Moonmist
| Moonmist | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Infocom |
| Publisher | Infocom |
| Designers | Stu Galley Jim Lawrence |
| Writers | Jim Lawrence Stu Galley |
| Engine | Z-machine |
| Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, CoCo, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, TI-99/4A, Mac |
| Release | Release 4: September 18, 1986 Release 9: October 22, 1986 |
| Genre | Interactive fiction |
| Mode | Single-player |
Moonmist is an interactive fiction game written by Stu Galley and Jim Lawrence and published by Infocom in 1986. The game was released simultaneously for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, TRS-80, TI-99/4A, and Mac. It is Infocom's twenty-second game. Moonmist was re-released in Infocom's 1995 compilation The Mystery Collection, as well as the 1996 compilation Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces.
Jim Lawrence, one of the co-authors of Moonmist, ghostwrote books in the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series. Galley and Lawrence previously co-wrote Seastalker for Infocom.
Moonmist is the first known English language video game to feature a gay character.