The Infocom Bugs List

The Infocom Bugs List is a collection of errors and unexpected outcomes in Infocom games, originated by C.E. Forman (published in XYZZYnews) and later updated by others (notably Graeme Cree). Because of the full-sentence parser and object-oriented nature of ZIL, bugs involving the environments in the games are particularly entertaining. Many bugs are inherent to specific revisions of Infocom games, fixed in later production runs.

Warning: Many of the bugs are, in their description, spoilers in nature.

Links to Various Versions

• The Infocom Bugs List, by Graeme Cree (revision 4 from 2003).
  • The entire Bugs List in one text file
• Further bugs not on Graeme Cree's list, by Nathan Simpson.
• Older sources:
  • The XYZZY News collection of Infocom Bugs (archive), by Graeme Cree.
  • A collation of Forman's bugs at the Infocom Homepage.