Steve Eric Meretzky

Developer BIO

Steve was born and raised in Yonkers, NY, where he rooted for the NY Mets and against Richard Nixon. Meretzky moved on to 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.

Some of his best selling classics as Planetfall, Sorcerer, Zork Zero, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, and the interactive fiction version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (co-written with Douglas Adams).

Meretzky has consulted for Blizzard Entertainment, Hasbro and Disney and he designed games for numerous companies, such as his Spellcasting 101 series for Legend Entertainment. Steve was co-founder of Boffo Games, the developer of games as Hodj 'n' Podj and The Space Bar, and served as Creative Content Director at WorldWinner, Inc.

In January 2007, he joined Blue Fang Games as Senior Designer.

Also Known As

• Steve Meretzky
• S. Eric Meretzky
• Steven Meretzky

Websites

• Wikipedia -- The Steven Meretzky profile at Wikipedia
• Interview with Steve Meretzky -- on AdventureClassicGaming.com (03 May 2001)
• Infocom Authors -- Short biography of Steven Meretzky.

Games Credited

• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Remake (2010), DN Games
• Soul Trapper: Episode 1 - Ollie Ollie Oxen Free! (2009), Realtime Associates, Inc.
• Cubis 2 (2004), FreshGames, LLC
• Zork: The Cavern of Doom (2000),
• Sinistar Unleashed (1999), THQ Inc.
• Disney's Hades Challenge (1998), Disney Interactive, Inc.
• The Space Bar (1997), SegaSoft, Inc.
• Hodj 'n' Podj (1995), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
• Superhero League of Hoboken (1994), Legend Entertainment Company
• Eric the Unready (1993), Legend Entertainment Company
• Return to Zork (1993), Activision, Inc.
• Frederik Pohl's Gateway (1992), Legend Entertainment Company
• Leather Goddesses of Phobos! 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X (1992), Activision, Inc.
• Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender (1992), MicroProse Software, Inc.
• Spellcasting 301: Spring Break (1992), Legend Entertainment Company
• Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance (1991), Legend Entertainment Company
• Timequest (1991), Legend Entertainment Company
• Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers get all the Girls (1990), Legend Entertainment Company
• Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (1989), Infocom, Inc.
• Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen (1988), Infocom, Inc.
• Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor (1987), Infocom, Inc.
• Science Fiction Classics (1987), Infocom, Inc.
• Stationfall (1987), Infocom, Inc.
• Enchanter Trilogy (1986), Infocom, Inc.
• Leather Goddesses of Phobos (1986), Infocom, Inc.
• A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985), Infocom, Inc.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984), Infocom, Inc.
• Sorcerer (1984), Infocom, Inc.
• Planetfall (1983), Infocom, Inc.