aard@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Tony Ard) (03/20/91)
All right, let's see a show of hands. How many of you out there are
bewildered/pissed-off that Infocom is no longer a reality. ME TOO!
How many of you out there think that the graphic adventures they released
before they went belly-up were nothing more than sacreligious?
Well, I could ramble on and on about the philosophy of adventure gaming,
but I'll spare you. What I am really interested in is obtaining any and all
Infocom adventures for the Mac that I can. In other words, I have turned
into a collector! I've solved the first fifteen or so adventures that they
produced and have most of the original packaging (left over from my Apple
// days). But now I'm a Mac-maniac and would like to get as many as a I can
for the Mac - which brings me (finally) to the point of this post.
I WANT TO BUY, STEAL, KYPE, ETC. ANY INFOCOM GAMES THAT I CAN!
If anyone out there would like to sell their old Infocom games I would be
more than happy to buy, buy, buy. That's right, I'm willing to pay top
dollar for your old text adventures (with all docs, of course)!
If you have any games you would like to sell, or know of any
retailers/wholesalers who still have some games in stock. Please, please,
please, please, let me know. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
And remember, TEXT ADVENTURES ARE MORE THAN GAMES - THEY'RE AN ART FORM!
- Tony Ard (aard@sdcc13.ucsd.edu)
P.S. Does anyone know exactly what really happened to Infocom?
P.P.S. About the part regarding stealing - I'm not a pirate that was just
a joke, I'd rather purchase them. But, just out of curiosity, does anyone
know who owns the rights to the games now? Will they eventually become
public domain? Does anyone really care if I copy them? Just asking.pdl@gordon.UUCP (Dave Lebling) (03/23/91)
>P.S. Does anyone know exactly what really happened to Infocom? Infocom was purchased in July, 1986 by Activision, which later changed its name to Mediagenic. If Infocom had not been purchased by somebody or otherwise gotten a big infusion of cash, it would have gone under. (It spent too much money developing and marketing Cornerstone, a database product that didn't sell.) Mediagenic downsized the company, but it still lost money. They sued Infocom's major stockholders and founders (some of whom still worked for the company). Morale was low. Infocom made a last minute effort to do graphics games, but it took too long to get them to market. Mediagenic "moved Infocom to California" in May, 1989. In practice this meant four people went (out of about 12 who were invited). The other 20 (including all the game designers) were laid off. >P.P.S. About the part regarding stealing - I'm not a pirate that was just >a joke, I'd rather purchase them. But, just out of curiosity, does anyone >know who owns the rights to the games now? Will they eventually become >public domain? Does anyone really care if I copy them? Just asking. Mediagenic owns all the rights to the games. They are not public domain. Mediagenic is nearly bankrupt itself (although they are negotiating a credit line), so it's possible the games might be up for bids. Dave Lebling --- not a .sig ---