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Moonmist is an interactive fiction computer game implemented by Stu Galley and published by Infocom in 1986. By using Infocom's portable Z-machine, the game was released simultaneously for many popular platforms, including the IBM PC, Apple II, Atari ST and Commodore 64.
Plot
The player's character is a young detective, asked by friend Tamara Lynd to investigate her new home of Tresyllian Castle in Cornwall, England. Tamara has recently become engaged to the castle's lord, Jack Tresyllian. She was very happy until she began seeing what appeared to be The White Lady, a ghost who has allegedly haunted the castle for centuries. As if seeing a ghost wasn't nerve-wracking enough, she's also begun to fear for her life. Is Tamara's imagination just overly excited from living in a large old castle, or is someone really trying to kill her? And if her life is in danger, is it from a ghost or someone using it as a disguise?
Feelies
To add to players' immersion in the story (as well as a means of copy prevention), Infocom bundled extra items in with each game package. These objects were referred to as feelies. The feelies for Moonmist were:
- A book, The Legendary Ghosts of Cornwall written by Lady Lisbeth Norris, which includes a page dedicated to "The White Lady of Tresyllian Castle"
- Two letters from Tamara Lynd to the player; one explaining Tamara's engagement to Lord Jack Tresyllian and her moving to the castle, and one begging the player to investigate the "White Lady"
- A Visitor's Guide to Tresyllian Castle, a tourist-type brochure providing a history and rough maps
- An iron-on logo of the game's title
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Infocom Documentation Project - PDF file of scanned original game manual.
Infocom Games: Moonmist - Box art and description, specifications, and sample transcript.
Meta Description: [ Moonmist by Stu Galley and Jim Lawrence, Infocom ]
Infocom Homepage: Moonmist - Description, box art, release information, game statistics, and packaging details.
MobyGames: Moonmist - Description, credits, box art, technical specs, trivia.
Meta Description: [ Moonmist for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh by Infocom. (From the instruction manual)
In Moonmist, you are a famous young American detective. An old friend, Tamara Lynd, h... ]
Review by Matthew Murray - Capsule review. One of Infocom's last mysteries, Moonmistis an introductory-level game that is a combination mystery/treasure-hunt, though neither portion is as strong as it would have been had they devoted an entire game to it.
Status Line: Moonmist: Get Ready to Spend a Night in a Haunted Castle - Text of game announcement from Infocom's newsletter.
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The Infocom Gallery: Moonmist - High-quality scans of packaging, manual, letters, visitor's guide, and iron-on.
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