Infocom Sales Figures

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:13 pm

Archivist and all-around good guy Jason Scott got the goods! LOOK AT THIS SHIT! He got a hold of Infocom sales figures for 1981-1986. Did you know:

- That Zork 1 sold 378,987 copies?
- That Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy sold 254,249 copies?
- That poor Ballyhoo sold only 23,912 copies?

Well, now you do.

378,000 Zorks. I am not giving up finding a mint-in-box one just yet, and I'm sure as shit not paying more than ten bucks for it either, seeing how goddamn many of them are out there.

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:48 pm

Im sure there were plenty of disapointed kids during the Christmas of 80- whatever, who got a video game without graphics and decided to just not open the box. FIND THEM!

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:49 pm

Im sure there were plenty of disapointed kids during the Christmas of 80- whatever, who got a video game without graphics and decided to just not open the box. FIND THEM!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:21 pm

Christ, if you posted twice then it means that, probably, the site isn't working correctly. Argh!

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:30 pm

Knuckles the CLown wrote:Im sure there were plenty of disapointed kids during the Christmas of 80- whatever, who got a video game without graphics and decided to just not open the box. FIND THEM!

"What the fuck is this shit? WORDS?"

Roody_Yogurt · Post by **Roody_Yogurt** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:23 pm

Ballyhoo was one of the first Infocom games I got (firsthand). That and Lurking Horror. Good times.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:13 pm

ICJ: Oh good - you're here! It's time to start talking about old video game sales numbers.

Ben: Here?

ICJ: Crazy Kicker for the Ti -499/A sold, in 1980, 2,343 copies.

Please don't interrupt

Ben: I didn't know that.
oops

Star Lasers for the TRS-80 Color Computer sold 43 copies in 1974

Ben: "Damn." - Star Lasers developers

ICJ: "If we sell our pants we can survive through Jan 1975" - Star Lasers devs

Ben: "I knew we shoulda done AMPERSAND LASERS!!" - sld still in training

Ben: SPACE LASERS
MOON LASERS

ICJ: Haha

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:27 pm

I don't remember what computer system it was released for, but there's a game called Wheeler Dealers that is so obscure it doesn't have a MobyGames entry. It sold fifty copies total.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:39 pm

When I sold out the last (fifteth) copy of ND, I felt like Will Wright after he heard the Sims broke 13 million.

:(

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:40 pm

But still, Wheeler Dealer? That's not a horrible name. I would expect a low-selling game of that era to be called something like SPINNAKER'S MOLESTING FUN (c).

hygraed · Post by **hygraed** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:02 pm

Jolly Mordecai's Branding Party

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:59 pm

DANDRUFF BATTLE with f E E l i E s

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:54 pm

I remember buying the HH guide game. I bought it with christmas money.

THE
LEGION OF SUCKERS
AARDVARK

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:07 pm

AArdvark wrote:I remember buying the HH guide game. I bought it with christmas money.

I think I remember reading that it had the smallest number of rooms of any Infocom game (something like 34).

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:01 am

As I remember it wasn't all that big, gamewise. There were a lot of puzzles in the same room. Like that maddening sequence with the babel fish.

THE
STICK IT
IN YOUR EAR
AARDVARK

Draal Ranger · Post by **Draal Ranger** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:37 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I think I remember reading that it had the smallest number of rooms of any Infocom game (something like 34).

You count rooms?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:13 pm

That question can be taken TWO ways, so let's tackle 'em both! Because... what the hell else is going on 'round these parts this weekend.

Do I count them as in, do I count the number of rooms as I play a text game?

The answer is no! A game may have two rooms or two thousand and its quality has no bearing on either, so I don't bother keeping track.

Do I count rooms as towards the qual-- shit, I already answered this above, er

Too lazy to edit this post, I'll just reiterate what was previously said!

(... That being said, that was the only Fun Fact I could remember about HHGG, so I ran with it.)