Series I: Habitat, 1986-1988
Series Scope and Content Note
The Habitat series consists of a play testers guide, the Official Avatar Handbook, a welcome kit, memos between Lucasfilms and Quantum, and reports, proposals, strategies, and correspondence that documents the transition fromHabitat toClub Caribe.
The welcome kit includes a 5 1/4" disk, the Official Avatar Handbook, and an introductory letter. Of note is the Play Testers guide that includes install instructions, bug reporting guidelines, excerpts from the Avatar Handbook, icon proofs, and an anomoly report form.
The series also includes memos between Lucasfilms and Quantum that document the challenges, questions, decisions, and other factors that went into the transition.
Of interest to online gaming historians would be the GamersWorld Multi-User Gaming and Information Service manual published by Adventures Unlimited Software, Inc. [AUSI], written by Marc Jacobs.
Dates
- Creation: 1986-1988
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by staff of The Strong and users of its library and archives. Source code is available to onsite researchers only.
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 0.75 Linear Feet (1 document box, one half document box)
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 0.217 Gigabytes (60 folders, 398 files)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong Repository
The Strong
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Rochester NY 14607 USA
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