Interactive fiction

Game genre theme

A type of adventure game where the game world and player input is described using text. Such as "You are in a hallway. There is a key on the floor", ">get key", ">use silver key on door", ">turn valve", ">say hello", etc..

2813

games

platforms

Alternate names: IF, Text adventure

Eurorun

SPC 1985

A Mind Forever Voyaging

OCS 1986

The Treasury of Zan

DOS 1989

El Enigma de Aceps

DOS 1987

Spellbreaker

DOS 1985

The Great Peepingham Train Robbery

SPC 1989

Philosopher's Quest

DOS 1987

Mindshadow

SPC 1985

Osyssey: Kampf mit der Wildnis

C64 1986

The Guild of Thieves

A800 1987

Lancelot

BBC 1988

Adventure 2: The Great Pyramid

PET 1980

The first video game about Interactive fiction was released in 1975.

Infocom, Level 9 Computing and Adventure International has published most of these games

Note that despite the name, this is a very specific form of interactive fiction, not something that should be taken literally.

Implied:
* Word input

Related:
* MUD - replicates the gameplay in MMO environment

Parent group

Adventure

Related group

Game genre
MUD

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Platforms

ZX Spectrum		445
MS-DOS		402
C64		246
Linux		186
Apple II E		162
Mac OS Classic		149
Amstrad CPC		141
Tandy Coco		117
Atari ST		100
Amiga		88
BBC		76
Atari 400/800		57
Amstrad PCW		45
NEC PC9801		42
TRS-80		41
Commodore PET		35
custom		35
C128		34
BeOS		33
C16/Plus4		26
Coleco Adam		25
ZX Spectrum 128		24
Electron		23
MSX		19
Ohio Scientific		18
Memotech MTX		16
NEC PC8801		14
Tatung Einstein		13
MICRO 7 - FM7		13
TI99		12