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'''Infocom''', founded in 1979, is the shining light in the history of commercially-released [[Interactive Fiction]] games. Beginning with ''[[
The company's strengths included technical innovation (their [[Text Parser]] was one of the best in the business, and the z-code data format Infocom created is a popular choice for distributing new IF games to this day), rich storytelling, and creative packaging (most Infocom games shipped with "[[Feelies]]", thematically-related props which might form part of the [[Copy Protection]] system, constitute clues, give extra background information, or just be included for the lulz).
In 1986, struggling with competition from video games with fancy graphics and badly damaged by an ill-fated foray into the business software market, Infocom was bought by Activision. Shortly after the acquisition, Infocom's champion on the Activision board left the company, and his successor [[Executive Meddling|spent three years "improving" Infocom]] before pulling the plug in 1989.
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=== Notable Infocom games include: ===▼
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* ''[[Zork (Video Game)|Zork]]'' and its many, many sequels▼
* ''[[Battle Tech]]: The Crescent Hawk's Inception'' and its sequel ''The Crescent Hawk's Revenge''▼
▲* ''[[
* ''Starcross''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''Infidel''
* ''[[The
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''Trinity''
* ''Bureaucracy'' (the return of special guest implementer [[Douglas Adams]])
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* ''Wishbringer''
* ''The Lurking Horror''
* ''[[The
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* [[Feelies]]
* [[Interactive Fiction]]
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* [[Arc Number]]: 69,105
* [[Easter Egg]]
* [[Featureless Protagonist]]
* [[Feelies]]
* [[Fictional Document]]
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Many of the games were DEVLISHLY hard, but [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|two words]]: [[The
* [[Interactive Fiction]]
* [[Inventory Management Puzzle]]
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* [[Locked Door]]
* [[Second Person Narration]]
* [[Unwinnable
▲=== Infocom games with their own trope pages include: ===
▲* ''[[Zork (Video Game)|Zork]]'' series (including the ''Enchanter'' trilogy)
▲* ''[[Planetfall (Video Game)|Planetfall]]'' (and ''Stationfall'')
▲* ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (Video Game)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''
▲* ''[[A Mind Forever Voyaging (Video Game)|A Mind Forever Voyaging]]''
▲* ''[[Suspended (Video Game)|Suspended]]''
=== Tropes relating to individual games that don't have their own pages: ===▼
* [[Big Dumb Object]]: Forms most of the plot of ''Starcross''
* [[Brown Note]]: ''Hollywood Hijinks'' features a film that kills everyone who watches it.
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* [[Criminal Mind Games]]: in ''Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels''
* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: ''Infidel''
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: In ''The Lurking Horror''
* [[Fauxshadow]]: In ''Wishbringer''
* [[Floating in A Bubble]]: In ''Trinity''
* [[Going
* [[Here We Go Again]]: ''Trinity''
* [[In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It]]: ''James Clavell's Shogun'', which James Clavell didn't have an active hand in adapting.
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* [[Stable Time Loop]]: In ''Trinity'', ''Sorcerer'' and ''Spellbreaker''
* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: In ''Plundered Hearts''
* [[Things That Go Bump in
* [[Turtle Power]]: ''Enchanter''
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: ''Infidel''
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