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'')

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