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Infocom was an American 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. Infocom was founded on June 22 1979 by MIT staff and students led by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank, Albert Vezza, and Joel Berez and lasted as an independent company until 1986 when it was bought by Activision. Activision finally shut down the Infocom division in 1989, although they released some titles in the 1990s under the Infocom Zork brand.
Overview
Infocom was well-known among game-players for the parser used in its witty, ambitious text adventures, which allowed the user to type complex instructions to the game. Unlike earlier works of interactive fiction, which only understood commands of the form 'verb noun' (e.g. "get apple"), Infocom's parser could understand commands like "get all apples except the green apple from the barrel." Infocom games were written using a programming language called ZIL (Zork Implementation Language or Zork Interactive Language--it was referred to as both) that ran on a standardized virtual machine called the Z-machine. As the games were text based and used variants of the same Z-machine interpreter, Infocom was able to release most of their games for most popular home computers of the day simultaneously—the Apple II family, Atari 800, IBM PC compatibles, Amstrad CPC/PCW (one disc worked on both machines), Commodore 64, Commodore 128Infocom was actually one of the very few companies (if not the only one) to release game software for the C128's native mode, contrary to most software houses' practice of only catering for the combined C64/128 market (as the C128 was compatible with the C64), Kaypro CP/M, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, the Mac, Atari ST, and the Commodore Amiga. The company was also known for shipping creative props, or "feelies" (and even "smellies"), with its games. More on [ Infocom ]
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(Unofficial) Infocom Homepage - The definitive homage to the company that created some of the best adventure games ever.
Adventureland: Infocom - Contains information about many of Infocom's classic games.
Classic Infocom Games Revived - Success story of the company, downloads and information.
Meta Description: [ Success story of Infocom, download games and information ]
Down from the Top of Its Game - 50-page research paper and slide presentation on the history of Infocom, Inc.
GameOver Retrospective: Infocom - The history of Infocom from the creation of Zork to its fall in 1989.
Meta Description: [ Infocom Retrospective - Game Over Online Magazine - Your #1 Source for PC Gaming Information. The latest gaming News, Reviews, Previews, Features, and all the latest Cheats / Patches / Fixes. ]
Infocom - Describes the games, box art and promotional material.
The Infocom Bugs List - Lists of known bugs in Infocom games by Graham Cree.
The Infocom Documentation Project - An Activision-sanctioned project to recreate all of Infocom's original documentation as closely to the originals as possible.
The Master Storytellers - Provides company history, game descriptions, downloads, and a buying guide.
Meta Description: [ See Infocom's company history, advertisements, author biographies, extensive game descriptions and more. ]
Washington Post: Through the Zorking Glass - Home Computer Games to Plot Your Own Adventure
XYZZYnews - Matt Newsome interviews Marc Blank, Dave Lebling and Steve Meretzky of Infocom fame.
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