| Edition | : | 2.1 |
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| Reads | : | Vol II, No. 1 |
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| Date | : | Fall 1982 |
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| Title | : | The New Zork Times |
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| Pages | : | 2 |
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| Articles | : | More invisiclues |
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| | Infocom announces two new games: Starcross, |
| | long-awaited Zork III |
| | Infocom Games: More Systems |
| | Critics acclaim Zork and Deadline |
| Notes | : | interesting stuff at top of banner |
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| | "Flatheads shut out Robners, 6-0, in postponed game" |
| | "New lunch treats with peppers and garlic" |
| | "All the grues that fit, we print" |
| | "New Zork area weather hi 55 low 70" |
| New Games | : | Zork III (announced), Starcross (announced) |
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| Edition | : | 2.3 |
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| Reads | : | Vol II, No. oo [infinity] |
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| Date | : | Summer 1983 |
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| Title | : | The New Zork Times |
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| Pages | : | 6 |
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| Articles | : | Zork users group will shut down |
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| | System News |
| | Deadline Invisiclues |
| | Witness |
| | At last, a Zork II poster |
| | Zorkers Respond |
| | Meet the Zork users group |
| | More Kudos for Infocom Games |
| | Zork users group now spans 40 countries |
| | A note on our service |
| Ads | : | Zork Users Group |
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| | Zork T-shirt, posters, buttons |
| Notes | : | games cost between $39.95 - $59.95 |
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| New Games | : | The Witness (announced) |
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| Edition | : | 3.1 |
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| Reads | : | Vol. 3... No. 1 |
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| Date | : | Winter 1984 |
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| Title | : | The New Zork Times. International Edition. |
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| Pages | : | 4 |
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| Articles | : | Sorcerer has the magic touch |
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| | InfoNews roundup |
| | New Game! |
| | Technical Hot-Line |
| | Hint Booklets |
| | Zork fan in orbit |
| | Zork in Print |
| | New Systems |
| | Info Brochure |
| | Rumor |
| | Hello Sailor |
| | Call the Exterminator |
| | So There! |
| | A Zork by any other Name |
| | Inside Look at game development |
| | Infocom called "Best Thing Since Sliced Bread" |
| | Classifieds |
| | New Zork Times Puzzle. Prize: Sorcerer |
| Ads | : | Free Invisiclues |
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| Notes | : | new standardized banner |
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| | Classifieds |
| | "FOR SALE: Twenty valuable trasures. Someone just left them |
| | in the trophy case in my living room. How about that?! |
| | Write to Elron, White House in the Clearing. Forest of |
| | Zork 9060." |
| | "FOR SALE: Three headed dog, cheap. Used to be fierce guard |
| | dog, now just slobbers over everyone. Very friendly, upkeep |
| | low - one dragon carcass a day should satisfy it. Contact |
| | Boris Flathead, Keeper of the Tomb" |
| | "FOR SALE: Single-person mining ship, perfect for asteroid |
| | belt. Equipped with personable navigation computer. A beauty, |
| | hate to part with it but am leaving quantum black hole |
| | biz to go on lecture circuit. Write Box 3, Ceres Station" |
| | "WANTED: Gardener for large estate. Last one quit in huff. |
| | Ground include rose garden and orchard. Generous salary. |
| | Send references to Leslie Robner, 506 Lakeview Road, |
| | Maitland, CT" |
| | "WANTED: Authetic working Enchanter's wand. Last one stolen |
| | by upstart adventurer. Will pay top dollar. Contact Wizard |
| | of Frobozz in Exile, Remote corner of the Great Underground |
| | Empire 9133. |
| | "WANTED: More reliable manufacturer of integrated circuits. |
| | Current brand failed at inopportune moment. Please send |
| | brochure to "Ignatz Feroukin, Planetary Management Buearu, |
| | Contra, Sector 19G" |
| New Games | : | Enchanter (although not announced it is mentioned in text |
|---|
| | so it must have come out in between newsletters), Planetfall |
| | (same, mentioned in text), Infidel (same, mentioned in text), |
| | Sorcerer (announced) |
| Edition | : | 3.2 |
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| Reads | : | Vol. 3... No. 2 |
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| Date | : | Spring 1984 |
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| Title | : | The New Zork Times |
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| Pages | : | 4 |
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| Articles | : | Infocom introducer Seastalker |
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| | InfoNews Roundup |
| | Infocom Poster |
| | Update on the Macintosh |
| | HP 150 and TRS-80 Color Computer |
| | Evening Magazine Salutes Infocom |
| | Popular Computing Salutes Enchanter |
| | Steve Meretzky awarded |
| | Demos on the Way |
| | Infocom Horoscope |
| | InfoSports Roundup |
| | New Zork Times Puzzle Number 2. Prize: Seastalker |
| | Frank Answers |
| Ads | : | Infocom Poster offer |
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| Notes | : | Infocom Horoscope : Hellhound, Grue, Dryad, Dorn, Brogmoid, |
|---|
| | Bloodworm, Yipple, Surmin, Rotgrub, Kobold, Orc, Nabiz |
| | Infocom Scoreboard has interesting game stats like Zork I has |
| | 110 rooms and 59 takeable objects but Sorcerer has a vocab of |
| | 1011 words and 70 ways of dying (someone else can type all |
| | the stats is they feel like it). |
| New Games | : | Seastalker (announced) |
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| Edition | : | 3.3 |
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| Reads | : | Vol 3... No. 3 |
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| Date | : | Summer 1984 |
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| Title | : | The New Zork Times. Intergallactic Edition. |
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| Pages | : | 8 |
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| Articles | : | You're about to get yourself into very deep trouble |
|---|
| | Infocom Introduces Cutthroats |
| | InfoNews Roundup |
| | New Packaging |
| | Difficulty Ratings |
| | New Pricing |
| | New Catalog |
| | Infocom Sampler |
| | >Take me out to the ball game |
| | Editorial Page |
| | We Read Them |
| | How the Witness Came to Be |
| | Mail Bag |
| | Ask Duffy |
| | Puzzle Mania: Puzzle Winners Announced |
| | New Zork Times Puzzle Number 3. Prize: New Zork Times puzzle |
| | winner t-shirt. |
| Ads | : | Try the free Zork Demo |
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| Notes | : | There is an ad for employment at Infocom |
|---|
| | From here thereafter, prize for contest is a T-shirt |
| New Games | : | Cutthroats (announced), Hitchhiker's Guide (mentioned in |
|---|
| | difficulty ratings but not announced till next issue), Suspect |
| | (mentioned in difficulty ratings but not announced till next |
| | issue) |
| Edition | : | 4.1 |
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| Reads | : | Vol. 4... No. 1 |
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| Date | : | Winter 1985 |
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| Title | : | The New Zork Times. Intra-Atomic Edition. |
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| Pages | : | 12 |
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| Articles | : | Cornerstone "The Hottest New Business Product of 1985" |
|---|
| | Infocom Brings Hitchhiker's back to Public Radio |
| | Editorial: Thoughts on Software Piracy |
| | The shrinkwrapped Falcon |
| | Listen Up |
| | Mail Bag |
| | Ask Jennifer |
| | Why Business Products? |
| | The History of Zork - First in a series |
| | Suspect Author Suspected |
| | Text of Infocom Memo Distributed - November 28, 1984 |
| | Get Graphic |
| | InfoNews Roundup |
| | Invisiclues appear in stores |
| | Omni magazine lauds Hitchhiker's Guide |
| | A Dazzling Dozen |
| | Invisiclues disappear from stores |
| | New Infocom games hit charts |
| | Infocom wins award |
| | Games survey by Family Computing reveals all |
| | Max Sacks Yak Facts |
| | New Zork Times Puzzle Number 5 |
| Ads | : | "Come Work in Beautiful Zork" Infocom employment ad |
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| Notes | : | if you send in a cartoon based on an Infocom game, you get a |
|---|
| | free game |
| New Games | : | Cornerstone (but that's not a game) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 4.2 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Vol. 4... No. 2 |
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| Date | : | Spring 1985 |
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| Title | : | The New Zork Times. Intermolecular Edition. |
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| Pages | : | 12 |
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| Articles | : | Wishbringer: The Story of your dreams |
|---|
| | Mail Order: Fulfillment Beyond your Wildest Dreams |
| | Don't Stick this in your ear |
| | InfoNews Roundup |
| | Party Tricks |
| | Kudos |
| | Wave Bye-Bye, Junior |
| | New Caverns |
| | Zork Convention |
| | Stan's Ban Stands |
| | Mailbag |
| | The History of Zork - second in a series |
| | Searching for the relics of the Emu |
| | Music from the Great Underground Empire |
| | Starcrossed Adventurer Queries Author |
| | Cartoonist Wanted |
| | Sasah Blunderbraas: Prima Virtuosa |
| | You can't please all of the people all the time |
| | Erratum |
| | Yak facts |
| | New Zork Times Puzzle number 6 |
| Ads | : | special offer |
|---|
| | buy two expert level games (Starcross, Suspended or Deadline), |
| | get free invisiclues book or a third expert level game free |
| Notes | : | cartoons for games offer becomes permanent |
|---|
| New Games | : | Wishbringer (announced) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 5.1 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Vol. V.... No. 1 |
|---|
| Date | : | Winter 1986 |
|---|
| Title | : | The New Zork Times. Interzooecial Edition. |
|---|
| Pages | : | 8 |
|---|
| Articles | : | Now introducing ... Ballyhoo! |
|---|
| | An heiroom to Cherish - Yours from Infocom |
| | Fooblitzky keeps puzzle-solvers busy |
| | Humor Liberation Front Disrupts Meeting |
| | The HLF: Ruthless and Unpredictable |
| | Check it Out |
| | Mail Bag |
| | Cartoon Editor Inundated |
| | Answers to Puzzle Number Seven |
| | Answers to Fooblitzky Puzzle |
| | Spellbreaker Event |
| | NZT Puzzle Winners Update |
| | New Zork Times Puzzle 9 |
| Ads | : | Save $300 and get 2 Infocom stories (When you buy Cornerstone |
|---|
| | for your IBM PC) |
| Notes | : | |
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| New Games | : | Ballyhoo (announced) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 5.2 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Vol. V.... No. 4 |
|---|
| Date | : | Spring 1986 |
|---|
| Title | : | ****. Intervernal Edition. |
|---|
| Pages | : | 12 |
|---|
| Articles | : | Trinity: A Nuclear Time Warp |
|---|
| | Cornerstone for $99.95 |
| | Infocom Weds Activision |
| | Footblitzky available at your corner store |
| | Eniac and Other little Known computer facts |
| | Design a better envelope [contest to design new mailing envelope; |
| | winner gets free game] |
| | Getting to know you [survey] |
| | mail bag |
| | cartoon contest winners |
| | How I spent my summer vacation |
| | Is something wrong with my game? |
| | Is something wrong with my database? |
| | "True" Tale tellers |
| | InfoNews Roundup |
| | Gnu News |
| | The Long awaited answers to puzzle number 8 |
| | And the not so long awaited answers to puzzle number 9 |
| | Puzzle mail bag |
| | *** Puzzle number 10 |
| Ads | : | T-Shirts |
|---|
| | Posters! Boy, do we have posters! |
| Notes | : | Because of a lawsuit from the New York Times, the New Zork Times |
|---|
| | had to come up with a new name, and this issue is nameless ; |
| | Contest started to name the newsletter ; winner receives |
| | one year subscription to a newspaper of his/her choice |
| New Games | : | Trinity (announced) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 5.4 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Vol. V / No. 4 |
|---|
| Date | : | Fall 1986 |
|---|
| Title | : | The Status Line. Glamour Edition. |
|---|
| Pages | : | 8 |
|---|
| Articles | : | Soon to a major interactive story... Hollywood Hijinx |
|---|
| | Breakthrough in continuing education... The Enchanted Trilogy |
| | NY Times can't be Given away |
| | Hitchhiker's on radio |
| | Dear Miss Underground Manners |
| | Max Yak NULL set |
| | Cartoonist wanted |
| | 23 reasons to own a computer |
| | Infonews groundup |
| | Great reviews |
| | Free invisiclues |
| | Marathon of the mind |
| | status line now available on compuserve |
| | Nifty things to do with cornerstone |
| | By any other name |
| | Solutions and winners to puzzle 10 |
| | You said it, not us |
| | Puzzle number 12 |
| Ads | : | |
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| Notes | : | not stapled anymore |
|---|
| New Games | : | Hollywood Hijinx (announced), Enchanter Trilogy (repackaged) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 6.1 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Volume VI Number 1 |
|---|
| Date | : | Winter/Spring 1987 |
|---|
| Title | : | The Status Line |
|---|
| Pages | : | 12 |
|---|
| Articles | : | Douglas Adams' Bureaucracy |
|---|
| | Genuine Zorkmid coin minted for the Zork Trilogy |
| | Mail Bag |
| | InfoNews Roundup |
| | Hollywood Hijinx/Bureaucracy invisiclues |
| | Our circulation tops Dallas Times Herald |
| | Mitch, it's only a game |
| | A blithering idiom |
| | All the news that's fit to print |
| | Three classic titles for just $14.95 |
| | Infocom pumpkin play a smash |
| | How Much You Wanna Bet? |
| | Dinner in paris or Tokyo: A history of InfoBets |
| | California Academy of Sciences debuts 'Marathon of the Minds' |
| | Readers poll #2 |
| | InfoDream Date: Meet Mrs. Right |
| | Religious fringe has own ideas about Infocom |
| | Customer Support Q & A |
| | More about InfoBets |
| | Do you have an idea for a contest [contest for contest ideas ; |
| | prize is free game] |
| | Match the quotes: Answers to puzzle number 11 |
| | Puzzle winners: Sorry Mark, Bob, Bill, Buzz, Steve, Joe... |
| | The status line puzzle 13 |
| Ads | : | entire centrefold |
|---|
| Notes | : | Newsletter stapled again and now has a secondary blue color ; |
|---|
| | the remainder of the newsletters were in this format ; the |
| | center page is an order form |
| New Games | : | Bureaucracy (announced), Zork Trilogy (repackaged) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 6.2 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Volume VI Number 2 |
|---|
| Date | : | Summer 1987 |
|---|
| Title | : | The Status Line |
|---|
| Pages | : | 12 |
|---|
| Articles | : | The lurking horror and stationfall |
|---|
| | Marathons from Coast to Coast |
| | TSL editor Susan Goldman resigns |
| | >Read the letters |
| | InfoNews Roundup |
| | Just like a baby |
| | Bureaucracy star of TV, radio and print |
| | Michael Jackson, move over |
| | Ahem...in our last issues we forgot to mention |
| | The Witness and Fooblitzky added to the $14.95 classic titles list |
| | Win the Imps' picnic basket |
| | Reader's Poll #3 |
| | >Tell me about Customer support |
| | Drink Em Down |
| | Portal: Is this Interactive Fiction |
| | Mommy, where did Zork come from? |
| | Premier puzzlers pound puzzle #12 |
| | >Examine puzzle #14 |
| | You too can be the "King of the Cartoons" |
| Ads | : | Now you can have them all [NZT/SL back issues] |
|---|
| | Mapping Made Easy [Questbusters] |
| | The Lurking Horror |
| | Buy Portal, The Computer Novel and Get a $5 rebate |
| | centrefold order form |
| Notes | : | |
|---|
| New Games | : | The Lurking Horror (announced), Stationfall (announced) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 6.3 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Volume VI Number 3 |
|---|
| Date | : | Fall 1987 |
|---|
| Title | : | The Status Line |
|---|
| Pages | : | 12 |
|---|
| Articles | : | Peril & Passion in Plundered Hearts |
|---|
| | Nord and Bert: Pick a peck of pickled puzzles |
| | New editors take the helm of TSL |
| | >Read the letters |
| | InfoNews Roundup |
| | We're looking for a few new men |
| | Hey! Where did you get that shirt? |
| | And you thought all she could do was type |
| | You want more? You got more! |
| | Crossing the international deadline |
| | New Four-In-One sampler now available; only $4.95 |
| | $100 grand prize up for grabs in Infocom's T-Shirt design contest |
| | [contest to design T-shirts ; first prize is $100 ; second |
| | prize is a free game ; third prize is a colleciton of |
| | Infocom posters] |
| | Product News |
| | CoCo owners |
| | Atari XL/XE owners |
| | Apricot, PDP-11, NEC APC, NEC PC-8000 owners |
| | Here begins a transcript of interaction with |
| | >Tell me about Customer support |
| | The comedy stylings of The Second City |
| | Three classics reviewed |
| | Upper Sandusky: No, it's not on Lake Erie and there isn't a Joe's |
| | Hawaiian shirts & boys of summer |
| | Your Grover's Freezer |
| | Dear Diary |
| | Introducing Visiclues: some hints for recent games |
| | Interested in becoming a college representative for Infocom? |
| | Look, puzzle winners |
| | Describe interactive fiction in 25 words and win $250 |
| | >Examine puzzle #15 |
| Ads | : | centrefold order form |
|---|
| Notes | : | First appearance of visiclues ; hints to Bureaucracy and |
|---|
| | Hollywood Hijinx could be decoded using a cypher key |
| New Games | : | Plundered Hearts (announced), Nord and Bert (announced) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 6.4 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Volume VI Number 4 |
|---|
| Date | : | Winter 1987 |
|---|
| Title | : | The Status Line |
|---|
| Pages | : | 12 |
|---|
| Articles | : | Three gift packs just right for the holiday season ahead |
|---|
| | (Hint... hint) |
| | Wait no more... it's Beyond Zork |
| | Real time spy intrigue with Border Zone |
| | >Read the letters to the editor |
| | Zork in Bloom |
| | Lurking Horror features sound for Amiga |
| | Imps' picnic basket wings its way to Wyoming winner |
| | About Beyond Zork's interface |
| | Tell your contest idea to Pat Sajak |
| | [same contest for contest ideas] |
| | Here is a second look at three classic titles |
| | 20000 Zorkmid Pyramid premiers |
| | Infocom's First Romance |
| | >Look at puzzle winners |
| | For further information |
| | >Read Visiclues [for Stationfall and Lurking Horror] |
| | Kartoon Kontest |
| | GUE Tech at night |
| | The bumper sticker contest [create a new bumper sticker ; |
| | first prize is two games, T-shirt and poster ; second |
| | prize is game and poster ; third prize is t-shirt and poster] |
| | >Examine Puzzle #16 |
| Ads | : | centrefold order form |
|---|
| Notes | : | |
|---|
| New Games | : | Beyond Zork (announced), Border Zone (announced) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 7.1 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Volume VII Number 1 |
|---|
| Date | : | Winter/Spring 1988 |
|---|
| Title | : | The Status Line |
|---|
| Pages | : | 12 |
|---|
| Articles | : | Sherlock Holmes - Immortal Legend |
|---|
| | Yow! Comic books on a computer only $12 |
| | >Read the letters to the editor |
| | InfoNews Roundup |
| | Coming soon to Compuserve |
| | Sample the Sampler for just $4.95 |
| | TJ wins softball shirt with 5 and 2 prediction |
| | It was bound to happen |
| | New Hitchhiker's and Zork I only $14.95 |
| | Having problems with your sex lift or EGA card? |
| | Here's a second look at three classic titles |
| | Is It GUE Tech Or MIT? Dave Lebling Explains It... |
| | Dead Diary: Chips & chicks don't mix |
| | Infocom & TSP team up for Infocomics |
| | Results from Readers' Poll #3 |
| | SPA honors Infocom with Platinum, Gold and Silver |
| | >Tell me about Customer Support |
| | What about Atari 8-bits and the Commodore 64? |
| | >Examine puzzle #17 |
| | >Look at puzzle winners |
| | Smile and say "Zork" [contest to take photo of infocom game |
| | at great wall of China ; prize: complete catalog of games to |
| | first person] |
| Ads | : | centrefold order form |
|---|
| | anti-pirating public service announcement |
| Notes | : | |
|---|
| New Games | : | Sherlock (announced) |
|---|
| Edition | : | 7.2 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Volume VII Number 2 |
|---|
| Date | : | Summer 1988 |
|---|
| Title | : | The Status Line |
|---|
| Pages | : | 8 |
|---|
| Articles | : | Change is inevitable. Don't panic! |
|---|
| | New mail order firm-really! |
| | Newest Infocomic: Zork Quest II |
| | Letters to the Editor |
| | LGOP and Planetfall Solid Gold at $14.95 |
| | The Great Wall of China Photo Contest |
| | Infocomics: New approach to entertainment |
| | New books based on our Planetfall & Wishbringer |
| | Puzzle #16 winners |
| | Puzzle #17 winners |
| | Puzzle number 18 |
| | Hey we need jingle-you got any ideas? [contest to write song |
| | about Infocom ; grand prize is copy of music video of |
| | song + free game, second and third place prize is free game] |
| Ads | : | centrefold order form |
|---|
| Notes | : | |
|---|
| New Games | : | no new games, but the Change is inevitable article is about |
|---|
| | new games involving graphics |
| Edition | : | 7.3 |
|---|
| Reads | : | Volume VII Number 3 |
|---|
| Date | : | Fall 1988 |
|---|
| Title | : | The Status Line |
|---|
| Pages | : | 8 |
|---|
| Articles | : | BattleTech: Lots of 'Meching around |
|---|
| | Zork Zero takes you back to the beginning |
| | Good-bye to Status Line, hello to Escape |
| | Letters To The Editor |
| | Quarterstaff: Our first role-playing fantasy |
| | Four more popular titles reduced to only $14.95 |
| | Infocom attends GENCON gaming mega-convention |
| | Ads for Infocom products |
| | War is a way of life on 31st-century Pacifica |
| | Why Infocom's Packing Gimmicks Don't Go Over Well Outside Earth (Cartoon) |
| | Computerdom's most sacred barrier broken |
| | Visiclues: Hints for Beyond Zork |
| | Governor of Montana |
| | Head of State Photo Contest winner |
| | Puzzle Number 19 |
| | Customer Support |
| | Egghead eggcerpted our contest |
| | Rome, Italy - Don't forget the camera and Beyond Zork (Photo) |
