These kind of IBM PC games were my first peek into pc gaming. While I don't have anything to add about font forensics, reading this brings back some awesome memories of this era and the wonder it brought with it. I can tell it's the same for the author.
It definitely is. Pretty amazing what you can still find out about this stuff after all these years, now that we can cross-reference and search data so easily (and that collectors, preservationists, and emulator authors are still coming up with previously unknown findings).