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Infocom used the term feelies to refer to a additional content involved sustaining the boxed versions of their interactive fiction computer games. Feelies differed from either game to game & were of a equivalent theme when the game it come packaged by having. E.g., Wishbringer, a fantasy game with magic, came by having the "Magick glowing stone." These more objects & documents for instance served as a form of copy prevention, as many games were impossible to solve forgoing reference witnessed in their feelies.

Occasionally of Infocom's games & their feelies come employed beneath: ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' A button sustaining "Don't Panic!" printed within heavy, friendly letters Pocket Fluff Order for destruction of Earth Order for destruction of Arthur Dent's house Microscopic Space Fleet (an empty thin plastic bag) "Peril Sensitive Sunglasses" ("glasses" mass produced of unintelligible nigrify composition board) Planetfall The Stellar Patrol "Special Assignment Task Force" ID card (just about the size & shape of a credit card) Ternary interstellar postcards The Stellar Patrol recruiting contrast, "Today's Stellar Patrol" Letters (presumedly to residence) Zork I The Outstanding Underground Empire: A History Map of the Underground Empire A Zorkmid (highly sought when by collectors, when it was merely involved by using a 1987 Zork Trilogy collection)

The Night of the Living Feelies
Biography, discography, press room, lyrics, photos, audio clips, and links.

All Music Guide: The Feelies
Discography and biographical information.