"The Incomplete Works of Infocom, Inc." Catalog:
INFIDEL, from Infocom Tales of Adventure, finds you marooned by your followers in the heart of the deadly Egyptian Desert. A soldier of fortune by trade, you've come hither in search of a great lost pyramid and its untold riches. Now, alone, you must locate and gain entry to the tomb, decipher its hieroglyphics and unravel its mysteries one by one. The contents of your package will help a little; they include your journal and correspondence, Egyptian hotel stationery, a map of the excavation site, a hieroglyphic stone rubbing and the highly collectible Great Discoveries issue of TRUE TALES OF ADVENTURE magazine. Through the Antechamber, the Barge Room, the Chamber of Ra, death will lick at your heels as you race to the shattering climax of this match of wits between you and the most ingenious architects, builders and murderers of all time - the ancient Egyptians. ADVANCED LEVEL
Package Blurb:
There's an old Egyptian fable that tells how a sacrilegious
camel once dined on a high priest's pocketwatch, only to
awake in the morning with a bellyful of ticks. The moral,
needless to say, is that one should never bite off more than
one can can stomach.
Evidently, you failed to heed this wisdom - else why would
you, a small-time explorer, dare to brave the smouldering
heart of the Egyptian Desert in search of a greaat lost
pyramid? Now, too lats, you suspect that your boldness has
been your undoing, for at this very moment you find yourself
marooned by your followers, pursued by the vultures of death,
and sustained only by the faint hope that you can somehow
survive to reach the pyramid - where the skullduggery,
pitfalls, and cliffhanging adventures will really begin.
What indomitable inner resource is it that drives you ever
onward against such desperate odds? Pride? Unflinching
devotion to the cause of archaeological science? Or could it
possibly be the prospect that the treasures concealed within
the tomb are worth enough on the open market to keep you
rolling in filthy lucre for the rest of your born days? We
leave the question open, with this footnote: Your quest
transcends mere fortune. Here, amid the shifting sands of
eternity, dignity and self-esteem are at stake. For you are
branded INFIDEL.