| Moonmist | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Infocom |
| Publisher(s) | Infocom |
| Designer(s) | Stu Galley Jim Lawrence |
| Writer(s) | Jim Lawrence Stu Galley |
| Engine | Z-machine |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, TRS-80, TI-99/4A, Mac |
| Release | Release 4: September 18, 1986 Release 9: October 22, 1986 |
| Genre(s) | Interactive fiction |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Moonmist is an interactive fiction game written by Stu Galley and Jim Lawrence[1] and published by Infocom in 1986. The game was released simultaneously for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, TRS-80, TI-99/4A, and Mac. It is Infocom's twenty-second game. Moonmist was re-released in Infocom's 1995 compilation The Mystery Collection, as well as the 1996 compilation Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces.[2][3]
Jim Lawrence, one of the co-authors of Moonmist, ghostwrote books in the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series.[4] Galley and Lawrence previously co-wrote Seastalker for Infocom.[1]
Moonmist is the first known English language video game to feature a gay character.[5]
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