Infocom

USA publisher and developerfounded in 1979 closed in 1989 status: dead

440
games
11.0
per year
36
years active

Acquired by Activision in 1986

Infocom used 5 difficulty ratings with each game advertising which category it belonged to on the box. For the sake of those unfamiliar with this convention, please include the following chart in game descriptions, emphasizing the appropriate difficulty like so:

Difficulty Level: | Junior | Introductory | Standard |>>ADVANCED<<| Expert |

The above example denotes a game of Advanced difficulty level. Please note the spacing, lack of spacing, & caps are for browsers that may not see the bold text.

Notable collaborators: Dave Lebling, Steve Meretzky, Marc Blank, Michael Berlyn and Douglas Adams

It is known for Enchanter, Zool, Zork, Zork Universe

Releases per year

1980 2
1981 4
1982 19
1983 38
1984 62
1985 48
1986 93
1987 60
1988 27
1989 21
1990 2
1991 1
1992 1
1993 5
1995 2
2001 1
2002 3
2004 1
2012 1
2014 3
2015 1

395 video games with valid date were considered (89.7%)

Overall rankings

31
65
11
1
0
4.2
average

Common gametypes

adventure92%other7%

Top platforms

  MS-DOS 46
  Mac OS Classic 43
  Apple II E 42
  Amiga 35
  C64 32
  Atari ST 32
  C128 29
  Amstrad CPC 25
  Atari 400/800 25
  Amstrad PCW 24
  Tandy Coco 17
  Tatung Einstein 14
  TRS-80 13
  DEC PDP-1 11
  C16/Plus4 10