The original colonists signed the " Covenant of Planetfall ", agreeing that this outcome was just recompense for the labors of the crew during the voyage ; that they signed at gunpoint as they were awakened from hibernation is kept secret from later generations, and also that those who refused, died.

Since January 18, 2011 Zork Anthology ( featuring Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero and Planetfall ) is internationally available at GOG. com, in a form of digital download.

The actual reason light acts as such a potent Achilles ' heel for grues is inconsistently given — some games imply that grues find levels of light ordinary for humans to be intolerably, blindingly painful but can nonetheless survive it ( such as in Planetfall, where an obviously grue-like creature exists in a lit laboratory, " squinting and cursing at the light " — although the laboratory contains other creatures that are clearly mutants, so it is possible that this grue is simply a mutant that is able to survive in a lighted area.

* Planetfall at Infocom-if. org

But the task does authorize the use of a robot assistant, and coincidentally enough, Floyd, a beloved companion revived at the end of Planetfall, is one of the choices.

Planetfall is a science fiction interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky, and the eighth title published by Infocom in 1983.

Although Planetfall was Meretzky's first title, it proved one of his most popular works and a best-seller for Infocom ; it was one of five top-selling titles to be re-released in Solid Gold versions including in-game hints.

* The Infocom Bugs List entry for Planetfall

The Infocom game Planetfall is a sort of sequel, since the technology gained in " Starcross " is used in the spaceships of that game, set somewhat further in the future.

Not satisfied with various unofficial checks on the liveliness of baseballs currently in use, the major leagues have ordered their own tests, which are in progress at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From such a surrender, the dissolution of the body corporate ensues .” Nor does there seem to have been much question that by “ a judgment of forfeiture against a corporation itself, it may be dissolved .” However, Supreme Court Justice Wilson, lecturing in his unofficial capacity, at least, suggests his displeasure with the doctrine that corporate dissolution cannot be predicated “ by a judgment of ouster against individuals.

In 1964, Tex Schramm started the tradition of the Cowboys wearing their white jersey at home, contrary to an unofficial rule that teams should wear colored jersey at home.

Sullivan soon became a powerful starmaker in the entertainment world himself, becoming one of Winchell's main rivals, setting the El Morocco nightclub in New York as his unofficial headquarters against Winchell's seat of power at the nearby Stork Club.

* Extensive description and photos of AOE-1 Sacramento at Military Analysis Network ( unofficial )

His poem ( and song ) " Auld Lang Syne " is often sung at Hogmanay ( the last day of the year ), and " Scots Wha Hae " served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.

It also created an unofficial barrier against Chinese access to higher education, since few Chinese are sufficiently fluent in Malay to study at Malay-language universities.

' Impi ' is also the title of a very famous South Africa song by Johnny Clegg and the band Juluka which has become something of an unofficial national anthem, especially at major international sports events and especially when the opponent is England.

As part of a dual strategy to avoid war via deterrence and appeasement of Germany, British leaders warned that they would go to war if Germany attacked Poland while at the same time tried to avoid war by holding unofficial talks with such would be peace-makers like the British newspaper proprietor Lord Kemsley, the Swedish businessman Axel Wenner-Gren and another Swedish businessmen Birger Dahlerus who attempted to work out the basis for a peaceful return of Danzig.

The territorial capital of Lecompton, Kansas, the target of much agitation, became such a hostile environment for Free-Staters that they set up their own unofficial legislature at Topeka.

As its unofficial librarian, Cassiodorus not only collected as many manuscripts as he could, he also wrote treatises aimed at instructing his monks in the proper uses of reading and methods for copying texts accurately.

* An unofficial chart of the Marrakech Agreement ( at WTO Cell, Government of the Punjab )

BAR Honda team recorded an average top speed of in 2006 at Bonneville Salt Flats with unofficial top speed reaching using modified BAR 007 Formula 1 car.

The term " Prime Minister " appears at this time as an unofficial title for the leader of the government, usually the head of the Treasury.

The unofficial training headquarters of the ITF is located at the Taekwondo Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, and was founded in the mid-1990s.

However, by September 1647, at least five regiments of Cavalry had elected new unofficial agitators and produced a pamphlet called " The Case of the Army truly stated ".

Since 2005 there has been an unofficial holiday called Wombat Day observed on 22 October, at the beginning of the traditional aboriginal spring planting season.

The Portland GMB also hosts many social and educational events, notably Music for the Working Class, a free event that occurs on the last Wednesday of every month at the Red and Black Cafe, 400 SE 12th St. Acts that have appeared include Brendan Phillips and Fast Rattler, David Rovics, and the unofficial band of the Portland branch, I Wobble Wobble.

The theme was recorded by The Ventures, whose version reached # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, and is particularly popular with college and high school marching bands, especially at the University of Hawaii where it has become the unofficial fight song.

A German regimental doctor — Hauptmann Guenther Stuettgen — managed to negotiate an unofficial ceasefire with the Americans at the Kall Bridge from 7 – 12 November, in order to attend to the wounded of both sides.

In 1925 the majority ( at the time ) Republicans also adopted this language when Charles Curtis became the first ( official ) Majority Leader, although his immediate predecessor Henry Cabot Lodge is considered the first ( unofficial ) Majority Leader.

Undertaking research at the psychiatric institute of the Hôpital Sainte-Anne, he became an unofficial intern, studying the relationship between the doctors and the patients and aiding the experiments in the electroencephalographic laboratory.

The chorus of Scotland's unofficial national anthem Flower of Scotland refers to Scotland's victory over Edward and the English at Bannockburn.

The offer was also reported at true-to-you. net, an unofficial fan site tacitly supported by Morrissey.

Inspired by Colossal Cave, Marc Blank and Dave Lebling created what was to become the first Infocom game, Zork, in 1977 at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science.

There are currently at least four Infocom sampler and demos available from the IF Archive as Z-machine story files which require a Z-machine interpreter to play.

When Zork became a commercial product at Infocom, Infocom agreed that if an Infocom copyright notice was put on the Fortran version, noncommercial distribution would be allowed.

* Article at The Dot Eaters, featuring an extensive history of the Zork games and Infocom

It won the TADS category at the inaugural 1995 Interactive Fiction Competition and was included on Activision's 1996 commercial release of Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom.

This may be, at least in part, because Infocom was facing grave financial difficulties in 1987.

P. David Lebling ( born October 30, 1949 ) is an interactive fiction game designer ( implementor ) and programmer who has worked at various companies, including Infocom and Avid.

The number 69, 105 was used as an in-joke at the United States computer game manufacturer Infocom.

In an interview with Adventure Classic Gaming Moriarty described his days at Infocom as among the greatest experiences of his life:

In aiming the game at a younger audience, Infocom diffused the game's sense of danger with many humorous elements, such as Mr. Crisp's impatience at the beginning (" Take the stupid envelope and scram, chowderbrain!

Although Arthur was one of the last interactive fiction games Infocom released before closing, the packaging still included a modest attempt at the extra objects, or feelies, that had been a long-standing tradition for the company.

The vezza spell ( view the future ) was named for Al Vezza, who was Chief Financial Officer of Infocom at the time of Sorcerer < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s release.

* Stationfall at the Infocom Gallery has scans of the instructions and feelies that shipped with Stationfall

* Stationfall at the unofficial Infocom Homepage

Like several other implementors, Amy Briggs began working at Infocom as a game tester before designing games.

The manual included a disclaimer stating that evil forces tended to steal games and release them prematurely, a possible reference to the way Activision ran Infocom at the time.