Nord and Bert
Nord and Bert (cover) by Infocom		 Published: 1987, Infocom
Author: Jeff O'Neill
Genre: Adventure
Media: Disk

Difficulty Level: Not Rated

Infocom's first collection of short stories takes you to a place where nothing is quite as it seems. It's a place where you really can make a mountain out of a molehill, where 'the fur is flying' is taken literally, and where a bow can be turned into a beau. Each of the eight stories in Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It involves a different type of wordplay. You'll find yourself challenging your wits and your memory to come up with the clichés, spoonerisms, and other verbal trickeries needed to complete the puzzles. But don't view this as a hard row to hoe. Nord and Bert contains built-in hints, which you can call upon when the going gets rough.

Nord and Bert was Infocom's 28th game and was written by Jeff O'Neill, the author of Ballyhoo.

I don't really know what to write for the plot of this one...hmm...it is composed of eight scenarios that you should complete. The big picture is that you are in the town of Punster which suffers from the missuse of language by its citizens!

This was also the first game that loads both on C64 and on C128 (only in 80-column mode like the previous 3 sole-C128 games) and the first C64 Infocom game to occupy two disk sides.
Nord and Bert
Nord and Bert (game) by Infocom


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The text excerpt in italics below the credit information is taken from the cover of the game and ©Copyright 1987 Infocom.

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