Re: What's wrong with the industry?

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From: Matthew Murray
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 00:00

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On Fri, 14 Aug 1998,  Steve Young wrote:

> That's where your wrong. Dozens of text adventures are produced every year,
> mostly free, many of which are better quality than the original Infocom
> ones.

	THAT is simply a statement of opinion, and one that I--despite
loving the text adventures in the IF Archive more than just about any new
commerical games released these days--do not share.  As much as I enjoy
them, I still think the original Infocom ones stand out.

> Go to ftp://ftp.gmd.de to find out.

	Absolutely!

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Subject: Re: What's wrong with the industry?
Date: 1998/08/14
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