Andrew Nelson papers

Collection — Box: Andrew Nelson, Cyberflix papers

Identifier: NELSON

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of production materials, memos, correspondence, scripts, press and marketing materials, press clippings, and demo software from CyberFlix Incorporated. In particular, this collection includes an extense amount of pre-production research materials and multiple draft scripts for Cyberflix's 1996 game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, for which Andrew Nelson served as writer and producer.

Dates

Creation: 1993–1997

Creator

Andrew Nelson (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Use

The Video Game History Foundation has been given permission by Andrew Nelson to reproduce material in this collection. The intellectual property rights for these materials remains with their respective owners. To the extent that the donor has the rights to the items, they allow the materials in this collection may be reproduced for research and educational purposes (including both print and digital publication) with attribution to Andrew Nelson and the Video Game History Foundation.

Partial Extent

0.6875 Linear Feet

Partial Extent

8 Discs

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Andrew Nelson is a writer who was the cofounder and creative director of Cyberflix, a studio that created interactive movies for computers. CyberFlix titles were developed using a proprietary authoring toolset called DreamFactory, which was meant to allow non-programmer writers and artists to design mulitmedia games.

As the lead writer at Cyberflix from 1993–1997, Nelson wrote the scripts for games including Dust: A Tale of the Wired West and Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.

Arrangement

In general, this collection is organized by the original order and organizing structure it was received in.

Andrew Nelson's papers included two unorganized folders of early Cyberflix promotional materials and press clippings, with a significant amount of duplicated material. For the sake of the researcher experience, these materials have been cataloged together as a sub-collection titled "CyberFlix ephemera, clippings, and multimedia industry research." Items were digitally re-ordered by date and material type, and digital copies of duplicate materials were discarded. The physical materials have not been reordered, and each item within the folders has been cataloged with the folder of origin in the "Extent" field.

Custodial History

This collection was donated to the Video Game History Foundation by Andrew Nelson in July 2023.

Physical Description

Some papers contained in folders had been folded or curled from years of storage. Some pages were stuck together by printer ink but were easily separated. Other papers had coffee stains. Glossy marketing folders show signs of wear.

The individual folders in this collection were stored in a plastic bag that shifted during transit; however, no materials appear to have fallen out of their respective folders.