Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom is a collection of 33 computer games from interactive fiction pioneer Infocom, and the top 6 winners of the 1995 Interactive Fiction Competition, released in 1996. It was available as a single cross-platform CD-ROM, which included PDFs of all the Infocom games' instructions, maps, and hint booklets. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Zork, an early work of interactive fiction, running on a modern interpreter Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software containing simulated environments in which players use text commands to control characters. ... Zork universe Zork games Zork Anthology Zork trilogy Zork I   Zork II   Zork III Beyond Zork   Zork Zero   Planetfall Enchanter trilogy Enchanter   Sorcerer   Spellbreaker Other games Wishbringer   Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis   Zork Grand Inquisitor Zork: The Undiscovered Underground Topics in Zork Encyclopedia Frobozzica Characters   Kings   Creatures Timeline   Magic   Calendar... The Interactive Fiction Competition is an annual competition for works of interactive fiction that has been held since 1995. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ...

Infocom was closed in 1989 by its then-parent company Activision. Still holding the copyright to nearly all the past Infocom titles, Activision bundled them together in this collection, following up the earlier Lost Treasures of Infocom series. The Infocom games included are: 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Activision, Inc. ... Copyright symbol. ... The Lost Treasures of Infocom is a collection of 20 games from the text adventure pioneer Infocom released in 1991. ...

• Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
• Ballyhoo
• Beyond Zork
• Border Zone
• Bureaucracy
• Cutthroats
• Deadline
• Enchanter
• Hollywood Hijinx
• Infidel
• Journey
• Leather Goddesses of Phobos
• The Lurking Horror
• A Mind Forever Voyaging
• Moonmist
• Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
• Planetfall
• Plundered Hearts
• Seastalker
• Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
• Sorcerer
• Spellbreaker
• Starcross
• Stationfall
• Suspect
• Suspended
• Trinity
• Wishbringer
• Witness
• Zork I
• Zork II
• Zork III
• Zork Zero

The Interactive Fiction Competition winners included are: Ballyhoo is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Jeff ONeill and published by Infocom in 1986. ... Zork universe Zork games Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Wishbringer Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Frobozzica Miscellaneous Timeline   Calendar   Magic Double Fanucci Companies Infocom   Activision Beyond Zork (full title: Beyond Zork: The Coconut... Border Zone is an interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank and published by Infocom in 1987. ... Bureaucracy is a text-based computer game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by popular comic science fiction author Douglas Adams. ... Cutthroats is an interactive fiction computer game written by Michael Berlyn and Jerry Wolper and was published by Infocom in 1984. ... Deadline is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1982. ... Enchanter is a 1983 interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling and published by Infocom. ... Hollywood Hijinx is an interactive fiction computer game written by Hollywood Dave Anderson and published by Infocom in 1986. ... Infidel is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1983. ... Journey: The Quest Begins is an interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank and released by Infocom in 1989. ... Cover of the Lane Mastodon comic—the instruction manual for the game Leather Goddesses of Phobos is an interactive fiction game published and developed by Infocom in 1986 for the DOS, Apple II, Apple Macintosh, Atari ST and Commodore 64 computers. ... The Lurking Horror is an interactive fiction computer game released by Infocom in 1987. ... A Mind Forever Voyaging (AMFV) is an interactive fiction game designed and implemented by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom in 1985. ... Moonmist is an interactive fiction computer game implemented by Stu Galley and published by Infocom in 1986. ... Nord and Bert Couldnt Make Head or Tail of it is an interactive fiction computer game written by Jeff ONeill and published by Infocom in 1987. ... Planetfall is a 1983 science fiction text adventure by Steve Meretzky of Infocom. ... Plundered Hearts is an interactive fiction computer game created by Amy Briggs and published by Infocom in 1987. ... Seastalker is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Stu Galley and Jim Lawrence and published by Infocom in 1984. ... Zork universe Zork games Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Wishbringer Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Frobozzica Miscellaneous Timeline   Calendar   Magic Double Fanucci Companies Infocom   Activision This article is about the computer game. ... Zork universe Zork games Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Wishbringer Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Frobozzica Miscellaneous Timeline   Calendar   Magic Double Fanucci Companies Infocom   Activision Spellbreaker is an interactive fiction computer game written... Starcross is a 1982 interactive fiction game designed and implemented by Dave Lebling and published by Infocom. ... Stationfall is an interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky and released by Infocom in 1987. ... Suspect is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Dave Lebling and published by Infocom in 1984. ... Suspended is an interactive fiction game published by Infocom in 1983. ... Trinity is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and published in 1986 by Infocom. ... Zork universe Zork games Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Wishbringer Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Frobozzica Miscellaneous Timeline   Calendar   Magic Double Fanucci Companies Infocom   Activision Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams is an... The Witness is an interactive fiction computer game written by Stu Galley and published by Infocom in 1983. ... Zork universe Zork games Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Wishbringer Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Frobozzica Miscellaneous Timeline   Calendar   Magic Double Fanucci Companies Infocom   Activision Zork I: The Great Underground Empire is an... Zork universe Zork games Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Wishbringer Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Frobozzica Miscellaneous Timeline   Calendar   Magic Double Fanucci Companies Infocom   Activision Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz is an... Zork III: The Dungeon Master is an interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels and Tim Anderson and published by Infocom in 1982. ... Zork universe Zork games Zork trilogy Zork I Zork II Zork III Enchanter trilogy Enchanter Sorcerer Spellbreaker Wishbringer Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork: Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Frobozzica Miscellaneous Timeline   Calendar   Magic Double Fanucci Companies Infocom   Activision Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz is an...

• A Change in the Weather
• The Magic Toyshop
• The Mind Electric
• The One That Got Away
• Toonesia
• Uncle Zebulon's Will

The collection included all of the contents of the previous two Lost Treasures of Infocom collections except for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and James Clavell's Shogun. Unlike the Lost Treasures collections, though, Masterpieces included the adult game Leather Goddesses of Phobos. The Magic Toyshop, a modern British novel written by Angela Carter, was first published in 1967. ... The One That Got Away is a 1957 World War II film starring Hardy Krüger. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is an interactive fiction computer game based on the seminal comic science fiction series of the same name. ... James Clavells Shōgun is an interactive fiction computer game written by Dave Lebling and released by Infocom in 1989. ...

External links

• MobyGames' entry for Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom