MA18@SYSE.SALFORD.AC.UK (01/11/88)
Customising and Buying Infocom(tm) games Recently Gar Nelson contributed a note (ZORKNOTE.TZT) which contained the details of how to customise the screen display for ZORK etc. I can confirm that he was correct in every detail. My confirmation comes from Infocom itself. In days gone by Infocom used to ship CP/M games wtih the source of a program to patch the COM file with the terminal control codes. I have used this successfull on all their games - even the ones shipped without such files. He also notes that Infocom have dropped their CP/M support. I don't know if that is also true in the U.K. BUT I can purchase Infocom games over here that don't exist in CP/M form according to the Infocom sales literature which comes with their games. e.g. Leather Goddesses, Suspect, Stationfall, etc. This appears to be due to the success of Amstrad Z80 computers in the UK. I have to buy the games on 3" disks (yes three.zero) inch disks. It is then necessary to have the media converted - either commercially or buy hooking up an Amstrad and my machine and using good old Kermit! I believe almost all Infocom games are available in the UK for the Amstrad. The exception which I know of are: the two IBM PC specific games, and possibly Plundered Hearts and Bureaucracy. Trinity and A Mind Forever ... are supposed to be available, but I have not tried to get them, so I cannot comment. Two of their newest releases (over here) - Lurking Horror and Stationfall are definitel available. The prices are higher than the $14.95 mentioned by Gar however - we have prices of some 26 pounds = $47 (approx). -- Tony Addyman
andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) (01/16/88)
To Tony Addyman (MA18@SYSE.SALFORD.AC.UK) I think I speak for a lot of us when I ask: Could you find a way for people in the US to mail-order CP/M Z80 infocom games? Perhaps you could give us the address of a store that's willing to ship internationally? -=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP] (andrew%tekecs.tek.com@relay.cs.net) [ARPA]