Tim Anderson (Zork)

Tim Anderson is a computer programmer who helped create the adventure game Zork, one of the first works of interactive fiction and an early descendant of ADVENT (also known as Colossal Cave Adventure). The first version of Zork was written in 1977–1979 in the MDL programming language on a DEC PDP-10 computer by Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling. All four were members of the Dynamic Modeling Group at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science.

He currently resides in Sudbury, Massachusetts with his wife and family.

References

Infocom

Zork series	Zork Beyond Zork Zork Zero Return to Zork Zork Nemesis Zork: Grand Inquisitor Zork: The Undiscovered Underground Legends of Zork

Text adventures	Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur Ballyhoo Border Zone Bureaucracy Cutthroats Deadline Enchanter The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hollywood Hijinx Infidel Journey Leather Goddesses of Phobos The Lurking Horror A Mind Forever Voyaging Moonmist Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It Planetfall Plundered Hearts Seastalker Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels James Clavell's Shōgun Sorcerer Spellbreaker Starcross Stationfall Suspect Suspended Trinity Wishbringer The Witness

Other titles	BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge Circuit's Edge Cornerstone Fooblitzky Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2 Mines of Titan Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth Tombs & Treasure

Implementers	Tim Anderson Bob Bates Michael Berlyn Marc Blank Amy Briggs Stu Galley Dave Lebling Steve Meretzky Brian Moriarty Jeff O'Neill

Other people	Douglas Adams Bruce Daniels Albert Vezza Joe Ybarra

Companies	Infocom Activision Legend Entertainment Westwood Studios

Miscellaneous	69,105 Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom Feelie Get Lamp Grue Hello, sailor InfoTaskForce InvisiClues The Lost Treasures of Infocom Z-machine Zork books

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