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Steve Meretzky was born on 1 May, 1957 in Yonkers, New York, is an American video game developer. Discover Steve Meretzky's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Video game designer
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 1 May, 1957
Birthday 1 May
Birthplace Yonkers, New York
Nationality United States

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1957

Steven Eric Meretzky (born May 1, 1957) is an American video game developer.

1975

He graduated from Yonkers High School in 1975.

1979

He went on to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in construction management in 1979.

1980

He is best known for creating Infocom games in the early 1980s, including collaborating with author Douglas Adams on the interactive fiction version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of the first games to be certified "platinum" by the Software Publishers Association.

Later, he created the Spellcasting trilogy, the flagship adventure series of Legend Entertainment.

He has been involved in almost every aspect of game development, from design to production to quality assurance and box design.

1981

After working in the construction industry for two years, in 1981 Meretzky decided to pursue a career as a game tester for Infocom after co-founder Marc Blank asked Meretzky to take over the job from his roommate Mike Dornbrook.

1983

In 1983, he became a full-time writer (an "Implementor"), scripting Planetfall and creating the famous cult figure robot sidekick "Floyd".

While working on Planetfall, people noted the similarities between his game and Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Meretzky listened to the radio series and enjoyed it, so he included a reference to the series in his game.

1984

In 1984, Meretzky collaborated with Adams over the course of three months in order to create a computer game adaption of Adams' series, which became one of the bestselling games of the era.

A sequel to the game, titled Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe was proposed, but got cancelled due to the dwindling popularity of text adventure games.

Another popular game was Leather Goddesses of Phobos, whose risque writing pushed the boundaries of the art.

In an interview, Meretzky said that he originally just wrote the name on a project board as a joke, but was later asked to actually develop a game to go along with the title.

1988

In A Mind Forever Voyaging, Meretzky attempted to address social issues, but Infocom's success was declining, and the 1988 Zork Zero was his last title there.

In 1988 Meretzky had his son Daniel Meretzky.

1994

In 1994, Meretzky co-founded Boffo Games with Michael Dornbrook and Leo DaCosta, and developed such titles as the story puzzle game Hodj 'n' Podj and the detective comedy The Space Bar until the company closed its doors in 1997.

1998

In 1998, he worked as a consultant on Blizzard Entertainment's canceled adventure game Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans.

1999

His keen wit, prose, and coding skill made him one of the first interactive fiction writers (along with Dave Lebling) admitted to the Science Fiction Writers of America, and in September 1999, PC Gamer magazine named Meretzky as one of their twenty-five "Game Gods"; those who have made an indelible mark on the history of computer gaming.

Meretzky was raised in Yonkers, New York.

His father was trained as an accountant, but spent 25 years selling automotive hardware.

Meretzky's mother was a bookkeeper.

2000

Around the year 2000, Meretzky joined WorldWinner as a game advisor and Principal Game Designer.

Meretzky is also a charter member of the Computer Game Developers Association, and a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as GDC.

Meretzky appears as himself antagonizing rapper MC Frontalot in the music video for "It Is Pitch Dark."

(released on Secrets from the Future).

The song references several of Meretzky's text adventure games, and the video is directed by documentarian Jason Scott Sadofsky, whose film GET LAMP is about the genre.

Several years later, Meretzky joined Blue Fang Games to work on the popular Zoo Tycoon franchise.

2008

He was employed as a Vice President of Design at social media game developer Playdom from 2008 to 2013, at which point he became Vice President of Creative at GSN Games.

2016

In November 2016 he became Vice President of Games at Swedish mobile game company King.

On October 28, 2022, Meretzky along with Leo DaCosta and Michael Dornbrook, re-formed Boffo Games as Boffo Intergalactic Games, and digitally re-released The Space Bar on ZOOM-Platform.com.

This version of the game was based on an unreleased DVD version with higher resolution cinematic visuals and improved audio.

Meretzky has been credited on games developed by: Infocom, Legend Entertainment Company, Activision Inc., Boffo Games Inc., MicroProse, GameFX, Floodgate Entertainment, and Tom Snyder Productions.

In the following titles, Meretzky was sole or lead designer / creative director.

Meretzky created various mobile games during his time at WorldWinner, including Tile City, Word Cubes, Hangmania, Catch-21, SwapIt!, Blockwerx, and Triv!.

For these video games, Meretzky had a lesser role, such as in an advisory capacity: