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Interactive fiction
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...
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Suspended
Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare is an interactive fiction computer game written by Michael Berlyn and published by Infocom in 1983. It belongs to the science fiction genre, and is considered by many fans to be one of Infocom's better non-Zork...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an interactive fiction computer game based on the seminal comic science fiction series of the same name. It was designed by series creator Douglas Adams and Infocom's Steve Meretzky, and was first released in...
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- 1984
Photopia
Photopia is a piece of literature by Adam Cadre rendered in the form of interactive fiction, and written in Inform. It is regarded as a pioneer in narrative-driven, rather than puzzle- or challenge-driven, interactive fiction. It won first place in...
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- 1998
Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is an interactive fiction computer game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by popular comic science fiction author Douglas Adams. It is Infocom's twenty-fourth game.
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- 1986
A Mind Forever Voyaging
A Mind Forever Voyaging (AMFV) is an interactive fiction game designed and implemented by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom in 1985. The name is taken from book three of The Prelude by William Wordsworth:
The antechapel where the statue stood...
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- 1977
Galatea
Galatea is a work of interactive fiction by Emily Short. It took "Best of Show" in the 2000 IF Art Show and won a XYZZY Award for Best Non-Player Character.
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Leather Goddesses of Phobos
Leather Goddesses of Phobos is an interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom in 1986. Like many other Infocom titles, it was released for the IBM PC (DOS), Atari 8-bit, Amiga, Apple II, Apple Macintosh,...
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- 1986
Gateway
Gateway (Frederik Pohl's Gateway, 1992) and Gateway II (Gateway II: Homeworld, 1993), are interactive fiction games released by Legend Entertainment, and written by Glen Dahlgren and Mike Verdu. They are based on Frederik Pohl's novels, but deviate...
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- 1992
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Wishbringer
Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and published by Infocom in 1985. It was intended to be an easier game to solve than the typical Infocom release, and provide a good...
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Planetfall
Planetfall is a science fiction interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky, and the eighth title published by Infocom in 1983. Like most Infocom games, thanks to the portable Z-machine, it was released for several platforms...
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The Lost Treasures of Infocom
The Lost Treasures of Infocom is a collection of 20 computer games from interactive fiction pioneer Infocom, released in 1991. It was available in MS-DOS, Apple Macintosh, Amiga, and Apple IIGS versions, as well as a cross-platform CD-ROM version....
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Starcross
Starcross is a 1982 interactive fiction game designed and implemented by Dave Lebling and published by Infocom. Like most Infocom titles, it was developed for many systems. It was released for DOS, as a PC Booter, Apple II, Atari ST and Commodore 64...
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Enchanter
Enchanter is a 1983 interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling and published by Infocom. It belongs to the fantasy genre and was the first fantasy game published by Infocom after the Zork trilogy (it was originally...
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Trinity
Trinity is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and published in 1986 by Infocom. It is widely regarded as one of the company's best works. Award winning interactive fiction author Michael S. Gentry described Trinity as ".....
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Valhalla
Valhalla was a ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 adventure game published in 1983 by Legend.
The publishing house Legend had earlier published titles under the Microl label. Legend's chairman and founder was John Peel. The developers were Richard Edwards...
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Beyond Zork
Beyond Zork (full title: Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor) was an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and released by Infocom in 1987. It was one of the last games in Infocom's Zork series; or, rather, one of the last Zork...
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So Far
So Far is an interactive fiction game written in 1996 by Andrew Plotkin. It's known for its challenging puzzles and surreal imagery. So Far won the 1996 XYZZY Awards for Best IF Game, Best Writing, Best Puzzles, and Best Individual Puzzle.
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The Lurking Horror
The Lurking Horror is an interactive fiction computer game released by Infocom in 1987. The game was written by Dave Lebling and inspired by the horror writings of H. P. Lovecraft (including his Cthulhu Mythos). Like most of Infocom's games, it was...
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Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur is an interactive fiction computer game written by Bob Bates and published by Infocom in 1989. Typically for an Infocom title, it was released for many popular computer platforms of the time, such as the Macintosh, PC...
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The Colour of Magic
The Colour of Magic is a text adventure game developed by Delta 4 and published by Piranha Games in 1986. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64 computers. It is the first Discworld computer game and so far the only one...
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Slouching Towards Bedlam
Slouching Towards Bedlam is an interactive fiction game that won the first place in the 2003 Interactive Fiction Competition. It is a collaboration between Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster. Slouching Towards Bedlam was finalist for eight 2003 XYZZY...
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Curses
Curses is an interactive fiction computer game created by Graham Nelson in 1993. It was developed in Nelson's Inform programming language, which was simultaneously released. It was the first non-test game developed in the language. It is distributed...
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- 1993
Zork Zero
Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz is an interactive fiction computer game, written by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom in 1988. Although it is the ninth and last Zork game released by Infocom before the company's closing, Zork Zero takes...
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Sorcerer
Sorcerer is an interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky and released by Infocom in 1984. It is the second game in the magic-themed "Enchanter trilogy", preceded by Enchanter and followed by Spellbreaker. It is Infocom's eleventh...
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Spellbreaker
This article is about the computer game. For the gamebook, see Spellbreaker (Fighting Fantasy)
Spellbreaker is an interactive fiction computer game written by Dave Lebling and released by Infocom in 1985, the third and final game in the "Enchanter...
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Deadline
Deadline is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1982. Written by Marc Blank, it was one of the first murder mystery interactive fiction games. Like most Infocom titles, Deadline was created using ZIL, which allowed the easy...
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Infidel
Infidel is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1983. It was written by Michael Berlyn and was the first in the "Tales of Adventure" line. Due to Infocom's virtual Z-Machine, it was ported to a wide variety of popular...
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The Witness
The Witness is an interactive fiction computer game written by Stu Galley and published by Infocom in 1983. Like Infocom's earlier title Deadline, it is a murder mystery. The Witness was written in ZIL, which allowed it to be released simultaneously...
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Cutthroats
Cutthroats is an interactive fiction computer game written by Michael Berlyn and Jerry Wolper and was published by Infocom in 1984. Like the majority of Infocom's games, it was released for most of the popular computer platforms of the time, such as...
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Seastalker
Seastalker is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Stu Galley and Jim Lawrence and published by Infocom in 1984. Like most of Infocom's works, it was released simultaneously for several popular computer platforms of the time, such as the...
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Suspect
Suspect is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Dave Lebling and published by Infocom in 1984. It is the last murder mystery Infocom released, bringing an end to a popular genre of titles such as Deadline and The Witness. Like most...
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Ballyhoo
Ballyhoo is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Jeff O'Neill and published by Infocom in 1985. It utilizes the portable Z-machine, which allowed for the game to be released for many popular platforms simultaneously, such as the IBM PC,...
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- Dec 15, 1985
Hollywood Hijinx
Hollywood Hijinx is an interactive fiction computer game written by "Hollywood" Dave Anderson and Liz Cyr-Jones and published by Infocom in 1986. Implemented using Infocom's Z-Machine, the game was released over a wide variety of platforms,...
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Stationfall
Stationfall is an interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky and released by Infocom in 1987. Like the majority of Infocom's works, it was released simultaneously for several popular computer platforms of the time, such as the...
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Moonmist
Moonmist is an interactive fiction computer game implemented by Stu Galley and published by Infocom in 1986. By using Infocom's portable Z-machine, the game was released simultaneously for many popular platforms, including the IBM PC, Apple II,...
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Jinxter
Jinxter is a text adventure computer game developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Rainbird in 1987.
Jinxter is set in the fictional country of Aquitania, which bears a strong resemblance to early-to-middle 20th century Britain. The central...
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Border Zone
Border Zone is an interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released for most popular personal computers of the day, such as the IBM PC, Apple II, and Commodore 64. Unlike most other purely text...
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Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It is an interactive fiction computer game written by Jeff O'Neill and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released simultaneously for several popular computer platforms of the time, such as the PC and...
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Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Bob Bates and published by Infocom in 1988. Like most titles Infocom produced, the use of ZIL made it possible to release the game simultaneously for many...
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Plundered Hearts
Plundered Hearts is an interactive fiction computer game created by Amy Briggs and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released simultaneously for several popular computer platforms of the time, such as the PC and Commodore 64. Plundered Hearts was...
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James Clavell's Shōgun
James Clavell's Shōgun is an interactive fiction computer game written by Dave Lebling and released by Infocom in 1989. Like most of Infocom's games, it was released for several popular computer platforms of the time, such as the Apple II and PC. As...
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The Pawn
The Pawn is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls which was first published by Rainbird in 1986. It is remembered for its excellent graphics (on some versions) and the opening music available in some game versions. Also the game itself -...
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Journey
Journey: The Quest Begins is an interactive fiction computer game, designed by Marc Blank and David Longosy, and released by Infocom in 1989. Like the majority of Infocom's works, it was released simultaneously for several popular computer platforms...
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Zork I
Zork: The Great Underground Empire - Part I, later known as Zork I, is an interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels and Tim Anderson and published by Infocom in 1980. It was the first game in the popular...
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Circuit's Edge
Circuit's Edge is a computer game developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989. It was based on George Alec Effinger's 1987 novel When Gravity Fails. The game was a hybrid interactive fiction/role-playing game; it contained a window...
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- 1990
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Varicella
Varicella is a 1999 work of interactive fiction by Adam Cadre, distributed in z-code format as freeware. It is set in an alternate history which features roughly modern technology mixed with Renaissance-style principalities and court politics. The...
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The Hobbit
The Hobbit is a computer game released in 1982 and based on the book The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was developed at Beam Software by Phillip Mitchell and Veronika Megler and published by Melbourne House for most home computers available at the...
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Façade
Façade is an artificial-intelligence-based interactive story created by Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern. It was the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Slamdance Independent Games Festival and has been exhibited at several international art...
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Advanced Xoru
Advanced Xoru is an interactive fiction computer game made by Brian Sanders in 1989. It is a shareware role-playing game similar to Beyond Zork.
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Shadowrun
Shadowrun is a cyberpunk interactive fiction RPG for the Sega Mega-CD adapted from the pen and paper RPG Shadowrun by FASA. The game was developed by Japanese company Group SNE and released in 23 February 1996.
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Madness and the Minotaur
Madness and the Minotaur is a text adventure game for the TRS-80 Color Computer. Developed by Spectral Associates in 1981, the game lulls players into a false sense of security by providing a comparatively easy and static early game. Once the player...
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The Death Trap
The Death Trap (ザ・デストラップ) is a video game developed and published by Square for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, and Fujitsu FM-7 in 1984. The game and its supporting computer platforms were only released in Japan.
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Will
Will: The Death Trap II is a video game developed and published by Square for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, Fujitsu FM-7, and Sharp X1 in 1985. The game and its supporting computer platforms were released exclusively in Japan. Will is the sequel to...
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Snowball
Snowball was the first game in the Silicon Dreams Trilogy, a series of text adventure games featuring the player in the character of "Kim Kimberly", by Level 9 Computing released in 1983. The game revolved around the space colonisation sleeper ship ...
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Return to Eden
Return to Eden was the second game in the Silicon Dreams Trilogy, a series of text adventure games featuring the player in the character of "Kim Kimberly" by Level 9. It is the sequel to Snowball. In this game, secret agent Kim Kimberly is...
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The Worm in Paradise
The Worm in Paradise was the third and final game in the Silicon Dreams Trilogy, a series of text adventure games featuring the player in the character of "Kim Kimberly". It is the sequel to Snowball and Return to Eden. Worm in Paradise takes place...
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Kentilla
Kentilla is a text adventure game designed by Derek Brewster and published by Mastertronic.
Famous game music composer Rob Hubbard created the score for the Commodore 64 version, while the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions were mute. Hubbard...
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Amnesia
Thomas M. Disch's Amnesia is a text adventure computer game created by Charles Kreitzberg's Cognetics Corporation, written by award-winning science fiction author Thomas M. Disch, and programmed by Kevin Bentley using the King Edward Adventure game...
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Pimania
Pimania is a text-and-graphics adventure game released by Automata UK in 1982 for the BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32, and ZX81 computers. The player negotiates a surreal landscape with the aid of the mysterious Pi-Man, Automata's mascot. The B...
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Eureka!
Eureka! is a computer game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum computers, developed by Ian Livingstone and published by Domark in 1984.
Eureka! is a text adventure set in European history. It consists of five parts, each of which has to be loaded...
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