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Eli Simpson's avatar

Definitely one of my very favorite Infocom games. It's a shame Ms. Briggs never made another game, as she definitely had a feel for how to create true interactive fiction, especially how to handle plot. I wonder if she knows about modern authoring systems like Inform and the like? Maybe she could be convinced to try her hand again...

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Being 12 at the time, I didn't want to play a pirate game where I didn't get to play the pirate (and had to play a girl at that). Was very much in Fred Savage "Is there kissing?" mode (appropriate as The Princess Bride came out the same year). That said, a year or so later, I recall playing through Moonmist as both male and female, so apparently like Fred, I grew to not mind it as much.

Honestly, reading the end brings back the bad memories of watching Infocom fall apart in real time. They, Epyx, and Atari - the games companies of my youth - all seemed to blow up right around the time that Commodore ultimately did, and it was sad times.

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