What's New?

September 15, 1998

My son is born!

August 14, 1998

Added a new article called "Interactive Text In An Animated Age" donated by Michael Kurz.

March 11, 1998

Added a section listing Infocom story file interpreters for various platforms.

March 8, 1998

Added a blurb and image for the book Zork 4: Conquest at Quendor donoated by Allan Palmer.
Revamped the Zork downloads and added ZIP versions.

February 23, 1998

Add a map of Hitchhiker's which was donated by Anthony W. Haukap.

December 11, 1997

Added a review of Hitchhiker's from PCW Magazine (1985). Donated by Jeremy Smith.

October 17, 1997

Added cover scans and summaries for Zork 1: The Forces of Krill, Zork 2: The Malifestro Quest, and Zork 3: The Cavern of Doom. These were donated by Kirk Davies.

October 8, 1997

Added Invisiclues for Nord and Bert.

October 5, 1997

Added a map for AMFV by Adam Dawes
Added a Zork: The Undiscovered Underground page.
Added Zork downloads to the games page.

August 21, 1997

Got word from Matthew Harding that the Planetfall: The Search For Floyd project has been cancelled.

August 3, 1997

Won another award/advertisement.
Added a couple screen captures for Planetfall: The Search For Floyd

June 18, 1997

Removed the "In The Works" section and added a Frequently Asked Questions section.

May 27, 1997

Official opening of the European Mirror located at http://www.lysator.liu.se/adventure/Infocom/ and maintained by Hans Persson.

April 7, 1997

Added three issues of Infodope - INFOCOM's in-house newsletter.

April 3, 1997

Substantially updated the Authors Page.
Added a Fooblitzky image donated by Ambrosine.

March 30, 1997

Updated the images for Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III with images donated by Ambrosine.

March 20, 1997

Added The New Zork Times, Vol. 4, No. 3 "webbified" and donated by Allen Garvin.

March 14, 1997

Added Don't Panic - Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy donated by Warwick Annear to Lore and Legends.

March 2, 1997

Added The Creation lifted from the Masterpieces of Infocom CD-ROM sent in by Warwick Annear.

February 24, 1997

Added a link to Activision's teaser page for Zork Grand Inquisitor.

February 18, 1997

Added a link to Steve Meretzky's new stomping ground at Games, Inc.
Added The Challenge of Zork donated by Michael Kurz to Lore and Legends.

February 13, 1997

Added The Rise and Fall of Infocom donated by Warwick Annear to Lore and Legends.

February 5, 1997

Added some more images which were either donated or derived from images donated by Warwick Annear. I'm still in the process of finding homes for some of the images but you can see some of the changes in the Lost Treasures, Infocom Collections, and Masterpieces of Infocom areas.

February 3, 1997

Added four new articles that were transcribed and donated by Warwick Annear:

January 30, 1997

Added The Renaissance of Amiga Games to the articles section. It was transcribed and donated by Warwick Annear.

January 4, 1997

Added two new articles that were transcribed and donated by David Jinks:
- "Mark Blank: The Programmer Behind Zork"
- The New Zork Times, Vol. 1, No. 1

January 2, 1997

Game Briefs has seen fit to award the Infocom page a HotSpot award.

October 9, 1996

Added (finally) scans of Battletech: The Cresent Hawk's Inception and Battletech 2: The Cresent Hawk's Revenge donated by Rob Martindale.

October 3, 1996

Added an article EXEC INFOCOM: Adventures in Excellence donated by Paul R. Santa-Maria
Added The Implementor's Creed by Stu Galley.
Other small updates (I've been getting quite behind).

August 17, 1996

The page has one another award. This time from GameSpot.

August 1, 1996

Created a Masterpieces page.

July 31, 1996

Added a link to Activision's Masterpieces of Infocom page.
Updated the ordering page to include info on Masterpieces.

July 5, 1996

Added a link to Text Adventures on a Newton.

June 9, 1996

Added a review if Zork Nemesis to Lore and Legends. This article was donated by its author, Joe DeRouen, and will appear in the July 1996 issue of Computer Currents.

May 28, 1996

The Infocom site has won another award from eyeSITE.

May 22, 1996

Complete(ish) index to all New Zork Times and Status Line issues

May 10, 1996

Added two new Status Line articles that were transcribed and donated by David Jinks:
- "Have We Got a MAN for You!"
- "Ask Gabby"

May 8, 1996

Added another Status Line article donated by David Jinks. "Infocom Games in Brief" is an excellent summary of all of Infocom's games up until 1986.

May 1, 1996

Added a link to Eidetic, the game company founded by Marc Blank and Mike Berlyn.
Added four new Status Line articles that were transcribed and donated by David Jinks:

April 22, 1996

Updated some of the info on the authors page concerning the more recent activities of the former Infocom authors.

April 12, 1996

Added info to the ordering page regarding the FREE Zork I giveaway at Activision as part of the Zork Nemesis promotion.

April 9, 1996

Added a link to WebZork.
News for G.B. fans who want to order Lost Treasures.

March 26, 1996

Updated Dave Lebling's information on the authors page (provided by Dave himself). Dave also provided some more information on Infocom's unfinished games.

March 7, 1996

Added images of the covers scanned from the Infocom Books. Scanned and donated by John Kornhaus.

March 5, 1996

Added synopses (donated by John Kornhaus) for the Infocom Books.
Added a link to Zork: The Cavern of Doom.

February 26, 1996

The Infocom Page is deemed The 80s Server's Totally Awesome! Site of the Day

February 15, 1996

Scanned image of the TRS-80 Personal Software Zork donated by Alabama Petrofsky.

February 7, 1996

Added a section on the Games page listing Infocom's unfinished games.

February 6, 1996

Added difficulty level ratings for Arthur, Beyond Zork, Border Zone, Bureaucracy, Journey, Lurking Horror, Nord and Bert, Plundered Hearts, Sherlock, Shogun, and Stationfall. These ratings were taken from reviews in various issues of SPAG.
Added Neat-O (tm) buttons at the bottom of the individual game pages.

February 1, 1996

Added a link to The Zork Shrine by Faye Pashalis

January 30, 1996

Added the Quendor Timeline to The Lore and Legends of Infocom.

January 29, 1996

Added a new article to The Lore and Legends of Infocom.

January 18, 1996

The NEW InvisiClues are ready. Send of bug reports to pete@csd.uwo.ca.

January 17, 1996

Thanks to John Kornhaus I now have colour scans of the covers for Planetfall, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, and The Lurking Horror. He also provided further information and a scan for Quarterstaff. My sincere thanks to John for this.
Added a new Status Line article called "Zork Zero takes you back to the beginning" (thanks to Faye Pashalis for transcription and webification).

January 11, 1996

I've started a dictionary of Zork and Other Infocom Lingo. Additions and corrections are welcome (send to pete@csd.uwo.ca).

January 10, 1996

Test the new InvisiClues format. Send comments to pete@csd.uwo.ca.
New information on where to order Lost Treasures I and II and The Infocom Collections.

January 9, 1996

Started work on updating the Invisiclues such that they are more hierarchical. While this will mean more clicking (e.g. next answer, etc.) it will eliminate accidental spoilers. If you have any comments, suggestions, opinions, or flames email me at pete@csd.uwo.ca.
New URL! The Infocom Homepage is now located at the following URL (the old URL is still supported too).
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom

January 8, 1996

Added a Dungeon (the original mainframe Zork) page.
Added maps for Dungeon. These maps were created and donated by David Newkirk

January 5, 1996

Applied Computers are sold out of Lost Treasures CDs.

January 2, 1996

Added link to Activision's new title: Zork Nemesis

December 6, 1995

Added a page access counter.

November 30, 1995

Added solutions for all games except Nord 'n Bert.
Created a page for Activision's The Infocom Collections.
New information on where to order Lost Treasures I and II.

November 15, 1995

Added scanned images of most of the game titles. These images were obtained from Activision's Infocom section. The images will be removed if Activision doesn't want me to use them.

September 29, 1995