🧭 THE ARCHIVES

Quote of the day

You feel very funny, sort of squashed and pushed and squeezed. Your surroundings are wavering, then growing, then wavering again. The feeling vanishes, but your surroundings are ten times their former size... or is it that you are one-tenth your former size?

-- Spellbreaker

Factoid of the day

In Sorcerer, the VEZZA spell lets the player glimpse future events, including events from Spellbreaker. The spell was named after Infocom's then-CEO Albert Vezza, who most certainly misjudged the company's future.

Link of the day

The Gold Machine

Drew Cook's blog of deep dives into Infocom's works of interactive fiction

If you have an Infocom, interactive fiction, or adventure game link you'd like to see here, let me know.

Invisiclues

Trinity

The Neptune Door

(Click or tap on any clue to reveal the clue.)

How do I get out of the building?

There's a button somewhere that will open the sliding doors.
OPEN THE BOX THEN PUSH THE RED BUTTON.

How do I get past the crabs?

There sure are a lot of them.
You can't.

How do I get the coconut?

You need some help to get the coconut.
There's a friendly dolphin nearby.
The dolphin can't get the coconut until the coconut starts floating on the water.
Then DOLPHIN, GET ME THE COCONUT will work.

What are those messages I keep hearing?

You must have flipped the toggle switch in the box.
It's the countdown for the bomb that's about to explode on your nice tropical island.