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SORCERER HAS the MAGIC TOUCH ~~~Infonewsroundup~~~ "All the Grues New Zork Area Weather: That Fit, We Print" Dark - carry ·a lamp. VOL. 3 .. No. I WINTER 1984 INTERNATIONAL EDITION SORCERER HAS THE MAGIC TOUCH ~~~InfoNewsRoundup~~~ New Game! Hint Booklets Sorcerer, the second in the En­ In December, Infocom's long­ chanter series of adventures in awaited direct mail operation got the mystic arts, is now available. underway. Many of the functions The game was written by Steve formerly provided by the Zork Meretzky, whose hilarious sci­ Users Group were taken over by ence fiction game, Planetfall, was Infocom. Maps and InvisiClues named by Info World as the Best hint booklets were produced for Adventure Game of 1983. In Sor­ all 10 of Infocom's products. The cerer, you are a member of the games themselves were also prestigious Circle of Enchanters, made available primarily as a ser­ a position that you achieved in vice to those of you in remote recognition of your success in geographical areas and to those defeating the Warlock Krill in who own the less common com­ Enchanter. puter systems. When the game starts, you re­ Orders are processed by the alize that Belboz, the Eldest of Creative Fulfillment division of the Circle, and the most powerful the DM Group, one of the most Enchanter in the land, has disap­ respected firms in direct mail. peared. Perhaps he has just taken Their facilities are in the New a vacation, but it wouldn't be like York metropolitan area, which him to leave without letting you explains the strange addresses _ _ _,kn= ow. Yoµ rems:mber that he has and phone numbers you'll see on been experimenting with power­ the order forms . ful spells and dangerous demons, There were admittedly some apd you fear the worst - that annoying start-up problems, but Belboz has been trapped by an the operation is now running evil force, and that his magic smoothly. We hope that those of might be turned against the Cir­ you who experienced problems cle. And only a powerful Sorcerer with your first order will give us can rescue him from a terrible another chance. fate! With its reliance on magic Included in the Sorcerer package you will find an issue of Popular Enchanting spells and potions, Sorcerer has Zork Fan in Orbit Magazine, the Creatures of Frobozz Jnfotater, and a handy storage pouch. become an immediate hit both When she's in the air, Sally inside Infocom and with our crew Ride, the nation's first woman to of outside game testers, many of go into space, is occupied with whom think it's our best yet. the computers on the space shut­ Hello Sailor! Besides its outstanding writing tle Challenger. But when she gets and its intricately crafted plot and her feet back on the ground, she Welcome to the Infocom Elite and why we only let them out on problems, it boasts the largest turns to Infocom for entertain­ Adventurers Society. Some of you Sundays and Thursday after­ vocabulary of any Infocom game: ment. Sally's favorite compute: may remember The New Zork noons! And more! The whole over 1000 words! With your En­ pastime is none other than Zork. Times put out by "Mike" of the spectacular, sordid, spine-tingling .cyclopedia Frobozzica, you'll "Zork is going to drive me to my Zork Users Group. Well, Mike is story is right here in The New have a lot of fun researching the knees," Sally said in a recent now Infocom's Product Manager Zork Times. Enchanter universe and the magazine interview. and The New Zork Times and While the staff of The New History of the Great Under­ some of the Zork Users Group's Zork Times never runs out of ground Empire. The Enchanter other services have been taken subjects to write about, now and ·series will be concluded in 1985. Zork in Print over by Infocom. then we do like to reach into the Look for details in future issues of Steve Meretzky, author of What can those of you who NZT mailbag for a few ideas from The New Zork Times. Planetfall and Sorcerer, has writ­ have never seen The New Zork our readers. If you have any sug­ ten three "What Do I Do Now?" Times expect? The latest break­ gestions for articles or regular Technical Hot-Line books for the Tor Young Adult throughs! The newest Infocom features you would like to see, or Infocom has established a Adventure series. They are titled games to watch for! Special of­ if you just want to practice your direct line to our technical sup­ ZORK: The Forces of Krill, fers! Feature articles: the making penmanship, drop a line to: New port staff. Call (617) 576-3190 for ZORK: The Malifesto Quest, and of an Infocom game; unusual Zork Times, Inevitable Newslet­ answers to questions of a techni­ ZORK: The Cavem of Doom. commands that get outlandish ter Articles of the '80's, 55 cal nature (e.g., disk problems, Look for them at your local book results; the people behind the Wheeler St., Cambridge, Mass., game bugs, etc.). Please note that store. scenes, what they're doing there, 02138. B this is not a hint line. .. More InfoNews on Page 2 PAGE2 THE NEW ZORK TIMES WINTER1984 Call the Exterminator Despite our best honing efforts, the dungeon door FROM THE some pretty funny bugs have INSIDE! The Dungeon Master made it out into the marketplace. will tell you you're not ready and Here's a run-down of some of the send you back to the Button most embarrassing and hilarious Room, but also follow you! You bugs on record. Note of caution: can then lead him all over the If you haven't finished a par­ game, and even strand him in the ticular game, we'd advise against Zork I area, if you're clever. reading the associated paragraph. In an early version of the game, you could carry a light source ZORKI across the lake inside the chest, There is an obscure container thus avoiding using the viewing bug that is probably in every table to get the grue repellent, single version of the game. A and consequently finishing the while back, we were wondering game with only 6 of the 7 points. what would happen if you have Since this bug was fixed, we've two large containers, and you had people call up, saying "but tried putting them inside each my friend says the way to get to other. So, we went into Zork I, the Key Room is to bring a light put the coffin inside the raft, and source across the lake inside the then said PUT RAFT IN COFFIN. chest''! They both disappeared! Zork I, being our oldest game, STARCROSS contains some classic InfoBugs in Speaking of talking to in­ its early version. Shaking any animate objects, this bug is ram­ non-empty open container may pant in early versions of Star­ cause a crash. You "bump your cross. A simple (though totally "I don't see what's so imaginative about these games." head on the river" if you try to unintended) solution to the red enter it. And saying GO rod problem is to say NEST, <SOMETHING>, such as GO DROP ROD. The game replies ROPE, may send you into a total­ ''Dropped. 11 Ouch. Along the ____ ... More InfoNews------ ly -bizarre location. same lines, one player was trying -- New Systems -­ to turn the beam of energy off in Osborne, PDP-11, TI-99/ 4A, TI Infocom is committed to pro­ Professional, TRS-80 Model I ZORK II the Laboratory, and said BEAM, OUT. The game's response: ''The ducing versions of its software for TRS-80 Model ill, and Tand; One of the funniest bugs ever beam leaves the room. 11 all popular microcomputers. We 2000. discovered was that you could Try this one: go to the top of are proud to announce three new Watch The New Zork Times "talk" to various objects in Zork systems with which Infocom for news of new system compati­ II, such as the aquarium. A com­ the tree and say THROW HANDS. If you have an early ver­ software is compatible: the bilities. Be sure to tell your mand like AQUARIUM, WEST friends who have been waiting to sion, Starcross replies ''The pair Kaypro II (with CP/ M), MS-DOS would elicit the response, ''The 2.0 (with IBM compatible disk, experience Infocom's interactive aquarium leaves the room." One of hands sails away, drifting in a long arc towards the ground." 80 characters x 25 line screen or fiction on their (previously in­ player led the aquarium halfway 40 characters x 25 line screen), compatible) systems. across the dungeon in search of DEADLINE and TI-99/ 4A (32K memory ex­ the solution to a problem. Info Brochure Well, there's the first floor pansion, disk drive, and one of the following modules: Extended Enclosed with this issue of The bathroom door that was difficult New Zork Times is a copy of In­ ZORKill to open. If you said OPEN Basic, Mini-Memory, or Editor/ Assembler). focom's new product brochure, Possibly the most embarrass­ DOOR, you were asked ' 'Which "Our Circuits, Ourselves!" We ing bug ever released occurs at the door do you mean, the door or the Fortunately, Infocom's IBM 11 versions were written in such a would love to hear any com­ very end of the earliest version of south closet door. way that they run unmodified on ments you may have about it.
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