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Infocom Mystery Collection

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These games are ten, maybe even fifteen years old in some cases. If you've never heard of these games before, you're probably going to be disappointed in them.

On the other hand, if your first computer was an Apple II, Commodore 64, or a TRS 80, this collection is quite a kick of nostalgia. I grew up on these games and they're what inspired me into computers as a career. I sank hundreds of hours of my childhood into these wonderful adventures, which I still consider very fun and somewhat challenging today. Some of them bring a tear to my eye reminding me of all the fun I had.

If you can relate to this feeling, you might enjoy some of these games. They are broad, immersive, and fun, if quite antiquated. They are all text. No graphics at all. The world you are set in is described a paragraph at a time in a beauty that can't be explained or compared to today's games.

I played these games when I was about 12 to 14 years old. However, I don't think they would make a good gift for a child today unless that child has a real passion for reading. This would make a better gift for that quirky guy you know that builds his own computers and lives in his basement. The nostalgia value of these games is immense.

I played many of these games on my Atari 1040ST. Today, I still try to find games as good as these and the original Space Quest series. Unfortunately, many games put too much energy into graphics and not enough into story line or puzzles. Give it a try if you are hungry for a more in depth game - and don't mind creating a world full of color in your own head.

The name sounded great, the packaging looked great but all 6 games are played in MS-DOS. For a visually oriented person, this is no fun at all. Commands have to be in exact words which can be recognized by MS-DOS. Price was good, but no reflection of the actual value of this package. Unless you enjoy MS-DOS, stay away from this collection