4.5 - September 17, 1993 ------------------ Infocom Fact Sheet ------------------ Compiled by Paul David Doherty First published on CompuServe/Internet Supplied by both Alex McEwan and Richard Hunt This file includes some information about Infocom's games and related subjects. Thanks to everybody who made contributions. For suggestions and corrections, please mail me at . The most recent version of this file can be found as ftp.gmd.de:/if-archive/infocom/info/fact-sheet.txt. List of contents: I Released Games II Packaging Details III Data Files IV Words and Objects V Implementors VI Newsletters VII Trivia VIII Chronology I Released Games ================= This table lists all software products released under the Infocom label. The information is given in the form "PrC R Yr Title_of_program (Author)", where PrC is the Product Code, R is the difficulty rating and Yr the year of publication. Every Infocom product had a specific Order Code which consisted of the Product Code (to identify the program) and a System Code which identified the platform for which this product was produced. For example, the Order Code IM3-CO4 identifies the game "Suspect" (IM3) for the Commodore Amiga (CO4). The Order Code was printed on the program disk as well as on the box. The following System Codes have been used: AC1 Apricot IB1 IBM & 100% Compatibles AP1 Apple II (32/48 K, 16/18-sec.) IB2 IBM & MS-DOS Compatibles AP2 Apple Macintosh KA1 Kaypro II (CP/M) AT1 Atari XL/XE (48 K, 810/1050) MS1 MS-DOS 2.0 AT2 Atari ST NE1 NEC PC-8000 (56 K, CP/M) CO1 Commodore 64 (1541) NE2 NEC APC (CP/M-86) CO2 ? OS1 Osborne (CP/M) CO3 ? TA1 TRS-80 Model I (32/48 K, disk) CO4 Commodore Amiga TA2 ? CO5 Commodore 128 ONLY TA3 TRS-80 Model III (32/48 K, disk) CP1 CP/M (2.0+, 48 K, 8") TA4 TRS-80 Color Computer (48 K, disk) DE1 PDP-11 (RT-11) TI1 TI Professional DE2 DEC Rainbow (CP/M) TI2 TI 99/4 A (48 K, disk) EP1 Epson QX-10 Other supported platforms: Apple IIgs (system code ?), Commodore Plus/4 (no system code), Amstrad CPC/PCW (system code: UQD [or similar]). There have been 4 difficulty ratings: i - Introductory (called Junior on "Seastalker") s - Standard a - Advanced e - Expert I.1 Interactive Fiction (IF) ---------------------------- Fantasy IZ0 i 85 Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams (Brian Moriarty) IZ1 s 80 Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (Marc Blank/Dave Lebling) IZ2 a 81 Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (Marc Blank/Dave Lebling) IZ3 a 82 Zork III: The Dungeon Master (Marc Blank/Dave Lebling) IZ4 s 83 Enchanter (Marc Blank/Dave Lebling) IZ5 a 84 Sorcerer (Steve Meretzky) IZ6 e 85 Spellbreaker (Dave Lebling) IZ7 s 86 Trinity (Brian Moriarty) IZ8 - 87 Beyond Zork (Brian Moriarty) IZ9 - 88 Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (Steve Meretzky) Science Fiction IS1 e 82 Starcross (Dave Lebling) IS2 e 83 Suspended (Mike Berlyn) IS3 s 83 Planetfall (Steve Meretzky) IS4 s 84 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams/ Steve Meretzky) IS5 a 85 A Mind Forever Voyaging (Steve Meretzky) IS6 - 87 Stationfall (Steve Meretzky) Mystery IM1 e 82 Deadline (Marc Blank) IM2 s 83 The Witness (Stu Galley) IM3 a 84 Suspect (Dave Lebling) IM4 s 85 Ballyhoo (Jeff O'Neill) IM5 i 86 Moonmist (Stu Galley/Jim Lawrence) Tales of Adventure IA1 a 83 Infidel (Mike Berlyn/Patricia Fogleman) IA2 i 84 Seastalker (Stu Galley/Jim Lawrence) *** first released as IK1 IA3 s 84 Cutthroats (Mike Berlyn/Jerry Wolper) IA4 s 86 Hollywood Hijinx (Dave Anderson/Liz Cyr-Jones) IA5 - 89 James Clavell's Shogun (Dave Lebling) Comedy IC1 s 86 Leather Goddesses of Phobos (Steve Meretzky) IC2 - 87 Bureaucracy (Douglas Adams et al.) IC3 - 87 Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It (Jeff O'Neill) Horror IH1 - 87 The Lurking Horror (Dave Lebling) Romance IR1 - 87 Plundered Hearts (Amy Briggs) Espionage IE1 - 87 Border Zone (Marc Blank) Immortal Legends CS1 - 87 Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels (Bob Bates) Chronicles IJ1 - 89 Journey (Marc Blank) Living Literature IL1 - 89 Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur (Bob Bates/Duane Beck) I.2 Demos, Samplers, Compilations --------------------------------- Demos & Samplers ID1?- 84 Zork Demo ID2 - 84 The Four-In-One Infocom Sampler (contains samples of Infidel, Planetfall, and Zork I, a session transcript from The Witness, and Marc Blank's Catch-A-Butterfly tutorial) ID3 - 87 The Four-In-One Infocom Sampler (contains samples of Zork I, LGOP, and Trinity, and a Wishbringer tutorial) --- - 87 Mini-Zork I (only available for the C-64, this one came with Infocom's one and only cassette based ZIP) Trilogies IT1 - 87 Zork Trilogy [IF1, IF2, IF3] IT2 - 87 Enchanter Trilogy [IF4, IF5, IF6] IT3 - 87 Classic Mystery Library [IM2, IM3, IM5] IT4 - 87 Science Fiction Classics [IS4, IS3, IS5] I.3 Non-IF ---------- Infocomics SL1 - 88 Lane Mastodon vs. The Blubbermen (Steve Meretzky) SG1 - 88 Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams (Amy Briggs) SZ1 - 88 ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle (Elizabeth Langosy) SZ2 - 88 ZorkQuest II: The Crystal of Doom (Elizabeth Langosy) Others BC1 - 85 Cornerstone (Brian Berkowitz/Rich Ilson et al.) GS1 - 86 Fooblitzky (Mike Berlyn/Marc Blank/Brian Cody/Poh C. Lim/Paula Maxwell) IF1 - 88 Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth (Scott Schmitz/Ken Updike & Amy Briggs) IF2 - 88 BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception (Westwood Ass.) I.4 Post-Infocom "Infocom" releases ----------------------------------- 224 - 89 Mines of Titan (Westwood Ass.) 225 - 90 Circuit's Edge (Westwood Ass.) ??? - 91 BattleTech 2: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge (Westwood Ass.) --- - 91 The Lost Treasures of Infocom --- - 92 Leather Goddesses of Phobos II (Steve Meretzky) --- - 92 The Lost Treasures of Infocom II --- - 93 Return to Zork (William Volk et al.) @~To be continued next issue - o -