Steve Meretzky
Steve Meretzky (born May 1, 1957) was raised in Yonkers, New York, and moved 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.
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. These skills earned him praise as he started his career designing text adventures with Infocom in 1981. Now Meretzky is still best known for his work at Infocom. While there, in addition to producing many solo games, he also collaberated with the celebrated author Douglas Adams on their computer 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.
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 (1992), Infocom
- Rex Nebular and The Cosmic Gender Bender (1992), MicroProse
- Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen (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
