This is the first issue of The New Zork Times (later changed to The Status Line due to the lack of humor displayed by The New York Times), the official newsletter of Infocom. The New Zork Times was launched by Mike Dornbrook, who ran the Infocom merchandizing department that eventually became its own company, the Zork Users Group.

This first single-page issue of the newsletter focused namely on the introduction of the InvisiClues gaming guides that utilized invisible ink and magic pen to reveal hints, discounts and special offers, and an announcement of the upcoming Infocom game Deadline.

Later issues would eventually incorporate more humor and personality into the articles and layout as the page count expanded, becoming more than the basic advertising sheet that is this debut issue of what would become computer gaming history. ( )