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Legend Entertainment – “Time Quest” [5¼” floppy disk], n.d. [c. 1990]

 File — Box: 15, Object: 8

Scope and Content Note

From the Sub-Series:

This subseries houses game development papers and materials related to produced games, unreleased games, and game concepts from Legend Entertainment. Of interest to researchers are unproduced game designs from Mike Berlyn, Chris Crawford, and Mike Verdu.

Published games represented in this subseries are Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls (1990), Timequest (1991), Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer’s Appliance (1992), Gateway (1992), Spellcasting 301: Spring Break (1992), Eric the Unready (1993), Companions of Xanth (1993), Death Gate (1994), Superhero League of Hoboken (1994), Mission Critical (1995), Star Control 3 (Accolade, 1996), Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon (Take-Two Interactive, 1997), John Saul’s Blackstone Chronicles (Mindscape, 1998), The Wheel of Time (GT Interactive, 1999), and Unreal II: The Awakening (Infogrames, 2003). These materials are arranged in alphabetical order, with original folder labels/working titles noted in quotation marks.

Also within this subseries are 5¼” and 3½” floppy disks retained by Bates. Original labels are denoted in quotation marks. These disks will be imaged and made accessible on-site only.

Dates

  • Creation: 1989-2003

Creator

Language

From the Collection:

The majority of materials in this collection are in English, with a few instances of German and Italian.

Conditions Governing Access

Source code and digital files migrated from 5¼” and 3½” floppy disks in this collection are available to on-site researchers only. Please see The Strong’s Digital Games Files Access Policy.

Extent

From the Collection: 8 Linear Feet (13 archival document boxes, 3 media boxes)

Repository Details

Part of the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong Repository

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