James Clavell's Shogun

December 29, 2020

You'll need swords, seamanship, political guile, but most of all inline hints to tackle Infocom's ill-conceived first foray into graphical adventures. Kay and Carrington find their patience tested in a game where, ironically, the most frequently used command is 'wait'.

Links:

• GDC 1999: Making Packages Fun Again
• Tristram Shandy at Project Gutenberg
• The Status Line, Spring 1989 (last issue)
• James Clavell's Shogun box and feelies
• Infocom Shogun at the Digital Antiquarian
• Infocom Shogun's source code
• Infocom Shogun bug's list
• Glowing review of Shogun in Zzap! (July 1989)
• Rave review of Shogun in Amiga User International (June 1991)

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