Editing Infocom (section)

{{short description|American software company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Infocom, Inc.
| logo = Logo of Infocom Inc.svg
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| foundation = {{Sda|1979|06|22}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Tim Anderson (programmer)|Tim Anderson]]|Joel Berez|[[Marc Blank]]|Mike Broos|Scott Cutler|Stu Galley|[[Dave Lebling]]|[[J. C. R. Licklider]]|Chris Reeve|[[Al Vezza]]}}
| fate = Merged into [[Activision]] on 13 June 1986<ref name="wilson199111"/>
| defunct = {{End date|1989|05|05}}<ref name="CGW"/>
| location = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], US
| key_people = Joel Berez ([[President (corporate title)|president]], [[CEO]])
| num_employees = 
| products = ''[[Zork]]''<br>''[[Deadline (1982 video game)|Deadline]]''<br>''[[Planetfall]]''<br>''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''<br>''[[A Mind Forever Voyaging]]''<br>''[[Leather Goddesses of Phobos]]''
| parent = [[Activision]]
| homepage = 
}}

'''Infocom, Inc.''', was an American [[software company]] based in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], that produced numerous works of [[interactive fiction]]. They also produced a business application, a [[relational database]] called ''[[Cornerstone (software)|Cornerstone]]''.<ref name=briceno2000/>

Infocom was founded on June 22, 1979, by staff and students of [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and lasted as an independent company until 1986, when it was bought by [[Activision]]. Activision shut down the Infocom division in 1989, although they released some titles in the 1990s under the Infocom ''[[Zork]]'' brand. Activision abandoned the Infocom trademark in 2002.