The Status Line Vol,1mP VII NLJll'ber 2 Formwly The New Times Summer 1988 Change is New mail order firm-really! inevitable. We are pleased to introduce Triton Products Company as the new author­ Don't panic! ized direct marketing center. Veterans in the field of phone and mail We've been asking what you'd orders and fulfillment, Triton, in the like to see in our software. And words of Vice President Terry Miller, you've responded. You've sent in "hopes to be the best darn direct mar­ your Status Line polls, and an­ keting company you've ever seen." swered our warranty card ques­ Triton was recently acquired by Ac­ tions, phone surveys, and in­ tivision to become the company's package questionnaires. The re­ direct marketing specialists. sults? You want on-screen maps. You' II notice lots of changes in this You want character development issue of The Status Line, and most of with bar charts. You want color. those are through the expertise and the You want animation. In short, you good graces ofTriton, our new corpo­ want graphics. rate cousins. Just open to the center of Graphics? From Infocom? Tue the newsletter, and you'll see some of company that advertised itself as the changes immediately: a postage­ "sticking our graphics where the paid envelope, special coupons and sun don't shine"? We know that offers, clear concise ordering instruc­ the very idea is anathema to a tions, and who knows what else. number of very loyal Infocom But the more you deal with Triton, fans. You're afraid that our rich­ the more changes you'll see. They ness of prose, number and depth have twenty-five (count them-25!) The dedicated operators at our new mail order house are far too busy to pose of puzzles, and quality of plotting Please turn to page 3 for our camera as they courteously assist eager customers. will suffer. We'd like to address the concerns of those who feel this way. And we'd like to let the rest of you know that we've listened to Newest Infocomic: ZorkQuest II your requests and, yes, we are making changes. Are you sunburned and tender, blister-red from too long at powerful and evil wizard ofZQI . Moog determines to bring First off, we want to let you the beach? Or lethargic, stickier than Scotch tape in the him to the Zizbit ruins. know that although we're moving heavy-skied humidity that weather reports have the temer­ Meanwhile, the caravan from Egreth is beset by a series away from all-text stories, every­ ity to call "dewpoint"? Bored with the long summer, the of calamities. Giant corbies attack the wagon; Acia be­ thing you've come to know and ennui of work, the doldrums of those hot, endless after­ comes deathly ill; Gurthark is lost in a disastrous attempt to love about will noons when your friends are away on vacation? Well, cross a raging river; Ryker suddenly discovers his strength still be there. We are not compro­ here's the answer to your prayers, the harbinger of those is gone. Will they complete their journey? What horrors mising on quality, richness, or brisk and busy, cool autumnal months: a new Infocomic - await them in Accardi-By-The-Sea, where Moog and Slye depth in any way. In fact we refuse ZorkQuest II: The Crystal ofDoom . are cooking up an evil such as has never been seen in to compromise on any of these ZQI/ picks up shortly after ZorkQuest I: Assault on Quendor? concerns. What we are doing is Egreth Castle. Our caravan of intrepid adventurers is ZQll was written by Elizabeth Langosy, in collaboration enhancing these features with continuing on its journey to Accardi-By-The-Sea. The with graphic artists at Tom Snyder Productions. Elizabeth, graphics that exhibit the same magician Frobwit is on his way to the one of our in-house product design­ attention to quality and detail as Convention of Enchanters and Sor­ ers, and artists Peter Reynolds, Doug our prose. A new technology is cerers, looking forward to telling his Rave reviews for McCartney and Bob Thibeault, also here, and we 're making full use of friends about his battle with the evil worked together to create ZQI. magician (in ZQI). Acia, proud and Infocomics Comic afficandos will recognize it. Turn to page 6 The fact is, a lot has happened beautiful, is travelling to visit her the fantastic cover artwork of artist in both hardware and software sickly grandmother; while Gurthark Howard Chaykin, author of Ameri­ since first appeared on the the merchant just wants to get his load of quilts to market. can Flagg, Shadow, and Blackhawk. Apple II and TRS 80 Model I back These three and the cargo are guarded by the scout Ryker, Three other Infocomics are already available. ZQI ac­ in 1980. At that time, personal who is head-over-heels in love with Acia. quaints us with the caravan of travellers: Gurthark, Acia, computers had a limited amount Ahead of them, in Accardi-By-The-Sea, two young Ryker and Frobwit. In this tale, the band of adventurers are of memory and only rudimentary hoodlums have just stolen a powerful spellbook, the relic of caught in the talons of a powerful wizard, Radnor, who graphic capabilities. Using text to an ancient circle of wizards known as the Zizbits. Moog, a seeks control of the magic amulet they unknowingly pos­ create a vivid environment, In­ recent graduate of the Frobozz Magic Magic Correspon­ sess. focom interactive fiction stood dence School, ringleads her old pal, Slye, into helping her Lane Mastodon, accountant turned superhero, appears out for its richness and depth in break into the protected ruins of the old Zizbit city. in a spoof of a sci-fi space opera, battling his Jovian arch­ comparison to other entertain­ Using spells found in the magic book, Moog and Slye enemies in Lane Mastodon vs. The Blubbermen. ment software. fulfill two-thirds of a prophecy that foretells a dark and evil Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams, tells how Today, with the graphic and force shadowing the land: a trio of powerful magicians three disparate people, saved from sure death by vastly memory capabilities of comput­ called the Triax. They discover a magic reflecting pool that superior beings, combine their supernatural powers in Please turn to page 3 will answer any question, and through it, search out a third order to defeat the evil overlord of their planet. to complete the Triax. The pool shows them Radnor, the Please turn to page 3 2 Tl'e Status Line Summer 1988 lhe LETTERS T0 THE EDITOR Hi guys! of a mad scientist's home. I have also I'm findin it hard to comple Wishbr. It's me again. (You know: ugly, writes spent the better part of 5 weeks at­ Maybe there's someth wrong with the Status annoying letters, won't go away ... ) tempting to catch a babel fish from the game). I think that becaus I play your I'm just writing to tell you that I've Sirius Cybernetic Corp. Dispenser. .. games so often (give or take five hours Line just seen your new line oflnfocomics. Final point, a real honest-to-God a day), it influe my everyd life, such as (Do you care? Do these letters ever get conversation with my 8-year-old: talkin in class, writin letter, or feedin read? You have better things to do: STACY: When you write, tell them the dog. Mike Dornbrook Stop this foolish time-wasting!) that your daughter is begging on her Yours Faithf, Publisher I think it's an interesting idea, in­ hands and knees and would do any­ Michae Mauzy triguing. I'd like to express shock and thing for a Zorkmid coin. Newton, MA Stuart A. Kirsch disappointment at seeing an Infocom DADDY: Would you sleep in your [Don't Panic. Our new games have a Washington Bureau Chief product with graphics, but I can't. I room tonight without your nightlight? nine-letter parser.---Ed.] like the things too much. I work in a STACY: NO!!! The room would be Hollywood Dave Anderson software store, and when my manager pitch black, I would get eaten by a Dear Infocom, Los Angeles Bureau ChJef came in and plopped down Lane savage , and then I'd never get to It's awful-I work hard, pass my Mastodon, Gamma Force and see my Zorkmid! exams, get to University-and then I Gayle Syska ZorkQuest, I picked them up immedi­ Robert Kitsis find out it's the wrong Cambridge! Editor Emeritus ately, staggered around a bit, stared St. Louis, MO Have you guys ever considered mov­ agape-mouthed for a while, then went ing? Lori Hornung Roving Reporter and put Lane into the IBM we have set Dear People in Wraparound Sleeves, Yours, up. My mind was whirling with possi­ I am writing in protest to the letter Shane Murphy Stu Galley bilities. Good? Bad? What's going from a Ms. Horton in your last issue of Cambridge, England Copy Editor on? Agh! I was all set to be critical of TSL [Winter/Spring 88.---Ed.]. I re­ whatever came up onto the screen but sent the statement that all people who DearTSL, Puzzle Editor it was twenty minutes later before I play interactive games are "glandular, As the respected historian Frobozz quit playing with it, then only because mouth-breathing male adolescents Mumbar has pointed out, the adding Writers of "G.U.E." after a year did not be­ ·Amy Briggs my manager told me to get off my butt suffering from terminal acne and Elizabeth Langosy and get to work. dangerous anti-social tendencies who come common practice until the latter Eiieen Mllauskas I don't want to give the impression wear coke-bottle-bottom glasses, and part of the eighth century. Jon·Palace that I think Infocomics are perfect, but who--when not drooling over the Why then is the zorkmid-during they are very, very good. Enjoyable if keyboard while playing Leather God­ the reign of Belwit the Flat-dated ©1988 lnfocom, Inc. nothing else. A few months ago I desses ofPhobos-are either hacking "699 G.U.E.", nearly one hundred 125 C&mbrldgePafk Drive wrote you a letter damning the inclu­ their way into the Defense Depart­ years before Lord Dimwit invented Cambridge, Massachusetts sion of graphics into an Infocom prod­ ment computer system or reading the name "Great Underground Em­ 02140 . uct, and now I happily eat my words. such intellectual goodies as Writhing pire"? You're doing something daring here, Slave Girls Meet the Tentacled Hor­ Inquiringly, The Status Line Is published and I don't know how it's going to turn ror." I only occasionally breathe Jeremy Hollobon fo1,1r, sometimes five, times a out. .. but you are to be applauded for through my mouth, and I have a less Christchurch, New Zealand year by lnfocom, Inc. Address taking the chance. than terminal case of acne. I do not [Zork co-author and expert Dave changes and subscriptions Clap, clap, clap! wear glasses and do not own Leather Lebling explains: I really don't see any conflict here. The addition of should be sent to The Status Greg "Maddog" Knauss Goddesses ofPhobos. (I would like to Line, lnfocom, lnc.125 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA own it.) I am not hacking into the "G.U.E." did not become common CambrldgePark Drive, [Maddog--/f we have told you once, Defense Department computer (I practice until the latter part of the C&mbrldge, MA 02140, we've told you a thousand times. Don't can't break the code-ha-ha!) Finally, eighth century; nonetheless, it was an Attention Subscriptions applaud; send large sums ofmoney to I do not read Writhing Slave Girls uncommon practice during the time Manager. The Status Line Is an that Post Office box. And your boss Meet the Tentacled Horror. I read preceding its universal acceptance. Independent journal, not says get back to work and stop show­ Writhing Slave Girls Meet the Pimple­ Obviously, uncommon practices had afftlkded with the New York ing this to everyone.---Ed.] Faced Four-Eyed Hacker! their place at the Frobozz Magic Times and vice versa. Now I'll get to more interesting Zorkmid Company. -Ed.] HELP!!! business. I greatly enjoy your games. You and your warped minions are That square, black, flat thing with the Poll #4 prizes ... Cutthroats, Deadline, Enchanter, Infidel, on the verge of destroying what once hole in the middle makes a great fris­ Leather~ of Phobo•, Planetlall, was a happy, close-knit family. Last bee!... On behalf of Suzy Statistician, Sees1alker, Starcroea, Suapect, summer, we borrowed a friend's C-64 Droolingly Yours, Paula Pollster, and the entire survey­ Suepended, The status Line, The Wltnesa, Trinity, Wlshbringar and Zork arii and some games, including Zork I. Michael G. Hurd ing staff, we would like to congratu­ registered trad9marks of lnfocom, Inc. After several weeks of watching my 8 Clinchport, VA late the grandest of prize winners, year old type, ponder, reason, and try drawn randomly from responses to , Ballyhoo, Border Zone, Bul88Ucracy, Classic one solution after another, I finally Dear Infoco Status Line, Reader's Poll #4. Thank you all for Mystary Ubrary, (You had the final selling point to convince I have recent purcha your new title your responses; by next issue, we'll be """"'7lber thllt one, don't you?), my wife ... The Lurkin Horror. So far I have en­ able to tell you who you are! Fooblltzky, Gamma Force, Hollywood HIJlnx, Immortal Legend9, lnfocomlca, We sold our trusty Colecovision joye the game alot, even though it Wonderful prizes were sent to: lnvlalCI~ Lane Mastodon, Moonmlst, and purchased an Apple Ilc ... Not con­ scares the hell out of me and causes me Michael Grayford (Lake Jem, FL), Nord UICI Bart Couldn't Make Head or Tall tent with a low degree of tprture and to have nasty nightm. I have also or­ David Prival (Washington, DC), Tom of H, Plundared Hearts, Science Fiction Clualcs, Sheriock: The Riddle of the pain, we actually rushed out to buy dere Dougla Adams's Bureau be­ Blade (Wetaskiwin, AB), Ann La­ Crown Jewett, Sorcerer, SpellbR!llkar, Leather Goddesses, Hitchhiker' s cause I enjoye Hitchh so much. Brecque (Middleboro, MA), and Kyle Statlonfalt UICI The Lurking Ho1TOr Guide, Beyond Zork, and Wishbrin­ I also wrote to congra you onZork's Dean (Bradbury, NSW, Australia). are lredemarka of lnfocom, Inc. ger. annive, and for writin Beyond Zork. I Not quite as wonderful (but groovy Tha HHchhlker'• Gulde to the Galaxy As a result, I have now spent 3 am a great admire of Infoco, and nonetheless) prizes were sent to lots of la a trademark ot . weeks and 2 days trapped in a cage would like to add that I own eight others of Poll respondents. Congratu­ with a female gorilla in the basement Infoco titles. I have enjoye all (except lations and thanks! Summer 1988 The Status Line 3

CONTINUED FROM PAGE O NE LGOP and Now we stick our graphics Solid Gold at $14.95 During the past year, we have begun to call it "R" (some would say "PG-13"). where the sun does shine confer Solid Gold status on certain "Leather Goddesses is an uproari­ venerable titles. These are best-sell­ ous role-playing romp that heralds a Continued from page 1 standards of quality, creativity, ers which have begun to slow down. new breed of computer games." ers like the Macintosh, Apple fine writing, and good underlying In some ways, our Solid Gold soft­ Newsweek IIGS, Amiga, Atari ST, Tandy, and story lines. In addition, we will take ware can be compared to paperback "Leather Goddesses of Phobos is IBM, we're happy to announce that full advantage of the capabilites of books - the whole game is there but in humorous and fast-moving, and even we can add an exciting visual di­ your advanced hardware. a simpler package. However, in the when the writing is ribald, it is never mension to our interactive fiction This bold new direction has case of Solid Gold software, we're cheap - it is amusing and clever." without sacrificing any of the stirred the enthusiasm of all of us adding something more--on-screen A+ qualities that we're proud of and here at Infocom. At this very hints. At $14.95 retail, these wonder­ Video Review magazine awarded that you love. moment, your favorite game writ­ ful old titles are getting a second life Steve Meretzky the Best Computer As we've done from the start ers are thinking up innovative ways and attracting a new group of com­ Software Designer of 1983 for his first with our all-text stories, we intend to graphically enhance their sto­ puter owners to interactive fiction. work, Planetfal/. Set 120 centuries in to use these capabilities to the full­ ries. Zork I and Hitchhiker' s Guide to the future, you are an Ensign Seventh est, employing graphics to enhance Steve is honing his skills in the Galaxy have been quite successful Class in the Stellar Patrol. You wanted our products in new and interesting Double Fanucci and Peggleboz. as Solid Gold (in these two cases we to see the galaxy, but all you've seen ways. Dave has become an expert in ori­ should have called it Solid Platinum). so far is the other end of the mop We are also working to expand ental culture. Brian is boldly going Now we are pleased to announce that you're using. But soon you're ma­ our horizons into other areas of where no one has gone before. our 1986 hit, Leather Goddesses of rooned on a doomed planet, your only interactive storytelling, including Marc, too, has embarked on a fan­ Phobos, and Steve Meretzky's first companion a robot named Floyd with role-playing games, graphic ad­ tastic journey all his own. hit, Planetfal/, will be joining them. the personality of an eight-year-old. ventures, and other categories as As for the top-flight desi~ Solid Gold Leather Goddesses, due Your goal is to save this world, and yet unexplored. Over the next year, we're working with across the to ship in June, was the fastest selling yourself from destruction. you'll see several introductions country ... Well, you'll have to see new title in lnfocom's history. In In polls of our fans, Planetfal/ re­ from us in these areas. what they come up with to believe Leather Goddesses you are kidnapped peatedly comes in at the top of the list We will bring to these new prod­ it. Find out more in the fall issue of by minions of the evil Leather God­ of most-loved games. Planetfal/ has ucts the same standards we've The Status Line, coming soon to a desses, who are plotting to turn earth probably generated more fan mail brought to interactive fiction - mailbox near you. into their private pleasure palace. than any other Infocom game. Guar­ Your goal is to defeat the lustful anteed to make you laugh and make leather maidens and save humanity you cry. Triton: our new mail order house from their dastardly plan. Leather "The invention ofthe robot sidekick Goddesses is a hilarious spoof of Continued from page 1 best telephone operators in the was a stroke of genius." 1930's pulp science fiction with a Video Review incoming WATS lines, so they can entire world. They're kind, they're dash of space opera thrown in for good "Planetfall is as remarkable.funny, handle all your phone calls, plus knowledgeable, they're consider­ measure. Despite the title and the perplexing, and entertaining a game those of your friends, your best ate, they're helpful, and they're three naughtiness levels, Leather as you are likely to find anywhere ... " friend's little·sisters, and even your friendly. And they're sitting in a Goddesses is not X-rated. We would Creative Computing mother's dentist's cousin's luxurious telephone room in Foster nephew that lives in Hollywood City, California, just waiting for and was in that movie, oh-what­ you to pick up your telephone and was-it-called-again? dial that 1-800 number. buys? CMof\ ~vys, H·,·,.,, In a rush for that new ti tie? In But the best part, by far, is for ··~n~ fvnny a11v!YIO(e ! desperate need for those Invisi­ you bizillions of New Jersey resi­ ~'I\\ Whe

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That's when the second picture was taken. photo certainly would seem to be at the lower end of the "excited" spectrum. She then joined the group sight-seeing. Neil says she had a great time and is Gary Heffelfinger of Piedmont, South Carolina, managed to convince his in- · . going to bring one of our games on vacation with her from now on. (Doesn't laws (9) Len and (10) Shirley Hollabaugh to snap a few photos of themselves everyone?) · at the Wall on their recent visit. When we first saw these photos we were all set We actually ~xpected more of the type of letters we got accompanying (13) to run a feature on "The Family that Travels Together, and Plays Infocom Games Jack Schaberg's photo. Well, sure it's a fake, but he spins quite a tale of intrigue. Together, Stays Together." Then we read the letter. Perhaps in a future issue. While waiting for a flight back to the U .S.A. from China, Jack notices a beautiful One of many hoax photos we received was from (11) Geoffery "Zippy" Sperl oriental woman with a brief case overflowing with classified Communist Party of Detroit, Michigan. Apparently unable to acquire a visa (Why wouldn't the 9ocuments. He looks up from his portable PC (playing Infidel at the time) and Chinese want someone called "Zippy" in their country?), Geoffery opted for a notices she drops her cppy of TSL Winter/Spring 1988 editon. .. Anyway, you strict interpretation of the rules. Neil Hellwig of Indianapolis, Indiana, per- get the idea. Fortunately he came to his senses later in the letter and admitted his suaded an in-law to carry a copy of one of our games to China. He enclosed two Please turn to page 8 6 -he Status Line Summer 1988 Infocomics: New approach to entertainment Lane Mastodon, Gamma Force and ZorkQuest receive rave reviewsfromfar and wide "Even a completely computer illiter­ one of the entertainment programs other forms of entertainment soft­ hero, Lane Mastodon, as he saves ate person can enjoy an Infocomics helping to revive the industry. ware: "They are not computer.games Earth from the threatened invasion of story ... " In its review of Lane Mastodon vs . as we know them ... These are real sto­ the Blubbermen of Jupiter...The basic Praises like this one from Computer The Blubbermen, Computer Enter­ ries with beginnings, middles and story is told from Lane's point of Entertainer are being sung nation­ tainer dubs Infocomics "a whole new ends, except that they may be fol" view, but it's great fun to step into the wide about Infocomics, the new line approach to the concept of entertain­ lowed from the viewpoints of differ­ shoes of his young companions, Ivory of comic stories from Infocom and ment software for computers .. .It is ent characters, with related subplots and Lambert, or those of the Thin Tom Snyder Productions that come to simply a story, with a single ending that do not necessarily come in the Men, the Blubbermen, or a number of life on the screen. Introduced at the and no user control over the final same way every time. The exact path others." Consumer Electronics Show (CES) outcome, like a book or a movie." of the story, in fact, depends on deci­ Computer Entertainer concludes, last January, each Infocomic, Lane Dan Gutman, a New York-based sions the player makes." "It's a novel approach to computer Mastodon vs. The Blubbermen; syndicated columnist, likens the In­ Shannon continues, "In another entertainment software and one that Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand focomics experience to "curling up difference from computer products, appears to have plenty of potential, Screams; and ZorkQuest: Assault on with a good book." Indeed, each ln­ these comics do not require an intimi­ particularly at its very low price. ln­ Egreth Castle, has won favorable focomic is an intricately-woven story dating manual or advanced flight focomics present a new direction for reviews. which branches out into many direc­ training. Only four keys are needed to storytelling, one of man's oldest pas­ After seeing for the first time "a tions. As the story unravels, you can move the story along, and you can times." highly entertaining demo" of In­ jump from character to character to switch to fast forward, stop or rewind From what we can tell, many of you focomics (given at CES by Tom explore their points of view or to at any time." are waiting on the edge of your seats Snyder and Peter Reynolds of Tom flashback to their thoughts, dreams or Of Lane Mastodon, Computer En­ for the next Infocomic. Another se­ Snyder Productions and Infocom's memories. Or, you can simply follow tertainer continues, "The story itself quel to ZorkQuest perhaps? A sequel Jon Palace), INFO enthused, "These the plot and enjoy the story. But, as is wonderfully funny - not surprising to Lane Mastodon? Or maybe a co­ guys were giving off sparks of creativ­ Dan points out, "No matter what route when you learn that it was written by laboration with a world famous comic ity like a plasma generator." you take through the story, everybody one of lnfocom's most humorous book author? Whatever it is, you can The April issue of Commodore reaches the same ending, like a writers, Steve Meretzky (Leather be sure the creative geniuses at In­ Magazine highlighted Infocomics in novel." Goddesses ofPhobos, among others). focom and at Tom Snyder Produc­ its news section. Newsweek, in its L.R. Shannon of the New York It follows the adventures of the a tions will blow all of our socks right March 14 issue, listed lnfocomics as Times distinguishes Infocomics from bumbling accountant-turned-super- off. New books based on our Planetfall & Wishbringer Novels take place in the same 'universe' as the games Books based on two of our most popu­ Wishbringer game recognize the post­ lar games will be published this Au­ master, the librarian, and the Boot gust. Wishbringer: The Riddle of the Patrol. But Gloria is a new character, Twin Worlds, and Planetfall: Jn created by the author of the book, Search ofFloyd , Part I are being pub­ Craig Shaw Gardner, whose other lit­ lished jointly by Infocom, Avon erary achievements include AMalady Books, arid Byron Preiss Visual Pub- · of Magicks and A Difficulty with lications, Inc. Dwarves. The books are new novels by lead­ The Planetfall book also combines ing authors, not retellings of the origi­ the old with the new: nal games or choose-your-own ad­ "Homer got lost. Really lost. Fortu­ ventures. The novels take place in the nately, he was accompanied by his same worlds as the games and use loyal robot Oliver and the ghost of his some of the characters and ideas from beloved robot Floyd. The fate of the the games, but the plots are all new. Third Galactic Empire depended on Take, for instance, this excerpt from the Stellar Patrol's finding Homer - the back of the Wishbringer book: the only man in the fleet who can play "Simon never wanted to meet an the soprano saxophone." ogre .... But Simon was a con man who The Planetfall book was written by got caught and sentenced to deliver Arthur Byron Cover, who also wrote mail in the lovely town ofFesteron. It The Platypus of Doom, one of the would have been an easy sentence if Isaac Asimov Robot City novels. Festeron hadn't turned into the town We know from talking to you that of Witchville. one thing most people who play our "Suddenly, Festeron wasn't lovely games have in common is that they anymore. The postmaster wanted to like to read. Here, then, are two more · cancel him. The librarian wanted to opportunities to enjoy the worlds cre­ shelve him. The Boot Patrol wanted to ated by Infocom. kick him, and Gloria, sweet Gloria, The books will sell for $3.95 each the girl of his dreams, was dating the ($4.95 in Canada) and should be avail­ entire Patrol." able in August at all bookstores carry­ Mark Mills and Deke McClelland Those of you who have played the ing science fiction and fantasy titles. Summer l 088 Tl1e Status L1"e 7 sington, MD), Eric Melby (Provo, UT), Steve Foremny (New Park, PA), and Anne Hupert (Northbrook, IL). PUZZLE NUMBER 18 The international winner was Alan This puzzle is a reprise of our very first to refer to both the game and the game Pryke from down under in Y owie Bay, Status Line Puzzle (although back packaging. Australia. then, in the winter of 1984, we called To solve the puzzle, figure out the it the New Zork Times Puzzle, of values of the individual letters from course). the information given below. Then PUZZLE# 17 Puzzle #18 is based entirely on our plug those values into the equation, most popular game of the last year, and determine its value. Your answer PUZZLE #16 WINNERS Beyond Zork. To solve it, you'll need should be a positive integer. WINNERS In Puzzle #17, we supplied a rebus in which you were to translate pictures In Puzzle #16, we asked you to solve D x E into words, then add and subtract let­ · some word picture-puzzles; the an­ + ters as indicated to get "a variation on ( F + G swers were locations and things from an Infocom-related phrase, title, or theZorkTrilogy. For example, the clue name." ? to#l l wastheword"WIZARD"cutup - • The solution, word by word: - into four pieces. The answers: J + K - L • LEAK + THREE + BRIEFS - I. Round Room (or Circular Room) KREBF + P - PIES = LEATHER 2. Narrow Tunnel 3. small mailbox • GONDAR +DESKS+ U +NEST 4. Top of Well -TANK- URN= GODDESSES A = the range at which a corbie can H = the number of locations in the 5. pair of candles spot a grotch, in bloits Ethereal Plain of Atrii whose names •ROOF+BOOT-ROBOT-O=OF 6. Hairpin Loop do not begin with the letter "O" 7. broken timber •DEVIL+ MALYON+ SEAT B = the illiteracy rate among monkey 8. Volcano Near Small Ledge - VALLEY - ANT= DEIMOS grinders, in percent I = the number of shiny stars on the 9. white cliffs amulet 10. triangular button So, the final answer is "Leather C = the number of keys in the Mayor 11 . Wizard's Quarters Goddesses ofDeimos," a variation on of Froon' s cask J = the vintage year of the wine in the 12. Dimwit Flathead Leather Goddesses of Phobos. Rusty Lantern' s wine cellar 13. End of Rainbow (Deimos is the other moon of Mars, if D = the last year of Entharion' s reign 14. pile ofleaves you weren't aware.) K =the numberofunits by which your 15. Formal Garden 465 of you attempted Puzzle #17, E = the distance between signs in the intelligence is increased by donning There were 465 entries for Puzzle and 211 (45.4%) succeeded. The vast Fields of Frotzen, in bloits the Helm of Pheebor #16; only two previous puzzles ever bulk of the wrong answers - 230 - drew more entries. Of those 465 en­ were "Phobos" instead of"Deimos." F = the year of the Rose Riots L = the year in which Moss of Marei­ tries, 208 ofthem gotall 15 correct, ne­ Another 29 ofthe wrong answers were lon was first classified cessitatingadrawing. Ofthe257 incor­ even closer, merely mispelling G = the estimated height of the stack rect entries, l 16hadonewrong,53had "Deimos," asin "LeatherGoddessesof that would result if all claimed relics M = the number of room names in two wrong, 56 had three to five wrong Dimes" and "Leather Goddesses of ofthe Coconut of Quendor were gath­ Beyond Zork which contain the word wrong, and 32 had six or more wrong. Demos." (We've seen thelatteratafew ered together, in bloits "Edge" Of the individual picture-puzzles, trade show booths.) the easiest were "Round Room" and The most interesting of the wrong ,------, "Dimwit Flathead." The hardest answers were "Infocom," "Plan­ PUZZLE # 18 ENTRY FORM turned out to be "white cliffs," "Vol­ etfall," "Fooblitzky," "Leather God­ ANSWER: cano Near Small Ledge," and (surpris­ desses of Denver," and "Please wait ingly) "pair of candles." 1.5 minutes." Name: This was obviously a very popular Once again, there was an excess of puzzle. We'llprobablydoitagainafew correct entrants, so a drawing deter­ Address: issues down the road, even though it's mined the 25 t-shirt winners: Aaron a BITCH to score the entries! Cavendar (Elgin, AZ), Lowell Yaeger The lucky twenty-five: John Miller (Jericho,NY),MarkBrown (Brighton, (Alexandria, VA), David J. Petersen MA), Joseph Yeh (Freehold, NJ), Eric T-shirt size (S, M, L, XL) ___ Jr. (APO NY), John Predmore (Fair­ Gerhardt (Hammond, IN), Bill Cole port, NY), Stephen Hubbard (Hot Springs, AZ), Richard Feitelberg RULES (Lakewood, NJ), Jeff Paull (Wappin­ (Weymouth, MA), Kim Rollins (Troy, I. All entries must be postmarked by September 1, 1988. (Entries from gers Falls, NY), Nancy S. Skooglund MI), Helen Gildersleeve (O'Neill, outside the U.S. and Canada are due by December 1, 1988.) 2. Entries must (Pittsburgh, PA), John Kalstrom NE), Stephen Hsu (Oberlin, OH), Bob be on this form or a photocopy of this form. 3. Limit of one entry per person. (Goleta, CA), William Knapton Guernsey (Silver Spring, MD), Tho­ 4. All entries must be mailed separately. 5. Up to 25 prizes will be awarded. (Churchville, MD) Mark Peterson mas Witelski (Rockaway Park, NY), If more than 25 correct entries are received, a drawing will determine the (Roseburg, OR), Stuart Roberts (Salt Marcus Johnstone (Belen, NM), Mike winners. 6. Void where prohibited. Prohibited where void. Lake City, UT), Rawson Chaplin Toth (Harrisburg, PA), Jennifer Robi­ (Wellesley, MA), Todd Tokubo (Car­ son (Alexandria, VA), John Liska PRIZE nelian Bay, CA), John A. Norman ill (Oregon, WI), Tony Y ankovsky The Recently-Reprinted-As-A-Collector's-Item-Due-To-Overwhelming­ (Wilkesboro, NC), Jason Keeley (Pine (Brooklyn, NY), Rick Kuhnel (Salt Demand New Zork Times Puzzle Winner T-Shirt. Hill, NJ), Andrew Schornick (Farmin­ Lake City, UT), Nancy Porco (Fort ton, MI), David Hattrup (Portland, Lee, NJ), Yoan Johnson (Manchester, MAIL TO OR), Brian Slominski (Bakersfield, CT), James Fischer (Milwaukee, WI), lnfocom, Inc. CA), Eddie Welch (San Diego, CA), Kurt Kreitzer (Gresham, OR), Lee The Status Line Puzzle James Kosinski (Berrien Springs, MI), Shirk (Walled Lake, MI), Bonnie 125 CambridgePark Drive Wes Hart(Anderson, IL), Sally Green Packert (Escondido, CA) and Scott (Oxford, OH), Jon Wildstrom (Ken- Hughes (Doylestown, PA). L------~mbridg~A021~------~ 8 The Status Line Surnmer 1988 Hey, we need a jingle­ Key West, Florida you got any ideas?

Mares eat oats and does eat oats and The grand prize is a copy of the little Grues eat whatever they want to. music video we will make of your -Zotkian nursery rhyme song, starring all your favorite In­ What are you doing next winter? focom folk plus some very special Would you like a free trip to the guests, plus the game of your choice. Grammy Awards? Maybe you'd like Second and third place contestants to win a Grammy Award? Maybe win the game of their choice. Entries you'd like to rub shoulders with Bruce are due by September 1, 1988. (Due to Springsteen or Whitney Houston or high postage costs for tapes, there will Winton Marsalis or Tiffany? Well, if be no interational deadline, but out­ you do go, send us pictures; we can't standing foreign songs will be recog­ send you there, but we can do the next nized if received by November 1, best thing. Introducing: The Infocom 1988.) Songwriting Contest!!! Write a song We would like to congratulate about lnfocom (it can be a full-blown Audrey Young of San Marino, CA for song or a jingle), make a tape of you or this contest idea. She is the first win­ someone else singing it (the song can ner in our Contest contest and wins a use your own music, or the music from myriad of prizes. If you have an out­ any other song or jingle), and send it standing Status Line contest idea send to: DEBBIE GIBSON'S ARMY c/o it to Pat Sajak at The Status Line. And Infocom, 125 CambridgePark Drive, please, no TSL puzzle ideas, just con­ Cambridge, MA 02140. tests! The Great Wall of China Continued from page 5 mailed out in waves by zip code. So a father had brought back a wall hang­ budding photographer with a zip code ing from China and he took the photo starting with zero is going to beat out in front of it. a budding photographer with a zip Due to a clerical error (Anybody code starting with nine. lnfocomfan Chad Ruggleman takes time out from his busy Spring Break buying that?) we were unable to find Don't worry if your photo isn't schedule in Florida to pose with Cutthroats beside the marker for the the letter that goes with this picture, great. Content is what is southernmost point in the continental U.SA. hence we have no idea who it is. (14)If important-not print quality or compo­ you know, please tell us and we'll send sition or any of that stuff. Keep those prints and slides coming in ... you a.free game. We sincerely apolo­ Send your entry to: Castro Candids, gize for this most ugly incident. The Infocom, Inc., 125 CambridgePark Don't forget to bring an Infocom game on yournext vacation. Ifwe use your last photo entry included a letter from Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140. Sorry, photo, you'll receive a free game. Send your color slides or prints (of course black and white would be nice) to: Landmark Photo, Infocom, Inc., 125 Dan Wallach, which we didn't lose. but we can't return your photos and Dan, or as he refers to himself, The slides. (We're too lazy.) CambridgePark Dr., Cambridge, MA 02140. Mad Dunjoneer, convinced his (15) dad, who was traveling to China on business, to make a detour (assuming he isn't in the wall building business) BULK RATE to the Wall and snap a photo of himself inFa can U.S. POSTAGE with a game. So all in all, this contest turned out 125 Cambridge Park Drive PAID much better than our "Help Us Name Cambridge, MA 02140 Permit No. 15341 Our Yak/Company Mascot" Contest. Los Angeles, CA. So well in fact that in addition to the Landmark Photo, now a regular fea­ ture, we are going to have another photo contest. This one isn't too hard. Just have a picture taken of a Head of State, pres­ ent or past (Baby Doc or Marcos would be really cool) or future, hold­ ing one of our games or you with a Head of State holding one of our games. Since our last contest we have decided to change the rules a little bit. Instead of awarding a complete set of our games to the first person to send in the photo, it will now be the photo with the best content. This is intended to compensate for the fact that TSL is