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From: klo@nexusprime.org (Kevin Lo)
Subject: Re: New Planetfall Promo
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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 08:41:51 -0400
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In article <4v28j1$7bb@shell1.aimnet.com>, jswitzer@aimnet.com says...
> There's been some talk about the new Planetfall sequel, so in case 
> nobody's else mentioned it, the Infocom Masterpieces CD has a directory 
> named "PCDEMOS" that contains a number of AVI movies that are demos of 
> various games one of which is the new Planetfall (which is not 
> portrayed as a sequel, btw, but as a rehash of the original game, 
> although I could be misreading the demo about this).
> 
> The movie shows what I think is Floyd, but I sure hope I'm mistaken 
> about that, but make up your own minds on that. In any case, this movie 
> promo definitely did not sell me on the game.

	After grabbing my copy today, I noticed that folder right away! 
Although, I couldn't tell which one was supposed to be Floyd. Many 
different robots kept flashing by. I guess it's going to be a 3rd person 
game in which you control a robot (Floyd?). I guess we won't know until 
January 1997!

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