The Lore and Legends of

INFOCOM

New Zork Times and The Status Line Articles
Infodope - INFOCOM's In-House Newsletter
Reviews
Infocom Timeline
Quendor Timeline
The Implementor's Creed by Stu Galley.
Zork and Other Infocom Lingo
The Encyclopedia Frobozzica, webified by John Holder.
The Creation
"Zork: A Computerized Fantasy Simulation Game" by P. David Lebling, Marc S. Blank, and Timothy A. Anderson. IEEE Computer, vol. 12, no. 4, April 1979, pages 51-59.
"How to Fit a Large Program Into a Small Machine" by Marc S. Blank and S. W. Galley. Creative Computing, July 1980, pages 80-87.
"Zork and the Future of Computerized Fantasy Simulations" by P. David Lebling. Byte, December 1980, pages 172-182.
"Zork: Magic Meets Science Fiction" by Peter Fitch. Practical Computing, April 1982, page 175, column "End of File".
"EXEC INFOCOM: Adventures in Excellence" by Roe R. Adams. Softalk Magazine, October 1982, pages 35-40.
"Reading and Writing: Participatory Novels" by Edward Rothstein. The New York Times BOOK REVIEW, May 8, 1983.
"Marc Blank: The Programmer Behind Zork" by Cathy Yakal. COMPUTE's Gazette, October 1983, Vol. 1, No. 4.
"Putting Fiction on a Floppy" by Philip Elmer-De Witt. TIME, December 5, 1983, page 76.
"Through the Zorking Glass" by Curt Suplee. The Washington Post, December 22, 1983.
"The Wizards of Infocom" by Shay Addams. Computer Games, February 1984, pages 34-37, 52.
"Masters of the Game" by Richard Dyer. The Boston Globe Magazine, May 6, 1984.
"Solving Electronic Adventures" by Roe R. Adams III. In Games Magazine, June, 1984, pages 52-53.
"The Challenge of Zork" by Tracie Forman. Electronic Games, ????.
"The Infinitely Improbable Doug Adams" by Roe R. Adams III. Electronic Games, April, 1985, pages 22-25, 78, 80-81.
"if yr cmptr cn rd ths..." by Shay Addams. Computer Entertainment, August, 1985, pages 24-27 & 76-77.
"Zorked Again" by Bill Barol. Newsweek, December 23, 1985, page 70.
"The Wizard of Wishbringer" by Brian Moriarty. AmigaWorld, January/February 1986, pages 70-73.
"Tour of a Dream Factory" by Bob Liddil. AmigaWorld, January/February 1986, pages 70-73.
"Four Minds Forever Voyaging" by Sean Masterson. ZZAP! 64, May 1986, pages 42-44 and June 1986, pages 49-51.
"Beyond Zork: An intimate look at Infocom, Inc." by Clayton Walnum. ANALOG Computing, March 1987, #52, pages 46-51.
"Infocom Special" by Roger Garret. Your Computer, March 1987, vol 7, no 3.
"Adventure Playground: Infocom's Dave Lebling" by Mike Gerrard. Your Computer, May 1987.
"Interview at the End of the Universe" by Mike Gerrard. Atari ST User, May 1987.
"They Take The High-Tech Road to Adventure" by Burt Hochberg. GAMES Magazine, August/September 1987.
"Like a Lemming To Lebling" by Nik Wild. GAMES Magazine, December/January 1987/1988.
"Adventures at Infocom" by Russ Ceccola. Commodore Magazine, January 1988, pages 70-73, 118-119.
"Interactive Text In An Animated Age" by Keith Ferrell. COMPUTE!, vol 10, no 1, Jan 1988, pp 17 - 19.
"Computer-games Firm Moving to California" by Ronald Rosenberg. The Boston Globe Magazine, May 22, 1989.
"From here to Trinity...and back again" by Paul Rigby. Adventure Probe, vol. 5, no. 5, May 1991, pages 15-19.
"The Rise and Fall of Infocom" by Johnny Wilson. Computer Gaming World, November 1991.
"The Renaissance of Amiga Games" by Tom Malcom. Cyberplay, April 1992, pp 26 - 27.
"The Lost Treasures of Infocom" by Andy Nuttall. Amiga Format, ????.
"The Infocom Adventure" by Theo Clarke. Strategy Plus, ????.
"This Ain't Your Daddy's Game" by Matthew A Firme. PC Gamer(?), pp 28 - 29.
"On location in the Great Underground Empire" by Johnny L Wilson. Computer Gaming World, February 1993, pages 19-21.
"Where Are They Now?" by Steven Greenlee. Computer Game Review, April 1996, pages 82-88.
"Don't Panic - Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Neil Gaiman. Titan Books, pages 150-156.
Game Gods: Steve Meretzky. PC Gamer, September 1999, pages 80-81.

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