[NTLK] OT: Original cost for Infocom games

[joe kallo]

Thanks all.

And yeah, I remember them being a non-trivial purchase (as in, I would have
to beg for a long time before my parents would finally give in and buy
one).

This discussion started, btw, because sometime recently Activision released
Treasures of Infocom for iOS. Apparently it's $10 or so for the whole
bundle. A bargain, though I suspect everyone who is likely to play them
probably already has them loaded up in Frotz.


On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:26 PM, John Moran <bugs.moran at gmail.com> wrote:

> According to this:
> http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
>
> $40 in 1983 ~  $92.50 today
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:10 PM, John Moran <bugs.moran at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I found this:
> > http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/Articles/zorks.html
> >
> > "...Zork I, II, and III, Infocom, Cambridge, MA, on disk for Apple
> > II/II+/Iie, Atari 800/1200, Commodore 64, CP/M, DEC Rainbow, IBM PC, TI
> > Professional, TRS-80 Model III, $40-$50 each."
> >
> > Bugs
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:00 PM, joe kallo <quietglow at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi list,
> >>
> >> I am having a discussion with a coworker about the original cost of
> >> Infocom
> >> games (the text-only ones, so pre '87 or so). Surprisingly, we haven't
> >> been
> >> able to find the info online anywhere. Anyone remember the rough
> >> price-range? I had several that I got from Computerland (a.k.a. heaven,
> >> for
> >> the 12 year old me) in the early 80s but my parents were the ones buying
> >> so
> >> I don't remember the cost.
> >>
> >> Thanks as always,
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
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