Michael Berlyn

A science-fiction author and video-game designer, Michael Berlyn was also one of Infocom's implementors.

Author Credits

• Cyborg (publisher: Sentient Software; 1982; MS-DOS).
• Suspended (publisher: Infocom; 1983; Z-code).
• Infidel (with Jerry Wolper; publisher: Infocom; 1983; Z-code).
• Cutthroats (publisher: Infocom; 1984; Z-code).
• Oo-Topos (with Muffy Berlyn, publisher: Sentient Software; 1986; Apple II, Commodore, MS-DOS).
• Tass Times in Tonetown (with Muffy Berlyn, publisher: Activision; 1986; Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore, Macintosh, MS-DOS).
• Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I. (with Muffy Berlyn; Z-code porters: Mark Musante and Gunther Schmidl; publishers: First Row Software; 1988; MS-DOS; Cascade Mountain Publishing; 1999; Z-code).
• Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (with Marc Blank, implementor: G. Kevin Wilson; publisher: Activision; 1997; Z-code).

Review and Article Credits

• "Description Medicine." XYZZYnews #17. The IF Archive and Bran Muffin Communications, 1999.

Organizational Credits

• One of the judges for 1999 Spring IF Art Show.

Other Credits

• Altered Destiny (publisher: Accolade; 1990) graphic adventure game.

Game Appearances

As an NPC:

• The Cabal (Stephen Bond; 2004; Z-code).

Links

• Michael Berlyn (archived) - at Baf's Guide.

Interviews

• Playing Catch-Up: Bubsy's Michael Berlyn - Interview by Frank Cifaldi for Gamasutra.com; Oct. 3, 2005.