ABOUT THE GAMES Back in the early 80s a small American software company by the name of Infocom came to prominance after releasing a game called Zork. It was a text adventure game with a powerful parser, and although not strictly the first ever computer adventure game, it was the first 'home' computer adventure game. Zork went on to sell over a million copies across several computer platforms. Infocom went from strength to strength helped by a good marketing strategy, rich storytelling and amazing game packaging; they included what they liked to call 'feelies'. These were various items which appeared in the game itself like the pills found at the crime scene in Deadline or the circus ticket in Ballyhoo. As well as being a fun addition, a lot of these 'feelies' were vital in completing the games. This album captures the magic of those heady days of Interactive Fiction, so sit back and let yourself be transported to the 80s when text was king. ABOUT THE COMPOSER Tony Longworth is an award winning British composer who has scored music for many independent movies including Jason Scott's text adventure documentary GET LAMP and Lorien Green's board game documentary GOING CARDBOARD. Tony's love affair with Infocom started in the mid 80s when his best friend received the game Cutthroats as a Christmas present for his Atari 800. Tony vividly remembers seeing Cutthroats for the very first time on that fateful Winter's day and thinking "wow, this is like being a character in a book...a really good book". It wasn't long before Tony started collecting his very own Infocom games. He began with something slightly easier in the form of Zork and was totally addicted from that moment on. Tony's Infocom collection grew and grew over the years and even to this day he plays these wonderful games. His Infocom collection sits proudly on a shelf in his music studio. Writing this album gave him the perfect excuse to play his favourite games again, passing it off as serious research.