Note: The `*-text` files were uploaded by Stu Galley from his
private archive (read: attic)
57 items:
(TXT) AmigaWorld86.txt
[14-Jan-1996]
Two articles from AmigaWorld January/February 1986,
pages 70-73, transcribed by Kirk Davies:
The Wizard of Wishbringer -
"A totally objective, highly critical and unbiased
interview with Infocom game designer Brian Moriarty,
by Brian Moriarty."
Tour of a Dream Factory -
A visitor's description of Infocom, by Bob Liddil
(BIN) BYTE_1981-02_Zork_Advert.pdf
[17-Feb-2012]
Zork Advert, from Byte February 1981.
(BIN) BYTE_1981-02_Zork_Product_Review.pdf
[17-Feb-2012]
Review of Zork by Bob Liddil, from Byte February 1981.
(BIN) Dan_Horn_interview.mp3
[13-Oct-2015]
ANTIC Interview 88 with Dan Horn, technical director
at Infocom. Hosted by Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz and
Brad Arnold.
(BIN) Discover_March1984.pdf
[28-Jan-2004]
"Games With a Real Byte To Them," by Gary Taubes,
published in the March 1984 issue of Discover
magazine.
(BIN) Enchanter_Ahoy_Mar84.pdf
[6-Jul-2013]
Review of Enchanter, from Ahoy March 1984.
(BIN) Family_Computing_Apr88_Beyond_Zork.pdf
[5-Jul-2013]
Review of Beyond Zork, from Family Computing April 1988.
(BIN) Family_Computing_Dec86_Disk_Drive_Detectives.pdf
[4-Jul-2013]
"Disk Drive Detectives: Make Fiction Come Alive with
Mystery Games", by Shay Addams. Features "Deadline,"
"The Witness," "Ballyhoo," and other games. From Family
Computing December 1986.
(IMG) Family_Computing_Dec87_Stationfall.jpg
[4-Jul-2013]
Review of Stationfall, from Family Computing December 1987.
(IMG) Family_Computing_Feb87_Trinity.jpg
[4-Jul-2013]
Review of Trinity, from Family Computing February 1987.
(BIN) Family_Computing_Jun84_Blank_Berlyn_interview.pdf
[1-Jul-2013]
"The Hard-Boiled School of Software: An Interview with
Marc Blank and Mike Berlyn of Infocom",
from Family Computing June 1984.
(BIN) Family_Computing_Jun84_Suspended.pdf
[1-Jul-2013]
Review of Suspended, from Family Computing June 1984.
(IMG) Family_Computing_Jun85_Hitchhikers_Guide.jpg
[2-Jul-2013]
Review of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, from
Family Computing June 1985.
(BIN) Family_Computing_Jun85_Wander_into_Wonderland.pdf
[2-Jul-2013]
"Wander Into Wonderland: Adventure Games Take You on a
Vacation to a Place as Vivid as Your Imagination." An
article about the appeal of adventure games, with an
emphasis on Infocom. Also includes a sidebar interview
with Douglas Adams. From Family Computing June 1985.
(IMG) Family_Computing_May87_Moonmist.jpg
[4-Jul-2013]
Review of Moonmist, from Family Computing May 1987.
(BIN) Family_Computing_Sep83_Zork1.pdf
[1-Jul-2013]
Review of Zork 1, from Family Computing September 1983.
(TXT) Games.87
[7-Dec-1993]
They Take the High-Tech Route to Adventure,
by Burt Hochberg
from Games magazine August/September 1987
(TXT) GamingWorld91.txt
[15-Feb-1995]
Excerpt from A History of Computer Games, by Johnny Wilson
from Computer Gaming World, November 1991
(TXT) Globe84-text
[9-Mar-1993]
Masters of the Game, by Richard Dyer
from "The Boston Globe" Magazine, May 6, 1984
(TXT) NYT83-text
[10-Mar-1993]
Participatory Novels, by Edward Rothstein
from The New York Times BOOK REVIEW, May 8, 1983
(TXT) NZT-Briggs.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
Infocom's First Romance: Plundered Hearts author
Amy Briggs talks about why she chose to write an
interactive romance
from The Status Line, Winter 1987, page 9
transcribed by Graeme Cree
(TXT) NZT-Fooblitzky.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
Fooblitzky Keeps Puzzle-Solvers Busy
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1986, pages 1 and 5
transcribed by Graeme Cree
(TXT) NZT-GUEtech.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
Is It GUE Tech or MIT? Dave Lebling Explains It...
from The Status Line, Winter/Spring 1988, page 5
transcribed by Graeme Cree
(TXT) NZT-InfoBets-text
[6-Dec-1993]
How much you wanna bet? Dinner in Paris or Tokyo -
A history of InfoBets (anonymous) and
California Academy of Sciences debuts 'Marathon of the
Minds', by Stu Galley
from The Status Line, Winter/Spring 1987
(TXT) NZT-Sandusky-text
[6-Dec-1993]
Upper Sandusky: No, it's not on Lake Erie and there
isn't a Joe's, by Steve Meretzky
from The Status Line, Fall 1987
(TXT) NZT-Sasha-text
[6-Dec-1993]
Sasha Blunderbraas: Prime Virtuosa, by S. Eric Merescu
from The New Zork Times, Spring 1985
(TXT) NZT-Suspect.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
Suspect Author Suspected, by Dave Lebling
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1985, page 8
transcribed by Graeme Cree
(TXT) NZT-Witness-text
[2-Mar-1993]
How "The Witness" Came to Be
from The New Zork Times, Summer 1984
(TXT) NZT-ZQ-text
[8-Mar-1993]
Good-Bye to The Status Line, Hello to ZQ (Zork Quarterly)
(TXT) NZT-Zorkhistory.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
Three articles on the history of Zork, transcribed by
Graeme Cree:
The History of Zork - First in a Series, by
Tim Anderson, from The New Zork Times, Winter 1985,
pages 6-7 and 11
The History of Zork - Second in a Series, by
Tim Anderson, from The New Zork Times, Spring 1985,
pages 3-5
The History of Zork - The Final (?) Chapter: MIT,
MDL, ZIL, ZIP; by Stu Galley, from The New Zork Times,
Summer 1985, pages 4-5
(TXT) NZT-advice.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
A collection of New Zork Times advice columns,
transcribed by Graeme Cree:
Ask Duffy, from Summer 1984, page 5
Ask Jennifer, from Winter 1985, page 5
Dear Miss Underground Manners, from The Status Line,
Fall 1986, page 2
(TXT) NZT-answers.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
Frank Answers to the Ten Most Frequently Asked Questions
from The New Zork Times, Spring 1984, page 1-2
transcribed by Graeme Cree
(TXT) NZT-atomic-text
[6-Dec-1993]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation, by Brian Moriarty
from ****, Spring 1986
from The Status Line, Spring 1989
(TXT) NZT-falcon.txt
[5-Sep-1995]
The Shrinkwrapped Falcon, by A. Dashiell Meretzky
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1985, page 3
typed in by Dave Robeson
(TXT) NZT-gamedev.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
Inside Look at Game Development
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1984, page 4
transcribed by Graeme Cree
(TXT) NZT-horoscope.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
A collection of New Zork Times horoscopes,
transcribed by Graeme Cree:
Infocom Horoscope, from Spring 1984, page 3
Your Weekly Horoscope by Omar, from The Status Line,
Summer 1986, page 2
(TXT) NZT-music.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
Music From the Great Underground Empire
(reprinted from U.S. News and Dungeon Report, 9/18/951)
from The New Zork Times, Spring 1985, page 8
transcribed by Graeme Cree
(TXT) NZT-name-text
[2-Mar-1993]
A Zork By Any Other Name
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1984
(TXT) NZT-parser.txt
[23-Aug-1995]
Parser??? by Stu Galley
from The Status Line, Spring 1989, page 2
transcribed by Graeme Cree
(TXT) NZT-testing-text
[6-Dec-1993]
They're never satisfied, by Dave Lebling
from The New Zork Times, Fall 1984
(TXT) Newsweek85-text
[10-Mar-1993]
Lost in Computer Fiction, by Bill Barol
from Newsweek, December 23, 1985
(TXT) PCjoker92.txt
[31-Jan-1994]
Ein offenes Gespraech mit Steve Meretzky (German)
interview from PC Joker 5/92 (September/October 1992)
(TXT) PCjoker94.txt
[31-Jan-1994]
Ein offenes Gespraech mit Infocom (German)
an interview with Eddie Dombrower and William D. Volk,
the makers of Return to Zork
from PC Joker 2/94 (February 1994)
(TXT) PCjoker95.txt
[28-Jun-1995]
Ein offenes Gespraech mit Bob Bates (German)
interview from PC Joker 7/8'95 (July/August 1995)
(TXT) Post83-text
[10-Mar-1993]
Through the Zorking Glass, by Curt Suplee
from The Washington Post, December 22, 1983
(TXT) PowerPlay.91
[14-Apr-1994]
Schmiede der Legenden (German)
an interview with Bob Bates, from Power Play 12/91
(TXT) PowerPlayHHGTTG.txt
[5-Apr-1999]
An interview with Douglas Adams about
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, from
Commodore Power/Play, April/May 1985
(TXT) Practical82.txt
[17-Jun-1994]
Zork - Magic Meets Science Fiction, by Peter Fitch
from Practical Computing, April 1982
(BIN) Suspended_Ahoy_Jan84.pdf
[6-Jul-2013]
Review of Suspended, from Ahoy January 1984.
(TXT) Time83-text
[10-Mar-1993]
Putting Fiction on a Floppy, by Philip Elmer-De Witt
from TIME, December 5, 1983
(TXT) YC-87.txt
[28-Jul-1994]
Infocom Special by Roger Garret, from Your Computer
March 1987, and Profile: Infocom's Dave Lebling by
Mike Gerrard, from Your Computer May 1987
typed in by Torbjoern Andersson
(TXT) Your64.txt
[15-Jul-1996]
A review of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",
from Your 64, July 1985. Typed in by David Kinder
(BIN) articles.zip
[7-Jan-1993]
Articles by and interviews with Infocom writers
compiled by Paul David Doherty. Contents:
IEEE Computer, 1979: "Zork: A Computerized Fantasy
Simulation Game" by Lebling/Blank/Anderson
Creative Computing, 1980: "How to Fit a Large Program
Into a Small Machine" by Blank/Galley
Byte, 1980: "Zork and the Future of Computerized
Fantasy Simulations" by Lebling
Mike Gerrard's Lebling Interview (1987)
Paul Rigby's Moriarty Interview
New Zork Times, 1985: "The History of Zork" by
Anderson/Galley
(TXT) globe.890522
[6-Dec-1993]
Computer-Games Firm Moving to California, by Ronald
Rosenberg. From Boston Globe, Monday May 22, 1989
(TXT) infidel.txt
[14-Oct-1996]
INFIDEL (Infocom) vs SANDS OF EGYPT (Datasoft)
Reviewed by Michael Blanchet.
From Computer Games, July/August 1984
typed in by Joe Barlow
(TXT) trinityCG.txt
[12-Sep-1998]
Review of Trinity, from Compute!'s Gazette, March
1987. Scanned in by Patrick Kellum.
(TXT) zzap64.txt
[27-Jul-1993]
Four Minds Forever Voyaging, by Sean Masterson
(interviews with Dave Lebling, Steve Meretzky,
Stu Galley, and Carl Genatossio)
from ZZAP! 64; typed in by Hans Persson
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