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January
 
February
 
March Shogun

Journey

YZIP for Amiga (written by Clarence Din)

"BattleTech" (C64)
 

April
 
May ZIP for Apple IIgs (written by Jon D. Arnold)

Of Infocom's 26 employees, 15 are laid off. The 11 others are offered the chance to move to Silicon Valley. Only 5 accept, including President Joe Ybarra and GM Rob Sears. Duncan Blanchard is the only long time Infocommie among the five.
 

June Activision (now Mediagenic) moves Infocom from Cambridge, MA to Menlo Park, CA.

BattleTech (Amiga, maybe Apple II)

Arthur

YZIP for IBM (written by Scott Fray)
 

July
 
August
 
September
 
October
 
November
 
December
 
1989 Losses of ~$200.000 per fiscal quarter.