Text Games

10lndns.z5

10lndns.zip

Mysterious Adventure 10 - TEN LITTLE INDIANS By Brian Howarth and Wherner Barnes.
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The Dreamhold A tutorial adventure by Andrew Plotkin. Copyright 2003-4. Release 5 Serial 041231 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10.
ADVLAND.Z5

ADV LAND.zip

Adventureland an interactive classic by Scott Adams circa 1980 release 1 / serial 941017 / Interpreter 6 Version B. Compiled by Inform v1404.
ADVSAMP.Z5

ADVSAMP.zip

Adventure 65
AKYRZ.Z5

AKYRZ.zip

ARROW1.Z5

ARROW1.zip

ARROW2.Z5

ARROW2.zip

AVENTURA.Z5

AVENTURA.zip

Advent.z5

Advent.zip

Adventure.z5

Adventure.zip

Adventureland.z5

Adventureland.zip

Aisle.z5

Aisle.zip

AllRoads.z5

AllRoads.zip

Alpha.z5

Alpha.zip

Journey to Alpha Centauri (In Real Time), an Interactive
Waste of Time, by Julian Fleetwood.
Release 3 / Serial number 981017
AtWork.z5

AtWork.zip

Aug4.z8

Aug4.zip

BALT.Z5

BALT.zip

BATON.Z5

BATON.zip

BBANZAI.Z5

BBANZAI.zip

BUSTED.TXT

Busted game description.


BUSTED.Z5

BUSTED.zip

Busted! A game of high cunning and low humor, by Jon Drukman, ported from AdvSys to Inform by the author Release 4 / Serial number 941223


Balances.z5

Balances.zip

An Interactive Short Story by Graham Nelson
Release 5 / Serial number 961216

Biscuit.z5

Biscuit.zip

CARS2.TXT

CARS2.Z5

CARS2.zip

ASCII Cars!!! A game of racing with the imagination by Jorge Arroyo. Release 1 / Serial numbers 980923 and 981010


CARS3.Z5

CARS3.zip

CAVERNS.Z5

CAVERNS.zip

CIRCUS.Z5

CIRCUS.zip

COUNT.Z5

COUNT.zip

CokeIsIt.z5

CokeIsIt.zip

Comp96.z5

Comp96.zip

An unofficial potential 'front-end' game for the
yearly IF competitions, providing easily-accessible
information on all the games from the '96 competition,
plus the ability to sort the games you can play into a
random list. Written by Lucian Paul Smith
Release 1 / Serial number 970626

Cove.z5

Cove.zip

Crobe.z5

Crobe.zip

CtDoom.z5

CtDoom.zip

Cyclops.z5

Cyclops.zip

Delusns.z5

Delusns.zip

Delusions, an Interactive Self-Discovery
by Christopher E. Forman
Release 4 / Serial number 971121

Dragon solution.txt

Dragon.z5

Dragon.zip

ERDEN_B2.Z8

ERDEN_B2.zip

Travels in the Land of Erden: In Quest of the Adventure, by Laura A. Knauth. Release 2 (Beta) / Serial number 980113


Enemies.z8

Enemies.zip

An Interactive Psychothriller, by Andy Philips Release 4 / Serial number 990115

FEASIBIL.Z5

FEASIBIL.zip

FUNHOUSE.Z5

FUNHOUSE.zip

FailSafe.z5

FailSafe.zip

Frobozzi.z5

Frobozzi.zip

The Encyclopedia Frobozzica (Abridged Edition), edited by Nino Ruffini and ported to the Inform format by John Kean.


Fyleet.z5

Fyleet.zip

GHOSTWN.Z5

GHOSTWN.zip

GVOYAGE.Z5

GVOYAGE.zip

Galatea.z8

Galatea.zip

GerbilRiot.z5

GerbilRiot.zip

Gumshoe.z5

Gumshoe.zip

Gumshoe, An Interactive Investigation by Mike Oliphant Release 1 / Serial number 960331


HELL.Z5

HELL.zip

Welcome to Hell, by Kevin Norton and Brandon Myers Release 1 / Serial number 980816


HULK.Z5

HULK.zip

Heroine.z8

Heroine.zip

I-0.z5

I-0.zip

Jailbait on Interstate Zero, by Adam Cadre Release 4 (v1.21) / Serial number 970307 contains some adult content


INTRUDER.Z5

INTRUDER.zip

Informat.z5

Informat.zip

a Not Very Interactive Pastiche with Tutorial Pretensions, by William J. Shlaer. Release 2 / Serial number 981211


Interactive Fiction.doc

Jigsaw.z8

Jigsaw.zip

Jigsaw, An Interactive History by Graham Nelson, Release 3 / Serial number 951129 Complete version (game and help information);


Jigsaw_Footnotes.z5

Jigsaw_Footnotes.zip

Jigsaw: Rules and Footnotes, by Graham Nelson, Release 3 / Serial number 951129. Help and background information only.


Jigsaw_Game.z5

Jigsaw_Game.zip

Jigsaw_Game.z5 Jigsaw, An Interactive History by Graham Nelson,
Release 3 / Serial number 951129.
Game only without help information.


KILLING.TXT

LASH.z8

LASH.zip

LDoDoom.z5

LDoDoom.zip

Mask.z5

Mask.zip

Mercy.z5

Mercy.zip

Mercy, A short story by Christopher Klimas Release 2 / Serial number 980217


Mulldoon.z8

Mulldoon.zip

Mullmurd.z5

Mullmurd.zip

My_Angel.z5

My_Angel.zip

ODIEUS.TXT

ODIEUS.Z5

ODIEUS.zip

Odieus's Quest for the Magic Flingshot (beta release), author unknown. Original game converted from LADS to AGT and "embellished" by David Malmberg, then ported to Inform by Teo Kwang Liak Release 1 / Serial number 941021


ODYSSEY.Z5

ODYSSEY.zip

OnOptimism.z5

OnOptimism.zip

PERSEUS.Z5

PERSEUS.zip

PIRATE.Z5

PIRATE.zip

PRINCESS.TXT

PRINCESS.Z5

PRINCESS.zip

The Ice Princess, an Interactive Fairy-Tale by Ruediger Hanke. Release 8 / Serial number 960901


PULSAR7.Z5

PULSAR7.zip

PUTPBAA.z5

PUTPBAA.zip

PYRAMID.Z5

PYRAMID.zip

Peacock.z5

Peacock.zip

Probing.txt

Probing.z5

Probing.zip

RANS.z5

RANS.zip

RET2PIRT.Z5

RET2PIRT.zip

Ralph.z5

Ralph.zip

Ralph, An Interactive Sniffing by Miron Schmidt Release 7 / Serial number 980224


Relief.z5

Relief.zip

RtDoom.z5

RtDoom.zip

SAVAGE1.Z5

SAVAGE1.zip

SAVAGE2.Z5

SAVAGE2.zip

SCRTMISS.Z5

SCRTMISS.zip

SOA.z5

SOA.zip

SOA_Walkthrough.txt

SORCOCC.Z5

SORCOCC.zip

SPIDERMN.Z5

SPIDERMN.zip

SameGame.z5

SameGame.zip

SameGame, another episode in the Z-Machine abuse saga, by Kevin Bracey. SameGame is an implementation of a simple arcade game and is also a stress test of Z-Machine interpreters. Release 1 / Serial number 980731


Sangraal.z5

Sangraal.zip

School.z5

School.zip

Slackerx.z5

Slackerx.zip

Slacker X, A scatological breakthrough in adventure gaming. Release 1 / Serial number 971009


SoFar.z8

SoFar.zip

So Far, An Interactive Catharsis by Andrew Plotkin Release 6 / Serial number 961218


TB_walkthru.txt

TIMEMACH.Z5

TIMEMACH.zip

Tangle.z5

Tangle.zip

Spider And Web, Interactive Fiction by Andrew Plotkin Release 4 / Serial number 980226


The underoos that ate New York

The underoos that ate New York

The Underoos that ate New York!, by Gerry Kevin Wilson Release 1 / Serial number 970329 (This is a conversion by the author of the TADS


Tokyo2.z5

Tokyo2.zip

ToughBeans.z5

ToughBeans.zip

VOODOO.Z5

VOODOO.zip

WAXWORKS.Z5

WAXWORKS.zip

Zokoban.z5

Zokoban.zip

acorncourt.z5

acorncourt.zip
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The Acorn Court, An Interactive Text Adventure by Todd S. Murchison Release 3 / Serial number 970904


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adventz6.z6

adventz6.zip

adverbum.z5

adverbum.zip

anchor.z8

anchor.zip

Anchorhead: an Interactive Tale of Lovecraftian Horror, by Michael S. Gentry Release 2 / Serial number 990111


annoy.z5

annoy.zip

aventure.z5

aventure.zip

awaken.z5

awaken.zip

The Awakening, by Dennis Matheson. A horror game based loosely on the work of H.P. Lovecraft. Release 1 / Serial number 980726


awitl.z5

awitl.zip

A Week In The Life, An Interactive Self, by Neil James Brown Release 3 / Serial number 980215


ayuda.txt

b2demo.z5

b2demo.zip

Pick up the Phone Booth and Die, Part 2, an interactive demonstration by R. Noyes Release 2, Serial number 961017


bad 905.z5

ballerina102.z8

ballerina102.zip

bear.z5

bear.zip

A Bear's Night Out, an Interactive Children's Story by David Dyte. Release 4 / Serial number 980205


bearg.z5

bearg.zip

bears night out.txt

bears night out.z5

bears night out.zip

bedlam.z5

bedlam.zip

Bedlam, An Interactive Preview by Michael Zey. Release 1 / Serial number 970711


bj.z5

bj.zip

Blow Job Drifter, An Interactive You Kno What by Big Al Release 5 / Serial Number 981103 WARNING: This game is about oral sex.


blair.z5

blair.zip

bomber.z5

bomber.zip

The Mad Bomber - a Z-Machine version of the classic Bomber game, by Neil James Brown. Needs an interpreter that supports timed input, and an interpreter supporting colour is recommended. Release 3 / Serial number 971123


booth.z5

booth.zip

Pick up the Phone Booth and Die, a NyQuil nightmare by R. Noyes. Release 619, Serial number 960409 bse.z5 BSE, An Interactive Epidemic by Chris Smith Release 3 / Serial number 970110 Winner of the Acorn User 1996 IF Competition


break-in.z5

break-in.zip

bse.z5

bse.zip

bunny.z5

bunny.zip

The Night of the Vampire Bunnies by Jason Dyer, somewhat a cross between a black comedy and a B-movie, ported from QBASIC to Inform by Patrick Kellum Release 4 / Serial number 971205


candy.z5

candy.zip

Candy, An Attempt at Reliving Childhood, by Rybread Celsius. Beta One. Release 1 / Serial number 970621


cheater.z5

cheater.zip

Cheater, An Annoying Adventure by Martin Wesley Osam Release 1 / Serial number 960920


chico.z5

chico.zip

chix.z5

chix.zip

cia.z5

cia.zip

CIA Adventure. Release 1 / Serial number 961218 Ported to Inform by J. Kevin Thomas, based on a GWBASIC version by Pete Wohlmut. The author of the original TRS-80 version is unknown.


claw.z5

claw.zip

Wearing the Claw, an Interactive Fantasy by Paul O'Brian Release 3 / Serial number 970327


Curses walkthrough.txt

curses 1.z5

curses 1.zip

curses.z5

curses.zip

Curses, An Interactive Diversion by Graham Nelson Serial number 951024


curves.z8

curves.zip

deephome.z5

deephome.zip

degen.z5

degen.zip

dejavu.z3

dejavu.zip

Deja Vu, An Interactive Demonstration by Graham Nelson Release 1 / Serial Number 930921 THIS IS A FOSSIL, NOT A GAME; ARCHIVED HERE ONLY FOR ITS HISTORICAL INTEREST, BEING THE EARLIEST INFORM-COMPILED FILE KNOWN TO EXIST.


detective.z5

detective.zip

Detective, originally by Matt Barringer. This is a straight port to Inform, by Stuart Moore. Release 1 / Serial number 981104


djinni.z5

djinni.zip

dogslife.z5

dogslife.zip

It's a Dog's Life, an interactive Heeling, by "Mr. WiggleButt" Release 1 / Serial number 981015


doll.z5

doll.zip

The Zuni Doll: An Interactive Horror Story, by Jesse Burneko. Release 1 / Serial number 971031


dragon manual.txt

dumont.z5

dumont.zip

edifice.z5

edifice.zip

The Edifice, An Interactive Allegory, By Lucian Smith. Release 2 / Serial number 980206 Winner of the 1997 IF competition.


eliza.z5

eliza.zip

enchaninv.z5

enchaninv.zip

f209.z5

f209.zip

Apartment 209, an Interactive Pigsty, by Ben Parrish Release 1 / Serial number 970806


fable.z5

fable.zip

forms.z5

forms.zip

Of Forms Unknown, an Interactive Excursion by Chris Markwyn Release 3 / Serial number 970206


fotopia.z5

fotopia.zip

fracture.z5

fracture.zip

freefall.z5

freefall.zip

Free Fall, An, uh, Interactive Z-Code Demonstration by Andrew C. Plotkin. Release 2 / Serial number 951111


frozen.z5

frozen.zip

Frozen: A Night at the Lab, by Jeremy Farnham. Release 1 / Serial number 960620


goblin.z5

goblin.zip

golf.z5

golf.zip

gourmet walkthru.txt

gourmet.txt

gourmet.z5

gourmet.zip

gourmet_version_1_2.z5

gourmet_version_1_2.zip

guard.z8

guard.zip

guess.z5

guess.zip

guestret.z5

guestret.zip

heist.z8

heist.zip

Heist: The Crime of the Century, by Andy Phillips. Release 4 / Serial number 971125


hhgg.z3

hhgg.zip

hhgginv.z5

hhgginv.zip

hints.z5

hints.zip

history.z5

history.zip

historywalkthrough.txt

hs_eng.z5

hs_eng.zip

hs_solution.txt

huntdark 1.z5

huntdark 1.zip

huntdark walkthru.txt

huntdark.z5

huntdark.zip

i-0esp.z5

i-0esp.zip

inhumane.z5

inhumane.zip

Inhumane: An Infralogic Massacre, by Andrew C. Plotkin Revision 2, ported from Applesoft BASIC to Inform by the author. This is a parody of Infocom's Infidel, written by Andrew when he was about 15.


insight.z5

insight.zip

jewel.z5

jewel.zip

karn.z5

karn.zip

Return to Karn, by Patrick Wigfull Release 2 / serial number 961207 Based on the television programme "Doctor Who".


killing.z5

killing.zip

kooku.z5

kooku.zip

Kook U, An Interactive Kook Adventure Release 1 / Serial number 971119


lambs.z5

lambs.zip

Silence of the Lambs, An Interactive Horror. Release 2 / serial number 971010 Ported to Inform by Gunther Schmidl, original author unknown.


language abent.z5

lgopinv.z5

lgopinv.zip

library.z5

library.zip

All Quiet on the Library Front, An Interactive Vignette by Michael S. Phillips. Release 2 / serial number 951204.


life.z5

life.zip

Life or Death, an interactive biological diversion, by David S. Glasser. Release 1 / Serial number 980702
limp.z5

limp.zip

Limp, an interactive thingy, by Rybread Celsius Release 1 / Serial number 980517


lists.z5

lists.zip

Lists and Lists, an Interactive Tutorial by Andrew Plotkin Release 3 / Serial number 960823


loose.z5

loose.zip

Mother Loose, an Interactive Nursery Rhyme by Irene Callaci. Release 2 / Serial number 981128


lost.z5

lost.zip

The Lost Spellmaker, An Interactive Mission by Neil James Brown. Release 3 / Serial number 980116


lurkinginv.z5

lurkinginv.zip

magic-toyshop.z5

magic-toyshop.zip

The Magic Toyshop, a fun game for all the family by Gareth Rees. Release 1, serial number 951018.


mary.z5

mary.zip

metamorp.z5

metamorp.zip

mhpquest.z5

mhpquest.zip

Quest for the Magic Healing Plant, by Adam Crutchlow. Release 2 / Serial number 960613 Ported by the author from AGT to Inform.


midpoints.z5

midpoints.zip

mimesis.z5

mimesis.zip

Sins Against Mimesis: An Interactive Theosophy, by Adam Thornton. Release 3 / Serial number 980110


mindelec.z5

mindelec.zip

The Mind Electric, An Interactive Vision by Jason Dyer release 3 / serial number 941008 (should be 951008)


minster.z5

minster.zip

Christminster, An Interactive Conspiracy by Gareth Rees release 4, serial number 961117


mst3k1.z5

mst3k1.zip

mst3k1_2.z5

mst3k1_2.zip

mst3k2.z5

mst3k2.zip

muse.z5

muse.zip

neon_nirvana.z8

neon_nirvana.zip

newday.z5

newday.zip

A New Day, by Jonathan Fry Release 3 / Serial number 560827


night.z5

night.zip

Night at the Computer Center, An Interactive Nocturnal Chase, by Bonni Mierzejewska Release 1 / Serial number 961118


ninepts.z5

ninepts.zip

Nine Points A Demonstration of an Interactive Fiction Game, by Robert Janelle and Brad O'Donnell Release 12 / Serial number 961127


njag2.z5

njag2.zip

oad.z5

oad.zip

pad.z5

pad.zip

Total Paddling Mania, An Interactive Punishment Jag by Dr. Aloysius Beltway, PH.D Release 1 / Serial number 314159


paint.z5

paint.zip

Paint and Corners: Still Another Abuse of the Z-Machine, by L. Ross Raszewski Release 1.0B / Serial number 980316


paperchase.z5

paperchase.zip

Paper Chase, An Interactive Education by Chris Skapura. This game was originally published as a TRS-80 BASIC listing titled "Collegiate Capers" in '80 Micro' magazine, August 1983.


paranoia.txt

paranoia.z5

paranoia.zip

pentari.z5

pentari.zip

Pentari, an Interactive Prequel to "The Mission", by Howard Sherman. Release 4 / Serial number 980811


permagic.z5

permagic.zip

phlegm.z5

phlegm.zip

Phlegm, an Interactive Interactive by Adjacent Drooler, (aka Jason Dyer). Release 3 / Serial number 970804


photopia.z5

photopia.zip

Photopia, by Adam Cadre. Version 1.22 (24dec98) / Serial number 9089


piece_v3.z5

piece_v3.zip

piece_v3.z5 Piece of Mind, an Interactive Short Story by Giles Boutel. Release 3 / Serial number 970816


pink walkthrough.txt

pink.z8

pink.zip

planetinv.z5

planetinv.zip

promoted.z5

promoted.zip

Promoted! by Mike DeSanto, ported from REXX Adventure to Inform by Johannes Steingraeber. Release 1.1 of port.


punkpnts.z5

punkpnts.zip

pytho.z8

pytho.zip

rameses.z5

rameses.zip

residnt2.z5

residnt2.zip

The Resident, by Mike DeSanto, ported from REXX Adventure to Inform by Johannes Steingraeber. 'The Resident' is a cyberspace adventure; its main quest is to escape from a virtual world.


reverb.z5

reverb.zip

Reverberations, a Hectic Voltairian Adventure, by Russell Glasser Release 1 / Serial number 990110


reverzi.z5

reverzi.zip

ribbons.z5

ribbons.zip

robots.z5

robots.zip

Robots - Another Abuse of the Z-Machine - A Nostalgic Diversion by Torbjoern Andersson Release 6 / Serial number 980115


rogue.z5

rogue.zip

zRogue, a port of the classic game Rogue. Ported by Gevan Dutton, based on Tim Stoehr's Rogue 5.3 clone. Release 2 / Serial number 980706


samhain.z5

samhain.zip

schooldays.z5

schooldays.zip

shade.z5

shade.zip

sherbet.z5

sherbet.zip

The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet, by Angela M. Horns (aka Graham Nelson). Release 2 / Serial number 961216 Winner of the 1996 IF competition.


shrapnel.z5

shrapnel.zip

snafufun.z5

snafufun.zip

snatches.z5

snatches.zip

snatches_walkthrough..>

softporn.z5

softporn.zip

Softporn Adventure, by Chuck Benton. Release 0 / 971018 An Inform port of Softporn Adventure, by Patrick Kellum. Benton's original was the predecessor of Leisure Suit Larry I.


sorcinv.z5

sorcinv.zip

spacest2.z5

spacest2.zip

spacez.z5

spacez.zip

Space InvaderZ, a Z-Machine implementation of Space Invaders, by L. Ross Raszewski. Release 1 / Serial number 980710


spellbinv.z5

spellbinv.zip

spirit.z5

spirit.zip

SpiritWrak, An Interactive Fantasy Adventure by Daniel S. Yu Release 3 / Serial number 960606


starrider.z5

starrider.zip

stationinv.z5

stationinv.zip

stiffmst.z5

stiffmst.zip

Stiffy Makane: Mystery Science Theater 3000 An Interactive MiSTing of Mark Ryan's AGT game "The Incredible Erotic Adventures of Stiffy Makane" Release 69 / Serial number 690609


sutwin.z5

sutwin.zip

The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin Release 2 / Serial number 970402


sycamora.z5

sycamora.zip

tatctae.z8

tatctae.zip

Time: All things come to an end; by Andy Phillips Release 7 / Serial number 970521


theatre.z5

theatre.zip

Theatre, An Interactive Night of Horror; by Brendon Wyber Release 2 / Serial number 951203


tk1.z5

tk1.zip

Time Killer #1: Claustrophobia, a time-killer by Sam Hulick Release 1 / Serial number 950925


tokland.txt

tokland.z5

tokland.zip

torre.txt

torre.z5

torre.zip

trininv.z5

trininv.zip

troll.z5

troll.zip

Zork: A Troll's Eye View, an interactive tedium by Dylan O'Donnell Release 3 / Serial number 980518


tryst205.z5

tryst205.zip

Tryst of Fate, An Interactive Horse-Opera by Gregory M. Zagurski Release 205 / Serial number 970629


tube.z5

tube.zip

Tube Trouble, a mini-adventure by Richard Tucker Release 0 / Serial number 950901


under.z5

under.zip

underoos walkthru.txt

unforgotten.z5

unforgotten.zip

vespers.z8

vespers.zip

vgame.z8

vgame.zip

vigilance.z5

vigilance.zip

vindaloo.z5

vindaloo.zip

Vindaloo, An Interactive Recipe by Adam G Crutchlow Release 1 / Serial number 960613


vision.z5

vision.zip

Lack of Vision, a eye opening demo by Rybread Celsius Release 1 / Serial number 980412


visitor.z5

visitor.zip

wadewar3.z5

wadewar3.zip

walkthrough.txt

walkthru.txt

wcastle.z5

wcastle.zip

weapon.z5

weapon.zip

weather.z5

weather.zip

A Change in the Weather, An Interactive Short Story by Andrew Plotkin. Release 6, serial number 960613. Winner of the Inform category of the 1995 IF competition.


wedding.z5

wedding.zip

The Wedding, an Interactive Family Headache by Neil James Brown Release 4 / Serial number 970602 This game came second in the Acorn User 1996 IF Competition


wichtel.z5

wichtel.zip

winchest.z8

winchest.zip

windhal1.z8

windhal1.zip

The Windhall Chronicles, Volume One: The Path to Fortune by Jeff Cassidy and Christopher E. Forman Release 5 / Serial number 960828


wossname.z5

wossname.zip

wumpus.z5

wumpus.zip

yagwad.z5

yagwad.zip

z-life.z5

z-life.zip

zazie.z5

zazie.zip

zball.z5

zball.zip

ZassBall, Another Abuse of the Z-Machine, an arcade game written in Inform by L. Ross Raszewski Release 1.0B / Serial number 980314


zbefunge.z5

zbefunge.zip

ZBefunge 0.3 beta, by Francis Irving.


zcamel.z5

zcamel.zip

zdungeon.z5

zdungeon.zip

zenon.z5

zenon.zip

zenspeak.z5

zenspeak.zip

zombies.z5

zombies.zip

zork1inv.z5

zork1inv.zip

zork2inv.z5

zork2inv.zip

zork3inv.z5

zork3inv.zip

ztrek.z5

ztrek.zip

ztuuinv.z5

ztuuinv.zip

zugzwang.z5

zugzwang.zip