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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Masterpieces in Games 100
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Matthew Daly (daly@PPD.Kodak.COM) wrote:
> erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin) writes:
> >The Games Magazine "Electronic Games 100" for this year includes the 
> >Masterpieces of Infocom CD. Yay!
> >
> >The third sentence of the review (out of three sentences :-) : "Activision 
> >has added six new text games, the winners of a design contest; though not 
> >quite up to the lofty standards set by the geniuses at Infocom, they're 
> >challenging and very enjoyable."

> Geez, what a kunkel!  I would say that the three or four worst games on
> that disk are Infocom's, not the contest winners.  It's sweet to think
> that they would want six Deadlines and AMFVs, though. 

> So, for those of us who save our money for World of Puzzles, what were
> the first two sentences? :-)

"It's been a while since text adventures made news. This package, a must 
for anyone who likes good stories and challenging puzzles, collects all 
30 of the text adventures produced by Infocom (now an adventure game 
brand name for Activision), including [game names]"

--Z

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