Infocom (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Infocom" in English language version.

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archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Anderson, Tim (Winter 1985). "The History of Zork – First in a series". The New Zork Times. Vol. 4, no. 1. pp. 6–7, 11.
Anderson, Tim (Spring 1985). "The History of Zork – Second in a series". The New Zork Times. Vol. 4, no. 2. pp. 3–5.
Galley, Stu (Summer 1985). "The History of Zork – Third in a series". The New Zork Times. Vol. 4, no. 3. pp. 4–5.
Ciraolo, Michael (October 1985). "Top Software / A List of Favorites". II Computing. Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 51. ISSN 0889-9134.
Grevstad, Eric (September 1983). "Zork I (Adventure)". Family Computing. Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 98. ISSN 0899-7373.
Ferrell, Keith (January 1988). "Interactive Text in an Animated Age". Compute!. p. 17. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
Muse, Dan (September 1986). "Capturing a Buffalo". inCider. pp. 14–15. Retrieved July 2, 2014.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Mace, Scott (April 2, 1984). "Games with windows". InfoWorld. p. 56. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
Chin, Kathy (January 28, 1985). "Atari Promises Software For ST". InfoWorld. p. 17. Retrieved March 19, 2011.

cgwmuseum.org (Global: 3,998^th place; English: 2,217^th place)

Wilson, Johnny L. (November 1991). "A History of Computer Games". Computer Gaming World. p. 10. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
"The 7th International Computer Game Developers Conference". Computer Gaming World. July 1993. p. 34. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
Oxner, Bill (May 1986). "Hobby & Industry News". Computer Gaming World. No. 28. p. 4. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
Tommervik, Margot Comstock (March 1983). "By Golly, That's a Good Game! / Masters of the Mousetrap Maxim Tell Why". Softline. pp. 30–32. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
"Rumored Activision/Infocom Rift Unfounded". Computer Gaming World. No. 46. April 1988. p. 9. Retrieved May 21, 2016.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Peters, Ian M. (June 15, 2014). "Peril-sensitive sunglasses, superheroes in miniature, and pink polka-dot boxers: Artifact and collectible video game feelies, play, and the paratextual gaming experience". Transformative Works and Cultures. 16. doi:10.3983/twc.2014.0509. ISSN 1941-2258.

edge-online.com (Global: 3,173^rd place; English: 2,053^rd place)

"A Short History Of Activision". Edge. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

filfre.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

Maher, Jimmy (March 20, 2013). "The Top of its Game". The Digital Antiquarian. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
Maher, Jimmy (October 23, 2013). "Masters of the Game". The Digital Antiquarian. Retrieved July 11, 2014.

gamecenter.com (Global: low place; English: 9,139^th place)

"The Top 40 Games of the Millennium". Gamecenter. January 5, 2000. Archived from the original on June 17, 2000. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

gamedeveloper.com (Global: 4,881^st place; English: 2,796^th place)

Barton, Matt (June 28, 2007). "The History Of Zork". Game Developer. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
Heron, Michael (August 3, 2016). "Hunt The Syntax, Part One". Game Developer. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
Kerr, Chris (April 16, 2019). "The source code for Infocom's classic text adventures is now on Github". Gamasutra. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

gamesetwatch.com (Global: low place; English: 8,789^th place)

Carless, Simon (September 20, 2008). "Great Scott: Infocom's All-Time Sales Numbers Revealed". GameSetWatch. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2008.

gamespy.com (Global: 1,256^th place; English: 817^th place)

archive.gamespy.com

"GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time". GameSpy. 2001. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

gdcvault.com (Global: low place; English: 9,844^th place)

Lebling, Dave (March 2014). Classic Game Postmortem: Zork (conference presentation). Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Game Developers Conference.

github.com (Global: 383^rd place; English: 320^th place)

"Zork for Android". GitHub. January 23, 2015.
"Zork for Android – History". GitHub. January 23, 2015.

goodolddays.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The Master Storytellers did (Info-)Comics (and nobody took notice)". The Good Old Days. Retrieved July 14, 2021.

ign.com (Global: 53^rd place; English: 44^th place)

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"Top 100 Video Games of All Time". IGN. June 1, 2015. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.

inc.com (Global: 1,994^th place; English: 1,215^th place)

Solomon, Abby (October 1983). "Games Businesspeople Play". Inc. ISSN 0162-8968. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
Solomon, Abby (October 1983). "Games Businesspeople Play". Inc.

jmac.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

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"That "new" "official" Infocom web site". The Gameshelf.

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The Wishbringer manual with more examples of complex commands possible with Infocom games.

mit.edu (Global: 415^th place; English: 327^th place)

web.mit.edu

Briceno, Hector; Wesley Chao; Andrew Glenn; Stanley Hu; Ashwin Krishnamurthy; Bruce Tsuchida (December 15, 2000). "Down From the Top of Its Game: The Story of Infocom, Inc". Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2007.

newmedia.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Sengstack, Jeff (June 24, 1996). "Activision: Reorganized, Redefined and on the Rebound". NewMedia. Archived from the original on January 28, 1998. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

oregonstate.edu (Global: 2,041^st place; English: 1,331^st place)

people.oregonstate.edu

"Readme from the release". oregonstate.edu.

polygon.com (Global: 180^th place; English: 133^rd place)

Polygon Staff (November 27, 2017). "The 500 Best Video Games of All Time". Polygon.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2017.

popularmechanics.com (Global: 1,808^th place; English: 1,159^th place)

Moore, Bo (June 16, 2014). "The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016.
Moore, Bo; Schuback, Adam (March 21, 2019). "The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2019.

resonant.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Dyer, Richard (May 6, 1984). "Masters of the Game". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

smh.com.au (Global: 132^nd place; English: 96^th place)

Hollingworth, David (June 6, 2002). "Top 50 video games of all time". Sydney Morning Herald (Published in print, with additional preface, as part of the Heralds monthly e)mag supplement.). Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2022.

steamcommunity.com (Global: 5,177^th place; English: 4,263^rd place)

"Is this going to be an Infocom branded game? :: Thaumistry: In Charm's Way General Discussions". steamcommunity.com. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

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GET LAMP Raw Interviews Pretty Much Up on ascii.textfiles.com by Jason Scott (December 3, 2012)

thewrap.com (Global: 112^th place; English: 88^th place)

Owen, Phil (March 13, 2017). "The 30 Best Video Games of All Time, Ranked". thewrap.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.

time.com (Global: 61^st place; English: 54^th place)

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"All-TIME 100 Video Games". Time. November 15, 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2017.

time.com

Peckham, Matt; Eadicicco, Lisa; Fitzpatrick, Alex; Vella, Matt; Patrick Pullen, John; Raab, Josh; Grossman, Lev (August 23, 2016). "The 50 Best Video Games of All Time". Time. Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.

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Peters, Ian M. (June 15, 2014). "Peril-sensitive sunglasses, superheroes in miniature, and pink polka-dot boxers: Artifact and collectible video game feelies, play, and the paratextual gaming experience". Transformative Works and Cultures. 16. doi:10.3983/twc.2014.0509. ISSN 1941-2258.

usgamer.net (Global: 2,202^nd place; English: 1,338^th place)

Rignall, Jaz; Parish, Jeremy (December 25, 2015). "Dave Lebling on the Genesis of the Adventure Game – and the Creation of Zork". USGamer. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

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Dyer, Richard (May 6, 1984). "Masters of the Game". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 7, 1997.

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After a systems engineer at DEC obtained the source code for the MDL version by working out how to work around the implementors' directory protection and then brute-forcing their encryption, the implementors conceded that he deserved it if he was willing to go to that much effort."Infocom Interactive Fiction (Peter Scheyen Archive)". Archived from the original on February 2, 2016.
"Infocom Interactive Fiction (Peter Scheyen Archive)". Archived from the original on February 2, 2016.
"Infocom Interactive Fiction (Peter Scheyen Archive)". Archived from the original on November 1, 2011.

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Briceno, Hector; Wesley Chao; Andrew Glenn; Stanley Hu; Ashwin Krishnamurthy; Bruce Tsuchida (December 15, 2000). "Down From the Top of Its Game: The Story of Infocom, Inc". Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
Dyer, Richard (May 6, 1984). "Masters of the Game". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 7, 1997.
Rignall, Jaz; Parish, Jeremy (December 25, 2015). "Dave Lebling on the Genesis of the Adventure Game – and the Creation of Zork". USGamer. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
Solomon, Abby (October 1983). "Games Businesspeople Play". Inc. ISSN 0162-8968. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
Carless, Simon (September 20, 2008). "Great Scott: Infocom's All-Time Sales Numbers Revealed". GameSetWatch. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2008.
"The Top 40 Games of the Millennium". Gamecenter. January 5, 2000. Archived from the original on June 17, 2000. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
"GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time". GameSpy. 2001. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
Hollingworth, David (June 6, 2002). "Top 50 video games of all time". Sydney Morning Herald (Published in print, with additional preface, as part of the Heralds monthly e)mag supplement.). Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
"Top 100 Video Games of All Time". IGN. June 1, 2015. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
Moore, Bo (June 16, 2014). "The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016.
"All-TIME 100 Video Games". Time. November 15, 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
Peckham, Matt; Eadicicco, Lisa; Fitzpatrick, Alex; Vella, Matt; Patrick Pullen, John; Raab, Josh; Grossman, Lev (August 23, 2016). "The 50 Best Video Games of All Time". Time. Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
Owen, Phil (March 13, 2017). "The 30 Best Video Games of All Time, Ranked". thewrap.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
Polygon Staff (November 27, 2017). "The 500 Best Video Games of All Time". Polygon.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
Moore, Bo; Schuback, Adam (March 21, 2019). "The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time". Popular Mechanics. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
Barton, Matt (June 28, 2007). "The History Of Zork". Game Developer. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
Heron, Michael (August 3, 2016). "Hunt The Syntax, Part One". Game Developer. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
Dyer, Richard (May 6, 1984). "Masters of the Game". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
"A Short History Of Activision". Edge. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
Sengstack, Jeff (June 24, 1996). "Activision: Reorganized, Redefined and on the Rebound". NewMedia. Archived from the original on January 28, 1998. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
After a systems engineer at DEC obtained the source code for the MDL version by working out how to work around the implementors' directory protection and then brute-forcing their encryption, the implementors conceded that he deserved it if he was willing to go to that much effort."Infocom Interactive Fiction (Peter Scheyen Archive)". Archived from the original on February 2, 2016.
"Infocom Interactive Fiction (Peter Scheyen Archive)". Archived from the original on February 2, 2016.
"Infocom Interactive Fiction (Peter Scheyen Archive)". Archived from the original on November 1, 2011.
"Liberated Games Forums: FAQs => General Liberated Games FAQ". October 12, 2007. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

wired.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 152^nd place)

Kohler, Chris (April 18, 2008). "'Infocom Drive' Turns Up Long-Lost Hitchhiker Sequel". Wired. Retrieved January 26, 2016. Remnants of the unreleased sequel to Infocom's text adventure version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy have been made available to the public by Waxy.org. Playable prototypes, design docs, source code and a string of e-mails between Infocom designers and management provide a fascinating look at the game's turbulent, if aborted, development process. Among the assets included: design documents, e-mail archives, employee phone numbers, sales figures, internal meeting notes, corporate newsletters, and the source code and game files for every released and unreleased game Infocom made."

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"The Making of Zork". Retro Gamer. No. 77. May 2010. pp. 36–39. ISSN 1742-3155.
Solomon, Abby (October 1983). "Games Businesspeople Play". Inc. ISSN 0162-8968. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
Mace, Scott (April 2, 1984). "Games with windows". InfoWorld. p. 56. ISSN 0199-6649.
Ditlea, Steve; Onosco, Tim; Kunkel, Bill (February 1985). "Random Access: Best Sellers/Recreation". Video. Vol. 8, no. 11. p. 35. ISSN 0147-8907.
Onosco, Tim; Kohl, Louise; Kunkel, Bill; Garr, Doug (March 1985). "Random Access: Best Sellers/Recreation". Video. Vol. 8, no. 12. p. 43. ISSN 0147-8907.
Ciraolo, Michael (October 1985). "Top Software / A List of Favorites". II Computing. Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 51. ISSN 0889-9134.
"Zork". Commodore Magazine. Vol. 3, no. 6. November 1983. pp. 8–11. ISSN 0814-5741.
Grevstad, Eric (September 1983). "Zork I (Adventure)". Family Computing. Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 98. ISSN 0899-7373.
Peters, Ian M. (June 15, 2014). "Peril-sensitive sunglasses, superheroes in miniature, and pink polka-dot boxers: Artifact and collectible video game feelies, play, and the paratextual gaming experience". Transformative Works and Cultures. 16. doi:10.3983/twc.2014.0509. ISSN 1941-2258.

zzap64.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Four Minds Forever Voyaging (Part I)".

Infocom (English Wikipedia)

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