Interactive Fiction Collections

The Interactive Fiction Collections is a video game series developed by Infocom and published by Activision for the PC and classic Mac OS.

Interactive Fiction Collections
Genre(s)	Various
Developer(s)	Infocom
Publisher(s)	Activision
Platform(s)	PC

Contents

The Interactive Fiction Collections are a series of five video game collections containing 31 of Infocom's 35 canonical titles, with themes of Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, and Sci-Fi.

• The Adventure Collection (1995; contains Border Zone, Cutthroats, Infidel, Plundered Hearts, and Trinity. Bonus titles are Planetfall and Zork III.)
• The Comedy Collection (1995; contains Ballyhoo, Bureaucracy, Hollywood Hijinx and Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It). Bonus titles are Planetfall and Zork I.)
• The Fantasy Collection (1995; contains Enchanter, Seastalker, Spellbreaker, Sorcerer, and Wishbringer. Bonus title are Planetfall and Zork II.)
• The Mystery Collection (1995; contains Deadline, The Lurking Horror, Moonmist, Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels, Suspect and The Witness. Bonus titles are Planetfall and Zork Zero.)
• The Science Fiction Collection (1995; contains A Mind Forever Voyaging, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Starcross, Stationfall, and Suspended. Bonus titles are Beyond Zork and Planetfall.)

Infocom titles not included in this collection were Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur, Journey: The Quest Begins, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, and James Clavell's Shogun.

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it five stars out of five, and stated that "Simply put, these are some of the greatest adventure games of all time. [...] if you want to have anything approaching a complete game library, you'll need to grab all of these."