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h2. 

Background

and

History

Moonshae

Telecomm

was

the

first

third-party

developer

for

[

The

Major

BBS

|gcomm:TheMajorBBS]

.

Founded

in

1987

by

[

Scott

Brinker

|gcomm:ScottBrinker]

,

a

personal

friend

of

[

Tim

Stryker

|gcomm:TimStryker]

,

the

company

started

writing

some

of

the

most

ambitious

add-ons

for

[

The

Major

BBS

|gcomm:TheMajorBBS]

-

the

adventure

games.

Moonshae

developed

nine

(and

a

half!)

adventure

games

during

the

period

1987

through

1990.

In

addition,

[

Brinker

|gcomm:ScottBrinker]

and

[

Stryker

|gcomm:TimStryker]

worked

together

on

[

Quest

for

Magic

|QuestForMagic]

,

the

first

adventure

game

written

specifically

for

[

The

Major

BBS

|gcomm:TheMajorBBS]

,

in

1986.

This

game,

and

followers

[

Quest

for

Sorcery

|QuestForSorcery]

and

[

Quest

for

Sorcery

II

|QuestForSorceryII]

,

were

the

basis

for

many

future

games

of

the

style.

[

Quest

for

Magic

|QuestForMagic]

was

the

first

of

a

series

of

games

set

in

the

world

of

Peyennuu

-

Moonshae's

[

Quest

of

the

Alchemists

|QuestOfTheAlchemists]

and

[

Alchemy

II:The

Hangover

|AlchemyIITheHangover]

followed.

Moonshae

also

developed

other

games

-

top

notch

Pol/Econ

and

simulations,

board

games,

and

single

player

games.

And

to

top

it

off,

the

company

developed

several

useful

utilities.

The

company

was

renamed

Galactic

Innovations

in

1990,

and

was

acquired

by

[

Galacticomm

|gcomm:Home]

on

December

31,

1990.

By

then,

several

of

the

Innovations

were

directly

incorporated

into

[

The

Major

BBS

|gcomm:TheMajorBBS]

and

the

[

Entertainment

Edition

|gcomm:EntertainmentEdition]

.

Unfortunately,

many

of

the

add-ons

stopped

being

marketed

after

the

sale.