elevated the game playing experience by 
>making you a part of the universe from the very first time you opened the 
>package.  With very few exceptions, you don't see that kind of 
>creativity anymore.  As was mentioned in another post, this was probably 
>frightfully expensive, and being able to have a standardized packing for 
>all their games probably cut down on costs a lot.  But the character and 
>atmosphere evoked by the original Infocom packages, as far as I am 
>concerned, hasn't really been matched by any game, Infocom or otherwise, 
>for or since.

Totally agree.

I have managed to get all the original packages including the TAndy
ziplock with book.

Christopher mentioned Interlogic and, as I said in my e-mail to him, on
one of the packages is written "First of the INTERLOGIC Mystery Series
from Infocm". This is on a DEADLINE for the TRS-80 Model 1 (Shrinkwrapped!!)

Keith
