And if you go to the link you can even find playable games for download, too!
Baio writes that a lot of stuff is on that drive: from internal company memos to the source code and finished files for "every released and unreleased game Infocom made." So are there any hitherto-unknown Zork projects on that thing? And I've heard mention a few times over the years that Infocom had planned a third Battletech role-playing game (it's second, Battletech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is arguably the first real-time strategy game ever created). Yeah I know that those Battletech games were developed by Westwood for publishing by Infocom but if there was ever a third one in the works then surely there must be mention of it somewhere in Infocom's archives.
That's why this kind of stuff fascinates me: it's like neo-archaeology. Who know what else is out there floating on long-forgotten hard drives or tape backups, waiting to be found.
So since this has to do with Infocom, and is a discovery of some import, I know of no better way to celebrate than with a hearty drink...
'Course ya do!"
(You've no idea how long I've been waiting to make a Return to Zork reference on this blog :-)
Here's to us!
ReplyDeleteWho's like us?
DAMN few!
And they're AAAWWLLL dead!
Ahhh, someone ELSE who was fortunate(?) enough to have played that game :-P
ReplyDeleteThe only reason I ever had Return To Zork was because it came free with my first CD-ROM drive, back in 1994 (along with a Sound Blaster 16 card and some good speakers).
I did wind up winning the game. It took me about four months though. And my brain has been scarred ever since...