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The Lost Treasures of Infocom
Developer Infocom
Publisher Activision
Platforms Amiga, Apple II, DOS, iOS, Mac OS
Released Amiga, Apple II, DOS, Mac OS
United States: 1991
iOS
North America: 2012
Added to
Museum
DOS (5¼" and 3½" floppy disks): August 1, 2023

The Lost Treasures of Infocom is a video game compilation.

It contains twenty interactive fiction games developed by Infocom written in the Z-code scripting language.

The compilation was published by Activision on floppy disks for Amiga, Apple II, DOS, and Mac OS in 1991. It was also released on CD-ROM for DOS and MacOS.

The Lost Treasures of Infocom was later released through digital distribution on iOS in 2012.

Development

Activision acquired Infocom in 1986. In 1988, Activision was renamed Mediagenic and fell into debt. In 1989, Medigenic closed Infocom. To rescue the company from bankruptcy, two businessmen named Bobby Kotick and Brian Kelly acquired 25% of the shares of Mediagenic for approximately $500,000 USD.

After the reconstruction of Activision after the purchase, bundles containing intellectual properties owned by Activision were released. The Lost Treasures of Infocom sold well enough to warrant a sequel containing most of the remaining Infocom interactive fiction games, The Lost Treasures of Infocom II, in 1992.

Included games

Title Released Notes
Zork I 1980
Zork II 1981
Zork III 1982
Deadline 1982
Starcross 1982
Enchanter 1983
Infidel 1983
Planetfall 1983
Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare 1983
The Witness 1983
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1984
Sorcerer 1984
Suspect 1984
Ballyhoo 1985
Spellbreaker 1985
Moonmist 1986
The Lurking Horror 1987
Stationfall 1987
Beyond Zork 1987
Zork Zero 1987