"Lurking" sound 20,000 Zorkmid for the Amigo Pyramid See page 3 The Status Line See page 8 Volume VI Number 4 Formerly The New Times Winter 1987 Wait no more ... it's Beyond Zork Ten years ago, in June of 1977, Zork was born. Since that time, it has been played and enjoyed by literally mil­ lions of people in the United States and abroad. The three Zork sagas are considered true classics in the field of entertainment software. During these intervening ten years, we have advanced our technology by making our parsers smarter, our us­ The three handsome gift packs include the Science Fiction Classics, the able vocabularies larger, and our Classic Mystery Library and the Enchanter Trilogy. Great gift ideas, huh ? game-playing methodologies more flexible and fun. We have introduced Three gift packs just right for the many new and exciting games which have been met with critical acclaim Ha ve you ever seen an Ur- ? holiday season ahead (hint ... hint) both from you and from our peers in There's one waitingfor you inside this It 's a fantasy we all share: finding less pleasure. A gift that establishes the industry . But it has always been and every Beyond Zork package. The Ultimate Gift. A gift that stuns you as the epitome of generous gift­ Zork that has drawn the most favor­ the lucky recipient with its tasteful­ giving while actually saving you a able and evocative comments. The liver a level of puzzle invention, story­ ness and high quality. A gift that bundle, because it's sold at a bar­ phrase "give us another Zork" has telling, and technical expertise that comes in various styles to suit all gain price. How many hours have appeared in countless correspondence matched the original and then went a tastes. A gift whose handsome ap­ you spent searching for such a and conversations. step further. We are now confident we pearance stands out amongst more thing? However, we have been cautious have taken that step. Therefore we common offerings. A gift that pro­ Well, search no more. You have about writing a new Zork game, with give you the newest jewel in the vides hundreds of hours of match- Please turn to page 10 the feeling that any game with the Zorkian crown-Beyond Zork. Zork name had better be able to de- Please turn to page 5 Real ti01e spy intrigue with Border Zone 17:51 single red-or­ result in arrest, tivities. An honored guest is the >GO EAST ange flare. exposure ... or American ambassador, William Hut­ You leave the side of the railroad worse. tinger, who led the Allied forces dur­ tracks and head into the forest. The 17:54 In Border ing the liberation of Litzenburg in darkness is deeper here, as less moon­ >E Zone, 's 1945. The assassination of such a light reaches the forest floor. The You leave the ... first interactive beloved national hero would severely snow crunches under your feet, and roadway and spy story, the undermine the Litzenburgers, desta­ you pause after moving a hundred or come to a dank challenge of a spy bilizing this key neutral territory. But so yards into the forest. area at the edge of mission in an just such a plan is underway. The sound of harking dogs echoes a swamp. Putrid Eastern bloc Speeding towards the border into the night. They've moved closer sulphurous va­ country is made through the Eastern bloc country of now, perhaps not more than a few pors fill your all the more grip­ Frobnia are an easy-going American hundred yards to the northwesl. "lungs as you step ping by the addi­ businessman, an ambitious young to the edge of the tion of real time. American spy, and a ruthless KGB 17:52 noi some waters. BorderZone,hyMarc Blank (ofZork Unlike other Jn- agent. All three are soon to become >RUN EAST The sounds of fame) is our first spy thriller game. focom stories in entangled in the assassination plot, You emerge from the thick forest and dogs harking which time pro­ their lives intertwining as each carries come to a roadway running from north madly and soldiers harking orders are gresses only with each input, time out his perilous assignment. to southwest. close upon you. A muddled explosion passes in Border Zone according to a You ' ll see the story from three The sound of the dogs is much - a signal flare lightens the sky with real clock which ticks on regardless of viewpoints, as you step into the shoes louder now. and you can hear the a red-orange glow. Before you can your actions. As you pause to decide of a different major character in each shouting l'Oices of the guards they react, you are spolted 1 Brilliant wh ite which way to go, the guard dogs keep of the three chapters of Border Zone. accompany. They can't he more than searchlights are aimed upon you , on coming. The result is a pulse­ In Chapter I, you're an Average Joe a hundred yards to the west. blinding you long enough f or more pounding adventure that's far more traveling through Frobnia on busi­ soldiers·and horder guards to arrive. suspenseful than any spy thriller ness. When the injured American spy 17:53 With no hope ofescape.you surrender you've ever read. asks you to deliver a top-secret docu­ to the guards. and are led away, hand­ The story begins on the train to ment to a contact at the border, you You can hear the guard dogs within cuffed, to the border station. Litzenburg, a peaceful country just must act carefully to avoid arousing 50 yards' Their voices reach afei•ered When you're a spy trapped behind outside the Iron Curtain. In the border suspicion both on the train and at the pitch - a guard calls out-a muffled the Iron Curtain, timing is crucial. town of Ostnitz, huge crowds are border station. explosion - the night sky is lit hy a Moments lost or precautions not taken gathering for Constitution Day fes- Please turn to page 5 Page 2 The Status Line Winter 1987 I >Read the letters to the editor I Gentlemen, my a) day b) month c) year with Station/all. Plan­ lawyer. Keep up the good work and don't Zork Alas, I wish to report a "bug" in my etfallwas the first Infocom game that I played, and around. disk. The program asks me to type in my last name. is still my favorite (and I've played every single one Nathan Baumbach III As soon as I do, it acts like I want to save a game! I of them!) Indianola, NE haven' t even started it up yet! What's up? I'm a microcomputer consultant and educator Yours Frustrated, specializing in accounting software (yeah, I know, To Whom It May Concern: Joe Restore zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ... even I nod off sometimes-it's I am sending this letter and my half-finished puzzle Phoenix, AZ a dirty job but somebody's got to do it.) ... in formal protest of The Status Line's latest puzzle. Now if you could come out with a game every [Puzzle #14 - Ed.] I own seven of your titles (that's [Joe .you're not alone, we hm•e received a similar month (or week) you could make my life complete. $280 worth of software, folks) and consider myself leflerfrom Boh Restart.] I'm convinced that Infocom games run a close sec­ a loyal fan/supporter/maniac. Therefore, you can ond to sex (there may even be days when the order imagine how distraught I was to discover that in Dear Status Line (Formerly The New Zork Times), is reversed)! order to finish the puzzle, you needed to own all the After reading Alan M. Taren 's list of 8th dimen­ I've played most of the adventure games on the games! Is this a marketing ploy? Absolutely desper­ sional games (TSL Summer 87) I realized that Mr. market. .. but yours are the only ones I can't do with­ ate for a T-shirt, I was on the verge of rushing out to Taren's counterpart left out several games. out. It's worse than being addicted to drugs. buy the other games before I came to my senses Feel free to publish this in TSL, but please don't Paula K. Wallace (such as they are). make real games out of these without paying me lots Novato, CA In the future could you only have puzzles that you of real Japanese currency so I can exchange it for p.s. I love Th e Status Line! You are all warped, just need to own some of the titles for? I'm loyal, I'm even more real U.S. currency. my kind of folks. devoted (I haven't bought any other brand of game The Hitchhiker' s Guide to the Freeway-You ' re for three years) but I refuse to spend $400 to win a taking your driver's test on an LA freeway when you Dear Sirs [sic], $10 T-shirt! Please be sympathetic to my plight. realize you forgot to bring your gun .... I wish youwould create more spy and mystery Yours in impending poverty, Snark Ill, revised-Finish Snark Ill and you get games ... After all, who wants to fight thieves, wiz­ Nina Karp to buy the Snark Trilogy because we forgot to put an ards, trolls, and Dungeon-masters, anyway .. . Needham, MA essential game piece in the Snark Ill package but I like your new name [The Status Line] . It's a real managed to put it in the Snark Trilogy package. Just eye-catcher. It gives the paper a whole concept, [Puzzle Editor' s Reply: By my count, Puzzle #14 a slight oversight. instead of just stupid Zork, like in New Zork Times. contains information from only 12 of lnfocom's Coming Soon--lnvisiStructions-You can now I think is a good idea. My girl­ approximately 25 titles. You don't need to fill in buy those neat little markers that show the invisible friend and I like to sit down and talk while playing every word in the grid in order to get the puzzle' s writing on the instructions to all our games. a game. My family likes it too! We all sit down and ultimate answer' We like to provide a mix of puzzle Dave Cilluffo one types in the moves, one makes a map, and the difficulties-of the last eight puzzles, two required Edinboro, PA others come up with ideas. We usually end up knowledge ofman y games. two required knowledge jumping up and down on the couch and yelling out of a trilogy of games, one required knowledge of a Dear Infocom Folks, solutions. It's quite a family gathering. single game, and three required no knowledge of I wanted to drop a note to let you know that you made If you ever need a lawyer, just write; my dad's a any specific lnfocom title!]

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MllKK MY WORP5, WHllT's NOW 'f6f(. GONNfl 1lf€ {.£1if;!{, :i€€ 1716 GOV6KNM€Nr CQfllit111Nfif!Z Zork in &€T 01/T IT5 81& Z/JRK 1_/ 'GllN5 f/6fl!N5T, IH/5 M€NflC€.'./ ~ Bloom " We'd like to thank the 83 Status Line readers who sent this Bloom County cartoon to us. We also wish to thank Berke Breathed for further­ ing the legend of Zork. He'll hear from our lawyers soon. Copyright 1987 Washington Writer's Group. Reprin1ed w i1h pennission. Lurking Horror features sound for Ainiga Players of the Amiga version of The on the game. The list was sent around TSL: Will sound effects be imple­ lurking Horror may be surprised to to people at the company to get their mented on any computers besides the find that as they encounter a horde of opinions. Based on our consensus of Amiga in the future? murderous rats in the sewer pipes what would be best, I sent Russ a Dave: Some of the other high-end beneath GUE Tech, an actual rat prioritized list. Some of the sounds machines have the capability. In par­ squeal pierces the air. No, it's not the which were finally produced are the ticular, the Macintosh, Apple Ilgs and product of an overactive imagination. squeal of a rat, the creak of an opening Atari ST can generate excellent sound Rather, it is one of a series of sound hatch, and the distinctive "thunk" of effects. There are no current plans for effects that has been added to the an axe biting into flesh. producing sound effects for these Amiga version of Infocom 's first machines, but again, that may change horror story. The Status Line recently TSL: Will sound effects be used in if response is favorable and demand is cornered Dave Lebling, the author of future Infocom productions? high. The lurking Horror, and asked him a Dave: The' capability exists. Whether few questions about this ground­ they are used in a game depends on the TSL: Does this represent a move breaking feature. character of the story, and what the towards the future for Infocom? author wants. It also depends to some Dave: We always want to take advan­ TSL: Why did you decide to put extent on the response to sound in The tage of anything which can enhance a sound effects in The lurking Horror? lurking Horror. If the folks who play story, and if we can do it in a reason­ Dave: First of all, we have been dis­ it find that it significantly adds to their able way, we will do it. We never stop cussing for some time the possibility Dave Lehling hosts an intimate get experience of playing the game, we're looking for better ways of doing of putting sound in our games in gen­ together in his office recently to honor certainly going to take a lot closer look things as well as more and different eral. In a horror story in particular, the release of the Amiga version of at using it more. things to do in our stories. sound is something that can really Lurking Horror. enhance the experience. The things you think about in horror stories are as and some of his new ideas are used in often sounds as sights. Thinking about The lurking Horror. All the sounds some of my favorite horror movies are digitized, and because of this they and horror books, sound really stands sound eerily realistic. out in some of the most horrifying scenes. TSL: How did you decide which sound effects to put in the story? TSL: Who designed the sound ef­ Dave: The process we went through fects, and how were they designed? began with Gary Brennan, one of our Dave: The sound effects were de­ testers, playing through the game and signed by a guy at named making a list of all the sounds de­ Russ Lieblich. He's done the sound scribed in the course of the story. effects for a fair number of Activision Then I edited the list according to the products. He has come up with a new sounds that I thought would make the scheme for producing sound effects, most sense and have the greatest effect Imps' picnic basket wings its way to Wyoming winner The results of the Win the Imps' Picnic Adams, will each receive T-shirts left Basket Contest are official. The win­ over from the Marathon of the Minds. ner was Anthony Doll of Cheyenne, We haven't decided on any prod­ Wyoming. Anthony will receive an ucts for sure yet. (Kinda busy with exact replica of the Cornerstone box Christmas coming.) But we' ll let you the Imps use for their weekly lunches, know. Even though the deadline was stuffed full of plates, knives, spoons very early we still counted every entry and forks. The three runners-up, Ann we received until September 16. "Wait! Listen, there it is again' That strange typing noise Allen, Catherine Freedman and Al Sorry. The mailing house was nuked. Bob Roeh and Deke McClelland Page 4 The Status Line Winter 1987 Who are you? In Beyond Zork you can About Beyond Zork's interface shape your own character by dividing "potential" up among six attributes. Or you can Like the fi nest of wi nes, our stories contin ue to mature with age. choose one of six preset Never a company to jump into the marketplace with gaudy or characters. ill-conceived bell s and whistles, we have always sought to develop an intelligently measured style, much like any evolv­ Lucky Endurance ·------~ 1211l ing author would. So it is with great pleasure that, along with Tank Strength M 1011l the introducti on of Beyond Zork, we are also introducing a new Mu s c les Dexter i ty M Bill Nimbl e Inte l I igence • 16ill type of story interface. While th is new interface will not appear Compass i on Sill in all of our games, variations of it certai nl y will. Saint Luck M 1511l The main featu res of the new interface incl uded in Beyond Zork are graph ic character-status di spl ays, on-screen mapping, - and definable function keys.

Endurance 3011! a c t er you want . Name your possessions Strength !"'~~~~~~2 1611! A further breakthrough Dexterity M Bill allows you to give names Inte l l igence 111! Co mpassion 1 ~ to weapons and some Luck M 1011l creatures. Armor C I ass Olll

>GET THE DR IFT WOOD OU T OF THE WATER The dr i ftwood begins to f loat out of reach as you bend over the si de of the wharf . You stra in your arm lower towards t he water, lower . got i t! Where are you? "Found yer self a genu- ine shi I le lagh t here, boy," r emarks the artist as you Beyond Zork features on-screen shake o ff the seawater . "Come in handy nowadays . " mapping so you won't need the >NAM E THE SH I LLEL AG H .. SKULL BASHER .. skills of an experienced cartogra­ You invoke the Spe l I of Nami ng , and the s h i I le lagh basks in the g low of a pher. On-screen mapping features new- forged synonym . Hence f orth , you may ref er to i t as "Sku I I basher. " two modes. Zoom In (below) >HELL O SAI LOR I affords you a close-up and more detailed look at your immediate surroundings. Zoom Out (above) allows you an extended view of Beyond Zork the area. ShadouJy Stacks •

Precar ious stocks of barre ls loom in t he shadows on e very si de . You ' re being attacked by a discip li ne crab! A ske leton I ies at your feet . An amu le t dang les from i ts neck . We do windows! The display of Beyond Zork Endur ance ••====:::::i 26ill features a content-selectable window. By using the PRIORITY >READ THE CRINKLY SCROLL The meaning of t he crink ly scro l I is obscure . It s eems to have some t h ing to do command, you can have the with refreshment . The runes n rJ~ Xr are inscr ibed across t he top; you could window display your status, probabl y understand them i f you "d s t udi ed harder at schoo l . inventory, or room descriptions. The d iscipl ine crab mi sses you aga in, but just barely .

>ATTACK THE DI SC IPLINE CRAB WITH SKULLBASHER Sku l I bas her serious ly wounds the disc ipl ine crab . The di sc ipl ine crab closes in wi t h i ts pi ncers ! [Your e ndura nce just went down . J

>POINT THE WAND OF ANNIHILATI ON AT THE CRAB I Beyond Zork

Command our keys! Funct ion Key Defi n itions

Tired of typing "point the [ 11 I i:11:i~ •Jr •:i• u-1d I wand of annihilation at .. ."? 12 1 1 t1' •et1to:.1-1-1 I Well now, with the aid of [3 1 :=t.• JtlJE I - [41 e •Jm1ne programmable function keys, [5 1 t.J~ e you can enter long phrases [6 1 dt r:op and often-used commands [ 7 1 •:1 t t o:K~ mr:ot 1E t.er I Ill] po int t he wand of ann ihi lotion at with the touch of a single 19 1 button. Winter 1987 · The Status Line Page 5 Beyond Zork: A coconut hunt in Quendor Continued from page 1 through the erosion of time. They wi II world, there's light at the end of this or get into a fight that you're not It is the year 966 GUE and the Age dispatch an innocent adventurer (for grue-infested tunnel. prepared for (the right weapons and ofMagick is rapidly coming to an end, Quendor is now far too dangerous for Through the auspices of Beyond armor are always essential for a suc­ plunging the once-peaceful region of those practiced in the thaumaturgical Zork's author and our cessful combatant) you 'II watch those Quendor (formerly known as the arts) to regain and then hide the tran­ systems group, you'll be able to build traits fall until the cold hand of death Great Underground Empire) into total scendent Coconut of Quendor, within up your "character." That's because, is upon you. chaos. whose time-impervious shell lies the besides giving you a compelling new Did we say watch? You bet, be­ essence of their wisdom. Their hope? tale of the Zorkian universe, Brian has cause with our brand-new interface The Collapse of Magic That the coconut will endure, beyond added the thrilling combat and charac­ you 'II have scrollable windows, Not even the most powerful sor­ the Age ofMagick, beyond the Age of ter building aspects of role-playing graphic status screens and on-screen cerer of the mighty Guild of Enchant­ Science, and even, Beyond Zork. games. That's right, at the beginning mapping to look at besides the many ers has been able to halt the collapse of of the story, you create your own fantastic new locales that Brian has magic and hold back the Age of Sci­ Coconut of Quendor character by assigning various conjured up for your mind' s eye. ence. In the face of this situation the In Beyond Zork you're the innocent amounts of"potential" for each of six Guildmasters have convened by the adventurer who has been chosen to traits (strength, intelligence, luck, The Lore and Legend of Quendor shore of the Great Sea for one final find the world's last great magical etc.) You can also allow the story to About this time, many readers start fateful time. object, the aforementioned Coconut create a random character or you can to think, "I wonder what else comes in The sorcerers know they will not of Quendor, which is now in the select a pre-defined character. And the package with this great new In­ live to see the day when magic will possesion of a group of demi-gods you'll need to choose wisely because focom game?" Well, our master de­ again hold sway over Quendor. But, who definitely do not want you to the danger is everywhere. signers have created two beautiful they do have a plan to ensure that their have it. But take heart: even though objets d'art for you. First, a beautiful vast and ancient knowledge is not lost you didn't make this dangerous Hacking and Slashing in the GUE book, The Lore and Legend of Quen­ Yournewly created "self' will have dor (considered to be the last word on to solve fantastic new puzzles involv­ the subject) and second, one of the More about Border Zone ing many wondrous objects and un­ most spectacular maps ever produced forgettable characters. But don't be by our master cartographers. Did Continued from page 1 do, discretion and timing are crucial to surprised if you have to stop thinking somebody say Mega-Zork? Chapter II puts you in the role of the successful completion of each for a moment and defend yourself, as Beyond Zork is Brian Moriarty' s Topaz, the American spy. You've chapter. you're likely to be menaced by any­ third work of interactive fiction. His escaped the KGB by jumping from the To give you a head start on your thing from a discipline crab or a giant previous works are Wishhringer and train, but now find yourself, seriously missions, the Border Zone package corbie to an insidious monkey grinder Trinity. wounded and dressed in your every­ provides you with the necessary items or a pair of knights with flaming eyes. Scheduled for release in mid­ day clothes, in the wintry forest near for getting by behind the Iron Curtain. You'll be wielding, thrusting, parry­ October, Beyond Zork will be avail­ the border. To survive, you must keep The I am Frohnia tourist guide and ing, hacking, and slashingjust like any able for ·a wide variety of personal yourself alive and alert as you con­ phrasebook, illustrated with scenic seasoned role-player, but you' ll be computers including Apple II series, front the search dogs, the electric Frobnian photos, "helps you find pre­ doing it all in the marvelous GUE, Macintosh, Atari ST, Commodore fence, the border guards, and other cise words to say." The surveyor's where it was meant to be done. And 128, Amiga, IBM series and 100% such obstacles blocking your path to map of the border, published by the with each battle won, puzzle solved, compatibles. An Apple IIgs version is freedom. Frobnian Department of Measure­ or new scroll or treasure under your planned. Suggested retail price is In the final chapter of Border Zone, ments, gives you an idea of the terrain belt, your traits will be enhanced. But $44.95 for Commodore 128 and you're the Soviet spy, arriving in in Chapter II. You also get a Frobnia watch out! If you say the wrong thing $49.95 for all other systems. Ostnitz shortly before Huttinger's National Railway matchbook and a Constitution Day address. With To­ business card from historic Ostnitz. paz on your tail, you have a crucial Border Zone was written by Marc task to complete as the moments count Blank, a pioneer in interactive fiction What Zaphod Got For Christmas: down toward the assassination. and the author of such ground-break­ Border Zone contains on-screen ing works as Zork and Deadline. hints to keep the story moving and It will be available in mid-Novem­ thereby maintain the high level of ber for the Apple II series, IBM PC suspense. Like lnvisiC!ues, they're and 100% compatibles, Macintosh, carefully constructed to reveal only and Commodore 64/ 128. Suggested the information you need, when you retail price is $34.95 for Commodore want it. But hints take you only so far. 64/128 and $39.95 for all other sys­ Even when you know exactly what to tems.

Tell your contest idea to Pat Sajak A lU~TlENECK SWEA\tR___ A TA'?E flAY'ER.. ... The Status Line is always on the look­ games or actually write a game. out for new, fresh contest ideas. Here's what to do: I) Send in your Where better to tum than to you, our ideas for contests. You know-Win a devoted fandom. Here's what not to Date, Win the Imps' Picnic Basket, do: I) Don't send in ideas for the TSL etc. Ifwe use your idea, we'll send you UV It puzzle. 2) Don't send in the idea for a free game. Send your ideas to Pat '' H\S-At--11>- N--S0 -\-4lS 88; having readers come up with ideas for Sajak, c/o The Status Line. PERIL - SENS\Tt'{E (~ [ ~) VisiClues Cipher Key SlANG.LASSES ..• 1 From: A B CD EFG H I J KL M N 0 P QR ST U V W X Y Z AND A N8N INFOCOM GAME. To: TC K E S PA I R W X D 0 H L U Z Y N B M F G Q J V Peter Hawkinson Page 6 The Status Line · Winter 1987 Here is a second look at three classic titles Seastalker representing each robot, which you Remember the first time you ever can use with the map to track each played one of our games? You proba­ f:'I"~;;;:;;~ robot's location. bly liked the concept, but it was so damned frustrating. You didn' t know T he W itness what to do, you couldn't solve any According to The Status Line Read­ puzzles, and you couldn't get into the ers Poll, storyline and descriptive story. We hope you persevered; but prose are two of the most important you can understand why some of your elements of a good Infocom game. friends or relatives don' t have the pa­ Th e Witness, our second mystery tience or appreciation for the games game (after Deadline), was our first we create. deliberate attempt to emulate a par­ Seastalker is designed for newcom­ ticular writing style. Had Raymond ers: the puzzles are easier, there are Any one ofth ese three classic titles is sure to bring a warm glow not only to your Chandler, creator of Philip Marlowe plenty of hints, and a map is included. face but to your computer's monitor as well this winter. and authorofThe Big Sleep and Fare­ It 's easy enough for a nine-year-old, well , My Lovely, written an lnfocom but according to People magazine, "it world of lnfocom interactive fiction, hands. Sensa can detect movement game, it would have been Th e Wit­ can just as easily enthrall an oldster." consider Seas1alker. Dialogue maga­ through vibrational activity, photon ness: Seastalker is the perfect gift fo r any­ zine called it "a game to be enjoyed by emission, and ionic discharge. Whiz is "Somewhere near Los Angeles. A one who hasn't played an Infocom the whole family." And inCider a storehouse of historical and techni­ cold Friday evening in February game, whether it 's your nephew, your magazine said " Infocom couldn't cal information. And Poet - well, 1938. In thisclimale. cold is anywhere mother, or a friend. have designed a better game to intro­ Poet does the best he can. /J elow about fifty degrees. Storm Seastalker is part Huck Finn, part duce new players to their adventures." With these robots at your disposal, clouds are swimming across the sky, Jules Verne. You play a scientist you must keep the computers running their ho/toms glowingfaintly from !he whose latest invention is the Scimitar, Suspended efficiently. How? Well, you need to city lights in the distance. The air a two-person submarine with extensor Suspended is as brilliant and bizarre use the robots to pinpoint problems, seems e.>.pectant. waiting for the rain claws. (It' s rather like Alvin , the litt.le as Seaslalker is easy and accessible. getting multiple perspectives so you to /J egin, like a cat waiting for !he submarine which recently probed the Suspended is reputedly Douglas can figure out what's really going on. ineffa/Jle moment to am/Jush. Titanic.) The story begins in your Adams' s favorite game ( otherthan his (Sensa may feel things moving near The taxi has just dropped you off at laboratory, where the commander of own games, of course). Rolling Stone the entrance to the complex; Iris may the entrance to the Linders' driveway. the Aquadome call s for help on the magazine decreed it "the best com­ see that humans have walked into the Radio music drifts toward you. Your videophone. The Aquadome is being puter game," and Time magazine complex; Auda may overhear their favorite pistol. a snub-nosed Colt .32, attacked by a huge sea monster! call ed it "perhaps the best computer conspiratorial conversation; Waldo is snug in its holster. The long week is With your friend Tip as co-pilot, thriller." Suspended is one of may scan the humans' briefcases to finished. except for this appointment. you navigate the Scimitar out of the Infocom 's earliest games - it came identify their nefarious contents; and But why does an ominous feeling grip test tank and into Frobton Bay. Using out in I 983 and was preceded only by so on.) Then you need to use the robots you? depth control, a sonarscope, and other the three Zorks, Deadline, and Star­ to solve any problems. A door bell glows at you, almost equipment, you avoid the shoals, per­ coss-and it remains today one of the Of course, even simple-sounding daring you to ring it." haps passing a submerged wreck or most unusual games we' ve ever done. actions like identifying an object be­ two (not to mention some friendly Imagine you ' re in charge of a come difficult when you have to inter­ You are the witness whales) and race to the Aquadome, a computer complex 20 miles beneath pret all your information: an object In The Witness, a man named Free­ giant underwater research center. The the surface of the planet. The comput­ may be described as "a maximized man Linder has received threatening sea monster is nowhere to be seen; but ers control the weather system, food object" by Sensa, "a wavy object" by phone ea)l s and letters, and he fears for when you dock at the Aquadome and production, and the transportation Waldo, "a brain trio" by Poet, and "a hi s li fe. He turns to you, a detective, enter it, you find the crew members system on the pl anet's surface. All green circuit" by Iris. With Whiz's for help. Linder's wife Virginia had nervous. For while th e sea monster you have to do is make sure the com­ help, you can eventuall y identify the committed sui cide only weeks ago, readies another attack on the outside, puters run smoothly, by replacing any object as a #3 replacement maximiz­ and Linder reveals to you that his wife a traitor is sabotaging the Aquadome chips or cables that need maintenance. ing processor for the computer. was having an affair with a younger from the inside! Very simple. man, called Ralph Stiles. Linder sus­ Unfortunately, you' re not ab le to Computers wreak havoc pects Stiles of the threats and asks fo r Infocard clues and decoder replace the chips and cables yourself. The computers are all screwed up your protection. But as you talk with The Seastalker package contains a You are in suspended animation. (of course), and until you fi gure out Linder .. . navigation chart for Frobton Bay; Your mind, however, is connected to how to fix them, the computers wreak " You tum around and dimly see a operating instructions for the the robots who will do the actu al havoc on the planet's surface. Your figure outside. Suddenly there is a Scimitar; blueprints for both your lab maintenance of the computers. All "score" in Suspended is the planet's flash ofli ght and an explosion, and the and the Aquadome; and a Discovery you have to do is tell the robots what to casualty rate, so you're actually tryin g window falls into do:ens of shiny Squad badge. Also included are In fo­ do. Very simple. to get as low a score as possible. As shards. Th e cat /J olts and disappears card clu es and a decoder. When you Unfo rtunately, the most useful such, you can play Suspended many somewhere. Th e figure outside turns put an Infocard into the decoder and robot has been mangled beyond re­ times, each time trying to better your and runs before you can see !he face. look through the decoder' s red win­ pair. So you are stuck with six special­ score. The unusual scoring system When you turn back around. you see dow, you can read a message hidden ized robots who, despite their com­ and the truly unique concept make Linder slumping down in his chair, underneath the card' s red in k! (If pl ete loyalty and obedience to you, are Suspended an earl y classic, an af­ with a bloody stain spreading across you've pl ayed the home version of quite limited in their abilities. firmation of the diversity and possi­ his silk shirt. He teeters on the edge of Password, you know how ni fty thi s For instance, the robot named Auda bilities of computer games. the seat. then falls onto thefloor. quile is. ) is all ears: she can in terpret any sounds The Suspended package conta in s a dead." 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lnfoPrez Joel Berez ponders the pyramid while Dave Lebling waits for a clue. Tara Dolan gives clues 10 Jon Palace as Steve Meretzky operates the sophisti­ Note: Steve Meretzky, seen in the pyramid, was a stagehand, not a category. cated game show equipment. Host Hollywood Dave Anderson looks on. 20,000 Zorkmid Pyramid premiers lnfocom (WZIL)- Maxine Yaks here, The 20,000 Zorkmid Pyramid, and let it was. The audience rocked and rol­ and Dolan. It wa Holy War, fandom, tubers. Yours truly witnessed one of me tell you ... licked as the contestants wrestled with as Berez/Lebling sliced through cate­ the truly great programming come­ The show was a trial run using categories like, "They're off' (things gory after category sweeping Dolan/ backs of all time last night. As you all several Infocom employees as guinea to do with crab racing), "Page 1 of26" Palace away. Then it was time for that know dahlinks, the Arbitron ratings of pigs and it was funnier than a Cos (things on a bug report form), and grand and glorious moment, my love­ WZIL, the voice of lnfocom company sweater. In the opening round, deah "Solid Platinum" (things to do with ! ies, the final round, the pinnacle of meetings, had fallen lower than the hahts, I actually saw teams composed Zork). potpourri, yes the 20,000 Zorkmid cash flow of the PTL club. I tell you of Jon "Buck" Palace and Tara "The The first round ended in the utmost Pyramid. the things I was hearing through my Jewel of Somerville" Dolan pitted hilarity with Mikey's face splattered The clock started, the pyramid por­ little pink Princess... I'm talking against Marketing Maestro Mike with egg when he failed to guess the tals turned, Joel received, and when Smith and Wesson time dahlinks. Dornbrook and Tom "TN20" answer" Don't Panic Button" from the the smoke cleared, they had done it. Well, things just may be on the turn­ Veld ran. category "Touchie-Feelie" (things in The 20,000 Zorkmids were theirs. It around at Boston's favorite-li'I ol' In order to cover up the make-or­ an Infocom package). Marketing was later announced that Joel would WZIL. break atmosphere of the occasion, Maestro??? In round two, the team of donate his winnings to his favorite Last night. I was invited to a sneak Infocom-specific categories were InfoPrez Joel Berez and Dave Know­ charity-Mr. Donut's Fund for Man­ preview of their newest game show, used (tres incestuous). How funnneee It-Imp Lebling went up against Palace agers' Meetings. " ...and he/ow to the left , you can see the hea111if11 / la11d of Froho:: ." Here is a second look at three of our classic titles Continued from page 6 Linder's wife Virginia; an issue of the why. Your suspects include the Orien­ local newspaper, the Santa Ana Regis­ tal butler Phong, the lover Ralph ter; a matchbook from the Brass Lan­ Stiles, and Linder's beautiful daugh­ tern restaurant, with a phone number ter Monica. scrawled inside; and a copy of the You can interview the suspects, February 1938 Nat' I Detective Ga­ search the grounds for footprints, hunt zette. for incriminating evidence, analyze MS magazine called this hard­ objects, fingerprint things, and accuse boiled story "in the best Dashiell or even arrest any of the suspects. And Hammett tradition," and Creative of course, the ever-helpful Sergant Computing magazine said "If you Duffy is ready to assist you with your have ever longed to work with Phi lip investigation. You can draw many de­ Marlowe, Miss Marple, or Lord Peter ductions from the evidence you Wimsey, The Witness is the next best gather, and there are many possible thing." endings to the case. But one ending Seasta/ker, Suspended, and The fits the facts better than any other, and Witness are available for a wide as­ you will know it when you reach it. sortment of personal computers. The Witness is an easier mystery (Consult the price grid in the center of than Dead/ine, and the package comes this newsletter for a complete li sting.) jam-packed with useful and suspi­ These three titles are offered at the cious material: a telegram from Free­ special price of $ 14.95 exclusively Bob Elvey man Linder; a suicide note from through Infocom. Winter 1987 The Status Line Page 9 TSL: How did you get started? the hero, in a gazebo scented with Amy: After getting a B. A. in English, flowers under the· full moon; in con­ I kicked around Minnesota for awhile, Infocom's first romance trast, there's a cold sex scene with the then decided to move to Boston to live villain in hi s bedroom. It fades off to near my sister. As I left, a friend waves crashing and trains rocketing mentioned that Infocom was located Plundered Hearts author Amy Briggs talks about into tunnels the way old movies do. here, to which I jokingly responded, why she chose to write an interactive romance "Okay, I'll getajobthere-they must TSL: Do you think men will play need writers and editors!" I had played zebo) or be Ms. shadow hers: the Plundered Hearts? some of Zork, Enchanter and almost Rambo to defeat stories are mostly Amy: I hope so. When I wrote it I all of Suspended. As fate had it , In­ the bad guys. Just comedies of man­ knew men would be playing it. So, I focom was hiring testers the very be yourself, and ners, many of stepped back occasionally and tried to week I arrived in Massachusetts. do both. them with a envision men playing the heroine. Within fifteen days I was gainfully "Pride and Preju­ Since she is a strong character in employed playing games all day. TSL: How much dice" twist (Boy adventurous situations, I don't think Tough life. research did you meets Girl, Boy men will feel too effeminate when do? and Girl take in­ playing. TSL: Why did you write a romance? Amy: I already stant dis Iike of Of the testers who played it, the Amy: C. S. Lewis said he had to write had plenty of ex­ one another, mis­ men enj oyed it as much as the women. theChronicles ofNarnia because they perience with reading their One burly football player got a real were books he wanted to read, and romance novels, emotions, Boy kick out of having to wear a lacy nobody else had written them yet. from my reading, and Girl battle chemise and curtsey all over the place. Plundered Hearts was a game I and I have long words, Boy and wanted to play. It just happened to been interested in Girl fa ll in love TSL: Does having a woman as the have an adventurous setting, a female fashions, so I Plundered Hearts author, Amy Briggs and marry). Sex main character change the way the protagonist and romance, since that is only needed to is not a major game is played? Are the puzzles dif­ what I'm interested in . brush up on those. Pirates, though, I concern, generally, but simmers just ferent? had to research, and sailing ships. I beneath the surface. Amy: The priorities are different from TSL: So you read romances? watched a lot of movies - "Captain In "Gothic" romances, the heroine those of other games, I believe. In Amy: I started reading romance nov­ Blood"-type movies wi th Errol Flynn is alone against the world, in a strange Plundered Hearts you don't go els as a teenager and still do, though in - and romantic adventures like "Ro­ and haunting setting - usually a around collecting treasure (an activity not as great quantities. I surrounded mancing the Stone." All in all , I fi gure castle or ancient mansion. She meets I've always found boring in adventure myself with all forms of romance - Plundered Heart s is about as histori­ and fa ll s for the hero as she di scovers games); you're trying to save people. movies, modern books, and classics. call y accurate as an Errol Flynn the reason behind/solution for the I like to think my puzzles are more In general I like stories about strong movie. I tried not to be anachronistic if haunting. Though "Jane Eyre" is the about relationships between charac­ women heroines. I like those stories l could help it, but if the heroine' s epitome of these romances, they can ters than being player versus objects. even more when the heroines are not hairstyle is from the wrong century, or take place in modem settings - They involve behavior in certain situ­ above falling in love. if pirates really didn' t make people "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier is ations more than mathematical brain walk the plank - if stretching the an example or our own Moonmist. teasers. The emphasis is on people, TSL: Did you write a story with a truth adds a lot to the story, does that not things. However, Plundered female protagonist to make a point, as really matter? TSL: What kind of romance is Plun- Hearts has its share of object-oriented a women's issue? dered Hearts? brain teasers. Amy: Not really. Feminism does not TSL: So, what is in a romance, any­ Amy: It is a cross between Regency rule out romance, and romance does way? and Historical - it has more action TSL: Is Plundered Hearts different not necessarily have to make women Amy: A romance is any story where than a Regency but less sex than a from other interactive fiction games? weak in the cliche sense of romance the romantic interest becomes the Historical. Amy: l like to think of my story as novels. focal point of the plot. "Romeo and Ju­ more literary, more like a novel. There liet'' is a romance. TSL: Is there sex? is more story line than in many other TSL: Aren't you really demeaning There is actually a wide range of Amy: Well, there is romance. I tried to games. In Plundered Hearts the plot women, saying that all they' re inter­ different species of romance in the create scenes of warm tender glowing progresses continuall y. This is not a ested in is getting a man? Don't ro­ modern term (these are my defini­ love, rather than cold graphic sex. romp through a lot of puzzles but a mances portray women as helpless tions, based on personal experience There's a hot kiss, for instance, with voyage through an interesting story. air-heads, who need Rambo to come and some research): help them across the street? "Historical" or "bodice-rippers" Amy: That' s two questions, actually. are the novels you see at the grocery My answer to the first is that, no, I'm store check-out counter, with flashy not demeaning women. I don' t expect covers of a half-naked couple embrac­ the idea of Plundered Hearts to inter­ ing. They have lurid sex-filled plots in est all those women who don' t like ro­ hi storical settings. mances, though they would probably "Contemporary" romances, por­ enjoy playing it for other reasons. It is tray today's woman meeting Mr. not aimed at women, but at romance Right. There are many variations on and adventure lovers, a large number this theme, from spy/intrigues and of whom are women. mysteries to li fe in a small town after As to the second question, you can't a divorce. get anywhere in Plundered Hearts if "Regency" romances are my favor­ you act as an air-head. There's your ite. They take place between 1790 - father to be rescued (don't believe that 1830, during the Regency of England, Captain Jamison can do it alone)! when mad George fII was still alive, There's the hero to be saved from cer­ but his son, the future George IV, tain death - several times! One ruled. I do not believe it coincidental doesn't have to be Miss Simper to that this is the period Jane Austen Somewhere WAY over the rainbow ... enjoy dancing (or necking in the ga- wrote about, as the modem novels Mitch Thompson Page l O The Status Line Winter 1987 Gift packs IDake holiday giving easy to do Continued from page 1 tery, it's 1938, and you're a hard­ the role of a famous young sleuth, memory to breathtaking effect, creat­ just found the ultimate in tasteful, boiled detective in an L.A. burgh. War called to an ancient English castle by ing a richly-imagined anti-Utopian high-quality gift-giving: Infocom's is brewing overseas, but you've got your friend Tamara. Someone's futureworld ... AMFVisn 't 1984, but in fabulous interactive fiction gift packs. other fish to fry: the blackmail you've trying to kill her, and the culprit seems some ways it's even scarier." You can choose from the Enchanter been investigating has turned to mur­ to be the spectral "White Lady" who Trilogy fantasy set, the Classic Mys­ der before your very eyes. Anyone haunts the medieval tower. You'll Enchanter Trilogy tery Library, and Science Fiction from the knockout heiress to the meet a cast of eccentric characters as The legend of Zork lives on in the Classics. Each gift pack contains poker-faced butler could be the killer. you hunt down the phantom and spellbinding world of the Enchanter three of our most popular interactive It's a race against the clock to nail your search for hidden treasure in each of Trilogy. stories in their entirety. And each pack suspect...or get nailed first. four different variations. Enchanter, the introduction to the saves you over $50 off the individual In Suspect, author Dave Lebling series, has long been considered one purchase price! takes you to an elegant masquerade Science Fiction Classics of Infocom's most inspired works. One glance at the photo on the front ball in a sumptuous Southern manor. Our collection of Science Fiction Authors Marc Blank and Dave page will show you what an exquisite You mingle with bluebloods and Classics offers a trio of very different Lebling put you in the role of a novice gift item this is. Each handsome slip­ power brokers, sampling caviar and journeys through time and space. All magician sent into singlehanded com­ case holds three equally handsome champagne, enjoying the orchestra three stories were written by Steve bat with the evil warlock Krill. To packages. And inside each package is and the exotic costumes. It's quite a Meretzky. defeat him, you'll need to use all the a story just waiting for someone to treat for a newspaper reporter like To create the hilarious The cunning you can muster, along with bring it alive. yourself - until you're framed for Hitchhiker' s Guide to the Galaxy, spells acquired on your way. murder. You have but a few hours to Meretzky teamed up with British In Steve Meretzky's Sorcerer, you Classic Mystery Library convince the police of your inno­ humorist Douglas Adams, author of have advanced to the illustrious Circle Our Classic Mystery library offers cence. And if you want to bring back the best-selling book of the same title. of Enchanters. Now you must show an the whodunit fan an array of shifty a good story for your editor, you'll The interactive Hitchhiker's has be­ even greater command of magic as characters, suspenseful situations, also need to figure out who committed come a runaway success in its own you attempt to rescue your mentor and diabolical plots. the crime, and why. right. Belboz and defeat the evil demon "Ifyou've ever longed to work with Analog Computing recommends When the Earth is scheduled for Jeearr. "The world of Sorcerer is rich Philip Marlowe, Miss Marple, or Lord Moonmist "for all lnfocom newcom­ demolition to make way for an inter­ in detail and wonderment," said St. Peter Wimsey, The Witness is the next ers, especially those who like a good stellar bypass, you set out on a side­ Game magazine. "The final solution best thing," said Creative Computing. mystery." This gothic tale by Stu splitting series of misadventures in the is like a delicate orchid achieving full In Stu Galley's award-winning mys- Galley and Jim Lawrence puts you in far reaches of the galaxy. bloom. Long after the game is over, Planetfall, Meretzky's first interac­ the heady fragrance stays with you." tive fiction story, was voted a favorite As leader of the Circle of Enchan­ J>Look at puzzle winners l of The Status Line readers. As the ters and the most powerful magician story begins, you're a lowly deck­ in the land, you face a crisis in swabber in the Stellar Patrol. Then Spellbreaker. Magic itself is failing, In puzzle # 14, we asked you to fill in able" anagrams of "Arthur Dent." your ship explodes and you're jetti­ and you alone must save the kingdom a spiral grid by answering 17 ques­ The most interesting of them: soned onto a mysterious, deserted even as your own powers fade. Author tions, then anagram the circled letters Errant Thud Truant Herd planet. Luckily, you have Floyd, a Dave Lebling has created a complex to form an Infocom-related name. Darth Tuner That Red Um lovable multi-purpose robot with the story with some of the toughest Here's what the filled-out grid would Hunter Dart The Dam Rut personality of a mischievous 8-year­ puzzles in interactive fiction. Com­ look like: Hunt Red Tar Thunder Rat old. He's the ideal companion with mented Computer Entertainer, Since there were more than 25 cor- whom to brave your new world, as you "Spellbreaker is sheer joy.. .It's the rect entries, a drawing winnowed the dare its dangers and uncover its se­ perfect conclusion for the Enchanter A • F" 0 e, field. Here's a list of the lucky win­ w 11 R R. crets. Trilogy, which can now join the clas­ ners; can you make any interesting E s 's I( '( c A 0 A Mind Forever Voyaging is remi­ sic Zork Trilogy as a must-have for all anagrams out of their names? N "D I "s R niscent of such classic works of sci­ fantasy gamers." A "v z Matthew Blum, Vienna, VA; Tho­ ence fiction as Brave New World. In T I H E l°'R T M z mas Keating, Wilmington, DE; this powerful, thought-provoking Stupendous savings. I ~ T G LJ A E c. Robert Blasi, Philadelphia, PA; Sean story, you journey into frighteningly While you' re establishing yourself ' " Huxter, St. Johns, Newfoundland; w E A E L B N 0 realistic simulations of the future as as a fantastic gift-giver, why not es­ u Bob Hodgeman, Jr., Cincinatti, OH; L R L) T R 0 "T N the world's first conscious, intelligent tablish yourself as the owner of a Lori Terrebonne, Galliano, LA; Con­ E. 'B R computer. Said Newsweek, "A Mind fantastic interactive fiction library. A B z 0 B nie K. Schwab, Del Valle, TX; An­ Forever Voyaging uses the expanded Go ahead. Buy yourself a gift pack. drew Zittkowski, Richmond Heights, OH; Mark Peterson, Roseburg, OR; The circled letters anagram to Bob Schumann, Long Beach, CA; "Arthur Dent." Of the I 06 entries, 92 Michael Brill, San Jose, CA; Virginia For further information ... were correct (86.8%). This repre­ Shovlin, Mentor, OH; Mike Kim, We know it's a long time between tember 1987. sented the lowest number of entries Kirkland, WA; David Wilcox, issues of The Status Line and you just "Getting in to the act with interac­ since Puzzle #8, and the lowest num­ Anaheim, CA; Rhoda Switzer, Prince can't wait for more information on our ti ve fiction "--Compllter Update, ber of correct entries since Puzzle# I 0. Frederick, MD; Jeffrey Shaw, North latest and greatest products or what's July-August 1987. The two common wrong answers Attleboro, MA; William Paull, going on behind the scenes. So to "Upper Sandusky plays role in were "Status Line" and "Adventurer"; Audubon Park, NJ; Peter Chen, Go­ satisfy your hunger for news and computer game"-The Upper San­ the most intriguing wrong answer was leta, CA; Terry Scipione, Metairie, views, take a look at these publica­ dusky (Ohio) Daily Chief Union, July "Lost Datzhn," with a note explaining LA; Harald Smit, Indianapolis, IN; tions while awaiting the arrival of the 27, 1987. that "Datzhn" was the German word Kevin Pauli, Tulsa, OK; Ming Shih, next edition of The Status Line in your "Romance game a risque move for for "truck." Brookline, MA; Paul Pickett, Ste­ mailbox. lnfocom"-Boston Globe, August 6, While attempting to solve this wartsville, MO; Rawson Chaplin, "Titans of the Computer Gaming 1987. puzzle, maniacal InfoTester Gary Wellesley, MA; David Garland World: Ardai on lnfocom"--Com­ Also, look for reviews in your fa­ Brennan produced a list of 87 "read- Chang, Berkeley, CA. puter Gamin[.: World, August-Sep- vorite computer magazine. Winter 1987 The Status Line Page 11 r------1 >Read VisiClues Kartoon Kontest I Can you draw? Are you funny? Can you write a headline that doesn't Here is the latest installment of Visi­ meaihbn shf hsam and nmod. resort to misspellings to be eye-catching? Than perhaps you should Clues to help you over the hump. The enter our Cartoon Contest. key for VisiClues, a simple substitu­ The Lurking Horror Just send us your cartoon(s), along with this form or a photocopy of tion cipher, is on page 5. Please use How do I get larf?e objects into the this form. 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* A wide range of extra-curricular activities including intramural The bumper sticker contest frobozzball , Rock Hops, Pop Physics Club, and Zorkaholics Anonymous Seeing how popular bumper stickers game and a poster. Third prize is a T­ were in "Win the Imps' Picnic Basket" shirt and a poster. The deadline for Contest, we've decided to throw cau­ entry is January I, 1988. For overseas tion to the wind and let our readers folks the deadline is April I, 1988. write our bumper stickers. After all Send your bumper sticker sugges­ they'll be adorning your cars, books, tions to: The '83 Red Le Car, c/o The lockers and monitors. Status Line, Infocom, 125 Cambr­ G.U.E. Tech is an equal opportunity institution The first prize is two games, a T­ idgePark Drive, Cambridge, MA G.U.E. Tech is accredited by th e Frobozzian Commission for Higher Learning shirt and a poster. Second prize is a 02140. and is licensed by the Commonwealth of Quendor Page 12 The Status Line Winter 1987 r------, I !>Examine puzzle #16 I I Puzzle #16 Entry Form In honorof the release of Beyond Zork, Puzzle #1 6 is based on the Zork Trilogy. I To solve this puzzle, simply decode the meaning of the 15 word puzzles below, I ANSWERS: !. ______which are all places or things in Zork I, Zork II , or Zork Ill. Your answers must I precisely match the game; "punctured raft" would not be an acceptable answer I 2. ______for the second example. There may be more than one correct answer for some of them, though. I I 3. ______Examples: I ~~ 30Ai

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