Infocom games: incorrect screenshots

mark_k · 12 October 2004, 05:39

Hi,

This posting is to report incorrect screenshots for various Infocom adventure games in HOL. The screenshots were taken when playing the game data files with a third-party interpreter (Frotz), not the interpreter on the original game disks.

The games affected are (numbers in brackets are HOL IDs):
Ballyhoo (24)
Beyond Zork (102)
Border Zone (3643)
Bureaucracy (246)
Deadline (288)
Hitchhiker's Guide (717)
Hollywood Hijinx (727)
Infidel (2638)
Leather Goddesses of Phobos (851)
The Lurking Horror (935)
A Mind Forever Voyaging (2483)
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It (994)
Planetfall (1081)
Plundered Hearts (1090)
Seastalker (1853)
Sherlock Holmes (1906)
Starcross (2104)
Stationfall (2113)
Suspect (2233)
Suspended (2234)
Trinity (1508)
Wishbringer (1738)
Witness (1739)
The Lost Treasures of Infocom (27)

-- M

DrBong · 18 October 2004, 17:05

Thanks for the reminder. We're aware of them. It was probably a convenience thing at the time for whoever grabbed the screenshots. In time we'll replace them with screenshots from the Real McCoy. Updating and ripping new DBS's and screenshots is an ongoing task at present.

12 October 2004, 05:39	#1
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,349	Infocom games: incorrect screenshots Hi, This posting is to report incorrect screenshots for various Infocom adventure games in HOL. The screenshots were taken when playing the game data files with a third-party interpreter (Frotz), not the interpreter on the original game disks. The games affected are (numbers in brackets are HOL IDs): Ballyhoo (24) Beyond Zork (102) Border Zone (3643) Bureaucracy (246) Deadline (288) Hitchhiker's Guide (717) Hollywood Hijinx (727) Infidel (2638) Leather Goddesses of Phobos (851) The Lurking Horror (935) A Mind Forever Voyaging (2483) Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It (994) Planetfall (1081) Plundered Hearts (1090) Seastalker (1853) Sherlock Holmes (1906) Starcross (2104) Stationfall (2113) Suspect (2233) Suspended (2234) Trinity (1508) Wishbringer (1738) Witness (1739) The Lost Treasures of Infocom (27) -- M

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18 October 2004, 17:05	#2
DrBong HOL / AMR Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 2,632	Thanks for the reminder. We're aware of them. It was probably a convenience thing at the time for whoever grabbed the screenshots. In time we'll replace them with screenshots from the Real McCoy. Updating and ripping new DBS's and screenshots is an ongoing task at present.

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