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Quote of the day

A ghost appears in the room and is appalled at your desecration of the remains of a fellow adventurer. He casts a curse on your valuables and banishes them to the Land of the Living Dead. The ghost leaves, muttering obscenities.

-- Zork I

Factoid of the day

In Sorcer, the GOLMAC spell lets you travel backwards through time. The name GOLMAC is a portmanteau of "Gold Machine." In Zork III the Temporizer, which lets you travel backwards in time, is described as a "gold machine."

*Infocom introduces four new games. One really smells.*
Oct 1986

Billboard, 31 Mar 1984

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Mar 1984

BILLBOARD AWARDS

Packages, Titles Honored

Infocom's "outrageous" packaging style and Electronic Arts' album-format packages took center stage at Billboard's awards ceremony. Both companies were honored for their packaging strategies.

Awards in the video game area included best sound and graphics for a video game title, awarded to "B.C. Quest For Tires" from Sierra On-Line and authored by Sydney. "Q-Bert" from Parker Brothers, designed by Western Technologies/Smith Engineering, was named best overall video game.

"Zork I" by Infocom received accolades as the best computer entertainment title. "Lode Runner" won as best arcade-style title. For best use of graphics, Bruce Artwick's "Flight Simulator II" was honored.

In the educational category, "Mastertype" from Scarborough Systems authored by Bruce Zweig, received recognition. "The Home Accountant" from Continental Software, a division of Arrays, won the award in the home management /personal productivity category.

Activision was honored for its packaging, advertising and in-store promotions for video game titles.

This article appeared in
Billboard
Mar 1984

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