Infocom feelies list?

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Has anyone put together a list of the feelies that came with each game
(that had them)? The Infocom Gallery has pics of most of them, but I'd
like to see a list based on info from folks who actually possessed these
niceties back in the day.

For instance, there are scans of a calendar that came with Zork Zero at
the gallery site. But it is unclear (to me, since I never owned this game
before the collections started coming out) whether this was a real feelie
or just printed in a manual that came with the game.

Hmm... now that I'm actually writing this, I see that some games at the
gallery list feelies separately. Is this as good a source as any?
And are what the gallery calls feelies the "real" feelies for each
game? Maybe I could put this info in one place on my personal website...

Rick

 

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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:30:29 -0400, Rick Reynolds wrote:

> Has anyone put together a list of the feelies that came with each game
> (that had them)? The Infocom Gallery has pics of most of them, but I'd
> like to see a list based on info from folks who actually possessed these
> niceties back in the day.
>
> For instance, there are scans of a calendar that came with Zork Zero at
> the gallery site. But it is unclear (to me, since I never owned this game
> before the collections started coming out) whether this was a real feelie
> or just printed in a manual that came with the game.
>
> Hmm... now that I'm actually writing this, I see that some games at the
> gallery list feelies separately. Is this as good a source as any? And are
> what the gallery calls feelies the "real" feelies for each game? Maybe I
> could put this info in one place on my personal website...

Perhaps a different question could also be considered. What *exactly* is
a feelie for a game? Do booklets of additional info count (like the issue
of Popular Enchanting and the Field Guide in Sorcerer)? Or are feelies
really relegated to something that isn't a "normal" looking game manual
kind of thing?

Also, as far as the gallery is concerned, I see that it isn't a *complete*
record of the feelies as it doesn't list the zorkmid coin that was
available with the Zork Trilogy, for instance.

So I guess I'm back to my original question. Any list out there already
(one with pictures would be great!)?

Also, on a related note: I know of the Infocom Documentation project, but
is there a similar project out there dedicated to recreating the feelies?

Rick

 

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Rick Reynolds wrote:
> So I guess I'm back to my original question. Any list out there
> already (one with pictures would be great!)?

The Infocom Fact Sheet is answering your question:
http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/info/fact-sheet.txt

The "packaging list" for the games is correct (if not I would own some
incomplete boxes). Of course there are no pictures in this textfile, but
with the Infocom Gallery you should have most of them.

Bernhard

 

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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:25:02 +0200, Bernhard Weber wrote:

> Rick Reynolds wrote:
>> So I guess I'm back to my original question. Any list out there already
>> (one with pictures would be great!)?
>
> The Infocom Fact Sheet is answering your question:
> http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/info/fact-sheet.txt
>
> The "packaging list" for the games is correct (if not I would own some
> incomplete boxes). Of course there are no pictures in this textfile, but
> with the Infocom Gallery you should have most of them.

Thanks much. This is the kind of list I was looking for.