My collection of Infocom items

Infocom games were the first to really spark my imagination. In high school, I got together with a couple of friends and we collaborated to try and figure out Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz. I even got mad at one of them when he figured out the hot air balloon puzzle and wouldn't tell me.

In my own articles, I've written about how the level of care evident in each program is different between the pre-Activision era and after Infocom was fully absorbed into Activision (1989). There also a few programs not written by Infocom, but were published under the Infocom name. However, I haven't limited myself to "pure" Infocom programs in my collecting, and I'm glad I didn't. I just finished playing Simon the Sorcerer. There is a lot of humor in that story, and the CD-ROM version features the voice of Chris Barrie, who is also known as Arnold J. Rimmer (BSC, SSC*) in the Red Dwarf TV series.

* Bronze Swimming Certificate, Silver Swimming Certificate

Most of these programs are in the standard packaging, which is the 7.25x9" grey horizontally-striped boxes. I have also been able to obtain some of the original packages and other variants/re-releases, and those are noted. The Zork/Enchanter series is listed in the order they were released, but most everything else is just in alphabetical order.
 

The Zork/Enchanter series:   Zork I: The Great Underground Empire Beyond Zork   Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz Zork Zero   Zork III: The Dungeon Master Return to Zork   Enchanter Zork: Nemesis   Sorcerer Zork: Grand Inquisitor   Spellbreaker

Variations on the Zork/Enchanter series:   Zork TRS-80 version, book and disk   The Zork Trilogy Zork I, II and III repackaged into a single standard grey-striped box in 1986 -- two copies, 1 without the Zorkmid   The Zork Trilogy the 1984 folio version of Zork I, II, III for the DEC DECmate II computer   The Zork Anthology Zork I, II, III, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, plus Planetfall as a bonus   The Zork Legacy Collection The Zork Anthology, Return to Zork and Zork: Nemesis   Zork Classics Activision "A-List" reissue of Zork I/II/II, Enchanter, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero and Wishbringer   Enchanter original oversized "folio" package -- two copies, 1 not as complete as the first   "Popular Enchanting" part of the original Sorcerer folio package   Enchanter Trilogy a "slipcase" version of Enchanter, Sorcerer and Spellbreaker

Mysteries:   Ballyhoo     Deadline also have the folio-sized version that Commodore published, and the regular version that Commodore published   Suspect     Moonmist     The Witness also have the two of the original oversized "folio" packages, the second is missing the original cover sleeve, the matchbook and the inner folder

Comedies:   Bureaucracy     Leather Goddesses of Phobos     Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2:      The Pulsating Inconvenience      from Planet X two copies (one 5.25", one 3.5")   Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It

Tales of Adventure:   Cutthroats     Hollywood Hijinx     Infidel also have 2 of the original oversized "folio" package   Seastalker also have the original oversized "folio" package

Science Fiction:   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy also have an extra of the "Don't Panic" button in blue   A Mind Forever Voyaging     Planetfall     Stationfall     Starcross also have the original round package   Suspended also have a complete original boxed version with the mask and the game board, another one minus the box, mask and board, and the Commodore-issued version

miscellaneous subjects:   Border Zone     The Lurking Horror     Plundered Hearts     Sherlock: Riddle of the Crown Jewels     Trinity     Wishbringer

graphic adventures:   Arthur: the Quest for Excalibur     Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception     Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge     Circuit's Edge     James Clavell's Shogun     Journey     Mines of Titan two copies: Apple II and IBM   Mars Saga the version of Mines of Titan that Electronic Arts released a few years earlier   Simon the Sorcerer 3.5" floppy and CD-ROM versions, Infocom label   Simon the Sorcerer CD-ROM versions, original Adventuresoft release

Infocomics:   Gamma Force in Pit of A Thousand Screams     Lane Mastodon vs. The Blubbermen     ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle quanity 2 for Commodore 64   ZorkQuest: The Crystal of Doom

The Solid Gold re-releases:   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy     Leather Goddesses of Phobos     Planetfall     Wishbringer     Zork I

Invisiclues books:   Ballyhoo used, with map   Cutthroats 1 still in original packaging, 1 used (maps came with the game   Enchanter 1 used with map, 2 used without map (one has a price label on the cover, 1 unused with map   Sorcerer 1 still in original packaging, 1 used without map and has a price label on the cover   Spellbreaker 2 used, no maps, both with price labels on the cover   Hollywood Hijinx / Bureaucracy used, but with maps for both   Infidel used, with map   Leather Goddesses of Phobos unused (but out of package) with map   Stationfall / The Lurking Horror used with maps   Suspect used, pages damaged, with map   Suspended used, no map   Wishbringer used, with map   The Witness used, with map   Zork I used, with map   Zork II used, no map

Infocom novels:   Enchanter     The Lost City of Zork     Planetfall     Stationfall     Wishbringer     The Zork Chronicles     Zork: The Forces of Krill a "What-Do-I-Do-Now?" book, #1 of 4   Zork: The Malifestro Quest a "What-Do-I-Do-Now?" book, #2 of 4   Zork: The Cavern of Doom a "What-Do-I-Do-Now?" book, #3 of 4   Zork: Conquest at Quendor a "What-Do-I-Do-Now?" book, #4 of 4

miscellaneous items:   Cornerstone Tandy re-release of Infocom's database program   "Building Applications with Cornerstone" companion book. Quanity 2   Ad for poster "A human never stands so tall as when stooping to help a small computer". (The ad is a miniature version of the full poster.) Quanity 2.   Poster for Battletech: Crescent Hawk's Inception     The Lost Treasures of Infocom     The Lost Treasures of Infocom II     The Masterpieces of Infocom (actual title is "Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces")   The Adventure Collection     The Comedy Collection     The Fantasy Collection     The Mystery Collection     The Sci-Fi Collection     Infocom's newsletters All 27 issues, but the first 4 are photocopies from the Zork Users Group. Electronic versions of the newsletters are available at the Infocom Documentation Project.

miscellaneous books:   "The Quest for Clues" Solutions for many adventure games. Published by Origin.   "The Quest for Clues II" Solutions for many adventure games. Published by Origin.   "The Quest for Clues III" Solutions for many adventure games. Published by Origin.   "Questbusters: The Book of Clues III" Solutions for many adventure games. Published by Clue Book Express.   "Return to Zork Adventurer's Guide" Unauthorized edition. Published by Prima.   "Return to Zork: Official Guide to the      Great Underground Empire Published by Brady Games.   "Official Zork Nemesis Strategy Guide" Published by Brady Games.   "Official Zork: Grand Inquisitor Strategy Guide" Published by Brady Games.

Items wanted:   Deadline original oversized "folio" package   Fooblitzky board/computer game, IBM version preferred   Planetfall original oversized package   Quarterstaff graphic adventure for the Macintosh   Sorcerer original oversized "folio" package   Zork I original oversized "stonework" package   Zork II original oversized "stonework" package   Zork III original oversized "stonework" package   any hint books not listed above with maps   Classic Mystery Library a "slipcase" version of Deadline, Suspect and The Witness   Science Fiction Classics a "slipcase" version of Hitchhiker's Guide, Planetfall and A Mind Forever Voyaging   Zork I full-color solution map Published by the Zork Users Group.   Zork II full-color solution map Published by the Zork Users Group.   Zork Users Group newsletters need originals of the first 4 newsletters that ZUG   guide map for Zork I Published by the Zork Users Group and sold separately from their InvisiClues.   guide map for Zork II Published by the Zork Users Group and sold separately from their InvisiClues.   guide map for Zork III Published by the Zork Users Group and sold separately from their InvisiClues.   guide map for Starcross Published by the Zork Users Group and sold separately from their InvisiClues.   blueprints for Deadline Published by the Zork Users Group and sold separately from their InvisiClues.