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Down From the top of it's Game
The Story of Infocom
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The success and failure of Infocom, a company founded by members of MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science, resulted from a combination of factors. Infocom succeeded not only because it made Zork , a text-adventure game, available on personal computers, but also because it developed an effective system for supporting new platforms, maintained an engineering culture that excelled at writing computer games, and marketed its products to the right audience.
Similarly, Infocom did not fail simply because it decided to shift its focus to business software by making Cornerstone , a relational database. Infocom failed for many reasons that were closely tied to how the company managed the transition to business products. Behind the scenes, the transition created a litany of problems that hurt both the games and the business divisions of the company. Combined with some bad luck, these problems—not simply the development of Cornerstone —ultimately led to Infocom's downfall. |
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Hunt III, and "The War Was Won at Mars!" by Adm. Al "Fighting Al"
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this book is their story."
Col.
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Commanding Officer
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VecFlash USB
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Interview: NG.DEV.TEAM Last Hope (Neo-Geo & Dreamcast)
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• Debris EE (review)
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Arcades at Home
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Jaguar Total Carnage
Intellivision Defender of the Crown Development
Dreamcast Cool Herders
Vectrex Debris
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Atari 7800 Cuttle Cart
Duranik's Bonus Cartridge
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ReVival Issue # 29
(Premiere English Issue!)
ReVival is a quarterly European fanzine that made its debut in 1997. Previously only available overseas and in the French language. In 2004, Good Deal Games made a distribution agreement and now publishes this great periodical available in English stateside and throughout the world.
ReVival is the voice of the hidden side of videogames. ReVival gives you news on all alternative consoles, retrogaming, games and/or hardware tests without concession. ReVival features interviews of individuals active with alternative video games, historical articles, and more specific reports and columns.
Programming your Atari Jaguar
Interview with Johaness Graf of Duranik
Extensive coverage for Intellivision, Jaguar, Nuon, Super CD-Rom 2, GP32, Vectrex, Wonderswan, Lynx, NeoGeo Pocket Color, Dreamcast, and more! |
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