4.5 - September 17, 1993 ------------------ Infocom Fact Sheet - Part 4 ------------------ Compiled by Paul David Doherty First published on CompuServe/Internet Supplied by both Graham Cluley and Richard Hunt @~Continued from last issue IV Words and Objects ===================== Game Version Rooms Words Objects (int) (takeable) Zork I 88 110 697 60 Zork II 48 86 684 50 Deadline 27 51 656 37 Zork III 17 89 564 23 Starcross 17 86 557 25 Suspended 8 63 676 33 The Witness 22 30 715 22 Planetfall 37 105 669 45 Enchanter 29 74 723 33 Infidel 22 77 613 57 Sorcerer 18 84 1013 36 Seastalker 16 30 911 15 Cutthroats 23 68 790 21 HHGG 59 31 971 45 Suspect 14 57 674 43 Wishbringer 69 52 1043 35 AMFV 79 178 1812 30 Spellbreaker 87 79 850 60 Ballyhoo 97 36 962 42 Trinity 12 134 2120 49 LGOP 59 75 978 41 Moonmist 9 69 955 26 Hollywood Hijinx 37 67 854 58 Bureaucracy 116 50 1416 44 Stationfall 107 105 789 53 Lurking Horror 221 71 773 44 Nord and Bert 19 41 1230 69 Plundered Hearts 26 57 816 28 Beyond Zork 57 128 1569 77 Border Zone 9 111 803 42 Sherlock 26 92 1194 67 Zork Zero 393 215 1624 106 Shogun 322 75 1389 63 Journey 83 - 27 - Arthur 74 90 1059 32 The number of rooms refers to the internal representation; externally (from the player's point of view) there can be less/more rooms. The number of takeable objects can sometimes be higher than the figure given here. (I have only counted objects which have the takebit set in the initial state of the game.) V Implementors =============== These are all the games written by the 10 most famous Infocom implementors. A "#" after a year means that the game has not been finished or never been released. "Hollywood" Dave Anderson ------------------------- Hollywood Hijinx <+ L.Cyr-Jones> 86 (Infocom) Bob Bates --------- Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels 87 (Infocom) Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur <+ D.Beck> 89 (Infocom) Robin Hood 89# (Infocom) Timequest 91 (Legend) Gateway <+ G.Dahlgren/M.Lindner/M.Verdu/D.Beck> 92 (Legend) Eric the Unready 93 (Legend) Michael Berlyn -------------- Oo-Topos <+ Muffy Berlyn> 81 (Sentient) Cyborg ~82 (Sentient) Gold Rush ? (Sentient) Suspended 83 (Infocom) Infidel <+ P.Fogleman> 83 (Infocom) Cutthroats <+ J.Wolper> 84 (Infocom) Fooblitzky <+ M.Blank et.al> 85/6 (Infocom) Tass Times In Tonetown <+ Muffy Berlyn> 86 (Interplay) Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I. 87 (First Row) Altered Destiny 90 (Accolade) Bubsy 93 (SEGA/Nintendo) Marc S. Blank ------------- Zork <+ P.D.Lebling/T.A.Anderson/B.K.Daniels> 77-9 (MIT) Zork I: The Great Underground Empire <+P.D.Lebling> 80 (Infocom) Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz <+ P.D.Lebling> 81 (Infocom) Zork III: The Dungeon Master <+ P.D.Lebling> 81 (Infocom) Deadline 82 (Infocom) Enchanter <+ P.D.Lebling> 83 (Infocom) Fooblitzky <+ M.Berlyn et.al> 85/6 (Infocom) Border Zone 87 (Infocom) Journey 88 (Infocom) Amy Briggs ---------- Plundered Hearts 87 (Infocom) Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams 88 (Infocom/TSP) Quarterstaff <+ S.Schmitz/K.Updike> 88 (Infocom) Stuart W. Galley ---------------- The Witness 83 (Infocom) Seastalker <+ J.Lawrence> 84 (Infocom) Midnight Rider/Escape from Boston 85# (Infocom) Moonmist <+ J.Lawrence> 86 (Infocom) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 87# (Infocom) P. David Lebling ---------------- Zork <+ M.S.Blank/T.A.Anderson/B.K.Daniels> 77-9 (MIT) Zork I: The Great Underground Empire <+ M.S.Blank> 80 (Infocom) Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz <+ M.S.Blank> 81 (Infocom) Zork III: The Dungeon Master <+ M.S.Blank> 81 (Infocom) Starcross 82 (Infocom) Enchanter <+ M.S.Blank> 83 (Infocom) Suspect 84 (Infocom) Spellbreaker 85 (Infocom) The Lurking Horror 87 (Infocom) James Clavell's Shogun 88 (Infocom) Steven Eric Meretzky -------------------- Planetfall 83 (Infocom) Sorcerer 84 (Infocom) The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy <+ D.N.Adams> 84 (Infocom) A Mind Forever Voyaging 85 (Infocom) Leather Goddesses Of Phobos 86 (Infocom) Stationfall 87 (Infocom) Lane Mastodon vs. The Blubbermen 88 (Infocom/TSP) Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz 88 (Infocom) Titanic 89# (Infocom) Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All The Girls 90 (Legend) Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance 91 (Legend) Leather Goddesses Of Phobos 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X 92 (Infocom) Spellcasting 301: Spring Break 92 (Legend) [Meretzky also wrote 4 "Zork" interactive novels in 1983: 1 The Forces of Krill 2 The Malifestro Quest 3 The Cavern of Doom 4 Conquest at Quendor] "Professor" Brian Moriarty -------------------------- Adventure in the Fifth Dimension ~83 (Analog Comp.) Crash Dive! ~83 (Analog Comp.) Trinity 84-6 (Infocom) Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams 85 (Infocom) Beyond Zork 87 (Infocom) [unnamed MacII graphic game] 88# (Infocom) Loom 90 (Lucasfilm) The Dig <+ S.Spielberg> 93 (Lucasfilm) Jeff O'Neill ------------ Ballyhoo 85 (Infocom) Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of it 87 (Infocom) Zork I (German Version) 88# (Infocom) @~To be continued next issue. - o -