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Every Known Version of Every Infocom Adventure

not_on_display — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:32:00 -0800

Welcome to the complete online Infocom adventures page 0/0 >LOOK Here you can find and play online every known version of every Infocom adventure. What next? >▂

Get Lamp

SpacemanStix — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:42:27 -0800

"GET LAMP is a documentary about Text Adventures (later Interactive Fiction), the storytellers who created them, and their unique place in the history of computer games." Although not completed yet (it will be soon, as filming was completed in October), this documentary will contain 76 interviews with people involved in the industry at the time, including Scott Adams (not the cartoonist), Marc Blanc and Tim Anderson (who both worked on Zork, one of the best known examples of the medium) . Here's a teaser trailer. And here are some fun representatives of the genre to play online.

I was cheering for Lost Pig, too.

flatluigi — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:46:30 -0800

To celebrate the results of this year's IF Comp, why not check out the entries on the new Interactive Fiction Database? Previously. Other IF Comps.

grumblebee — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:17:30 -0800

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike...

Shadowkeeper — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 07:50:51 -0800

9:05 Remember back in the heyday of Infocom when you would routinely spend four or five days straight (subsisting on RC cola and beef jerky, only taking breaks to visit the john) trying to crack all the puzzles in Zork II or Suspended? Yeah, those were the days. Now, of course, you're a busy guy -- you can no longer devote entire weekends to the joys of text adventuring. That's why, today on your coffee break, you should play Adam Cadre's 9:05. Playing the entire game, from start to finish, should take you no longer than 10 minutes. But set aside a bit more time, because you'll probably want to play it again.

tweebiscuit — Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:56:58 -0800

Remember Zork, Planetfall, and the other creations of late game company Infocom? Well, "interactive fiction," as the format is called, is still alive and well. Every year the IF community -- which is known for releasing work of quality far surpassing even Infocom's masterpieces -- holds a competition for short works, and this year's contestants have been released! Read this post's comments for more info...