The game was developed by Cognetics Corporation and originally slated to be released by book publisher Harper & Row. When this was cancelled, Electronic Arts picked up the game instead.
The C64 version was released in 1987.
In 2021, a new version of the game Amnesia: Restored was created by graduates of the Creative Media & Digital Culture program and four staff members from the Electronic Literature Lab at Washington State University Vancouver. The project was in conjunction with the Thomas M. Disch Estate. This new version of the game, with restored text and other sections missing from the original, can be played online.
There is also a related book looking at the game: Total Amnesia: The Complete Text and Programming Notes of the World's Most Famous Lost Computer Game, edited by Sarah Smith and published by Max Light Book in December 2021.
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