Title: Infocom Content: right|250px 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.That "new" "official" Infocom web site ==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)