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)

References

 
1970s establishments in Massachusetts
1979 establishments in the United States
20th-century disestablishments in Massachusetts
1989 disestablishments in the United States