Note: The *-text files were uploaded by Stu Galley from his
private archive (read: attic)
- AmigaWorld86.txt [14-Jan-1996]
- Two articles from AmigaWorld January/February 1986,
pages 70-73, transcribed by Kirk Davies:
The Wizard of Wishbringer -
"A totally objective, highly critical and unbiased
interview with Infocom game designer Brian Moriarty,
by Brian Moriarty."
Tour of a Dream Factory -
A visitor's description of Infocom, by Bob Liddil
- articles.zip [07-Jan-1993]
- Articles by and interviews with Infocom writers
compiled by Paul David Doherty. Contents:
IEEE Computer, 1979: "Zork: A Computerized Fantasy
Simulation Game" by Lebling/Blank/Anderson
Creative Computing, 1980: "How to Fit a Large Program
Into a Small Machine" by Blank/Galley
Byte, 1980: "Zork and the Future of Computerized
Fantasy Simulations" by Lebling
Mike Gerrard's Lebling Interview (1987)
Paul Rigby's Moriarty Interview
New Zork Times, 1985: "The History of Zork" by
Anderson/Galley
- BYTE_1981-02_Zork_Advert.pdf [17-Feb-2012]
- Zork Advert, from Byte February 1981.
- BYTE_1981-02_Zork_Product_Review.pdf [17-Feb-2012]
- Review of Zork by Bob Liddil, from Byte February 1981.
- Dan_Horn_interview.mp3 [13-Oct-2015]
- ANTIC Interview 88 with Dan Horn, technical director
at Infocom. Hosted by Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz and
Brad Arnold.
- Discover_March1984.pdf [28-Jan-2004]
- "Games With a Real Byte To Them," by Gary Taubes,
published in the March 1984 issue of Discover
magazine.
- Enchanter_Ahoy_Mar84.pdf [06-Jul-2013]
- Review of Enchanter, from Ahoy March 1984.
- Family_Computing_Apr88_Beyond_Zork.pdf [05-Jul-2013]
- Review of Beyond Zork, from Family Computing April 1988.
- Family_Computing_Dec86_Disk_Drive_Detectives.pdf [04-Jul-2013]
- "Disk Drive Detectives: Make Fiction Come Alive with
Mystery Games", by Shay Addams. Features "Deadline,"
"The Witness," "Ballyhoo," and other games. From Family
Computing December 1986.
- Family_Computing_Dec87_Stationfall.jpg [04-Jul-2013]
- Review of Stationfall, from Family Computing December 1987.
- Family_Computing_Feb87_Trinity.jpg [04-Jul-2013]
- Review of Trinity, from Family Computing February 1987.
- Family_Computing_Jun84_Blank_Berlyn_interview.pdf [01-Jul-2013]
- "The Hard-Boiled School of Software: An Interview with
Marc Blank and Mike Berlyn of Infocom",
from Family Computing June 1984.
- Family_Computing_Jun84_Suspended.pdf [01-Jul-2013]
- Review of Suspended, from Family Computing June 1984.
- Family_Computing_Jun85_Hitchhikers_Guide.jpg [02-Jul-2013]
- Review of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, from
Family Computing June 1985.
- Family_Computing_Jun85_Wander_into_Wonderland.pdf [02-Jul-2013]
- "Wander Into Wonderland: Adventure Games Take You on a
Vacation to a Place as Vivid as Your Imagination." An
article about the appeal of adventure games, with an
emphasis on Infocom. Also includes a sidebar interview
with Douglas Adams. From Family Computing June 1985.
- Family_Computing_May87_Moonmist.jpg [04-Jul-2013]
- Review of Moonmist, from Family Computing May 1987.
- Family_Computing_Sep83_Zork1.pdf [01-Jul-2013]
- Review of Zork 1, from Family Computing September 1983.
- Games.87 [07-Dec-1993]
- They Take the High-Tech Route to Adventure,
by Burt Hochberg
from Games magazine August/September 1987
- GamingWorld91.txt [15-Feb-1995]
- Excerpt from A History of Computer Games, by Johnny Wilson
from Computer Gaming World, November 1991
- globe.890522 [06-Dec-1993]
- Computer-Games Firm Moving to California, by Ronald
Rosenberg. From Boston Globe, Monday May 22, 1989
- Globe84-text [09-Mar-1993]
- Masters of the Game, by Richard Dyer
from "The Boston Globe" Magazine, May 6, 1984
- infidel.txt [14-Oct-1996]
- INFIDEL (Infocom) vs SANDS OF EGYPT (Datasoft)
Reviewed by Michael Blanchet.
From Computer Games, July/August 1984
typed in by Joe Barlow
- Newsweek85-text [10-Mar-1993]
- Lost in Computer Fiction, by Bill Barol
from Newsweek, December 23, 1985
- NYT83-text [10-Mar-1993]
- Participatory Novels, by Edward Rothstein
from The New York Times BOOK REVIEW, May 8, 1983
- NZT-advice.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- A collection of New Zork Times advice columns,
transcribed by Graeme Cree:
Ask Duffy, from Summer 1984, page 5
Ask Jennifer, from Winter 1985, page 5
Dear Miss Underground Manners, from The Status Line,
Fall 1986, page 2
- NZT-answers.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- Frank Answers to the Ten Most Frequently Asked Questions
from The New Zork Times, Spring 1984, page 1-2
transcribed by Graeme Cree
- NZT-atomic-text [06-Dec-1993]
- How I Spent My Summer Vacation, by Brian Moriarty
from ****, Spring 1986
from The Status Line, Spring 1989
- NZT-Briggs.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- Infocom's First Romance: Plundered Hearts author
Amy Briggs talks about why she chose to write an
interactive romance
from The Status Line, Winter 1987, page 9
transcribed by Graeme Cree
- NZT-falcon.txt [05-Sep-1995]
- The Shrinkwrapped Falcon, by A. Dashiell Meretzky
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1985, page 3
typed in by Dave Robeson
- NZT-Fooblitzky.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- Fooblitzky Keeps Puzzle-Solvers Busy
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1986, pages 1 and 5
transcribed by Graeme Cree
- NZT-gamedev.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- Inside Look at Game Development
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1984, page 4
transcribed by Graeme Cree
- NZT-GUEtech.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- Is It GUE Tech or MIT? Dave Lebling Explains It...
from The Status Line, Winter/Spring 1988, page 5
transcribed by Graeme Cree
- NZT-horoscope.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- A collection of New Zork Times horoscopes,
transcribed by Graeme Cree:
Infocom Horoscope, from Spring 1984, page 3
Your Weekly Horoscope by Omar, from The Status Line,
Summer 1986, page 2
- NZT-InfoBets-text [06-Dec-1993]
- How much you wanna bet? Dinner in Paris or Tokyo -
A history of InfoBets (anonymous) and
California Academy of Sciences debuts 'Marathon of the
Minds', by Stu Galley
from The Status Line, Winter/Spring 1987
- NZT-music.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- Music From the Great Underground Empire
(reprinted from U.S. News and Dungeon Report, 9/18/951)
from The New Zork Times, Spring 1985, page 8
transcribed by Graeme Cree
- NZT-name-text [02-Mar-1993]
- A Zork By Any Other Name
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1984
- NZT-parser.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- Parser??? by Stu Galley
from The Status Line, Spring 1989, page 2
transcribed by Graeme Cree
- NZT-Sandusky-text [06-Dec-1993]
- Upper Sandusky: No, it's not on Lake Erie and there
isn't a Joe's, by Steve Meretzky
from The Status Line, Fall 1987
- NZT-Sasha-text [06-Dec-1993]
- Sasha Blunderbraas: Prime Virtuosa, by S. Eric Merescu
from The New Zork Times, Spring 1985
- NZT-Suspect.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- Suspect Author Suspected, by Dave Lebling
from The New Zork Times, Winter 1985, page 8
transcribed by Graeme Cree
- NZT-testing-text [06-Dec-1993]
- They're never satisfied, by Dave Lebling
from The New Zork Times, Fall 1984
- NZT-Witness-text [02-Mar-1993]
- How "The Witness" Came to Be
from The New Zork Times, Summer 1984
- NZT-Zorkhistory.txt [23-Aug-1995]
- Three articles on the history of Zork, transcribed by
Graeme Cree:
The History of Zork - First in a Series, by
Tim Anderson, from The New Zork Times, Winter 1985,
pages 6-7 and 11
The History of Zork - Second in a Series, by
Tim Anderson, from The New Zork Times, Spring 1985,
pages 3-5
The History of Zork - The Final (?) Chapter: MIT,
MDL, ZIL, ZIP; by Stu Galley, from The New Zork Times,
Summer 1985, pages 4-5
- NZT-ZQ-text [08-Mar-1993]
- Good-Bye to The Status Line, Hello to ZQ (Zork Quarterly)
- PCjoker92.txt [31-Jan-1994]
- Ein offenes Gespraech mit Steve Meretzky (German)
interview from PC Joker 5/92 (September/October 1992)
- PCjoker94.txt [31-Jan-1994]
- Ein offenes Gespraech mit Infocom (German)
an interview with Eddie Dombrower and William D. Volk,
the makers of Return to Zork
from PC Joker 2/94 (February 1994)
- PCjoker95.txt [28-Jun-1995]
- Ein offenes Gespraech mit Bob Bates (German)
interview from PC Joker 7/8'95 (July/August 1995)
- Post83-text [10-Mar-1993]
- Through the Zorking Glass, by Curt Suplee
from The Washington Post, December 22, 1983
- PowerPlay.91 [14-Apr-1994]
- Schmiede der Legenden (German)
an interview with Bob Bates, from Power Play 12/91
- PowerPlayHHGTTG.txt [05-Apr-1999]
- An interview with Douglas Adams about
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, from
Commodore Power/Play, April/May 1985
- Practical82.txt [17-Jun-1994]
- Zork - Magic Meets Science Fiction, by Peter Fitch
from Practical Computing, April 1982
- Suspended_Ahoy_Jan84.pdf [06-Jul-2013]
- Review of Suspended, from Ahoy January 1984.
- Time83-text [10-Mar-1993]
- Putting Fiction on a Floppy, by Philip Elmer-De Witt
from TIME, December 5, 1983
- trinityCG.txt [12-Sep-1998]
- Review of Trinity, from Compute!'s Gazette, March
1987. Scanned in by Patrick Kellum.
- YC-87.txt [28-Jul-1994]
- Infocom Special by Roger Garret, from Your Computer
March 1987, and Profile: Infocom's Dave Lebling by
Mike Gerrard, from Your Computer May 1987
typed in by Torbjoern Andersson
- Your64.txt [15-Jul-1996]
- A review of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",
from Your 64, July 1985. Typed in by David Kinder
- zzap64.txt [27-Jul-1993]
- Four Minds Forever Voyaging, by Sean Masterson
(interviews with Dave Lebling, Steve Meretzky,
Stu Galley, and Carl Genatossio)
from ZZAP! 64; typed in by Hans Persson
