===== INFOCOM =====
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\\ Società fondata nel 1979 su idea di [[berez, joel|Joel Berez]] da ex ricercatori del **MIT** (**M**assachusset **I**nstitute of **T**echnology) ad oggi praticamente defunta.
La **Infocom** era nota sopratutto nel campo delle [[avventura testuale|avventure testuali]], elevato al rango di arte dai suoi abilissimi autori sin dal primo titolo prodotto, intitolato "[[Zork]]". 

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Negli ultimi anni, la società ha più volte tentato di esplorare nuove forme di letteratura interattiva, ed era fra le più interessate alla produzione di titoli su [[CD]]-ROM. Sono stati prodotti titoli fino al 2000 ma sono per lo più tutte raccolte di giochi basati sulle avventure di "[[Zork]]".

=====Titoli Infocom=====

    ***//__ The Zork series:__//**

          *// __The original Zork Trilogy (Marc Blank & Dave Lebling):__//
                * Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (1980)
                * Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1981)
                * Zork III: The Dungeon Master (1982)
          * //__The Enchanter Trilogy:__//
                * Enchanter (1983, Marc Blank)
                * Sorcerer (1984, Steve Meretzky)
                * Spellbreaker (1985, Dave Lebling)
          * Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor (1987, Brian Moriarty)
          * Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (1988, Steve Meretzky)
          * Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (1997, Michael Berlyn and Marc Blank)

    * //__The Planetfall series:__//
          * Planetfall (1983, Steve Meretzky)
          * Stationfall (1987, Steve Meretzky)
    * Deadline (1982, Marc Blank)
    * Starcross (1982, Dave Lebling)
    * Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare (1983, Michael Berlyn)
    * Infidel (1983, Michael Berlyn)
    * The Witness (1983, Stu Galley)
    * Cutthroats (1984, Michael Berlyn & Jerry Wolper)
    * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984, Steve Meretzky & Douglas Adams)
    * Seastalker (1984, Stu Galley & Jim Lawrence)
    * Suspect (1984, Dave Lebling)
    * A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985, Steve Meretzky)
    * Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams (1985, Brian Moriarty)
    * Ballyhoo (1986, Jeff O'Neill)
    * Hollywood Hijinx (1986, "Hollywood" Dave Anderson)
    * Leather Goddesses of Phobos (1986, Steve Meretzky)
    * Moonmist (1986, Stu Galley)
    * Trinity (1986, Brian Moriarty)
    * Border Zone (1987, Marc Blank)
    * Bureaucracy (1987, Infocom & Douglas Adams)
    * The Lurking Horror (1987, Dave Lebling)
    * Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It (1987, Jeff O'Neill)
    * Plundered Hearts (1987, Amy Briggs)
    * Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels (1988, Bob Bates)
    * Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur (1989, Bob Bates)
    * James Clavell's Shogun (1989, Dave Lebling)
    * Journey (1989, Marc Blank)

=====Altri Titoli=====

    * //__Avventure grafiche:__//
          * Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X! (1992, Steve Meretzky)
          * Return to Zork (1993)
          * Zork: Nemesis (1996)
          * Zork Grand Inquisitor (1997)

    * //__BattleTech Giochi:__//
          * BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception (1988, developed by Westwood Studios)
          * BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge (1991, developed by Westwood Studios)

    * //__Altri giochi:__//
          * Fooblitzky (1985, Marc Blank, Mike Berlyn, Poh Lim & Paula Maxwell)
          * Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth (1988, Scott Schmitz, Ken Updike & Amy Briggs)
          * Mines of Titan (1988, Louis Castle & Brett Sperry)
          * Tombs & Treasure (1989, developed by Nihon Falcom)
          * Circuit's Edge (1989, developed by Westwood Studios)

    * //__Infocomics:__//
          * Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen (1988, Steve Meretzky)
          * Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams (1988, Amy Briggs)
          * ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle (1988, Elizabeth Langosy)
          * ZorkQuest II: The Crystal of Doom (1988, Elizabeth Langosy)

=====Raccolte=====

    * The Zork Trilogy (1986; contained Zork I, Zork II & Zork III)
    * The Enchanter Trilogy (1986; contained Enchanter, Sorcerer & Spellbreaker)
    * The Lost Treasures of Infocom (1991; contained 20 of Infocom's interactive fiction games)
    * The Lost Treasures of Infocom II (1992; contained 11 interactive fiction games)
    * The Zork Anthology (1994; contained Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, Beyond Zork & Zork Zero)
    * The Masterpieces of Infocom (1996; contained 33 Infocom games plus six winners of the SPAG Interactive Fiction Contest not affiliated with Infocom)
    * Zork Special Edition (1997; contained Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, Return to Zork, Zork: Nemesis, and Planetfall)
    * Zork Classics: Interactive Fiction (2000)