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"Lucian P. Smith" wrote:
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> : As the title says, SPOILERS!!





















Having playtested TRINITY for Infocom way back when, I remember
distinctly that the time-loop ending was my biggest disappointment in
the game, and was a prominent criticism in my playtesters report (I've
got all of those bug reports filed away somewhere... got to find them
some day.)

I remember wishing there had been >some< glimmer of hope in the game's
ending that made all of one's efforts worthwhile, as it really made me
feel much less enthusiastic about what was, I thought, one of Infocom's
best efforts to date.

A few months ago, I found a number of the beta versions of those Infocom
games I play-tested, and uploaded the files to the gmd.  Trinity was
among them; and for those of you interested in how the game evolved in
its last few months of development, it might be worthwhile to examine
the version I uploaded.  There are many subtle differences to be
discovered right off the bat (in the opening paragraph, the BBC is
instead referred to colloquially as "the Beeb," for example) and
possibly a txd dump might reveal some other nuances in the prose used
toward the ending.

Chip Hayes
