Posted on 02/24/2018 at 11:15 PM
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I had a pretty good size collection of Infocom text adventures in the 80s. Zork I and II, Enchanter (a spinoff of Zork), Cutthroats, Suspect, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (which was actually my introduction to the series, when I showed this game to my sister, she got me the books), and The Leather Goddesses of Phobos, which was of a decidedly adult nature - the first part of the game, you had to pee and the restroom you picked determined what sex you and your companion were, just to give you an idea if you've never played this.
All of the Infocom games came with little toys and maps - "feelies" -like you see in collectors' editions of video games these days, and in a lot of cases, the added extras were clues to the game or served as a form of copy protection, as you couldn't win the game (in the pre-Internet era) without the information from the feelies. For example, Leather Goddesses had "scratch and sniff" points which were gross, as well as a comic book which told you how to solve a certain puzzle.
Now you can buy an iOS app from Activision that lets you play all of the Infocom games (except Hitchhiker's Guide due to licensing), and the feelies are included in the app. Well, except for Leather Goddess's scratch 'n' sniff stuff.