Dave Lebling
aka:
P. David Lebling
Moby ID: 201
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(Taken from a 1988 game manual)
Dave Lebling was born in Washington D.C., in a hospital that was torn down soon thereafter. He grew up in suburban Maryland. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science where he developed an interest in computer entertainments. He co-authored the original mainframe Zork. He co-authored Zork 1, Zork II, Zork III, and Enchanter, and wrote Starcross, Suspect, Spellbreaker, and The Lurking Horror on his own. He is married and lives in a suburb of Boston. His long-range ambition is to have a library with room enough for all his books to be taken out of storage. His short-range ambition is to keep squirrels out of his birdseed.
Credited on 26 games
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| Zork N plus 9 (2012, Browser) | adapting Zork by |
| Alienators: Evolution Continues (2001, Game Boy Advance) | Special Thanks |
| Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (1996, PlayStation) | Original Game Authors are |
| Return to Zork (1993, DOS) | Special Thanks to |
| Pork I: The Great Underground Sewer System (1991, DOS) | A parody of ZORK I, THE GREAT UNDERGROUND EMPIRE by |
| Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (1989, DOS) | Based on a concept by |
| Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur (1989, DOS) | At the Last Minute and at Great Expense |
| James Clavell's Shōgun (1989, Apple II) | Game Designer |
| Classic Mystery Library (1987, DOS) | Interactive Fiction by |
| Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor (1987, DOS) | Z Development System |
| The Lurking Horror (1987, DOS) | Design |
| Bureaucracy (1987, DOS) | Additional Contributions by |
| Zork Trilogy (1987, Commodore 64) | Interactive Fiction by |
| Enchanter Trilogy (1986, Commodore 64) | Interactive Fiction by |
| Leather Goddesses of Phobos (1986, DOS) | Thanks for timely technical assistance |
| Trinity (1986, DOS) | Interactive Fiction Plus(TM) Development System |
| Zork III: The Dungeon Master (1986, Amiga) | Design |
| Spellbreaker (1985, Atari ST) | Design |
| Zork: The Great Underground Empire (1985, Atari ST) | Design |
| Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1985, Atari ST) | Design |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 16 games with Marc Blank
- 8 games with Liz Cyr-Jones
- 8 games with Timothy Anderson
- 7 games with Stu Galley
- 6 games with Gary Brennan
- 5 games with Brian Moriarty
- 5 games with Elizabeth Langosy
- 5 games with Jon Palace
- 5 games with Amy Briggs
- 5 games with Duncan Blanchard
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Companies
- 20 games with Infocom, Inc.
- 6 games with Activision Publishing, Inc.
- 4 games with Mastertronic Ltd.
- 2 games with GameTap LLC
- 2 games with Commodore Business Machines, Inc
- 2 games with Activision Blizzard UK Ltd.
- 1 game with VisiCorp
- 1 game with Shoeisha Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with H.A.Trot
- 1 game with Feathered Co., Ltd.
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