From: pds@lemming.webo.dg.com (Paul D. Smith)
Subject: Infocom Game Information File
Date: 28 Sep 92 16:47:12 GMT
Organization: NSDD/ONSD, Data General Corp., Westboro, MA

Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Infocom adventure
games, and probably more (that was a joke :).  If you have any
additional info (different versions, etc.) please let me know...

Note the following: this is formatted using groff (GNU's nroff/troff);
if you have such a beast and want the original source to reformat with
bold, etc. let me know.

Also anything which is marked playable with the ITF interpreter should
be playable with zmachine as well (except, as noted previously on this
newsgroup, the sound version of Lurking Horror).

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                       Infocom Game Information

                            Paul D. Smith
                          paul_smith@dg.com



 The table below contains all Infocom games and all known information
about each game and each revision.  All the information below was con-
tributed by Paul David Doherty <d.doherty@bamp.berlinet.in-berlin.de>,
except  most  of  the product codes and difficulty ratings and all the
information on LTOI II for  the  IBM-PC,  which  were  contributed  by
Daniel Sharpe <dpsharpe@eos.ncsu.edu>, and the information on LTOI I &
II for the Macintosh, which was contributed by me :-).

The columns in the table and their meanings are as follows:

Game Title
     Specifies the title of the game.  Games are listed in  alphabeti-
     cal order.

Aut
     (Author)  Lists  the  initials of the author(s) of the game.  Au-
     thors are listed below, along with what they were known to be do-
     ing in March, 1992:

     DA   Douglas Adams - Working on the 5th book in the HHGttG series
     DAn  Dave Anderson - ?
     BB   Bob Bates - President of Legend Entertainment
     MBe  Michael Berlyn - Writes SEGA games for Accolade
     MB   Marc Blank - Owns a ComputerLand store in Bend
     AB   Amy Briggs - A PhD candidate in Experimental Psychology
     JC   James Clavell - ?
     SG   Stu Galley - Works at Thinking Machines Corp.
     JL   Jim Lawrence - ?
     DL   David Lebling - Writes a spreadsheet
     SM   Steve Meretzky - Writes adventures for Legend Entertainment
     BM   Brian Moriarty - Works at Lucasfilm Games
     JON  Jeff O'Neill - ?
     JW   Jerry Wolper - ?

DL
     (Difficulty Level): Many of the  Infocom  games,  especially  the
     earlier ones, were rated with a difficulty level.  The levels are
     (in increasing order of difficulty):

     I    Introductory
     S    Standard
     A    Advanced
     E    Expert
     -    None Given

     Note that there are widely differing opinions as to the  accuracy
     of these ratings, especially between E (Expert) and A (Advanced).

Prodct
     (Product Code):  The product codes for the  games  are  given  in
     this  column.  They denote the type of the game and the number in
     that type: the types are:

     CS   Immortal Legends (designed by Challenge, Inc.)
     IA   Interactive (Tales of) Adventure
     IC   Interactive Comedy
     IE   Interactive Espionage
     IH   Interactive Horror
     IJ   Interactive Journey (?)
     IK   Interactive Junior-level (Kids?)
     IL   Interactive Living Literature (Legend?)
     IM   Interactive Mystery
     IR   Interactive Romance
     IS   Interactive Science Fiction
     IZ   Interactive Fantasy (Zork Series)

Rel Num
     (Release Number): The release number of the game.  All games with
     the  same  release number are compatible in that saved files from
     one release number can be played by other versions of  that  game
     with the same release number.

Serial Number
     The serial number of the game: note the serial number is actually
     the date the version was released, in YYMMDD format.  Some  games
     have  more  than  one  serial number for the same release number;
     this means that some minor changes were made and the game was re-
     released, but that the two versions are compatible (see above).

Z-Code Version
     Specifies  which  version  of ZIL (Zork Interpreted Language) the
     game is written in.  The versions are as follows:

     3    Standard Series
     4    Plus Series
     5    Solid Gold Interactive Fiction
     6    Graphic Interactive Fiction

     If the version is postfixed with (snd) it means that  version  of
     that game supports sound.

LTOI Num.
     The  Lost  Treasures of Infocom package in which the game was re-
     released (if any).  Currently there are two packages: I  and  II.
     They have both been released for the IBM PC, Macintosh, and Amiga
     computer systems.  The table contains information for all  except
     the  Amiga version of LTOI II, since I haven't received info from
     anyone who has it yet.   Parenthesized  postfixes  specify  which
     version of a game is included in the package for the machine:

     a    Amiga
     m    Macintosh
     p    IBM PC

     No postfix means the same version is available for all three sys-
     tems.

ITF?
     If the game is playable with the InfoTaskForce ZIP  (Zork  Inter-
     preter Program) then this column contains a ``Y''.

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                        Infocom Game Information List                        |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|      Game Title      | Aut | D | Pro | Rel | Serial | Z-Code  | LTOI  | ITF |
|                      | hor | L | dct | Num | Number | Version | Num.  |  ?  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|A Mind Forever        | SM  | A | IS5 |  77 | 850814 |    4    |   II  |  -  |
|Voyaging              |     |   |     |  79 | 851122 |    4    |   -   |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Arthur: The Quest For | BB  | - | IL1 |  54 | 890606 |    6    |   -   |  -  |
|Excalibur             |     |   |     |  74 | 890714 |    6    |   -   |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Ballyhoo              | JON | S | IM4 |  97 | 851218 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |  47 | 870915 |    5    |   -   |  -  |
|Beyond Zork           | BM  | - | IZ8 |  49 | 870917 |    5    |   -   |  -  |
|                      |     |   |     |  57 | 871221 |    5    |   I   |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Border Zone           | MB  | - | IE1 |   9 | 871008 |    5    |   II  |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Bureaucracy           | DA  | - | IC2 |  86 | 870212 |    4    |   -   |  -  |
|                      |     |   |     | 116 | 870602 |    4    |   II  |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Cutthroats            | MBe | S | IA3 |  23 | 840809 |    3    |   II  |  Y  |
|                      | JW  |   |     |     |        |         |       |     |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Deadline              | MB  | E | IM1 |  26 | 821108 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  27 | 831005 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |  10 | 830810 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Enchanter             | MB  | S | IZ4 |  16 | 831118 |    3    |  I(a) |  Y  |
|                      | DL  |   |     |  24 | 851118 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  29 | 860820 |    3    | I(pm) |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |  47 | 840914 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Hitchhiker's Guide To | DA  |   |     |  56 | 841221 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|The Galaxy            | SM  | S | IS4 |  58 | 851002 |    3    |  I(a) |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  59 | 851108 |    3    |  I(m) |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  31 | 871119 |    5    |  I(p) |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Hollywood Hijinx      | DAn | S | IA4 |  37 | 861215 |    3    |   II  |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Infidel               | MBe | A | IA1 |  22 | 830916 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Journey               | MB  | - | IJ1 |  30 | 890322 |    6    |   -   |  -  |
|                      |     |   |     |  83 | 890706 |    6    |   -   |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     | 118 | 860325 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Leather Goddesses of  | SM  | S | IC1 |  50 | 860711 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Phobos                |     |   |     |  59 | 860730 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |   4 | 880405 |    5    |   -   |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     | 203 | 870506 |    3    | I(pm) |  Y  |
|Lurking Horror        | DL  | - | IH1 | 219 | 870912 |  3(snd) |  I(a) |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     | 221 | 870918 |  3(snd) |   -   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Moonmist              | SG  | I | IM5 |   4 | 860918 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      | JL  |   |     |   9 | 861022 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Nord and Bert         | JON | - | IC3 |  19 | 870722 |    4    |   II  |  -  |
|Couldn't Make Head Or |     |   |     |     |        |         |       |     |
|Tail Of It            |     |   |     |     |        |         |       |     |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |  20 | 830708 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Planetfall            | SM  | S | IS3 |  29 | 840118 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  37 | 851003 |    3    | I(pa) |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  10 | 880531 |    5    |  I(m) |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Plundered Hearts      | AB  | - | IR1 |  26 | 870730 |    3    |   II  |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |  15 | 840501 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Seastalker            | SG  | I | IK1 |  15 | 840522 |    3    | II(m) |  Y  |
|                      | JL  |   | IA2 |  16 | 850515 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  16 | 850603 |    3    | II(p) |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Sherlock: The Riddle  | BB  | - | CS1 |  21 | 871214 |    5    | II(p) |  -  |
|Of The Crown Jewels   |     |   |     |  26 | 880127 |  5(snd) | II(m) |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Shogun                | JC  | - | IA5 | 295 | 890321 |    6    |   -   |  -  |
|                      | DL  |   |     | 322 | 890706 |    6    |   -   |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |   4 | 840131 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Sorcerer              | SM  | A | IZ5 |   6 | 840508 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  13 | 851021 |    3    |  I(a) |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  15 | 851108 |    3    | I(pm) |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Spellbreaker          | DL  | E | IZ6 |  63 | 850916 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  87 | 860904 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Starcross             | DL  | E | IS1 |  15 | 820901 |    3    |  I(p) |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  17 | 821021 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Stationfall           | SM  | - | IS6 | 107 | 870430 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Suspect               | DL  | A | IM3 |  14 | 841005 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |   7 | 830419 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Suspended             | MBe | E | IS2 |   8 | 830521 |    3    |  I(a) |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |   8 | 840521 |    3    | I(pm) |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Trinity               | BM  | S | IZ7 |  11 | 860509 |    4    |   -   |  -  |
|                      |     |   |     |  12 | 860926 |    4    |   II  |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Wishbringer - The     |     |   |     |  68 | 850501 |    3    | II(m) |  Y  |
|Magick Stone of       | BM  | I | IZ0 |  69 | 850920 |    3    | II(p) |  Y  |
|Dreams                |     |   |     |  23 | 880706 |    5    |   -   |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |  13 |    ?   |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Witness               | SG  | S | IM2 |  20 | 831119 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  21 | 831208 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  22 | 840924 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |  25 |    ?   |  3(old) |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  28 | 821013 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Zork I - The Great    | MB  |   |     |  30 | 830330 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Underground Empire    | DL  | S | IZ1 |  75 | 830929 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  76 | 840509 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  88 | 840726 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  52 | 871125 |    5    |   -   |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Zork II - The Wizard  | MB  |   |     |  18 | 820517 |  3(old) |   -   |  Y  |
|of Frobozz            | DL  | A | IZ2 |  22 | 830331 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  48 | 840904 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|                      |     |   |     |  15 | 830331 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Zork III - The        | MB  | A | IZ3 |  15 | 840518 |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|Dungeon Master        | DL  |   |     |  16 |    ?   |    3    |   -   |  Y  |
|                      |     |   |     |  17 | 840727 |    3    |   I   |  Y  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
|Zork Zero - The       |     |   |     | 296 | 881019 |    6    |  I(m) |  -  |
|Revenge of Megaboz    | SM  | - | IZ9 | 366 | 890323 |    6    |  I(a) |  -  |
|                      |     |   |     | 393 | 890714 |    6    |  I(p) |  -  |
+----------------------+-----+---+-----+-----+--------+---------+-------+-----+
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