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One of the seminal IF companies of the 1980s, which was also responsible for the [[Z-machine]], '''Infocom''' was formed by ten members of MIT's Dynamic Modelling group in 1979. Best known for the games <i>Zork</i> and <i>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i>, 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, which was also responsible for the [[Z-machine]], '''Infocom''' was formed by ten members of MIT's Dynamic Modelling group in 1979. Best known for the games <i>Zork</i> and <i>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i>, the company merged with another game company, [[Activision]], in 1986. In 1989 [[Activision]] effectively dissolved what was left of '''Infocom'''. | ||
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Revision as of 22:15, 29 October 2005
One of the seminal IF companies of the 1980s, which was also responsible for the Z-machine, Infocom 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.
Links
- Infocom: The Master Storytellers - Extensive material on Infocom.
- Infocom Fact Sheet - History, list of all game versions etc.
- The Infocom Documentation Project.
- Down From the Top of Its Game - The Story of Infocom, Inc. A detailed report by Hector Briceño, Wesley Chao, Andrew Glenn, Stanley Hu, Ashwin Krishnamurthy, and Bruce Tsuchida.
- Infocom games on Baf's Guide
- The Infocom Bugs List by Graeme Cree.
- The Infocom bugs which are not yet on Graeme Cree's list by Nathan Simpson.
- 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.
- wikipedia:Infocom