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Text Adventures

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The text adventure genre started by Crowther and Woods' Colossal Cave adventure in 1972. "Text Adventures" is often used interchangeably with "Interactive Fiction". Playing text adventures involves typing plain English and reading textual responses, although it is not uncommon to find graphics inserted with the text, or commands given by the mouse. The genre has blossomed to include a huge variety of games: difficult puzzles or no puzzles; inspired, evocative, funny, or terse writing; and also a few arcade games. More games are available every week, and there is an Interaction Fiction Competition every year. This category includes illustrated text adventures with a command line interface.

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Authors

Design and Development

And the Waves Choke the Wind

Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés

Arthur - The Quest for Excalibur

Balrog and the Cat, The

Barsak the Dwarf

Beast, The

Behind Closed Doors Series

Bulbo and the Lizard King

Bureaucracy

Calling, The

Captain Kook

Case of the Beheaded Smuggler, The

Castle Eeeerie

Castle Thade Revisited

Change in the Weather, A

Christminster

City of Secrets

Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom

Crystal of Chantie, The

Death in the Caribbean

Death or Glory

Delusions

Djinni Chronicles, The

Door Series

Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I.

Dungeons of Dunjin, The

Fellowship of the Ring, The

Fish

Fistful of Blood Capsules, A

Five on a Treasure Island

From Out of a Dark Night Sky

Fuddo and Slam

Galatea

Gateway Series

Gerbil Riot of '67, The

Glowgrass

Gnome Ranger Series

Gordello Incident, The

Gruds in Space

Guild of Thieves, The

Hermitage, The

Heroine's Mantle

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The

Invaders From Planet X

Jacaranda Jim

James Clavell's Shogun

Jigsaw

Jinxter

John's Fire Witch

Journey - The Quest Begins

Kaged

Karyssia, Queen of Diamonds

Kentilla

Klaustrophobia

Knight Orc

Labours of Hercules, The

Lamberley Mystery, The

Lancelot

LASH

Leather Goddesses of Phobos

Light, The - Shelby's Addendum

Little Blue Men

Lord of the Rings Series

Lost Tomb of Ananka, The

Lost Treasures of Infocom 2, The

Lost Treasures of Infocom, The

Masterpieces of Infocom, The

Metamorphoses

Meteor, the Stone, and a Long Glass of Sherbet, The

Microfair Madness

Mind Electric, The

Mind Forever Voyaging, A

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Detective

Myth

Night at the Museum Forever, A

Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It

Once and Future

One Dark Night

One of Our Wombats Is Missing

One That Got Away, The

Perry Mason - The Case of the Mandarin Murder

Persistence of Memory

Retarded Creatures and Caverns

Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, The

Secret of St. Brides, The

Serpent's Star, The

Shade

Shadows of Mordor, The

Sherlock

Sherlock - The Riddle of the Crown Jewels

Shogun

Silverwolf

Slouching Towards Bedlam

Snowball

So Far

Soap Land

Spellcasting 101 Series

Violator of Voodoo, The

Wearing the Claw

White Feather Cloak, The

Winchester's Nightmare

World's Fair Mystery, A

Sites 12

8-bit Adventure World, The

A database of adventures for 8-bit computers.

Annotated Bibliography of Interactive Fiction Scholarship

Ranked and annotated items, covering academic articles, fan or community web sites, influential amateur articles, and references to text adventures in mainstream literature. Focuses on the cultural and literary significance of text adventures.

Get Lamp

A documentary about adventures in text. Includes news, interviews, trailers, and a page that allows to order the DVD set.

Guess the Verb

Humorous text adventure by Crummycom.

IF Literacy

Recommended playing list for interactive fiction, compiled by Emily Short.

ifMUD: A MUD Forever Voyaging

A MUD for text adventure enthusiasts.

Interactive Fiction - Joe DeRouen's Home Page

Collection of game reviews he wrote for Computer Currents magazine, and selected links to IF resources.

Interactive Fiction Ratings

Public ratings and comments of Interactive Fiction games.

PDD's Adventure Page

The page for classic text adventure aficionados. Covers Scott Adams, Brian Howarth, Infocom, Level 9, and Magnetic Scrolls.

Prof. Dennis G. Jerz: Interactive Fiction

A collection of articles about interactive fiction.

textadventures.co.uk

Collection of text adventures that can be played online in a web browser.

Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe

Lots of classic 1980s computer software for sale/trade, specializing in Infocom text adventures. Monthly collector's column, waiting list, links to other software collectors' pages.