Kabootie computey! on Nostr: I've run across this Zork Nemesis demo on maybe a half-dozen magazine cover CDs, and ...
I've run across this Zork Nemesis demo on maybe a half-dozen magazine cover CDs, and it fails to install - with the same error message - on every Mac OS version, emulator, or physical computer I try. Has anyone ever actually installed this? Was Infocom distributing a broken installer for years, and no CD editor noticed?
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