13 Facts About Steve Meretzky

Steven Eric Meretzky was born on May 1,1957 and is an American video game developer.

Steve Meretzky 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.

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

Steve Meretzky's father was trained as an accountant, but spent a career of 25 years selling automotive hardware.

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

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

In 1984, Steve 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.

In 1994, Steve 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.

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

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

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

Steve Meretzky 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.

Steve Meretzky has been credited on games developed by: Infocom, Legend Entertainment Company, Activision Inc.