Index: if-archive/infocom

Under this directory are two quite distinct categories of information:

Historical material relating to Infocom, a commercial publisher of IF, active 1979-1989, and its works;
Tools (such as Inform) which relate to the reverse-engineering of Infocom's story format (the "Z-machine"), and the creation of new works using that format and its descendants.

adverts ◆: Advertisements published by Infocom
articles ◆: Magazine articles about Infocom and its works
compilers ◆: Tools for building new works in the Z-machine format (and its descendants)
demos ◆: Demo versions of Infocom games and other works
fonts ◆: Fonts used in Infocom products
hints ◆: Hints and solutions for Infocom's games
icons ◆: Fan-made icons for Infocom's games (and other IF files)
images ◆: Miscellaneous images relating to Infocom and its works
info ◆: Information about Infocom and its works
interpreters ◆: Interpreters for Z-code works (both Infocom's and others'), and related tools
media ◆: Graphics and sound files from Infocom games
NZT+TSL ◆: "New Zork Times" / "The Status Line", Infocom's newsletters
patches ◆: Patches to convert between versions of Infocom's games
shipped-documentation ◆: Versions of documentation accompanying Infocom's games
source ◆: ZIL source code for Infocom's games
tools ◆: Tools for working with Infocom's games, and with other Z-code files
z-machine ◆ [link to if-archive/infocom/interpreters/specification]: The reverse-engineered specification of Infocom's Z-machine (and later extensions)