Re: Infocom/CNM64

[longrj2@gte.net (Roger J. Long)]

On 9 Jan 1999 11:01:41 GMT, hidjous@aol.com (Hidjous) wrote:

>Can any Infocom/CBM 64 trivia buffs help me?  I am trying to get some
>information
>on a package that Commodore issued back in the ‘80’s, possibly 1985-86.  This
>package could have been bundled for free or for a very low price with either
>the CBM disk drive or CBM printer.  I remember that we (my family) bought both
>those items back then and the package came with one of them.  Perhaps it was
>with the printer as an incentive to buy the diskdrive.  Unfortunately much has
>happened in the intervening years and no-one can remember too much about it
>now.  I seem to
>remember that the package contained Zork II, Zork III (strangely no Zork I),
>Deadline, Suspended, Starcross and a typing tuition program. Maybe Easyscript
>was also in there as well.  All the Infocom games were in the cut down
>Commodore packaging though Suspended had a nice map with coloured round
>stickers to represent the robots and Starcross had a star map.  The package
>would have represented great value at the time when Infocom games were quite
>expensive, even cut down Commodore packaged ones.  Unfortunately I disposed of
>the games along with my C64 many years ago.  Would appreciate any information
>that anyone might have.


Contact PowerDisk.  As of October, they had the Commodore-published
versions of Starcross and Suspended that you mentioned on sale for
$2.00 each.

PowerDisk
6813 Lotus Way
West Jordan, UT, USA  84084
(801) 969-4330
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