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)