Infocom

Infocom was a software company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of interactive fiction. They also produced one notable business application, a relational database called Cornerstone. It is also credited for creating the DOS game series Zork. The company bought by Activision in 1986.

Titles and authors

Interactive fiction

• The Zork series:
  • The original Zork Trilogy (Marc Blank & Dave Lebling):
    • Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (1980)
    • Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1981)
    • Zork III: The Dungeon Master (1982)
  • The Enchanter Trilogy:
    • Enchanter (1983, Marc Blank and Dave Lebling)
    • Sorcerer (1984, Steve Meretzky)
    • Spellbreaker (1985, Dave Lebling)
  • Mini Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (1987, Marc Blank & Dave Lebling, free cut-down, single load tape version of game, covermounted on UK's ZZAP!64 magazine)
  • Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor (1987, Brian Moriarty)
  • Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (1988, Steve Meretzky)
  • Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (1997, Michael Berlyn and Marc Blank)
• The Planetfall series:
  • Planetfall (1983, Steve Meretzky)
  • Stationfall (1987, Steve Meretzky)
• Deadline (1982, Marc Blank)
• Starcross (1982, Dave Lebling)
• Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare (1983, Michael Berlyn)
• Infidel (1983, Michael Berlyn)
• The Witness (1983, Stu Galley)
• Cutthroats (1984, Michael Berlyn & Jerry Wolper)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984, Steve Meretzky & Douglas Adams)
• Seastalker (1984, Stu Galley & Jim Lawrence)
• Suspect (1984, Dave Lebling)
• A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985, Steve Meretzky)
• Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams (1985, Brian Moriarty)
• Ballyhoo (1986, Jeff O'Neill)
• Hollywood Hijinx (1986, "Hollywood" Dave Anderson)
• Leather Goddesses of Phobos (1986, Steve Meretzky)
• Moonmist (1986, Stu Galley & Jim Lawrence)
• Trinity (1986, Brian Moriarty)
• Border Zone (1987, Marc Blank)
• Bureaucracy (1987, Infocom & Douglas Adams)
• The Lurking Horror (1987, Dave Lebling)
• Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It (1987, Jeff O'Neill)
• Plundered Hearts (1987, Amy Briggs)
• Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels (1988, Bob Bates)
• Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur (1989, Bob Bates)
• James Clavell's Shogun (1989, Dave Lebling)
• Journey (1989, Marc Blank)

Other titles

• Graphic Adventures
  • Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X! (1992, Steve Meretzky)
  • Return to Zork (1993, Doug Barnett)
  • Zork: Nemesis (1996)
  • Zork Grand Inquisitor (1997)
• BattleTech Games
  • BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception (1988, developed by Westwood Studios)
  • BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge (1991, developed by Westwood Studios)
• Other Games
  • Fooblitzky (1985, Marc Blank, Mike Berlyn, Poh Lim & Paula Maxwell)
  • Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth (1988, Scott Schmitz, Ken Updike & Amy Briggs)
  • Mines of Titan (1988, Louis Castle & Brett Sperry)
  • Tombs & Treasure (1989, developed by Nihon Falcom)
  • Circuit's Edge (1989, developed by Westwood Studios)
• Infocomics
  • Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen (1988, Steve Meretzky)
  • Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams (1988, Amy Briggs)
  • ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle (1988, Elizabeth Langosy)
  • ZorkQuest II: The Crystal of Doom (1988, Elizabeth Langosy)

Collections

• The Zork Trilogy (1986; contained Zork I, Zork II & Zork III)
• The Enchanter Trilogy (1986; contained Enchanter, Sorcerer & Spellbreaker)
• The Lost Treasures of Infocom (1991; contained 20 of Infocom's interactive fiction games)
• The Lost Treasures of Infocom II (1992; contained 11 interactive fiction games)
• The Zork Anthology (1994; contained Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, Beyond Zork & Zork Zero)
• The Mystery Collection (1995; contained Deadline, Lurking Horror, Moonmist, Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels, Suspect and The Witness. Zork Zero and Planetfall were a bonus in some packages)
• The Adventure Collection (1995; contained Border Zone, Plundered Hearts, Cutthroats, Trinity and Infidel)
• The Comedy Collection (1995; contained Bureaucracy, Hollywood Hijinx and Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It)
• The Fantasy Collection (1995; contained Spellbreaker, Enchanter, Sorcerer, Seastalker and Wishbringer)
• The Science Fiction Collection (1995; contained Suspended, A Mind Forever Voyaging, Starcross, Stationfall and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)
• Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom (1996; contained 33 Infocom games plus six winners of the SPAG Interactive Fiction Contest not affiliated with Infocom)
• Zork Special Edition (1997; contained Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, Return to Zork, Zork: Nemesis, and Planetfall)
• Zork Classics: Interactive Fiction (2000)
• The Zork Legacy Collection (2002; contained The Zork Anthology, Return to Zork, and Zork Nemesis)