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A US company that sold interactive fiction. It was formed by ten members of MIT's Dynamic Modelling group in 1979. Best known for the games Zork and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the company merged with another game company, Activision, in 1986. In 1989 Activision effectively dissolved what was left of Infocom. One of the seminal IF companies of the 1980s, and responsible for the Z-machine.

(Definition by SG)

Links

Infocom: The Master Storytellers - Extensive material on Infocom.
Infocom games on Baf's Guide
The Infocom Bugs List by Graeme Cree.
Infocom Trivia Quiz by Graeme Cree. From XYZZYnews #5.
You Know You've Played Too Much Infocom When... by Doug Atkinson. From XYZZYnews #6.
Infocom index at MobyGames - MobyGames is a computer games documentation and review site.

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 * [http://www.xyzzynews.com//infocombugs.html The Infocom Bugs List] by [[Graeme Cree]].
 * [http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.5d.html Infocom Trivia Quiz] by [[Graeme Cree]]. From XYZZYnews #5.
-* [http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.6i.html You Know You've Played Too Much Infocom When...] by [[Doug Atkinson]]. From XYZZYnews #6.
+* [http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.6i.html You Know You've Played Too Much Infocom When...] by [[Doug Atkinson]]. From [http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.6.html XYZZYnews #6].
 * [http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/c,2/j,22/?o=2a100 Infocom index at MobyGames] - MobyGames is a computer games documentation and review site.
 [[Category:Glossary]]
 [[Category:IF publisher]]
 [[Category:Zork]]