Steve Meretzky
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Steve Meretzky (born May 1, 1957) was raised in Yonkers, New York and attended MIT to pursue a career in architecture. MIT's Department of Architecture convinced him that he should pursue a career in Construction Management. Several construction firms convinced Meretzky that he should pursue a career as a game tester for Infocom, where he moved onward and upward, producing some of the most successful titles in computer gaming.
In the gaming industry, Meretzky was involved in almost every aspect of game development including design, production, quality assurance and box & content. He is known for his keen wit and competent writing which made him one of the only two writers of interactive fiction ever admitted to the Science Fiction Writers of America. Meretzky is still best known for his work at Infocom, where he started his game-design career in 1981. In addition to producing many solo games while with Infocom, he also collaborated with the celebrated author Douglas Adams on the interactive fiction version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Meretzky has been credited on games developed by the following companies: Infocom, Legend Entertainment Company, Activision Inc., Boffo Games Inc., MicroProse, GameFX and Tom Snyder Productions.
In September 1999, the US magazine PC Gamer named Meretzky in a list of 25 "Game Gods" in the history of computer gaming.
Credited titles
- Sinistar Unleashed (1999), THQ Inc.
- The Space Bar (1997), SegaSoft
- Hodj 'n' Podj (1995), Virgin Interactive Entertainment
- Superhero League of Hoboken (1994), Legend Entertainment Company
- Eric the Unready (1993), Legend Entertainment Company
- Frederik Pohl's Gateway (1992), Legend Entertainment Company
- Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X! (1992), Infocom
- Rex Nebular and The Cosmic Gender Bender (1992), MicroProse
- Spellcasting 301: Spring Break (1992), Legend Entertainment Company
- Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance (1991), Legend Entertainment Company
- Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All The Girls (1990), Legend Entertainment Company
- Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen (1988), Infocom
- Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (1988), Infocom
- Stationfall (1987), Infocom
- Leather Goddesses of Phobos (1986), Infocom
- A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985), Infocom
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984), Infocom
- Sorcerer (1984), Infocom
- Planetfall (1983), Infocom
External links
- A biography (http://www.infocom-if.org/authors/meretzky.html) of Meretzky
- MobyGames entry on Meretzky (http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,10168/)
- Meretzky's page at Boffo Games (http://www.boffo.com/steve.html)