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Steve Meretzky

Born May 1, 1957 (1957-05-01) (age 51)
Yonkers, New York
Occupation Game designer

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His keen wit, prose and coding skill made him one of only three interactive fiction writers admitted to the Science Fiction Writers of America, and in September 1999, PC Gamer magazine named Meretzky as one of their twenty-five "Game Gods"; those who have made an indelible mark on the history of computer gaming. Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (ˈsɪfwə or /ˈsɛfwə/ was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight. Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) PC Gamer is a magazine founded in Britain in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing.

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Biography

Meretzky was raised in Yonkers, New York. Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the US State of New York (behind Rochester, Buffalo, and New York City) and the largest city in His father was trained as an accountant, but spent a career of 25 years selling automotive hardware. Meretzky's mother was a bookkeeper. Bookkeeping (also book-keeping or book keeping) is the recording of all Financial transactions undertaken by an individual or Organization (including He graduated from Yonkers High School in 1975, and was accepted at MIT, where he at first decided he wanted to study architecture. Yonkers High School, New York is an IB School The International Baccalaureate is a highly regarded curriculum program that allows students to study anywhere in the The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation MIT's Department of Architecture, however, convinced him that he should instead pursue a career in Construction Management. He received a Bachelor of Science degree, but two years and several construction firms later, by 1981 he was convinced that he should instead pursue a career as a game tester for Infocom. A game tester analyzes Video games to document software defects as part of a Quality control process in Video game development. Infocom was a Software company, based in Cambridge Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of Interactive fiction. In 1983, he became a full-time writer (an "Implementor"), scripting Planetfall and creating the famous cult figure robot sidekick "Floyd". Events A major shakeout of the video game industry begins By 1986, total video games sales will decrease from US$ 3200 million to US$100 million Implementer was originally the self-given name of the creators of the Infocom text adventure series Zork. Planetfall is a Science fiction Interactive fiction Computer game written by Steve Meretzky, and the eighth title published

Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky, 1984, collaborators on the computer game The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky, 1984, collaborators on the computer game The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

In 1984, he had his most famous collaboration, with Douglas Adams on the computer game version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which became one of the bestselling games of the era. Events Notable releases Alley Cat is released for IBM PC compatibles * King's Quest ( Sierra, IBM Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series Another popular game was Leather Goddesses of Phobos, whose risque writing pushed the boundaries of the art. Leather Goddesses of Phobos is an Interactive fiction Computer game written by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom in 1986 In an interview, Meretzky said that he originally just wrote the name on a project board as a joke, but was later asked to actually develop a game to go along with the title.

In A Mind Forever Voyaging, Meretzky attempted to address social issues, but Infocom's success was declining, and the 1988 Zork Zero was one of his last titles there. A Mind Forever Voyaging ( AMFV) is an Interactive fiction game designed and implemented by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom Events July &mdash Nintendo releases the first issue of Nintendo Power magazine Zork Zero The Revenge of Megaboz is an Interactive fiction Computer game, written by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom in

In 1994, Meretzky co-founded Boffo Games, where he was Vice President of Creation, and developed such titles as the story puzzle game Hodj 'n' Podj and the detective comedy The Space Bar until the company closed its doors in 1997. Events 1994 &mdash Nintendo calls this year "1994 The Year of the Cartridge" Boffo Games was a promising but very short lived computer games developer founded in 1994 by Steve Meretzky, Mike Dornbrook and Leo DaCosta Hodj 'n' Podj is a video game released in 1995 designed by video game veteran Steven Meretzky. The Space Bar is part of the Graphical Adventure genre for personal computers co-developed by Boffo Games and published by Rocket Science Games Events October 4 &mdash Gunpei Yokoi (1941-1997 dies after a double Car accident

Around the year 2000, Meretzky joined WorldWinner as a game advisor and Principal Game Designer. Events May 11 - 13 &mdash 6th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo the 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of Meretzky is also a charter member of the Computer Game Developers Association, and a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as GDC. International Game Developers Association (IGDA is a professional society for video and Computer game developers worldwide

Meretzky appears as himself antagonizing rapper MC Frontalot in the music video for "It Is Pitch Dark. Damian Hess (born December 3 1973) known by Stage name MC Frontalot, is a San Francisco Hip hop musician and self-proclaimed " [1] The song references several of Meretzky's text adventure games, and the video is directed by documentarian Jason Scott Sadofsky, whose film Get Lamp is about the genre. Jason Scott Sadofsky (born September 13 1970 in Hopewell Junction New York) more commonly known as Jason Scott, (also known by the

Several years later, Meretzky joined Blue Fang Games to work on the popular Zoo Tycoon franchise. Blue Fang Games, often shortened to 'Blue Fang', is a computer game developer currently working in conjunction with Microsoft The Zoo Tycoon series is a popular Video game series that began in 2001.

Works

Meretzky has been credited on games developed by: Infocom, Legend Entertainment Company, Activision Inc. Infocom was a Software company, based in Cambridge Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of Interactive fiction. Legend Entertainment was an American developer of Computer games The company was founded in 1989 by Bob Bates and Mike Verdu after the end Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. , Boffo Games Inc. Boffo Games was a promising but very short lived computer games developer founded in 1994 by Steve Meretzky, Mike Dornbrook and Leo DaCosta , MicroProse, GameFX, Floodgate Entertainment, and Tom Snyder Productions. MicroProse, as a corporation and brand name has been owned by several entities since its original founding by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey in 1982

Lead designer

In the following titles, Meretzky was sole or lead designer / creative director.

Infocom

Activision

Legend Entertainment

Boffo Games

WorldWinner

Other titles

For these titles, Meretzky had a lesser role, such as in an advisory capacity:

Books

Articles

References

  1. ^ YouTube - MC Frontalot - It Is Pitch Dark

External links

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